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Smart Contract Platforms: Past, Present and Future

A brief overview of smart contract platform use cases and the potential for investment.

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Investing in Web3: Culture and Entertainment

A simple strategy for where to put your money is to search among your passions, hobbies and obsessions.

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I.D.E.A.S.: Investing in the Future of Digitization and Computing

When you break down the promise of blockchain technology as a new form of computing, oracles and shared storage are two strong use cases. This piece is part of CoinDesk’s IDEA...

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Bitcoin and Beyond: The Future of Cryptocurrency Investing

Experts weigh in on the future of crypto as currency ahead of CoinDesk's I.D.E.A.S. conference.

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Lindsey McInerney
'It’s Always the Community': Web3 and the Future of Movies

Lindsey McInerney on why entertainment will bring the first 100 million people to Web3.

Lindsey McInerney
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‘No Central Points of Failure’: Sunny Aggarwal on ATOM 2.0, Mesh Networks and Cosmos’ Future

The Osmosis founder discusses Cosmos' long-term vision ahead of CoinDesk's I.D.E.A.S. conference.

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Leading Ideas on Digital Assets, Web3, Blockchain and the Metaverse

A couple walks past the turret of a tank reportedly destroyed by a drone on January 12, 2022 in North Wollo, Ethiopia. Ethiopia's civil war, also known as the Tigray War, has been lightly documented in international media - just one symptom of the shrinking footprint of news organizations and the challenges facing photojournalists who work in conflict zones.
Refound Journalism: Selling NFTs to Help Photojournalists

Photojournalists in conflict or disaster zones could improve their finances and rights management by selling non-fungible tokens of their work.

A couple walks past the turret of a tank reportedly destroyed by a drone on January 12, 2022 in North Wollo, Ethiopia. Ethiopia's civil war, also known as the Tigray War, has been lightly documented in international media - just one symptom of the shrinking footprint of news organizations and the challenges facing photojournalists who work in conflict zones.
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Parallel Markets Looks to Bridge Identity Verification Across Platforms

The global investor identity company wants to reduce the tension of onboarding and verification for traditional and crypto-native firms.

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Clixpesa Is Bringing Traditional Kenyan Investing Techniques to Web3

This Web3athon project aims to simplify payments in Africa and bring a regional community investment tool, called a Chama, to crypto.

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Henry Foreman, founder of IndigiDAO and program manager at New Mexico Community Capital. (Google/YouTube)
IndigiDAO: Bringing Blockchain to Indigenous Communities

IndigiDAO founder Henry Foreman believes blockchain technology can be used to help authenticate handcrafted work made by Indigenous artisans.

Henry Foreman, founder of IndigiDAO and program manager at New Mexico Community Capital. (Google/YouTube)
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A Hack to Make Solar Energy More Available

Spark founder Jon Ruth wants to build a marketplace for buying renewable energy certificates on the blockchain as a way to subsidize small producers of solar energy.

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Stablecorp Wants to Reduce Cross-Border Payment Friction

The Canadian company wants to give users and investors a bank-like experience without the need for a bank.

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Jeffrey Miller (Occsaviors)
OccSaviors and the Fight for Honest Occupational Health Hazard Standards

Founder and industrial hygienist Jeffrey Miller details how the decentralized project looks to give occupational workers the fuel they need to track their exposure levels by u...

Jeffrey Miller (Occsaviors)
Lindsey McInerney
'It’s Always the Community': Web3 and the Future of Movies

Lindsey McInerney on why entertainment will bring the first 100 million people to Web3.

Lindsey McInerney
Justin Alanis
StoryDAO and the Quest to Recreate Hollywood

Justin and J.P. Alanís are launching their first IP universe later this year. In 10 years, they believe “the next Star Wars, the next Pokémon will be community-owned.”

Justin Alanis
Michael “Pom” Preston. Production still from the film One Word Sawalmem (rosaguayaba.earth)
This Native American Tribe Leader Is Bringing Salmon Restoration to the Metaverse

In Salmon Journeys on Decentraland, users catch Chinook salmon to win exclusive NFTs.

Michael “Pom” Preston. Production still from the film One Word Sawalmem (rosaguayaba.earth)
Casper Labs CEO Mrinal Manohar (Casper Labs)
Casper Labs Has Its Sights Set on Enterprise

Mrinal Manohar, the CEO and co-founder of Casper Labs, believes most current blockchain offerings are insufficient for enterprise needs. He aims to change this.

Casper Labs CEO Mrinal Manohar (Casper Labs)
David Sneider
Lit Protocol: Public Key Infrastructure for a Decentralized World

Lit Protocol's David Sneider, a presenter at the CoinDesk I.D.E.A.S. conference, wants to decentralize public key cryptography.

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dClimate: Smart Contracts for the Warming World

dClimate’s Sid Jha, a speaker at CoinDesk’s IDEAS conference, is a decentralized marketplace for climate-related data.

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Everyrealm Eyes Communities of Scale in the Metaverse

Everyrealm, a speaker at CoinDesk's IDEAS event, started by investing in metaverse real estate. Now that's only a small part of its portfolio.

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Steve Kaminsky (LinkedIn)
How Jump Crypto Is Supporting Web3 Projects Across the DeFi Ecosystem

Steve Kaminsky, who works in special projects at the firm, shares how Jump Crypto is helping Pyth in its efforts to solve the oracle problem.

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Gennaro D'Urso
How One Scientist-Turned-Founder Is Bridging Drug Discovery With Blockchain

Genetic Networks founder Gennaro D'Urso is exploring the ways in which DAOs can benefit the drug discovery industry.

Gennaro D'Urso
Andy Chatham
DIMO Helps Drivers Gain and Monetize Their Car Data

Co-founder Andy Chatham explains how the open-source, decentralized project wants to help drivers tap into the valuable car data market.

Andy Chatham
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Reuniting Borrowers and Lenders on Defi

Morpho is an Ethereum application bringing peer-to-peer to lending to protocols like such as Aave and Compound. Paul Frambot is the co-founder.

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Valentin Pletnev CEO Quasar Finance (QuasarFi)
DeFi for the Masses

Valentin Pletnev of Quasar Finance wants to democratize access to sophisticated transactions in decentralized finance.

Valentin Pletnev CEO Quasar Finance (QuasarFi)

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