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After Friend.tech’s failure, SocialFi must ‘cross the chasm’ to succeed
23.9.2024
In the wake of Friend.tech’s collapse, Cointelegraph spoke with industry leaders to find out what went wrong and what comes next
After Friend.tech’s failure, SocialFi must ‘cross the chasm’ to succeed
23.9.2024
In the wake of Friend.tech’s collapse, Cointelegraph spoke with industry leaders to find out what went wrong and what comes next
Pip World Buys Roblox Stock Simulator Game for Undisclosed Price
10.8.2024
Stockrise, Roblox’s highest-grossing stock simulator game, has been acquired by the socialfi gaming platform Pip World for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is expected to help Pip users develop practical risk assessment and trading skills. The deal sees Stockrise join Pip’s social games...
DWF Labs Launches $20 Million Cloudbreak Fund
4.7.2024
DWF Labs announced the launch of a $20 million Cloudbreak Fund aimed at supporting Web3 projects in Chinese-speaking regions. The fund will provide investments and strategic resources to help emerging projects achieve their potential. DWF Labs Reveals Cloudbreak Fund for Web3 Projects...
DWF Labs launches $20M fund for Web3 projects in China
4.7.2024
The Cloudbreak Fund will invest in gaming finance, social finance, memecoins, derivatives, and layer-1/layer-2 projects across Chinese-speaking regions
Base emerges as major player in Ethereum rollup with SocialFi integration
17.6.2024
Base, which is a Coinbase nurtured Ethereum layer 2 network, is now a fiery competitor in the Ethereum rollup scenario, gaining an enormous user base via SocialFi apps, on its platform, like Friend.tech, Aerodrome, a sought-after decentralized exchange and Moonwell, a lending protocol. It also...
Pixelverse Raises $5.5 Million to Expand Web3 Gaming Ecosystem
12.6.2024
Pixelverse, a developing entertainment studio and game ecosystem, has secured $5.5 million in a private funding round led by prominent Web3 venture capital firms. The funds are intended to support the growth of Pixelverse’s gaming platform, which has seen significant user engagement since...
Sky Mavis wants to escape Discord, SocialFi boosts gaming revenue: Web3 Gamer
11.6.2024
Web3 games build communities on Discord but Sky Mavis wants that to change, SocialFi is the key to increased game revenue, MetaRun review
The First Web3 RPG From Saudi Arabia Astra Nova Launches a SocialFi Platform on Immutable zkEVM
16.5.2024
PRESS RELEASE. Astra Nova, the pioneering Web3 RPG from Saudi Arabia, is excited to announce the launch of its SocialFi platform, The Black Pass. This innovative platform is accessible through a free soulbound NFT and offers a competitive edge by tracking players’ in-game activity. On...
Investment Firm Franklin Templeton: Base to Lead Ethereum L2 Sector, Powered by Socialfi
13.5.2024
Franklin Templeton, a global investment behemoth, has praised the development and growth of Base, the Coinbase-incubated Ethereum L2. On social media, the company declared that Base had “hit a home run” due to its popularity with meme coins and socialfi applications, including...
Franklin Templeton Praises Base Network in SocialFi, Cites Success with Friend.Tech
10.5.2024
Franklin Templeton, has spotlighted Base, an Ethereum layer 2 (L2) network incubated by Coinbase, as a frontrunner in the realm of Social Finance (SocialFi) with its application, Friend.tech.
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Base set for ‘material share’ of SocialFi activity: Franklin Templeton
10.5.2024
Base is already home to 46% of transactions related to SocialFi on-chain, but the asset manager says it has even more room to grow
Crypto degens ‘hungry’ for next big SocialFi breakthrough — K33 Research
9.5.2024
Crypto users are increasingly turning attention to new SocialFi apps, but analysts say it’s probably too early to say whether “SocialFi season” has arrived
Friend.tech’s FRIEND Token Airdrop Faces Steep Decline Since Market Debut
3.5.2024
Friend.tech, the decentralized social media application on the Base network, recently launched its native token through an airdrop. Since trading commenced, the token has plummeted, dropping anywhere from 50% to 90% of its initial value across various decentralized exchange (dex) platforms,...
Legendary Boxer Mike Tyson Joins Blockchain Social Network
20.4.2024
Boxing legend Mike Tyson has become an ambassador for the blockchain-based social networking app, Ready to Fight. Tyson describes Ready to Fight as a boxing-centric social network that assists boxers and the boxing community with their business needs. RTF Aims to Revolutionize the Boxing Ecosystem...
‘Real-World Implementations of Both AI and Web3’ Fuel AI Tokens’ Rally, Says Daniel He
16.4.2024
With socialfi platforms, financial incentives serve not only as a reward mechanism for content creators but also “fundamentally transform the engagement model for all users,” Daniel He, the CEO of the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered socialfi platform, Republik, said. He believes...
Socialfi Expands Satoshi Nakamoto’s Vision of a Defi System to Social Media, Says Kevin Lu
27.3.2024
According to Kevin Lu, social finance, or “socialfi” — a combination of social media and decentralized finance — is an innovation that extends Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision of a decentralized financial system to social media. Although it’s not intended to replace today’s traditional social...
SocialFi Project Friendzone to Debut on Polygon Blockchain
8.2.2024
Decentralized social marketplace Friendzone is hopping on the Polygon blockchain for a Feb. 26 launch, and eyeing a move to Polygon zkEVM down the line. The app is said to combine the emotional aspects of traditional social media with the financial rewards of Web3 to build online communities....
Socialfi’s Shining Star Friend.tech Dims: A Tale of Decline and Disinterest
4.2.2024
Just a few months back, social finance (socialfi) platforms were the talk of the town, with Friend.tech leading the charge amidst surging popularity. Yet, as the curtains closed on October 2023, this once-celebrated socialfi platform witnessed a sharp decline in user engagement, and data from...
What Is SocialFi? A Beginner’s Guide
11.1.2024
SocialFi is Web3’s answer to Web2’s social media problems by enabling users to have control over their content and allow them to directly monetize it