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Etherlink Hits Major Milestones with Network Upgrade, NFT Success, and Gaming Investment
Etherlink, a leading Layer 2 scaling solution built on the Tezos blockchain, is making waves with a series of accomplishments that showcase its rapid growth and community support. The platform recently deployed its highly anticipated Bifröst upgrade, saw resounding success in its ...read more
Animoca Brands Raises $10M to Power Mocaverse and Drive the Future of NFT-based Entertainment
Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, a global Web3 leader focused on digital property rights and blockchain-based entertainment, has secured an additional $10 million to expand Mocaverse, its flagship Web3 platform. This latest funding round, which adds to the previous $31.88 ...read more
The Magnet Thesis - The Demise of the Existing Crypto Model & the Inception of a new Era
Thesis Introduction Since the start, most crypto projects launching tokens have relied on a standard model for growth and token distribution. But this model is showing signs of obsolescence, leaving many altcoins vulnerable to volatile market cycles, with some suffering declines ...read more
Rekt Drinks Sells Out 222k Drinks in Two Days
Long live the Power of Web3 Communities. Rekt, a brand with roots deep in Web3 culture, has sold out its highly anticipated Rekt Drinks in a remarkable 43 hours and 38 minutes. Following a surprise launch of the "Liquidated Lime" flavor, Rekt’s initial stock of over 9,269 trays ...read more
4 AI Blockchain Projects with Real World Applications
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain are two of the most talked about technologies today. Their combination is opening up new possibilities for automation, decision-making, and data management. As AI continues to transform industries, its integration with blockchain ...read more
The Ultimate Guide to Hiring Top Web3 Talent: What Every Company Needs to Know
Understanding the Challenges of Hiring Web3 Talent Hiring in the Web3 space is not without its hurdles. The market is fiercely competitive, with a limited pool of candidates possessing the necessary technical skills. This talent scarcity requires companies to broaden their ...read more
The Rise of Fake LinkedIn Profiles in the Web3 Space: Risks, Realities, and How to Protect Your Business
Introduction: The Growing Issue of Fake Profiles As Web3 grows, it has become a target for fraud, especially through fake profiles on LinkedIn. These profiles, pretending to be real professionals or companies, can damage professional networks and endanger businesses. Drawing from ...read more
Are your flowers worth killing for? Take a minute to stop and smell the roses!
Is the price of your flowers costing lives? Maybe you hadn’t thought about it before but it is important to know where your flowers are coming from. Blockchain transparency can help protect migrant farm workers when the right systems and management is put in place. It is a sad ...read more
Gaming VISA Signals Bold New Step in Dubai's 2033 Vision for a Digital Future
Gaming has often been stereotyped as a solitary pursuit, with gamers depicted as isolated, cut off and glued to their screens. However, Farah Al Qasimi, a photographer who explores virtual worlds from Dubai recently noted that, "People see gamers as lonely…but the computer became ...read more
Sahara AI Secures $43M in Funding to Transform AI Copyright and Privacy with Blockchain
Sahara AI, a blockchain initiative focused on addressing copyright and privacy challenges in the rapidly expanding world of artificial intelligence, has successfully raised $43 million in its Series A funding round. Leading the round were key investors Pantera Capital, Binance ...read more
Decentraland Game Expo June 26 - 29: Launch of Game Jam & Call for Games
Decentraland metaverse has just announced its first-ever Decentraland Game Expo, scheduled to run from June 26th to June 29th. This event promises to showcase the cutting-edge landscape of web3 gaming, featuring the winners of the 2024 game jam, top DCL games, surprises from ...read more
Web3 Foundation Launches $45M USD Program to Drive Polkadot Growth
The Web3 Foundation, spearheading the innovative Polkadot blockchain protocol, has unveiled its initiative, the Decentralized Futures Program. This ambitious program, funded by an impressive 20M USD and 5M DOT (Polkadot's native cryptocurrency), marks a significant investment of ...read more
Running on Empty: What Happens When AI Models Run Out of Data?
Over 150 years ago, statistician and founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, made data visualisations that were designed to change how society behaved. She successfully took the value of data, applied it to a real-world use case of poor sanitation and overcrowding and ...read more
ReFi: The Financial Revolution That Prioritizes the Planet
‘Am I talking to a brick wall?’ is a common Irish saying that translates to' are you listening to what I am trying to tell you? This frustration must be so common for activists and sustainability advocates who see the same mistakes, same discussions and same solutions being ...read more
Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023 - Premier Digital Asset Event, April 12 to 15.
