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Daily Crunch: New Starbucks Odyssey loyalty program ‘happens to be built on blockchain and web3’

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2001, a Starbucks Odyssey : In August, Starbucks got things percolating with plans for a blockchain-based loyalty program and NFT community. Image Credits: aolomartinezphotography (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. Big Tech Inc.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Allocating equity, unicorn traffic jam, blockchain gaming survey

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In a TC+ guest post, Kirsten Prost, vice president at VC/PE firm Tercera, lays out detailed steps for designing your equity program. Unicorn exits augur poorly as Justworks delays IPO, citing ‘market conditions’ Blockchain gaming survey: 7 investors discuss regulation, opportunities and NFT hype. Walter Thompson.

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Daily Crunch: In ‘an early experimental program,’ OpenAI opens waitlist for GPT Professional

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Benefits include no “unavailable” windows and an unlimited number of messages. The $1 billion vehicle is a blockchain-agnostic fund that will invest in web3 protocols and decentralized applications (dApps). Image Credits: Mary Ne (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Blockchain! How much would you pay for it?

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6 Best Programming Languages for Blockchain App Development

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Blockchain technology is revolutionizing the way we do business, and developers are racing to keep up with the demand. There are a variety of programming languages available for creating blockchain applications, but which ones should you use?

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Meet the newest crypto builders from web3 accelerator Alliance DAO’s demo day

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The program has cohorts three times a year for 10 weeks, Qiao Wang, a core contributor at Alliance DAO, said during the event. About three-fourths of the teams are focusing on NFTs, infrastructure or decentralized finance (DeFi), while the majority of the teams are building on layer-1 blockchains Ethereum, Polygon and Solana.

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Daily Crunch: Google holographic video chat booth, Project Starline, finds its way into the real world 

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6 tips for launching a blockchain startup. Image Credits: Kinga Krzeminska (opens in a new window). It will take much more than a downturn in the public markets, record inflation and global instability to get between blockchain founders and their dreams. 6 tips for launching a blockchain startup. You can sign up here.

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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

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We have a busy slate for you today, including news sure to annoy the blockchain faithful, new funds, Facebook’s latest rebrand and more. It is an interesting argument against Windows and the larger Web (we kid), but does raise notable points regarding mobile security and consumer expectations. The TechCrunch Top 3. Big Tech Inc.

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