Author: Catherine Ross

Catherine has worked as a deputy editor in chief at crypto publication Cointelegraph, editor in chief at the finance and crypto news outlet Currency.com and crypto managing editor at Benzinga.

Neville Hobson, Advisor – Meet The Amberfi Team Edition

Neville Hobson Advisor Amberfi Catherine Ross-Mychka Lead journalist Amberfi Choosing the right communication channel is essential for every brand. But what is the most efficient platform for communication with your audience these days? And how to define your audience in the first place? Neville Hobson is a seasoned PR and communication leader with years of […]

Web3 news, July 15: Snapchat, OpenSea, KIA, Tony Hawk and The Sandbox

Snapchat will test NFT showcasing feature  Snapchat is working on a new feature that will allow users to use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as filters through AR lenses, the Financial Times reports. Creators will be able to transform their NFTs into AR filters, available on the platform. The feature is planned to be implemented in August […]

Web3 news, July 13: From Shanghai to The Price Is Right – everyone wants a piece of NFTs

NFTs seem to be doing just fine during this unstable time in the crypto industry. According to Nansen’s NFT Indexes Report, first-time buyers keep coming into the market, with around 5,000 new users since March this year.  The highest performing NFT ETH indexes in June included Metaverse-20, Blue Chip-10, and Social-100.  Shanghai will implement metaverse, […]

What are corporate NFTs?

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique tokens that can not be interchanged. NFTs are largely used in digital art, gaming, and the concept of digital ownership. They gained huge momentum in 2021, with the world’s most expensive NFT artwork sold for $91.8 million and trading volume reaching over $40 billion, according to recent estimations. But despite the obvious opportunities, […]

Ian LeViness, Advisor – Meet The Amberfi Team Edition

Education: MBA, University of New York in Prague Role: Advisor at Amberfi, Content Manager at Serotonin Location: Richmond, Virginia   Ian got into the crypto and web3 world back in 2016 when he was living in the Czech Republic. He went to a random provincial library, not looking for anything in particular, and stumbled upon […]

Web3 news, July 8: It’s all about Polygon this week

It looks like Polygon has taken over the web3 world this week with major headlines circling around the network and its ecosystem.  Reddit releases Polygon-built NFT avatars collection A social media and forum platform, Reddit has announced the launch of an NFT collection Collectibles Avatars that will be hosted on Polygon’s blockchain. Reddit, in partnership […]

What is a crypto wallet?

A crypto wallet is a physical device or online application that lets you “store” crypto assets using private keys. They also allow you to send and receive cryptocurrencies. “Store” is used in quotes because crypto wallets don’t technically store the assets –– they live on a blockchain. There are two types of crypto wallets – […]

Web3 news, July 1: Bored Apes for ‘hire,’ OpenSea data breach, Meta’s NFT feature

OpenSea suffers major data breach  A non-fungible token marketplace OpenSea announced the platform had suffered a data breach. According to the blog post, an employee from the company’s email delivery vendor Customer.io “misused their employee access to download and share email addresses – provided by OpenSea users and subscribers to our newsletter – with an unauthorized external […]