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.


Web3

How AI Is Changing Artistic Creation and Challenging IP Laws

"These are ethical concerns that, as a society, we're really confronted with for the first time,” said trademark and copyright lawyer Jessica Neer McDonald.

(Andrey Suslov/Getty Images)

Web3

Art Trading Platform LiveArt Announces NFT Membership Card Linked to Exclusive Drops

The platform says its LiveArt X Card is meant to "put an end to NFT flipping and speculation" by encouraging collectors to hold onto their art for the long term.

Digital artist FEWOCiOUS auctions his NFT art at Christie's. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Web3

Salesforce Taps Into NFTs Through Suite of New Web3 Products

The cloud services giant is helping companies integrate NFTs to deepen their relationships with customers.

(Ajay Suresh/Flickr)

Consensus Magazine

Uniswap's NFT Platform Shows DeFi's Reluctant Acceptance of Centralization

If you want to be “the interface for all NFT liquidity," you have to make some sacrifices.

Floatie in the form of a unicorn, the emblematic mythical creature featured in Uniswap's logo and marketing materials. (Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Web3

Sotheby’s Holding Meme-Inspired NFT Auction Featuring Beeple

The auction inspired by the popular subreddit “Oddly Satisfying” will feature works from artists Anyma, Beeple and Luis Ponce.

(Josh Pierce/Sotheby's)

Videos

Japan’s Web3 Era

Japan pushes for technology expansion in the Web3 space with the metaverse and NFTs. That story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Web3

VC-Backed NFT Social Platform Metalink Launches Mobile App

Funded by notable Web3 figures Guy Oseary, Gary Vaynerchuk and MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright, Metalink aims to be the first mobile platform where NFT collectors can talk, track and transact.

(Metalink)

Web3

NounsDAO Approves Proposal for Feature-Length NFT Movie

The decentralized autonomous organization will move ahead with plans to produce an animated film based on its popular 8-bit NFT characters.

Nouns NFT collection (OpenSea)

Consensus Magazine

Metaverse Fashion Is on the Rise, but for Whom?

Digital fashion is nascent in the Web3 space, with the potential to onboard millions of users in the coming years. But as brands work out who to target with hard-to-fathom technology, adoption is still in its early stages. This piece is a part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week.

A screenshot from Metaverse Fashion Week (Decentraland)

Opinion

AI and Crypto Are Combining to Create Web3's 'Multiplayer Era'

Creating with code has never been easier. Web3 tooling shows us how it can be equitable and collaborative.

Video game controller (Jose Gil/Unsplash)