Atmosphere (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Consensus Web3athon 2023 Reveals Its Winners
Six projects building on five blockchain protocols will take home over $200,000 in grants to help fund development.
Atmosphere (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

(Teddy DAO)
Web3 Charity Teddy DAO is Raising Money Through Daily NFT Auctions
Teaming up with fundraising platform JustGiving, Teddy DAO will hold a daily auction of teddy bear NFTs, allowing the buyer to donate proceeds to a charity of their choosing.
(Teddy DAO)

The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)
Polkadot Revamps Governance System, Removes ‘First Class Citizen’ Voting Groups
The new Polkadot OpenGov system allows multiple voting tracks to take place simultaneously without bottlenecks.
The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Urbit Foundation Executive Director Josh Lehman. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Blockchain Staking Provider Chorus One Expands to Peer-to-Peer Network Urbit
Chorus One's bet on Urbit's future growth is described by executives as a natural extension of the company's staking services on blockchains including Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos...
Urbit Foundation Executive Director Josh Lehman. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Left to right: Braxton Woodham, Patrick Murck, Jeffrey Edell and Ursula O’Kuinghttons (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Social Media App MeWe to Bring Frequency Blockchain's Self-Sovereign Identity to Its 20M Users
The Frequency blockchain aims to create a fundamental layer to Web3, based on a social identity that users can control.
Left to right: Braxton Woodham, Patrick Murck, Jeffrey Edell and Ursula O’Kuinghttons (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

(Parikshit Mishra/CoinDesk)
Polkadot Registers Trademark for Blockchain Communication Platform
The trademark filing mentions social networking software.
(Parikshit Mishra/CoinDesk)

(lido.fi)
DeFi Platform Lido to Cease Staking on Polkadot, Kusama in August
The service will be terminated on Aug. 1 with automatic unstaking occurring in June.
(lido.fi)

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Crypto Payments Specialist Stellar Bridges Fiat and Stablecoins to Polkadot
The Spacewalk bridge built by recent parachain winner Pendulum is focused on connecting DeFi to forex markets.
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(Lido Finance)
Lido Finance Weighs Sunsetting Liquid Staking on Polkadot, Kusama
The proposal comes as MixBytes, Lido’s partner developer firm for Polkadot and Kusama liquid staking, announced it would stop supporting the networks.
(Lido Finance)

Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies)
Polkadot Co-Founder Gavin Wood Steps Down From CEO Role at Blockchain's Builder
Björn Wagner will now helm Polkadot's key backer, Parity Technologies.
Polkadot co-founder Gavin Wood (Parity Technologies)