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MasterCard Goes All-in on Bitcoin
JUST IN: Mastercard brings Bitcoin to 1B+ users & 100M merchants worldwide🔥
Marc Baumann
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🎙️#2 Power Lunch: Does Web3 have a growth playbook?
We discuss: evolving landscape of Web3 growth with insights on data, strategies, and community building from industry leaders Justin, Emily, and Jared.
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Top 10 Reads of 2024
Hi, it’s Marc. At 51 Insights, we're committed to delivering cutting-edge insights on how blockchain, AI, gaming, and data impact consumer brands and shape commerce. As summer ends, we’re excited to share the top 10 essays that have resonated most with our readers this year. I’
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📝#89: Sky High💨
Hey, it’s Marc ✌️ Today we will cover crypto, macro & AI: * Crypto: Bloomberg Terminal integrates Polymarket. Revolut, the first bank with self-custody. MakerDAO rebrands to “Sky”. * AI: OpenAI will release the ‘Strawberry’ model in 2024. Coinbase makes the first crypto transaction between AI agents. Let’s dive in 🦈 ⏱️ Read
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🎙️#1 Power Lunch: Web3 Gaming’s Next Move
We discuss: Web3 gaming, interoperability, tokenomics, AI, and Web3 game development.
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📝#89: Death Sentence for NFTs?
SEC sends Wells notice to OpenSea. Manchester City partnered with Sony to launch the virtual Etihad Stadium. Trump’s new NFT collection. PGA TOUR is building a Web3 golf game.
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How Digital Identity Will Reshape Your Business with Vinny Lingham
We sat down with Vinny Lingham, Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at Civic Technologies, Rumi.ai, Newton Partners and GP at Multicoin Capital, to talk all about digital identity.
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📝#88: Fight For Freedom
Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested, faces 20 years. X releases new improvements to Grok 2. Sony launches new blockchain. Tether teases about it's new stablecoin.
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📝#88: Adidas, Walmart & Drake
Adidas partners with Doodles. Pantera Capital eyes TON for gaming. Crypto.com X UEFA. Drake's new memecoin. The Sandbox partners with leading Indian content company.
Podcast
Walmart's Approach to Web3, Community and Innovation
Hi, it’s Marc. ✌️ I’m thrilled to share the latest episode of our podcast with Justin Breton, Head of Brand Marketing Innovation at Walmart. We talked about: * Brands entering Web3 and Metaverse * How Walmart reaches next-gen consumers * The challenges of corporate innovation * The importance of communities vs. Target groups
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📝#87: Old Gold vs. New Gold
Norway's and Swiss National Bank buy “bitcoin”. Optimism teases its Superchain. JPMorgan has launched its own LLM Suite for its 60,000 employees. Perplexity AI partners with Polymarket.
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📝#87: Apple Opens to Crypto 💥
Apple to bring USDC payments to 1.4B iPhone users. AC Milan teams up with Bitpanda. MBL launches NFT marketplace. Lamborghini teams up with Animoca Brands in its biggest Web3 leap yet.