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How Web3 Animation Project 'The Gimmicks' Survives a Crypto Winter
The creators of the successful Web3 cartoon – speakers at Consensus – talk about what’s next for interactive storytelling.
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Soccer fan in stadium (Damon Nofar/Pixabay)
Fan Token Project Chiliz Sets Up $50M Incubator Backed by Jump Crypto
Chiliz Labs will invest in early-stage Web3 projects in the sports and other entertainment sectors that will build on the layer 1 blockchain.
Soccer fan in stadium (Damon Nofar/Pixabay)

Fraggle Rock
Jim Henson's Beloved Children Series 'Fraggle Rock' Releases NFT Trading Cards
Fans of the 1980s fantasy Muppet television show can collect digital trading cards and connect with other fans through an app.
Fraggle Rock

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What’s Next for NFTs?
Stories from this week suggest that brand involvement and entertainment partnerships are likely paths forward.
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Hollywood Sign (Topher/Flickr)
Hollywood in Web3: StoryCo Raises $6M to Decentralize Storytelling
The platform just released its first story universe, a token-gated experience that encourages community members to build out its narrative while decentralizing IP.
Hollywood Sign (Topher/Flickr)

AMC Sells 8.5 Million Shares To Investment Group, As Meme Traders Continue Effort To Rally Stock
AMC to Accept Bitcoin for Tickets and Concessions Later This Year
America’s largest theater chain is leaning into crypto but did not specify what technology it would use to accept payments.
AMC Sells 8.5 Million Shares To Investment Group, As Meme Traders Continue Effort To Rally Stock

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Cats Clog Ethereum, the Sequel
Demand was high for Stoner Cats NFTs.
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin Joins Cast of ‘Stoner Cats,’ Mila Kunis’ New Animated NFT Show
Ethereum’s founder will voice a taxidermied cat named Catsington.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin

Adult Swim Festival 2018
Fox TV Puts $100M Behind Its NFT-Driven Blockchain Experiment
New details were provided on the NFT project involving “Rick and Morty” creator Dan Harmon.
Adult Swim Festival 2018

Dan Harmon
Fox Taps ‘Rick and Morty’ Creator Dan Harmon to Bring NFTs to TV
Fox Entertainment is launching a blockchain arm to complement a new animated comedy, “Krapopolis.”
Dan Harmon