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Create a social media punch list for cryptocurrency marketing

TechCrunch

Last December, Facebook officially began allowing crypto advertisers to buy ads on its platform. Facebook allows some crypto companies to advertise without submitting proof of financial licenses. These include crypto tax services, events, blockchain news and wallets. But what are best practices for crypto marketers in general?

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Primitives wants to turn your crypto wallet into a social network

TechCrunch

DJ Gabeau, one of Snapchat Stories’ earliest engineers and founder of web3 social network Primitives , told TechCrunch that he thinks NFTs can be a genuinely enjoyable way for people to connect with one another digitally and make memories. Gabeau likened Primojis to Snapchat filters, which brands often use as a means to advertise.

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Athleisure icon Ty Haney raises $9.8M in fresh funding for her blockchain rewards startup

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The startup uses blockchain technology to help brands build customer loyalty without having to rely on buying up pricey ads on third-party social media platforms, Haney explained. Brands use TYB, which is built on the Avalanche blockchain, to build their own on-chain communities of loyal customers, Haney said.

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Makers Fund-backed virtual social app MEW woos comic fans in the US

TechCrunch

Raven Gao didn’t set up virtual social platform MEW to ride the metaverse wave. He began working on MEW in mid-2019 with a Tencent veteran because he wanted to build a virtual safe haven for socially awkward introverts like himself. Blockchain naturally comes to mind as a potential incentive mechanism.

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Digital listening reveals 3 leading innovation drivers

CIO

The listening centered on conversations about emerging technologies and use cases associated with innovation, such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, blockchain, robotics, Web 3.0, It surpasses blockchain and metaverse projects, which are viewed as experimental or in the pilot stage, especially by established enterprises.

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Elon Musk and YouTube Advertising Scams: Fake SpaceX “Coin” Promoted in Ads During Cryptocurrency Videos

Tenable

Since the end of May, scammers have stolen over $430,000 in cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users by purchasing advertising space on YouTube cryptocurrency videos to promote a fake SpaceX coin (or $SpaceX token) claiming to be created by Musk. These advertisements are hosted on compromised YouTube accounts. Breaking down the template.

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Blockchain Technology: The future of startups

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Blockchain technology market has been predicted to shoot up from 4.9 These numbers are deemed to grow higher as most of the industries will continue adopting blockchain technology in future. Owing to the security and transparency blockchain offers, companies are big time investing in adapting blockchain based operations.