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Blur Surpassed OpenSea in Daily NFT Trading Volume Wednesday, Nansen Shows
NFT marketplace OpenSea’s dominance in the NFT ecosystem faces a growing challenge from Blur’s rapid ascent.
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Introducing CoinDesk’s First Web3 Newsletter: The Airdrop
Our weekly newsletter breaks down the biggest news related to internet culture, NFTs, DAOs and the metaverse that is pushing Web3 forward.
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Timo Harakka at the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos (Manuel Lopez/WEF)
Finnish Minister Calls for EU Law to Recognize DAOs
Brussels must act to enable smart contracts to take off across the bloc, communications minister Timo Harakka said.
Timo Harakka at the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos (Manuel Lopez/WEF)

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Microsoft Exec Says Metaverse Is a Must-Have
Live from CES 2023 in Las Vegas, the tech giant is looking to transform the customer experience and believes the future will be based on a hybrid model.
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"Pinstripe Atticus" created by Leah Callon-Butler on OpenSea. (Leah Callon-Butler)
2023 Predictions: The Year of Web3 Pets
Virtual pets have been around for decades, but with NFTs, we set to own our online cats and dogs this year, not just play with them, says Leah Callon-Butler.
"Pinstripe Atticus" created by Leah Callon-Butler on OpenSea. (Leah Callon-Butler)

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The End of Crypto Twitter as We Know It?
An impending departure of millions of users from Twitter could threaten the platform's diversity of viewpoints and force crypto enthusiasts to fully adopt decentralized Web3 s...
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10 Predictions for the Future of Crypto in 2023
What does the next year hold for crypto? We’ve rounded up predictions from smart people in the space – from the bullish to the skeptical.
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ChatGPT Will Kill Search and Open a Path to Web3
The latest offering from OpenAI, with its ability to immediately answer questions, could end our dependence on Google and its advertising model and force companies to use NFTs...
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Brands Will Save Crypto? Be Careful What You Wish For
Legacy platforms and mega-companies are helping usher blockchain frameworks into the mainstream, but we must deliberately build systems over which those corporate machines can...
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Say Goodbye to Proprietary Tax Prep Software
Web3 tax help is a multibillion-dollar opportunity, and a way to plug the gap the government has around tax help and out-compete centralized companies like TurboTax.
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