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Apr 20

Announcing Expressions, a new kind of Web3 marketplace

Here’s how we’re different from the old guard There have been barrels of digital ink spilled on the subject of why NFTs no longer matter, why the Web3 party is over, yadda yadda yadda. Nearly all of the critics seem to have short memories. Remember the conventional wisdom of 2000 that the “dot-coms” were a ridiculous aberration and…

Creators

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Announcing Expressions, a new kind of Web3 marketplace
Announcing Expressions, a new kind of Web3 marketplace
Creators

6 min read


Apr 7

Let’s save the Creator Economy

Sign the petition! It’s time to restore royalties so creators can earn a living If Web3 is known for anything, it’s for the idea that it’s a place where creators and users come together in a vibrant ecosystem of interconnected decentralized applications powered by blockchain to put power into the…

Web3

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Let’s save the Creator Economy
Let’s save the Creator Economy
Web3

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Jul 4, 2022

Spike Lee: Bringing democracy to filmmaking with NFTs

For me, the absolute highlight of the NFT NYC conference, which attracted 15,000 attendees to Times Square June 20–23, was filmmaker Spike Lee’s talk at Radio City Music Hall. Why? Because Spike didn’t get weighed down by the plunging price of cryptocurrencies, which cast a shadow over much of the…

Nft

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Spike Lee: Bringing democracy to filmmaking with NFTs
Spike Lee: Bringing democracy to filmmaking with NFTs
Nft

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Mar 5, 2022

Top NFT projects to get involved with

I’m longtime friends with Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells, the social media pioneers who founded Social Media Club back in the day. So it was a welcome development, but no huge surprise, to see their involvement in the Web3 space. Chris, along with another longtime friend, Tina Hui, co-hosted the…

Nft

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Top NFT projects to get involved with
Top NFT projects to get involved with
Nft

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Feb 17, 2022

NFTs have a trust problem — and it needs to be fixed

NFTs have a trust problem. It’s not an image issue that needs managing. It’s a real problem that needs fixing. And it’s not going away until some fundamental reforms and upgrades are made to the architecture of NFTs (non-fungible tokens). How do we know there’s a significant trust issue? Because any time fraud and piracy pervade an ecosystem in large numbers, it keeps honorable participants on the sidelines and attracts more bad actors to join in. You’ve heard of a virtuous circle? Think of this as the opposite: an…

Nft

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NFTs have a trust problem — and it needs to be fixed
NFTs have a trust problem — and it needs to be fixed
Nft

4 min read


Jan 2, 2022

The top 20 crypto stories of 2021

We break down the Bankless hosts’ analysis of big happenings in Web3 At Digital Culture Works, we place Bankless near the top of podcasts covering crypto, NFTs, blockchain and Web3. And we’ve been spending a good deal of time lately in the Bankless Discord. So when Bankless came out the…

Nft

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The top 20 crypto stories of 2021
The top 20 crypto stories of 2021
Nft

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Dec 21, 2021

The different flavors of DAOs in Web3

A quick guide to decentralilzed autonomous organizations To those outside the world of crypto, the term DAO (see our Glossary definition) may seem like a foreign concept. But even for those steeped in the promise of Web3, DAOs can be a slippery concept. In short, the purpose of DAOs is to give some measure of ownership or…

Dao

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The different flavors of DAOs in Web3
The different flavors of DAOs in Web3
Dao

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Nov 15, 2021

Gary Vee at NFT.NYC: NFTs will change the world

I wasn’t able to attend NFT.NYC on Nov. 1–3, which has quickly grown into the world’s largest NFT gathering since its birth in 2019, with 5,000 attendess on hand in Times Square for sessions on nonfungible tokens, DeFi, crypto, the metaverse and all things Web 3. Fortunately, the event organizers…

Nft

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Gary Vee at NFT.NYC: NFTs will change the world
Gary Vee at NFT.NYC: NFTs will change the world
Nft

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Sep 30, 2021

Are NFTs and crypto only for the rich?

At the online NFT & Creators Summit held Sept. 24, one of the most thought-provoking sessions was a panel discussion that VC Drew Austin of Red Beard Ventures led with three leading founders in Web 3. Taking part were Roham Gharegozlou, co-founder and CEO of Dapper Labs (makers of NBA…

Crypto

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Are NFTs and crypto only for the rich?
Are NFTs and crypto only for the rich?
Crypto

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Aug 20, 2021

RTFKT: Bringing sneaker fashion into crypto

The digital fashion startup pioneers NFTs for virtual worlds Things are moving fast in the metaverse. On the Inside.com webinar titled “Mastering NFTs” that I attended recently, we got some intriguing insights into how a crypto brand is pioneering virtual footwear in the metaverse and bridging the digital and physical worlds — courtesy of sneaker fashion. The startup RTFKT…

Crypto

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RTFKT: Bringing sneaker fashion into crypto
RTFKT: Bringing sneaker fashion into crypto
Crypto

5 min read

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