Polkadot’s leading parachain and innovative hub, Astar Network, has partnered with Tokyo’s special ward Shibuya to support the city’s Web3 initiative. According to a press release sent to CryptoPotato, the partnership will see Astar and Shibuya team up to foster the development of Tokyo’s Web3 strategy. Astar Network Partners Shibuya City As per the release,...Read More
On March 1, MetaMask announced its latest upgrade, which is a software development kit (SDK) in the Unity Asset Store. It will allow developers to connect their games to the MetaMask wallet, enabling users to interact with Web3-enabled features within the game itself, it stated. The Unity Asset Store is a platform for decentralized gaming...Read More
Tencent Cloud announced strategic collaborations with prominent companies in the crypto industry namely – Ankr, Avalanche, Scroll, and Sui – to support the development of the Web3 ecosystem. According to the official statement by the subsidiary of the Chinese tech giant, the latest move aims to establish close relationships with industry partners to assist developers...Read More
Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr announced a partnership with Microsoft to offer a node hosting service for enterprises and organizations needing access to blockchain data. According to the official press release shared with CryptoPotato, the deal will see an integration of technology of Ankr’s innovations in blockchain infrastructure with the software giant’s cloud solutions. The service...Read More
German multinational engineering giant Bosch and Cambridge-based artificial intelligence lab – Fetch.ai – have jointly unveiled a new foundation focused on fueling industrial adoption of software agents, AI, and Web3 technology. Dubbed – Fetch.ai Foundation – this new initiative will focus on areas such as research and development as well as harnessing the application and...Read More
Sony Network Communications (a tech provider under the umbrella of the Sony Group) partnered with Polkadot’s innovation hub – Astar Network – to present a Web3 Incubation Program. Users willing to join can apply until March 6, 2023. Focusing on NFTs and DAOs According to a document seen by CryptoPotato, the program will run from...Read More
Tom Dunleavy – Senior Research Analyst at Messari – thinks there is a bright future for the blockchain platform Polygon. It has shown significant growth over the past few years, increasing the number of its developers and attracting some major institutions. Dunleavy took it to Twitter to lay out the most notable recent achievements of...Read More
The Web3-oriented Venom Ventures Fund (VVF) invested $5 million in Everscale to aid its expansion efforts. The fund saw the light of day earlier last month after collaborating with the Abu Dhabi-based Iceberg Capital Limited and Venom Foundation. The ‘Strategic Investment’ According to a document seen by CryptoPotato, VVF’s financing aims to support the Web3...Read More
Amazon is reportedly working on a digital assets company that will power an NFT marketplace this spring. According to sources interviewed by the media outlet Blockworks, the retail giant has been buying digital collectibles companies from various players in the crypto ecosystem to power its new venture. So far, Amazon has invested in layer-1 blockchains...Read More
ConsenSys – a blockchain software technology company – and Amber Group – a cryptocurrency platform based in Singapore – are the latest entities in the digital asset sector to announce staff layoffs. The former will trim its team by approximately 11%, while the latter reportedly plans to reduce its Hong Kong division by 50%. Adjusting...Read More
Polygon founder Sandeep Nailwal has unveiled the first 13 Web 3 companies to participate in Beacon, his newly launched startup accelerator. The team has confirmed that companies involved in the next cohort will each receive $250,000 in support, for an $8 million post-money valuation. Fostering Web3 Growth Nailwal announced Beacon’s launch late last year, with...Read More
The blockchain gaming platform Animoca Brands seeks to raise around $1 billion for its latest Web3 and Metaverse investment fund during the year’s first quarter. The initiative comes in spite of the market decline and the FTX crash, which have vaporized much of the interest in cryptocurrencies. Special Attention on Web3 The Hong Kong-based Animoca...Read More
Octopus Network – a multichain crypto network supporting Web3 applications – will lay off 40% of its staff members to ensure its survival amidst the ongoing crypto winter. The adverse macroeconomic factors have taken their toll on numerous other industry leaders who took similar action over the past several months. Some examples are Coinbase, CryptoCom,...Read More
Rishi Ramchandani – a former executive at the bankrupt crypto platform BlockFi – became the APAC Web3 Lead of Google. The world’s largest search engine argued earlier this year that Web3 is a market that demonstrates “tremendous potential” and established a dedicated team. Finding Shelter in Google In a recent post on LinkedIn, Ramchandani said he...Read More
The company plans to hire more engineers despite the intense bear market. Aztec Network – a privacy layer 2 chain for Web3 – announced raising $100 million in a Series B financing led by VC giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The funding round also saw participation from A Capital, King River, Variant, SV Angel, Hash Key,...Read More
