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Crypto Fund Variant Commits $450M to Backing Web3, DeFi Projects
Crypto Fund Variant Commits $450M to Backing Web3, DeFi Projects
July 28, 2022  |  Investments

Cryptocurrency fund Variant is committing $450 million to invest in builders of the user-owned web: a $150 million seed fund and a $300 million opportunity...

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Iceland: A Key European Center for Web3 and AML Innovation Technology
Iceland: A Key European Center for Web3 and AML Innovation Technology
July 25, 2022  |  emea

For a country that has a population of less than half a million, Iceland has an impressively diverse tech scene that includes a number of...

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China’s Tencent to Shut Down NFT Platform
China’s Tencent to Shut Down NFT Platform
July 22, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

China’s Tencent Holdings is preparing to close down its year-old non-fungible token (NFT) platform, an apparent victim of a government ban on secondary digital collectible...

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Bolt Global Partners with Binance Pay to Intro Web3 Live Entertainment
Bolt Global Partners with Binance Pay to Intro Web3 Live Entertainment
July 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Builder of web3 technologies Bolt Global and the crypto exchange Binance are collaborating to launch a new live entertainment and social experience powered by Binance...

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Ape Now, Pay Later: DeFi Lender Brings BNPL to NFTs as Crypto Lending Market Crumbles
Ape Now, Pay Later: DeFi Lender Brings BNPL to NFTs as Crypto Lending Market Crumbles
July 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The NFT market is flatlining, the DeFi lending market has seen some big bankruptcies, and bitcoin has been dipping under $20,000 regularly for a month....

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Since When Is Dropping an NFT Care Bears Collection a Web3 ‘Strategy’?
Since When Is Dropping an NFT Care Bears Collection a Web3 ‘Strategy’?
July 08, 2022  |  NFTs

The Care Bears have entered Web3. So has Macy’s Fourth of July Fireworks extravaganza. The Care Bears Forever line of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) “will build...

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Today in Crypto: Nexo Plans to Buy Vauld; UK Explores DeFi Taxation
Today in Crypto: Nexo Plans to Buy Vauld; UK Explores DeFi Taxation
July 05, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Nexo, the cryptocurrency lender, said it plans to buy troubled fellow lender Vauld, showing how a consolidated crypto industry might look, Reuters wrote Tuesday (July...

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Calling Web3 Corrupted by VCs, Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Pitches Web5
Calling Web3 Corrupted by VCs, Twitter Founder Jack Dorsey Pitches Web5
June 29, 2022  |  Blockchain

DEK: The Block CEO wants to build a decentralized web, but doesn’t believe the current vision of a blockchain-based internet — where people control their...

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Napster Plans Web3-Focused Comeback With NFTs
Napster Plans Web3-Focused Comeback With NFTs
June 29, 2022  |  NFTs

Napster, the brand of an early, free music-file sharing service that was born in a university dorm room and helped turn the music industry on...

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