Web3

Web3, or Web 3.0, represents the next generation of internet technology, integrating blockchain and cryptocurrencies into everyday online interactions. It's a decentralized online ecosystem where users have control over their data and transactions. Web3 is powered by blockchain networks, providing transparency, security, and trust. It's a key concept in the crypto world, involving various people, from developers and investors to everyday users. Companies are leveraging Web3 to create decentralized applications (dApps), offering users new ways to interact online. Crypto exchanges play a crucial role in Web3, facilitating the trading of digital assets and tokens that fuel the ecosystem. Web3 represents a paradigm shift, offering opportunities for investment, innovation, and the potential to reshape the internet.


Technologies

Circle to Let Merchants Pay for Customers' Gas Fees With Web3 Wallet Upgrade

Southeast Asian super-app Grab is currently piloting the new product to cover gas fees for its Singaporean users if they use NFT vouchers.

Circle booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Web3-Powered File Management App Raises $1.5M to Offer Alternative to Google

Fileverse offers a decentralized file management and collaboration service, an alternative to centralized providers such as Google or Notion.

(Fileverse)

Vidéos

Crypto, Web3 Communities in Israel Establish Aid Fund

Crypto and Web3 communities in Israel are raising funds for Israeli citizens who have been displaced and are in need of humanitarian aid due to the outbreak of war with Hamas. MarketAcross Vice President of PR and Communications Orian Tal, along with CryptoJungle CEO and Crypto Aid Israel co-organizer Ben Samocha, share insights into the ongoing conflict and the donations they're receiving from the crypto community.

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Technologies

CertiK, Blockchain Code Auditor, Makes 'Strategic Workforce Adjustment' of 15%

Just last year, the company raised nearly $150 million of fresh capital. Now, as crypto winter drags on, it is cutting jobs, citing "evolving market dynamics."

CertiK CEO Ronghui Gu (CertiK)

Technologies

Israeli Crypto Firms Scramble to Deal With War, in Between the Sirens

Few operational disruptions were reported, but some crypto employees were getting called up for reserve duty. Executives and developers coped with the stress of attending funerals, responding to security warnings and encountering supermarket shortages.

Tel Aviv skyline. (Gilad Avidan/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Vidéos

Ethereum Network 'Remains the Place to Operate as a Criminal,' Immunefi CEO Says

A new report from Immunefi, which is a bug bounty and security services platform for Web3, found that more than $1 billion was lost in crypto this year and more than $600 million was lost last quarter. Immunefi Founder and CEO Mitchell Amador discusses the details of the report and the outlook for DeFi.

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Technologies

Blackbird, Crypto Restaurant App, Raises $24M in Funding Led by A16z

The target audience is restaurant users, but the blockchain-based project comes with its own "Flypaper" and fungible FLY tokens.

Ben Leventhal, Blackbird founder (Blackbird)

Technologies

Chainlink Unveils ‘Data Streams’ to Reduce Latency, Expands Decentralized Computing

The company launched Chainlink Data Streams and announced new decentralized computing capabilities.

Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink Labs)

Juridique

Why Binance and Banking Giant MUFG Want to Issue Stablecoins in Japan

Binance Japan and Mitsubishi UFJ bank want to help with the country's Web3 ambitions by issuing stablecoins.

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Analyses

The Barrier to Mainstream Crypto Adoption Isn’t UX — It’s Product-Market Fit

Variant co-founder Li Jin argues that Web3's problems do not end at onboarding.

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