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The effort required to tackle the ongoing climate crisis is rapidly increasing day by day. For this article, we have researched various blockchain projects tackling climate change. The ten projects are driving awareness for and developing solutions for a more sustainable future. ...read more

The Doodles NFT project has announced its first round of funding of $54 million, led by Reddits Alexis Ohanian's venture firm. It is also supported by FTX Ventures and Acrew Capital. The 10k collectible NFTs are renowned for having a strong community and nabbing celebrity ...read more

Renowned coffee brand, Starbucks has launched a new NFT-based rewards program for its loyal members.  The new Starbucks experience called Odyssey will offer current members the chance to buy and earn digital stamps that will provide access to immersive coffee experiences. It's ...read more

See our weekly selection of articles from around the web to provide more in-depth knowledge about blockchain technology and its applications. Brought to you each week from the editors of Blockleaders.io Usability in Web3 - How to unlock mass adoption In this webinar from ...read more

MetaWeb Ventures, a global venture capital firm has announced the launch of its first fund with total capital commitments of $30 million USD. The MetaWeb Ventures team are commited to supported pre-seed and seed investments in crypto start-ups. The new dedicated fund is titled ...read more

Women of the Future is a project aimed at showcasing and celebrating the top women and change makers in Web3 and the Metaverse using emerging technologies as a force for good in the real world.  The initiative is created in collaboration with Better Allies who share the objective ...read more

Where can you learn the art of storytelling in the world of Web3? Blockleaders, a dedicated Blockchain publication, has launched an exciting new writing studio as part of its quest to enhance Web3 storytelling. The Writing Studio aims to reimagine how blockchain projects ...read more

The upcoming Ethereum Merge is expected to take place a week from now it is time to explain what it is and explore some of the aftershocks. The highly anticipated merge is estimated to make Ethereum network 99 percent more energy efficient.  The network upgrade will move Ethereum ...read more

Our selection of articles from around the web provides more in-depth knowledge about blockchain technology and its applications.  Brought to you each week from the editors of Blockleaders.io Tokenomics not ponzi-nomics: Influencing behavior, making money by Jillian Godsil In this ...read more

Today FIFA and Algorand have announced FIFA Collect, a new platform allowing fans to own and collect FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women’s World Cup moments.  FIFA+ Collect will be available across all web and mobile devices and in three language editions (English, French, and ...read more

Braintrust, a leading decentralized talent network has launched a referral program that rewards people with BTRST tokens. In an announcement on their Twitter account they are encouraging individuals who know companies hiring to connect them to Braintrust and in return they would ...read more

In its official blog Fireblocks has announced support for DeFi on Solana. Users and projects can now connect to Solana dApps via Fireblocks' Web3 Engine.  Solana is the fifth largest blockchain with $2 billion is total locked value and a vibrant NFT ecosystem. Fireblocks ...read more

Flare Network has announced a strategic collaboration with Swiss blockchain software company Lena Instruments. The partnership will produce an innovative crowdfunding launchpad called CloudFunding.  CloudFunding is a launchpad where contributors are granted exclusive access to ...read more

Hong Kong art collector Adrian Cheng has revealed himself as the mega collector of the popular Azuki NFT collection.  In a tweet yesterday Cheng came out as the profile Last Knight Eth that has collected 101 Azukis to date.  He went on to express his admiration for the Azuki ...read more

Shufl is Algorand's newest NFT marketplace. The Shufl mission as outlined on their websites is to create the home of Algorand NFTs through community-focused NFT marketplaces that are dedicated to empowering creators. They have adopted a flat 5% royalty fee for creators. The ...read more

Cutting-edge Games Conference is leveling-up! The eleventh edition of a renowned event, a two-day virtual show, will be held on August 30th and 31st, powered by the next-gen events platform. Established back in 2018, CGC runs both offline and online conferences dedicated to ...read more

The 3rd Annual Metaverse Art Week is taking place this week in Decentraland. Inspired by this year’s Venice Biennale, the third annual Metaverse Art Week will explore how the human spirit is hardwired to elicit an emotional response when presented with art inspired by ...read more

