This week, for the first time, Arbitrum alone counted more transactions per day than the Ethereum main layer. Meanwhile, Coinbase announced its own L2 chain. Here's what's happening.
A โBitcoin Punk" NFT recently sold for 9.5 BTC, roughly $230'000. Bitcoin NFTs have exploded. What's the fuzz all about? How does it work? And will it change Bitcoin forever? A primer.
Shopify enters Web3; The state of US crypto policy; NY Fashion Week and Web3; Democratization of art; Polygon on a roll; Microsoft exits the metaverse; New start-ups & more.
The war on crypto; Vitalik Buterin and Balaji; ETH staking withdrawals; Doritos enters Web3; Hermรจs lawsuit; Reddit's super bowl collection; new start-ups & more.
Crypto and privacy; Bitcoin NFTs; Doodles V2; Bitcoin & unemployment; The White House on crypto; Infrastructure unbundling; Louis Vuitton's AR; new start-ups & more.
Web3 for brands; State of brand NFTs; Headless brands; BAYC & FTX; Web3 dev activity; Nike .Swoosh Studio; Porsche NFT mint; Goldman ranks Bitcoin; New start-ups & more.
As I talk with marketers and the community, I still hear a lot of pushback against "Web3". This is where we stand and how brands can lead the next wave of Web3 adoption.
Crypto creator economy; the state of NFTs; Mike Novogratz; Web3 identity; The flippening of L2s; Beeple Studios; EY & Polygon; Active devs growing; New start-ups & more.
Institutional adoption; EigenLayer; Nassim Taleb weights in on Bitcoin; Bitcoin without block rewards; AWS and Avalanche; Vitalik's vision for crypto; VC funding in 2022; new start-ups & more.
Edward Snowden drops his 2nd NFT (after selling the first one for $5.1m). Here is why it's important.
Bloomberg stories; Web3's wallet opportunity; top 5 reads of 2022; Bitcoin turns 14; Kraken attacks; CFA on crypto; Celsius customers lose deposits; China's new blockchain; new start-ups & more.
Shortly before New Year's Eve, Bloomberg dropped a high-profile crypto story: โHow Not to Play the Gameโ โ putting crypto on trial. I ask: What game? Let's go back to reality.