Tagged: Web3

August 9, 2022 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fortress Blockchain Technology has raised a $22.5 million seed round to pursue its vision for B2B infrastructure for Web3. Fortress Blockchain was founded by Scott Purcell, the individual who founded the successful custody and infrastructure Fintech – Prime Trust. The funding was led by Ayon… Read More

August 7, 2022 @ 7:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led the seed funding round of Lifeform, which is described as “a disruptive decentralized visual digital identity (DID) solution provider.” The fund will aim to “empower the next billion Web3 users with decentralized digital citizenship.”… Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Unstoppable Domains is pleased to announce their partnership with GMO Internet Group, which operates Japan’s largest domain registration service, Onamae.com, “with more than 28 million domain registration records.” Via this partnership, GMO Internet has “launched a brand new registration service, ‘CryptoName by GMO,’ offering NFT… Read More

August 1, 2022 @ 4:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana Spaces recently announced the opening of the “first” permanent physical retail, educational, and community space dedicated to Web3 at The Shops at Hudson Yards on Level 2, in Manhattan, New York. Solana Spaces was “founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco.” Spaces,… Read More

July 29, 2022 @ 10:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DSCVR, a Web3 social content network running on the Internet Computer blockchain, has quickly “set the standard for illustrating what’s possible when operating a social platform entirely on-chain.” NFT integrations, community gating and voting, and a variety of cross-product collaborations have “stoked remarkable growth in… Read More

July 23, 2022 @ 6:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

peaq, the Web3 network powering the Economy of Things (EoT), announces joining the Substrate Builders Program. Run by Parity, the blockchain solutions company behind Polkadot, the program “will support peaq on its mission to build a decentralized Economy of Things.” Parity’s Substrate Builders Program “supports… Read More

July 20, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Pay, a contactless, borderless, and secure user-to-user cryptocurrency payment feature by Binance, announced its partnership with Bolt Global, a technology company that builds platforms and services “for the next generation of the internet.” The partnership will “allow Binance users from over 150 countries to… Read More

July 18, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

At Unstoppable Domains, they’re working to onboard the world to Web3, and that means “making it easier for people to use crypto.” They’re thrilled to announce that they’re partnering with MoonPay, which claims to be one of the world’s “leading” Web3 infrastructure companies. Now, people… Read More

July 17, 2022 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MetaMask, which is ConsenSys’ mobile app and browser extension wallet, recently celebrated its 6th anniversary. MetaMask has “achieved 6 digit growth in Monthly Active Users (MAUs) since its inception.” The fast growth of the last two years can be “attributed to the frenzy of interest… Read More

July 16, 2022 @ 10:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Genesis Vault Capital, a digital asset fund, is pleased to launch Genesis Venture Studio (GVS). The mission of GVS is “to help founders validate, launch, and scale Web3 companies structured as Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs).” DAOs are “a new type of entity that is collectively… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

DeepNFTValue, a machine learning company that uses deep neural networks to price non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and other NFT assets, has announced a $4 million raise led by Rockaway Blockchain Fund, a venture capital firm backing “leading” Web3 founders. The investment round also included contributions from… Read More

July 11, 2022 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jason Fung, former gaming head at TikTok, has launched a new venture for connecting Metaverses. Meta0, an interoperability protocol for connecting Metaverses, recently announced the completion of its litepaper and the appointment of Jason Fung as CEO. Prior to joining and founding Meta0, Jason reportedly… Read More

July 8, 2022 @ 1:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dequency has introduced its Web3-powered music licensing marketplace, “opening its portal to music rights holders everywhere, having completed a 4-month restricted beta phase.” Dequency is building (what it claims to be) “a unique, decentralized music licensing marketplace for music rights holders and visual creators to… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the VC division and accelerator of Binance, and Republic co-led the seed funding round of Magic Square, the first “community-driven” Web3 multi-chain crypto app store. Magic Square provides Web3 solutions “to make crypto more accessible for all.” Users can discover and experience various… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 10:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ShareRing’s purpose is to remove “friction” throughout the world, and digital identities is a vehicle that can “help accomplish this.” Tim Bos, CEO at ShareRing, stated: “Over the years, there’s been a trend for large companies to host more and more data about you in… Read More

June 29, 2022 @ 3:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

peaq, the Web3 network powering the Economy of Things (EoT), has raised $6 million in its latest funding round, which was led by Fundamental Labs. The funding will “support the ongoing expansion of the peaq network, which empowers individuals and organizations to build, govern, and… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 1:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The launch of Grit, the “first-ever” blockchain game from the partnership between Epic Games and Gala Games, is seen as a “watershed” event for the mass onboarding of gamers from Web2 to Web3, according to an update from Huobi. However, blockchain games have “not reached… Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 3:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Unstoppable Domains, which claims to be the leading platform for Web3 digital identity with more than 2.4 million registered NFT domains, recently announced an integration with ShapeShift, a “decentralized,” non-custodial cryptocurrency platform “supporting over 5000 assets.” Now, ShapeShift customers will be able “to replace complicated… Read More

June 26, 2022 @ 7:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Solana Mobile, a subsidiary of Solana Labs, recently debuted Solana Mobile Stack, which is described as “an open source software toolkit for Android enabling native Android web3 apps on Solana with the Seed Vault secure custody protocol that facilitates instant signing of transactions while keeping… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Unstoppable Domains, the Web3 digital identity platform and NFT domain name provider with 2.4 million registered usernames, has teamed up with the City of Miami’s Venture Miami team in order “to accelerate its local Web3 education effort.” Venture Miami hosted its “Miami for Everyone” Web3… Read More