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.


Finance

Robinhood Gives Users a New Way to Fund Their Web3 Wallets

The feature, Robinhood Connect, is already available on several decentralized apps, with more to onboard in the coming months.

Johann Kerbrat (on left), GM of Robinhood Crypto (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Google Cloud to Help Accelerate Polygon's Growth Via New Agreement

The tech giant will be "strategic cloud provider" for Polygon protocols.

Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder of Polygon (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Web3

Technology Is Blocking Mass Adoption of Web3

The clumsy and confusing user experience of onboarding into Web3 is preventing broad adoption, but technological improvements are the solution, says a panel of Web3 executives at Consensus 2023.

Ariel Wengroff, Ledger (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Web3

Salesforce Exec: Web3 Needs a 'Reboot'

Web3 leaders must lean into promoting decentralization and building communities to win over new users, said Salesforce’s Web3 innovation lead.

Marc Mathieu (with microphone) at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 conference. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Web3

Web3 Culture Is 'Not Dead' but as Strong as Ever, Say Brand Leaders

Creators, leaders and builders from the NFT space spoke about the resilience of Web3 at CoinDesk's annual Consensus conference.

From left: Angelic Vendette, LOGIK, Devin Nagy, Betty and Lesley Silverman (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Web3

Art Blocks Co-Founder Erick Calderon Uses Free Market Ideals to Defend NFT Royalties

Art Blocks, a generative art NFT collection, helped spearhead a movement to reward creators with royalties each time NFTs are sold.

Erick Calderon, the co-founder of Art Blocks, speaks at Consensus 2023. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Web3

Regulation Clarity Will Bring on More Consumer Web3 Users, PepsiCo’s Executive Says

PepsiCo Head of Next Gen DTC Connections and Innovation Kate Brady talks about the urgency in regulatory clarity in the customer web3 space at CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 conference.

Kate Brady of PepsiCo (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Videos

Animoca Brands Co-Founder on Global Web3 Developments

Data from the analytics platform Dune shows that the number of daily users and sales have dipped across non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, reaching new lows not seen since July 2021. Animoca Brands co-founder and Executive Chairman Yat Siu joins "First Mover" to discuss sentiment around NFTs, the metaverse, and Web3 developments across the globe.

Recent Videos

Videos

Rep. Patrick McHenry: Europe "Ahead of the Game" in Web3 with MiCA's Passage

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) discusses his reaction to European Union lawmakers voting in favor of the new crypto licensing regime MiCA. The comprehensive regulatory framework puts Europe "ahead of the game" in Web3 and "should send chills up the spines of Americans," the Congressman added.

Recent Videos

Finance

Google Cloud to Help Web3 Builders Fast-Track Their Startups

The initiative will come with technical and monetary support for early-stage Web3 developers.

(Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)