Artists Adopting NFTs Has Been ‘Really Market Dependent’, Says NFT Club Berlin’s Rebekka Revel Getting non-crypto artists to make the leap into Web3 comes in ebbs and flows according to the market’s bear and bull waves, says co-founder of NFT Club Berlin and Superteam Germany Rebekka Revel. But she’s hoping to change that by changing the narrative around digital collectibles,…
Gala Games President of Blockchain shares his thoughts on the GALA token upgrade and the latest SEC turmoil with Decrypt’s Kate Irwin. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/interviews/5bcrE8nL/is-gala-safe-gala-games-head-of-blockchain-on-gala-crypto-and-sec-regulatory-turmoil
Big Brands Exploring Web3 to ‘Scale Up Their Superfan Base’: SuperDuper Co-founder Co-founder and co-CEO of Web3 media brand SuperDuper Dom Smith says big brands are eager to enter the space—they just don’t know how. Still, they all maintain a thesis of turning their communities into “super fans” that generate value for users as well as a firm’s bottom line.…
Since first opening Kraken NFT to beta testers, we’ve been building new features, adding more collections, and simplifying the NFT trading experience for all. Now, we’re pleased to announce that Kraken NFT is officially ready to launch. That’s right: we are no longer in Beta. Presenting Kraken NFT — your gateway to buying, selling, and learning about NFTs! What can…
Grill.chat, a chat app based on the Subsocial network, has now implemented Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) wallet compatibility, allowing users to chat using their Ethereum identities and send crypto to each other via Polygon, according to a June 7 announcement. Subsocial is a Polkadot parachain designed for social media applications. Grill.chat allows users to participate in over 70 chat rooms focused…
Financial trading platform eToro told Decrypt Wednesday it’s committed to crypto and working with regulators in the wake of two high-profile lawsuits from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Binance and Coinbase. “We remain a supporter of crypto and believe in the importance of offering our users access to a diversified range of asset classes,” an eToro spokesperson told…
On June 8, decentralized blockchain infrastructure provider Ankr announced the launch of its enterprise blockchain creator tool on Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace. Dubbed “AppChains,” the solution will enable companies to quickly launch a dedicated and customizable blockchain to power various Web3 strategies. Developers can deploy the Polygon Supernet on its first iteration, with more choices thereafter. According to Ankr, AppChains has…
Decentralized finance leader Aave has raised $15 million to fund Lens, its NFT-powered protocol for decentralized social media platforms, the company announced Thursday. Lens is a protocol built atop Polygon, the Ethereum scaling solution. Social media platforms built on Lens can use smart contracts and NFTs to tokenize social data—making a user’s posts, preferences, and network both proprietary to that…
Decentralized wireless (DeWi) network operator World Mobile said on June 8 it has completed field tests of its DeWi technology in Kenya, Mozambique, and Nigeria, bringing it closer to a full rollout across the African continent, the company said in the announcement. World Mobile, which aims to offer affordable and reliable internet access to rural areas that are traditionally under-served,…
British writers’ trade union the Society of Authors (SoA) has issued practical steps for practitioners looking to protect themselves against a panoply of potentially adverse effects from artificial intelligence, as the technology impacts on the creative industries. The guidance chiefly covers the contractual use of authors’ original work by publishers and production companies. It asks that writers be aware of…
