Amberfi interview with co-founder and CEO of Mooch Richard Velazquez at Permissionless
The web3 community is filled with amazing people who create, build, and inspire. And we’re excited to be publishing a series of conversations with people we’ve interacted with at different events. Meet Richard Velazquez, co-founder and CEO of Mooch, whom we talked to at Permissionless. Haley: Hi, I’m here with Richard Velasquez, and we are […]
Web3 news, June 15: An outlook on not so grim NFT market
I have to be honest with you –– the markets do look tough right now. With major cryptocurrencies losing more than 30% in price and the biggest crypto companies like Coinbase and BlockFi laying off up to 18% of their employees, it’s getting more and more complicated not to get worried. But there is good news, too. […]
Web 3 news, June 13: Positive outlook on NFT market amidst the crypto crash
While the crypto market is experiencing a sharp fall, NFT trading volume is, surprisingly, on the rise. Kevin O’Leary believes in NFTs’ greatest potential Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary thinks that NFTs’ greatest potential lies in “the authentication of physical assets.” He proved his point by making a video (which will later be used as […]
Web3, June 10: Jack Dorsey’s Web5 venture and Meta’s virtual social space
Jack Dorsey’s new Bitcoin venture TBD plans to build “Web 5” Jack Dorsey’s “extra decentralized” TBD has announced today it’s going to focus its efforts on building a decentralized Web platform. According to the official site, it aims to “put you in control of your data and identity,” describing itself as “Web5.” Jack Dorsey first […]
What is a DAO?
DAO stands for a decentralized autonomous organization. In a world where decisions are usually made by one party with its own agenda, DAOs represent a breath of fresh air and hope for a better way to organize a project, fund or community. They help create a trustful and equal environment where decisions are made considering […]
Web3 news, June 9: NFT tracking platform from former Robinhood COO, Anthony Hopkins’s interest in digital art, ‘Cryptoys’ from Mattel
NFT tracking platform led by former Robinhood Crypto COO raises $8 million Christine Brown, the first COO of Robinhood Crypto, along with the former head of mobile at Venmo, Chris Maddern, has announced an $8 million seed round led by Crypto.com, B Capital, 6th Man Ventures and others for their new NFT venture, Floor. Floor […]
Web3, June 8: Solana’s $100M fund, Salesforce NFT platform, Alibaba Cloud NFT services
Solana launches $100 million fund to support Web3 startups in South Korea Solana Ventures and Solana Foundation have announced they’re launching a $100 million investment fund to finance DeFi, NFT and Web3 projects in South Korea. Why South Korea? The teams believe that “Korea is at the forefront of web3 game design and development” after […]
Web3 news, June 7: Samsung’s Web3 Discord, Metaverse crypto index, English Premier League NFT move
Bitwise, Multicoin, Matthew Ball set up Metaverse Crypto Index Fund Bitwise Asset Management, Multicoin Capital and Matthew Ball have launched the Ball Multicoin Bitwise Metaverse Index Fund, a metaverse crypto asset index and fund with 40 crypto assets. Matthew Ball describes it as a “rules-driven index that combines the best of institutional indexing approaches with […]
Web3, June 6: $50 million earned in NFT sales, $370,000 stolen in attack, $72 million raised in game
19-year old transgender artist earns $50 million selling NFTs Victor Langlois is joining the list of highly successful NFT artists making six figures. The 19-year-old transgender artist has shared that he made earned $50 million in less than a year by selling his NFTs. Langlois was one of the artists whose work was sold at a Christie’s […]
What is a token?
A token is a word that is often used to describe cryptocurrencies. But while cryptocurrencies represent a medium of exchange, tokens represent assets. Tokens can be Traded Staked Held for value But, unlike cryptocurrencies, tokens are built on top of an existing blockchain using a certain token standard, like ERC-20 or ERC-721. One of […]