Web3

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Web3, or Web 3.0, represents the next generation of internet technology, integrating blockchain and cryptocurrencies into everyday online interactions. It's a decentralized online ecosystem where users have control over their data and transactions. Web3 is powered by blockchain networks, providing transparency, security, and trust. It's a key concept in the crypto world, involving various people, from developers and investors to everyday users. Companies are leveraging Web3 to create decentralized applications (dApps), offering users new ways to interact online. Crypto exchanges play a crucial role in Web3, facilitating the trading of digital assets and tokens that fuel the ecosystem. Web3 represents a paradigm shift, offering opportunities for investment, innovation, and the potential to reshape the internet.

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(Metalink)
VC-Backed NFT Social Platform Metalink Launches Mobile App
Funded by notable Web3 figures Guy Oseary, Gary Vaynerchuk and MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright, Metalink aims to be the first mobile platform where NFT collectors can talk, track...
(Metalink)

Nouns NFT collection (OpenSea)
NounsDAO Approves Proposal for Feature-Length NFT Movie
The decentralized autonomous organization will move ahead with plans to produce an animated film based on its popular 8-bit NFT characters.
Nouns NFT collection (OpenSea)

A screenshot from Metaverse Fashion Week (Decentraland)
Metaverse Fashion Is on the Rise, but for Whom?
Digital fashion is nascent in the Web3 space, with the potential to onboard millions of users in the coming years. But as brands work out who to target with hard-to-fathom tec...
A screenshot from Metaverse Fashion Week (Decentraland)

Video game controller (Jose Gil/Unsplash)
AI and Crypto Are Combining to Create Web3's 'Multiplayer Era'
Creating with code has never been easier. Web3 tooling shows us how it can be equitable and collaborative.
Video game controller (Jose Gil/Unsplash)

(Polygon Labs)
Web3 Service Unstoppable Domains and Polygon Labs Roll Out .polygon Domains
The new tool will allow users to expand their digital identity across over 750 decentralized applications, games and metaverses on the Polygon network.
(Polygon Labs)

Indian politicians and policy makers at a crypto event by CoinDCX and Bharat Web3 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)
India’s Crypto Industry Finally Sees Lawmakers Engaging
The event managed to bring senior leaders from India’s ruling party and the opposition benches.
Indian politicians and policy makers at a crypto event by CoinDCX and Bharat Web3 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Beeple at SXSW Conference in 2022. (Jason Bollenbacher/Getty Images for SXSW)
NFT Artist Beeple Opens Digital Art Gallery in Charleston, SC
Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, has opened the 50,000-square-foot Beeple Studios to showcase his art and to build a community of fellow creators.
Beeple at SXSW Conference in 2022. (Jason Bollenbacher/Getty Images for SXSW)

(Meta)
Meta Will End Support for NFTs on Instagram, Facebook
Meta’s Stephane Kasriel said on Twitter the decision is prompted by a desire “to focus on other ways to support creators, people, and businesses.”
(Meta)

(MoonCats Rescue)
What Are MoonCats? The Legacy NFT Project Revived by Its Community
Created in 2017, the collection of generative pixel art-style cats was rediscovered in 2021 and quickly gained popularity.
(MoonCats Rescue)

(Josephine Gasser/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
The Australian Open Goes Full Web3
January’s tennis grand slam shows how brands can embrace the metaverse for increased fan engagement.
(Josephine Gasser/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)