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Sterling Hayden (left) as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper and Peter Sellers as Captain Lionel Mandrake in the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)
DeSo Wants Your Seed Phrase. Let Them Come and Take It
Private key security is a fundamental building block of Web 3. One project seems a little too eager to compromise.
Sterling Hayden (left) as Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper and Peter Sellers as Captain Lionel Mandrake in the 1964 film "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." (John Springer Collection/Getty Images)

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Market Wrap Year-End Review: Musk Pumps Bitcoin and Dogecoin
Dogecoin pumped along with bitcoin thanks to some high profile tweets.
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Reddit Co-Founder Creates $200M Initiative With Polygon for Web 3, Social Media
Polygon will provide the infrastructure for the projects that the initiative backs.
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Reddit Confidentially Submits Draft Registration Statement for Proposed IPO
The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have yet to be determined.
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Instagram Disabled Artist's @Metaverse Handle Days After Facebook Rebranded to Meta
Instagram Disabled Artist’s @Metaverse Handle Days After Facebook Rebranded to Meta
Days after Facebook announced its corporate name would become Meta, an artist’s Instagram account with the username “@metaverse” was blocked and later reinstated. “The Hash” s...
Instagram Disabled Artist's @Metaverse Handle Days After Facebook Rebranded to Meta

Elon Musk and son X Æ A-12 at Time's Person of the Year event.
The Elon Effect: How Musk’s Tweets Move Crypto Markets
Elon Musk has repeatedly shown interest in toying with the crypto markets. We dive into how Tesla’s CEO has swayed the prices of DOGE and BTC during 2021.
Elon Musk and son X Æ A-12 at Time's Person of the Year event.

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How Misinformation on ‘Book Twitter’ Killed a Literary NFT Project
“Realms of Ruin” used the Solana blockchain for a reason. That didn’t stop people from accusing it of ruining the environment.
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Web 3 Social Media Needs Dedicated Blockchains
General-purpose blockchains are awesome at DeFi, but prohibitively expensive for decentralized social media.
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Reddit Co-Founder, Solana Ventures Launch $100M Initiative for Web 3 Social Media
Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six thinks Solana can support social at scale.
Alexis Ohanian (Getty Images)

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Discord CEO Hints at Ethereum Compatibility
Jason Citron posted a screenshot that shows Discord connecting to Ethereum, saying “probably nothing.”
Discord logo (Alexander Shatov/Unsplash)