KuCoin, a leading global cryptocurrency trading platform, announced that its venture capital arm has made an investment in Pixie, a crypto-based photo and video sharing social network in Web3. This further demonstrates KuCoin’s commitment to empowering Crypto and Web 3.0 builders ...read more

1. Could you briefly describe the Flare Network, how it’s different from other blockchains and some of the technologies that underpin it? Flare is a powerful new blockchain built for universal connectivity. The vision is to unite the decentralized economy so that it can genuinely ...read more

Nike's NFT-related projects have amassed over $185 million in revenue, making it the leading brand for NFT sales worldwide. Nike released Cryptokicks in April this year with a massive collection of 20,000 NFTs. To date Nike has been leading the charge in NFT sales, generating ...read more

Set to develop on the Solana Chain, SolMad is an NFT collection in the Solana-verse where nomads travel in search of community, land and resources to keep themselves alive against the threat of extinction, global warming and natural disasters. SolMad will take its users on a ...read more

Google is a major blockchain investor, participating in funding that has led to over $1.5B for a selection of blockchain related companies. A new report has revealed the top public companies investing in the blockchain and crypto industry. Major tech firms like Google are ...read more

The Sandbox gaming metaverse is continuing its focus on partnering with leading brands and celebrities. For this new venture, it has partnered with ITV Studios to bring Gordon Ramsay’s reality show Hell’s Kitchen into the metaverse. Ramsay celebrated the news on Twitter stating ...read more

Pixie, the world’s first functional Web 3.0 based Photo and Video Sharing Social Network, was studied by a research paper published by Technovation, a world leading academic journal. It’s very encouraging to see top academic journals now start to look at Web 3.0 ...read more

The European fintech giant, Revolut, has received the green light from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission to offer crypto services to European customers.  Revolut has become the first entity to be granted the crypto asset authorization from the commission. Revolut ...read more

More than 56k community members and counting have signed up to Unique Network’s campaign to fractionalise a Cryptopunk, and share in its future value, despite bear market conditions. Crypto promised fairer distribution, equal access and a decentralized future for all - the polar ...read more

Injective, a layer 1 blockchain built for finance applications, has announced a new $40 million round of funding led by Jump Crypto. Injective is the first fully decentralized smart contracts platform optimized for building decentralized finance applications such as exchanges, ...read more

It is time to supercharge your blockchain project with the Full Moon in Aquarius. To all of you stargazers out there, are you ready for the final supermoon of 2022? For Web3 startups, DeFi projects and technology enthusiasts in the world of Blockchain this may be a great week to ...read more

FTX, a leading regulated cryptocurrency company, announced an integration with Reddit's Community Points in the US, EU, Australia, and other global markets.  The partnership features the integration of FTX Pay as a white-label payment and exchange solution to support users ...read more

For Crypto Gibraltar Festival organiser Pete Burgess, bringing worlds and people together is what he does. This year's festival will take place from September 22 - 24 and Burgess is planning a takeover of Ocean Village in Gibraltar to turn it into its very own Crypto Village. ...read more

Roblox is one of the biggest online video games on the planet. It is estimated that the game has around 23 million players. Everyone from adults to young children plays the game due to its easy to pick up nature. Roblox, much like TheSandbox and Fortnite, is one of the big ...read more

The leading blockchain-based platforms for the metaverse and Web3 Alien Worlds, Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, Decentraland, Decentral Games, SPACE, Superworld, The Sandbox, Upland, Voxels, and Wivity have formed the Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 (short: “OMA3”) to address ...read more

Mobile gaming master Stephane Baudet describes himself as the oldest guy in the mobile gaming industry. With experience dating back to the 80's when he first began working on console games (not even AAA games at the time), he may just be the most experienced mobile gamer today ...read more

Blockdaemon, the leading blockchain infrastructure provider, has announced a strategic expansion into APAC.  Blockdaemon already supports multiple institutional use cases with a single API integration and has begun its operations in Singapore as part of its expansion into the ...read more