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Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

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Empty seats in the Nationals' Terra Club (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Finance
Terra
Terraform's Legal Team Quits Amid Terra Stablecoin Fallout
Marc Goldich, Lawrence Florio and Noah Axler left the Terra ecosystem backer in May, according to their LinkedIn profiles.
Empty seats in the Nationals' Terra Club (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Cam Thompson
May 17, 2022 at 5:51 p.m. UTC
May 17, 2022
TerraUSTLegal
Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder of Robinhood (Kimberly White/Getty Images for Robinhood)
Finance
Robinhood
Robinhood Plans ‘Web 3’ Crypto Wallet for DeFi Traders, NFT Buyers
Robinhood’s new custodial wallet will cater to “advanced” crypto users and live separately from the existing wallet, the firm’s Johann Kerbrat said.
Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder of Robinhood (Kimberly White/Getty Images for Robinhood)
By Cam Thompson
May 17, 2022 at 5:31 p.m. UTC
May 17, 2022
RobinhoodWallets
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Finance
Social media
CyberConnect Raises $15M to Expand Social Graph Protocol
The project seeks to make user data interoperable between Web 3 dapps.
(John Barkiple/Unsplash)
By Cam Thompson
May 17, 2022 at 1:10 p.m. UTC
May 17, 2022
Social MediaVenture CapitalFunding
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Finance
Unstoppable domains
Blue Studios, Unstoppable Domains Roll Out Family Crypto Wallets
In addition to the wallet product, the two companies are launching a Family DAO platform.
(Sandy Millar/Unsplash)
By Cam Thompson
May 12, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
May 12, 2022
Unstoppable Domains
(James Wiseman/Unsplash)
Finance
Africa
Mara Raises $23M From Coinbase, Alameda to Spread Crypto Adoption Across Africa
The exchange is holding Web 3 hackathons and launching products in a pan-African campaign.
(James Wiseman/Unsplash)
By Cam Thompson
May 11, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
May 11, 2022
AfricaCrypto Exchange
Casa Chief Technology Officer Jameson Lopp speaks at Consensus 2019. (Coindesk archives)
Finance
Casa
Bitcoin Self-Custody Company Casa Raises $21M
The news of the fundraise coincides with the launch of Casa API.
Casa Chief Technology Officer Jameson Lopp speaks at Consensus 2019. (Coindesk archives)
By Cam Thompson
May 10, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
May 10, 2022
CasaWalletBitcoin
Dirt's seed funding came from a handful of DAOs. (benketaro/Flickr)
Finance
Media
Web 3-Savvy Media Outlet Dirt Raises $1.2M in Seed Round
The newsletter seeks to bolster its DAO and NFT sales with the funding.
Dirt's seed funding came from a handful of DAOs. (benketaro/Flickr)
By Cam Thompson
May 9, 2022 at 5:08 p.m. UTC
May 9, 2022
MediaNFTs
Swan Bitcoin is targeting small businesses with its bitcoin benefits program. (Warren Little/Getty Images)
Finance
Bitcoin
Swan Bitcoin Benefit Plan Helps Companies Reward Employees in Crypto
Early customers of the financial services company's program are providing monthly bitcoin bonuses of between $50 and $100.
Swan Bitcoin is targeting small businesses with its bitcoin benefits program. (Warren Little/Getty Images)
By Cam Thompson
May 6, 2022 at 3:14 a.m. UTC
May 6, 2022
BitcoinRewards
The tool is launching on Pastel, Ethereum and Solana. (Kevin Dooley/Flickr)
Finance
Nfts
‘SmartMint’ NFT Tool Gives Artists Ownership of Minting Smart Contracts
The beta version seeks to solve the “intrinsic issue” of smart contract standards in NFT minting.
The tool is launching on Pastel, Ethereum and Solana. (Kevin Dooley/Flickr)
By Cam Thompson
May 4, 2022 at 5:39 p.m. UTC
May 4, 2022
NFTs
The Avalanche booth at HBC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Finance
Avalanche
Valkyrie Launches Avalanche Trust for TradFi Exposure to AVAX Token
The investments firm has already lined up $25 million for the single-asset trust.
The Avalanche booth at HBC 2022 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Cam Thompson
May 4, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
May 4, 2022
AvalancheTrustInvesting