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Hackathons vs Conference: Which One Works The Best for Blockchain Industry?

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

In comparison, Blockchain tech only arrived at the scene sometime in 2008, and is still considered comparatively ‘new’. Developers and companies alike are still learning how to adopt Blockchain. But, is a Blockchain conference enough to fulfill this goal of interaction, adoption, and learning? What are conferences?

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Blockchain infra startup Tenderly raises $40M after seeing 500% YoY revenue growth

TechCrunch

Tenderly, a startup that aims to make it easier for web3 developers “of all skill sets” to build blockchain products, has raised $40 million in a Series B round of funding – just months after closing on its Series A. In fact, the company says that it works with the majority of the top 100 ethereum projects.

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

TechCrunch

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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Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform

TechCrunch

She launched the company in November after a career in marketing at luxury fashion houses, serving in roles including chief digital and content officer at Ralph Lauren and digital and social marketing director at Burberry. It felt like there was potential for virtual fashion and digital fashion to really take off,” she told TechCrunch.

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Spatial Labs, a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, closes $10M seed round

TechCrunch

Spatial Labs , a web3 infrastructure and hardware company, announced today the closing of a $10 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital with participation from Marcy Venture Partners, the firm co-founded by Jay-Z. The metaverse to us is not a virtual space that people go to spend time in. .”

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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. The company has not previously announced its funding amount.

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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.