American entertainment and record label conglomerate – Warner Music Group – is continuing to expand its metaverse strategy, evident in its latest partnership and investment in DressX, a digital fashion retailer. Under the agreement, Warner Music artists will be able to collaborate directly with DressX to design and launch 3D and AR virtual clothing, which...Read More
Aligning with ambitious investment plans in the ongoing bear market, Binance Labs – the venture capital arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange – announced leading a private round II for GoPlus Security. The value of the investment has not been disclosed. The fresh capital infusion will be deployed to develop security data further, build...Read More
The leading Japanese mobile phone operator – NTT Docomo – joined forces with Accenture to invest between 500 and 600 billion yen (up to $4 billion) in the next iteration of Internet technology – Web3. The partners will also provide training courses for those interested in the field, including business leaders and engineers. Entering the...Read More
A series of enabling factors places India at the forefront of global Web3 transformation, said a report by Nasscom, a no-profit apex body of the $227-billion Indian tech industry. It identifies the rapid adoption of new technologies, vast talent pool, and robust startup ecosystem as the key drivers of the nation’s push for a key...Read More
The first half of October has seen numerous crypto-related companies securing multi-million fundraisers. Some examples include Horizon Blockchain Games, Step, Uniswap Labs, Copper Technologies, and the investment start-up Pillow. Since the beginning of the year, digital asset firms have raised over $30 billion. Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital played a key role, both completing $9...Read More
The top tier of Spanish soccer – Primera Division, commonly referred to as La Liga – reportedly joined forces with the digital art platform – StadioPlus – to enter the Decentraland Metaverse. Over the course of the partnership, the league will develop land parcels in Vegas City district (a digital party town part of the...Read More
The American banking giant – JPMorgan Chase – is looking for a Vice President (VP), Payments Business Development Manager, to join its Technology, Media, and Telecom West Coast Payments Team to be part of the Web 3, Crypto, Fintech, & Metaverse division. JPMorgan’s latest push toward the digital asset industry could be considered a surprise...Read More
Near Foundation – the Swiss non-profit that oversees the development of Near Protocol – reportedly partnered with the VC firm Caerus Ventures to launch a $100M venture capital fund and venture lab. The main goal will be to support engineers, builders, and developers who work in the emerging Web 3 sector. Earlier this year, Near...Read More
Starbucks – the world-renowned coffee house chain – is taking its first steps into the world of web 3. In partnership with Polygon, the company is building a blockchain-based loyalty program called Starbucks Odyssey, allowing members to purchase non-fungible tokens (NFTs) representing digital collectible stamps. Starbucks to Integrate NFTs As announced by Starbucks on Monday,...Read More
According to a report by the data acquisition and analysis company DappRadar, Web3-based games and Metaverse projects raised $748 million since August 1, 2022. Last month, on average, 847,000 daily Unique Active Wallets (UAW) interacted with blockchain games, an 11% decline compared to July. One of the most popular games in the field – Axie...Read More
Animoca Brands’ Japanese subsidiary, also known as – Animoca Brands KK – has raised $45 million. Its parent company, Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, and MUFG Bank, Ltd. (MUFG) led the investment. The blockchain gaming powerhouse is strengthening its presence in one of the leading economies in Asia – Japan. According to the official blog post,...Read More
Polygon’s founder, Sandeep Nailwal, alongside other Web3 founders, has raised a $50 million fund that will be focused on Web3 startups. The new venture will be called Symbolic Capital. The fund plans to differentiate itself by using a unique data platform to drive its investments and the support of portfolio companies. According to a press...Read More
LongHash Ventures – an Asian investment firm and accelerator that’s geared towards web 3 – has announced a $100 million venture fund for the decentralized web. The money will be targeted at “multi-chain Web3 infrastructure projects” supporting DeFi, NFTs, GameFi, and the metaverse. Per a press release shared with CryptoPotato on Wednesday, the fund will...Read More
Nas Academy, spearheaded by popular vlogger Nuseir Yassin announced the launch of the first bundle of courses that can be unlocked with an NFT collection. For the initiative, the creator tech platform has partnered with Invisible College. Initially, the crypto academy will enable $2,000 worth of courses for its users that would cover topics such...Read More
Investments targeting the crypto industry reached $30.3B in the first half of the year, more than the whole year combined in 2021, according to Messari’s H1 2022 Fundraising Report. It shows that the market slump in the first six months did not shake investors’ faith in blockchain and crypto technology. Despite the notorious collapses of...Read More