More than 300 industry leaders, project founders, investors, representatives from regulatory agencies, experts and scholars will be invited to bring to every participant the cutting-edge Web3 technologies and discuss the key issues for the development of the Web3 future. The ...read more
8 Leading Women in Web3 share Opportunities and Challenges
To celebrate women in the world of Blockchain for International Women’s Day 2023 we asked some of the leading female blockchain voices what are the opportunities and challenges for women in Web3. The benefits of diversity across teams is now widely acknowledged with reports ...read more
Metaverse Gurus - what is the reality?
How much closer did we get to the Metaverse in 2022? We’re still very, very early. We see the Metaverse as a future with a number of virtual worlds - some open and some close. It’s a little bit like there are different types of states in our world: some are more open than others, ...read more
Building-blocks of the future, or a chain of fools?
Above: Exposed Order by Eugene Wood, 2016 Blockchain has been hailed as a revolutionary technology that will dramatically transform society for the better; a cryptographic near-panacea that addresses inequality, disenfranchisement and the many ills of centralised ...read more
Music Platform Napster planning Web3 comeback with acquisition of Mint Songs
Napster has announced the acquisition of Mint Songs, an NFT marketplace that helps musicians build Web3 communities. The purchase, which is the first deal made by Napster Ventures, will be the foundation for the company's Web3 strategy. Napster Ventures was created when Jon ...read more
Are Web3 leaders missing a trick? Great leadership fosters a culture of communication
When the bears descended on the cryptocurrency market, many blockchain focused projects felt it necessary to pull back on promotional activity, pause the expansion of their marketing teams and even let some of their key communications staff go. Is this a wise decision given that ...read more
What are the Web3 Gaming leaders saying? Insights from the top blockchain gaming projects
The dedicated blockchain gaming conference by CGC Games never disappoints when is comes to interesting discussions and engaging topics on the future of gaming. This year was no different. Gamers, gaming projects and Web3 infrastructure providers gathered to talk about the issues ...read more
Part 1: Web3 and crypto slang and jargon- Blockleaders
The web3 and crypto space can be an intimidating place at first. From figuring out wallets and currencies, to the metaverse and NFTs, it can be a lot. Add the seemingly complex web3 vocab into the mix and it might just make you want to cash out and give up. Fortunately for you ...read more
Why are TradFi companies hiring Web3 experts?
JP Morgan, a Wall Street giant and world-renowned financial services firm has posted a job opening for a Web3 and metaverse specialist. According to LinkedIn, there have been 74 applicants for the role to date. The job description details the need for an individual contributor ...read more
Why research needs to be revamped to serve a Web3 audience
In a world where people are being bombarded with new information, providing an entertaining way to learn about disruptive technologies and stay abreast of the latest industry trends is no easy task. Twimbit is creating web3 research that is easy to consume by the general public. ...read more
NEAR protocol opens Web3 door to 20 million Javascript developers worldwide
In an official blog post NEAR protocol has announced the release of a new Javascript SDK that will enable 20 million developers to build decentralized applications. The bold move will increase adoption within the NEAR ecosystem. Brining Web2 developers into the world of Web3 is ...read more
Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 “OMA3™” to jointly address interoperability challenges of the industry
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
9 Web3 Companies to Watch
Web3 is growing fast with web3 companies creating solutions to decade old problems, disrupting current norms and creating interactive experiences for users. It seems there are new web3 and metaverse projects being launched every day. Here at Blockleaders there are some companies ...read more
Communicating in Web3 – It’s a foreign country where they do things differently
Web 3 is a very different place to Web 2. In fact, let’s refresh our definitions before we continue. Web 1 is read only (think static websites and the beginning of ecommerce.) Web 2 is read and write (think social media and the gathering of all that lovely, expensive data by the ...read more
Web3 Job Opportunities - How to get a job in Crypto?
The world of blockchain has been heating up for a number of years now with new projects coming on the scene weekly. Not only are the top employees from the world of traditional finance leaving to jump into crypto, also the demand for jobs in crypto has exploded. According to a ...read more