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The Web3 ecosystem might have weathered a dry year during 2023 in terms of venture capital (VC) funding, but it surely had its highlights with many bountiful investments across a wide range of niches.The most recent data indicates that Web3 startups have raised around $6 billion so ...

As an integral part of Techstars, a global seed accelerator known for its significant investments in over 250 Web3 startups, Pete Townsend offers a unique perspective on what it takes to succeed in this rapidly evolving space.His expertise spans from identifying promising startups f ...

Charity initiatives reflect our humanness in a world too much focused on individualism and consumerism. However, trust in charitable organizations and nonprofits has declined drastically over the last few years. Many businesses and individual influencers use giving for branding and promoti ...

The metaverse has the potential to revolutionize how businesses promote themselves, communicate with their clients, and build economies. By creating immersive 3D experiences, companies and organizations can develop interactive user stories and experiences that foster engagement, monetizati ...

Cryptocurrencies are digital-only assets that investors can delegate custody to a third party, such as an exchange, store in hot wallets, or rely on their own hardware wallets. Security concerns with online solutions and third-party risks (not your keys, not your coins) have increased the need fo ...

goodcryptoX, a new DeFi trading platform, leverages Ethereum’s account abstraction feature to provide users with advanced trading functionality and a seamless user experience.Decentralized finance (DeFi) offers unique advantages over centralized platforms, empowering individuals and ...

ReadON brings high-quality content to Web3 by providing a seamless and user-friendly experience, helping projects build stronger relationships with their users and driving the adoption of decentralization.While Web3 holds the promise of mitigating the drawbacks of Web2, its adoption ...

The next iteration of the internet, Web3, is proposing a new infrastructure based on blockchain technology to build a democratic global social media ecosystem that caters to all stakeholders.Web3 adepts hope that the widespread adoption of blockchain technology will solve some of th ...

The overlap between traditional finance and cryptocurrencies has become more pronounced in the last few years, with some online crypto services offering Visa-backed cards supporting crypto payments. However, the infrastructure gap between traditional banking and crypto is barely narrowing. ...

The growth of social media has made it possible for everyone to become a content creator. And while the creator economy grew, incentives to become part of it continued to diminish. Since the $100 billion market is dominated by a handful of centralized platforms, creators hardly ever see a fair co ...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) might hold immense potential to solve the problems faced by traditional finance (TradFi). However, DeFi still struggles with onboarding new users -both retail and institutional- due to its limitations on the user experience side. Despite all the innovation ...

On top of the fraud and scam issues related to crypto, NFTs also require intellectual property management. Web3 platform Niftyz aims to add legal clarity to the NFT market by using blockchain-verified emails to create and protect NFTs.The crypto industry is growing remarkably, even ...

As the crypto industry continues to grow, it becomes increasingly intertwined with traditional finance (TradFi) to the benefit of end users. TradFi is notoriously slow, inefficient and expensive. International wire transfers, which take days and double-digit dollar fees in most cases, are a perfe ...

A cutting-edge crypto platform says it offers all the advantages of centralized exchanges in a noncustodial environment. Changex offers seamless on and off-ramps to fiat, effortless purchases via bank transfers and debit cards, and cross-chain swaps for speedy conversions between digital a ...

Crypto market charts can make traders feel exhausted just by looking at them, and chances are high that this contributed to the prolonged bear season. After experiencing historic lows for well over a year, both first-timers and experienced traders are looking for ways to stay afloat in the crypto ...

A Web3-powered streaming platform, Replay vows to transform the entertainment industry — empowering viewers and creators alike. It allows audiences to be rewarded for their attention, all while unlocking new revenue streams for talented individuals behind the camera.The entertainmen ...

Cointelegraph Accelerator, a startup booster that leverages Cointelegraph’s capabilities as a media and strategic partner, announced its second cohort launching in October 2023 for up-and-coming Web3 startups.Selected from over 1000 startup applications, the 16 participants of the second c ...

What’s a better way than combining the world’s most popular sports with Web2’s most socialized aspects to introduce new users to Web3 through gaming? Association football, or soccer, boasts the largest fan base among sports enthusiasts, with over 3.5 billion estimated people rooting for their fav ...

In the Web3 space, one of the key challenges for new projects and products is to get a motivated audience and for crypto-enthusiasts and investors — to find the most promising projects and get in earlier than others. This is where whitelists step in, addressing several critical aspects.A w ...

The virtual roundtable, hosted by Cointelegraph on Twitter Spaces, brought together key team members from the largest centralized exchanges (CEXs), including Bybit, CEX.IO and Huobi, to discuss current industry challenges and trends in crypto trading. Speakers also included Maksim Hramadts ...

Web3 startups often grapple with unique challenges within the evolving ecosystem, including navigating complex regulatory frameworks and scaling while adhering to decentralization principles. Moreover, the recent decline in venture capital investment in Web3 startups has created a need for additiona ...

Web3 startups often face challenges unique to the nascent ecosystem — complex regulatory landscapes and scaling with decentralization are just two of many. Venture capital flowing into Web3 startups experienced a big drop over the last year, and new projects need more help than ever to carry thei ...

CEO & co-founder of Phaver Joonatan Lintala and head of marketing at Cyberconnect Abhi Raheja discussed the innovations of their projects and aspects of SocialFi during the recent Cointelegraph live AMA show. Here are the highlights from the interview: ...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) gave birth to a wide range of financial services that aim to challenge what traditional finance (TradFi) offers. However, the user experience persists as a major issue hindering the widespread adoption of DeFi apps and solutions. For years, the DeFi ecosystem has been ...

Streaming video is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world, with the OTT video industry alone projected to reach $200 billion in 2023. Short for “over-the-top” video, the OTT video ecosystem includes on-demand video as well as ad-supported video content, and it is mainly driven by the gro ...

Gone are the days when decentralized finance (DeFi) was a niche for crypto frontrunners, while centralized finance (CeFi) was the absolute owner of users’ trust. Following the collapse of major centralized organizations within the industry, such as FTX, Prime Trust, and Celsius, among others, the ...

The transition from Web2 to Web3 is reshaping the technology landscape and attracting the attention of developers. Despite the challenges faced during the current crypto winter, the Web3 ecosystem continued to onboard new developers, with many thousands of developers making the jump from Web2 to ...

The creator economy has become a $100 billion market thanks to the rise of social media and digital content. However, it’s bound mainly by centralized content platforms, leaving dismal incentives for actual creators to provide better content for audiences. YouTube’s lat ...

Bitcoin, Coinbase, Binance and more are all fighting for their lives as the United States Securities and Exchange Commission does everything in its power to eradicate the current cryptocurrency system in the United States and replace it with one it deems more “fair” to the Amer ...