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Infrastructure Companies Dominate List of Finalists for Consensus 2024 Pitchfest
Forty Web3 startups from 12 different countries and territories are heading to Consensus to pitch.
By CoinDeskMay 20, 2024
Hamster Wheel: Telegram’s Social Gaming Brings Millions to Crypto
Telegram’s Hamster Kombat game has amassed 8 million users in four weeks. It shows how gaming could be a potent tool for Web3 projects looking for audiences.
By Sam EwenMay 20, 2024
How Web3 Marketing Changes the Game
Web3 promises a new relationship between brands and consumers. Fewer cookies and less tracking. More participation and ownership.
By Jeff WilserMay 20, 2024
Miners Eye Middle East as Next Region for Growth
The halving and a possible U.S. mining tax have miners considering new locations for basing their cost-sensitive operations.
By Lorna Blount May 17, 2024
Influencer-Investors Get Perks to Pitch Tokens: Inside Crypto's 'KOL' Economy
Unlike paid shills of yore, "key opinion leaders" invest in the projects they promote on social media. In return for buzz, they can sell tokens sooner than other investors.
By Danny NelsonMay 9, 2024
Web3 in the Middle East: Do All Roads Lead to Riyadh?
With a young population, enormous government funding and the hope of favorable regulation, expectations are high that Saudi Arabia will become a hub for crypto in the Middle East. But will the hype match reality?
By Lorna Blount Apr 30, 2024
Runes, Casey Rodarmor's Protocol for 'Sh*tcoins' on Bitcoin, Set to Go Live at Halving
Rodarmor created last year's breakout Ordinals protocol, which is used to create non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin. Now, he says the relevance of protocols like his new Runes, used to create fungible tokens, is set to grow.
By Jamie CrawleyApr 17, 2024
Bitcoin Halving Has Crypto Miners Racing for 'Epic Sat' Potentially Worth Millions
Bitcoin's once-every-four-years "halving" this week may be very different from those of earlier epochs, typically ho-hum affairs. Now, an intense competition is underway to mine the first block after the halving, which could contain a rare and collectible fragment of a bitcoin known as an "epic sat."
By Jamie CrawleyApr 15, 2024
Willem Schroé: Building Botanix, a Bitcoin Layer 2 That Brings the EVM to Bitcoin
A Belgian polymath and his team are building a “spiderchain” network that harnesses both bitcoin’s sound money properties and Ethereum’s technological capabilities.
By Frank CorvaApr 11, 2024
EigenLayer, Crypto's Biggest Project Launch This Year, Is Still Missing Crucial Functionality
The "restaking" protocol with $15 billion in deposits won't pay rewards to depositors and is missing its mission-critical "slashing" feature.
By Sam KesslerApr 10, 2024
