Web3


Policy

UK’s New Technology Department to Tackle Country’s Metaverse, Web3 Strategy

The department will explore economic growth, investment and business opportunities in these areas, as well as implications on regulation.

Metaverse (We Are/Getty Images)

Web3

Popular Tea Shop Boba Guys Taps Solana for On-Chain Loyalty Rewards Program

On top of building the chain’s loyalty infrastructure, the Solana Foundation recently invested $100,000 into Boba Guys.

(Solana)

Learn

The Top 10 Most Expensive NFTs of All Time

While the market for NFTs has cooled from the frenzy that marked 2021, the digital assets are still generating billions of dollars in trading volume in 2023.

(Beeple)

Web3

MonkeDAO Plans to Buy Rights to Popular Solana Monkey Business NFT Collection for $2M

The decentralized autonomous organization formed by owners of the Solana Monkey Business NFT project will purchase all intellectual property rights to the collection from its current owner HadesDAO.

Solana Monkey Business NFT collection (Screenshot via Magic Eden)

Web3

Sotheby's Relaunches Glitch Digital Art Sale After Representation Backlash

The "Glitch: Beyond Binary" art sale is a reboot of last month's "Glitch-ism" auction and features a more diverse roster of artists.

"Chimera" by Marta Timmer. (Sotheby's)

Consensus Magazine

The Future of Web3 Animation

In a CoinDesk interview, Colin Brady, chief creative officer at AMGI Studios, talks about how Web3 and AI will change movie-making, and why big studios fail to adopt new technologies.

(Ian Suarez/CoinDesk)

Web3

Solana-Based NFT Collection Okay Bears Partners With (RED) to Fund Global Health Efforts

The PFP project will release (RED)-themed merchandise to raise funds for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

(Okay Bears via Magic Eden, modified by CoinDesk)

Web3

AI Will 'Accelerate' the Metaverse, Empower Creators: The Sandbox Co-Founder

Sebastien Borget says artificial intelligence will bring a greater volume of original content to metaverse platforms.

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Web3

Mastercard Drops Free NFTs, Launches Web3 Music Accelerator

The Mastercard Music Pass NFT allows musicians to access its Mastercard Artist Accelerator Program, giving artists tools and resources to bolster their Web3 music careers.

Mastercard Music Pass NFT. (Mastercard)

Web3

Adidas Releases Chapter 1 of Its ALTS Dynamic NFT Collection

Holders of Adidas' Into The Metaverse NFTs can burn their tokens to join the new dynamic NFT ecosystem.

Adidas sneakers (Adidas)