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Web3 Data Platform Dune Analytics Propels to Unicorn Status After $69.4 Million Fundraise
3.2.2022
The Web3 analytics platform Dune Analytics has announced it has closed a $69.4 million Series B fundraise led by Coatue. The firm’s latest fundraise follows the company’s Series A last August when Dune Analytics raised $8 million. With the Series A and B combined, the firm has been...
Alphabet exploring blockchain technology for flagship services
2.2.2022
Google's parent company is reportedly exploring applying emerging tech to its main products and services
Blockchain Software Firm Consensys Acquires Mycrypto Ethereum Wallet
1.2.2022
On February 1, the blockchain infrastructure firm Consensys has revealed it has acquired the Ethereum-based wallet Mycrypto and plans to merge the wallet into Metamask. The price Consensys paid for Mycrypto was not disclosed but the announcement notes that the acquisition will “further...
WDRL — Edition 295: CSS Parent Selectors, Interoperability of the web, web3 reflections and sanitizing.
1.2.2022
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It is January February already, and it feels like time flies. In the world of technology, there are always so many news, trends, and possible distractions. On top of that, we already have so much work to do, projects to finish, and people to please. It is easy to feel empty or get burned out....
Solana’s Phantom Raises $109 Million in a Series B Fundraise Obtaining Unicorn Status
1.2.2022
On Monday, the team behind the Solana Web3 wallet platform Phantom announced it had raised $109 million in a Series B fundraise. The crypto company is now a Unicorn with a post valuation of $1.2 billion in value. Solana Web3 Wallet Phantom Raises $109 Million The Phantom wallet team has raised $109...
What the hell is Web3 anyway?
31.1.2022
Decentralized technology will end the Web3 privacy conundrum
30.1.2022
The technical and log-jam issues preventing the advantages of Web3 privacy can be put to bed if the right solutions are adopted
Web3 innovations are replacing middlemen with middleware protocols
29.1.2022
Thanks to the DeFi revolution, it’s no longer companies extracting value from users, rather it's developers extracting value from protocols
Crypto.com Inks Multi-Year Deal With LeBron James and His Education-Focused Nonprofit
28.1.2022
On Friday, the digital currency exchange Crypto.com announced the company has inked a multi-year partnership with LeBron James and the LeBron James Family Foundation (LJFF). The crypto trading platform notes that the partnership will bolster things like “educational empowerment,”...
Ethereum failing to target core Web 3 issues, says NEAR co-founder
27.1.2022
Co-founder of NEAR Protocol, Illia Polosukhin, lays out his vision for Web 3 and explains why Ethereum may not play a prominent role in its foundation
YouTube CEO hints that NFTs could be added to creator platform
25.1.2022
Susan Wojcicki stated YouTube's intent to "help creators capitalize on emerging technologies."
Polkadot Releases Encointer to Make Web3 Fully Inclusive
25.1.2022
As Web3 expands its potential beyond finance, Polkadot is aiming to capitalize on the movement. The network recently released a framework to help any geographically targeted group of users distribute, create, and use their digital community tokens. Named Encointer, Polkadot recently released...
Goldman Sachs Sees the Metaverse as $8 Trillion Opportunity
25.1.2022
Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has predicted that the metaverse could be an $8 trillion opportunity. Several others have similarly predicted that the metaverse is a multitrillion-dollar market. Goldman Sachs Says the Metaverse Could Be an $8 Trillion Opportunity Global investment bank Goldman...
$75M Blockchain Founders Fund II backs portfolio of P2E and Web3 projects
24.1.2022
Even as crypto markets succumb to bearish pressure, venture capital funds are deploying millions of dollars into blockchain startups
Andreessen Horowitz aims to raise $4.5 billion to invest in crypto funds
20.1.2022
Last week, A16z reportedly said it would raise $3.5 billion for its VC fund, as well as another $1 billion for web3 seed investments
Web 3.0 needs more users, not more investors
20.1.2022
Projects need to focus on making products that attract non-crypto users in order to drive innovation and maturity in Web 3.0
a16z, Google lead $20M investment in Africa Web3 game publisher Carry1st
19.1.2022
According to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Africa will be home to 300 million new internet users in the next five years
Opera Launches Web 3 Browser With Built-in Non-Custodial Wallet
19.1.2022
The popular multi-platform web browser Opera has unveiled its “Crypto Browser Project” meant to offer users direct access to Web 3 services across multiple networks. The project's beta version is already available with a built-in non-custodial wallet for Windows, Mac, and Android users....
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Opera announces beta of its new Web3 focused 'Crypto Browser'
19.1.2022
Beta browser offers a built-in non-custodial wallet, available now to Windows, Mac and Android users
Blockchain Firm Animoca Brands Raises $358 Million to Enhance Web3 and the Metaverse
18.1.2022
Animoca Brands has announced the blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused firm has raised $358.8 million to bolster the non-fungible token (NFT) industry and “build the open metaverse.” The capital raise follows the firm’s previous $65 million and $138.88 million raises last year...