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📝 Web3 Field Notes #15
Markets in free fall; Ethereum's big upgrade; US vs crypto narrative is forming; Gary Gensler & Goldman Sachs CEO op-ed on crypto; Bitcoin ordinals; Amazon enters NFTs; new start-ups & more.
Marc Baumann
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📝 Web3 Field Notes #14
The layer 2 era has arrived; Coinbase launches "Base"; Yuga Labs launches Bitcoin NFTs; GQ & Valentino enter Web3; Ethereum updates; EU's new regulatory sandbox; Gaming & Web3; New start-ups & more.
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NFT.Paris: Community, Culture, Brands
Last weekend, the Web3 community gathered at NFT.Paris for one of the most anticipated events of the year. Here's the inside scoop of what happened in Paris and the take-aways for brands and creators.
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The Layer 2 Era Has Arrived
This week, for the first time, Arbitrum alone counted more transactions per day than the Ethereum main layer. Meanwhile, Coinbase announced its own L2 chain. Here's what's happening.
Signals
Bitcoin "Ordinals": From Magic Internet Money to Magic Internet JPEGs
A “Bitcoin Punk" NFT recently sold for 9.5 BTC, roughly $230'000. Bitcoin NFTs have exploded. What's the fuzz all about? How does it work? And will it change Bitcoin forever? A primer.
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📝 Web3 Field Notes #13
Shopify enters Web3; The state of US crypto policy; NY Fashion Week and Web3; Democratization of art; Polygon on a roll; Microsoft exits the metaverse; New start-ups & more.
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📝 Web3 Field Notes #12
The war on crypto; Vitalik Buterin and Balaji; ETH staking withdrawals; Doritos enters Web3; Hermès lawsuit; Reddit's super bowl collection; new start-ups & more.
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📝 Web3 Field Notes #11
Crypto and privacy; Bitcoin NFTs; Doodles V2; Bitcoin & unemployment; The White House on crypto; Infrastructure unbundling; Louis Vuitton's AR; new start-ups & more.
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📝 Web3 Field Notes #10
Web3 for brands; State of brand NFTs; Headless brands; BAYC & FTX; Web3 dev activity; Nike .Swoosh Studio; Porsche NFT mint; Goldman ranks Bitcoin; New start-ups & more.
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Web3 for Brands: Beyond the Hype
As I talk with marketers and the community, I still hear a lot of pushback against "Web3". This is where we stand and how brands can lead the next wave of Web3 adoption.
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📝 Web3 Field Notes #9
Crypto creator economy; the state of NFTs; Mike Novogratz; Web3 identity; The flippening of L2s; Beeple Studios; EY & Polygon; Active devs growing; New start-ups & more.
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📝 Web3 Field Notes #8
Institutional adoption; EigenLayer; Nassim Taleb weights in on Bitcoin; Bitcoin without block rewards; AWS and Avalanche; Vitalik's vision for crypto; VC funding in 2022; new start-ups & more.