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Singapore’s KNN3 wants to enable social discovery for decentralized apps

TechCrunch

There’s no shortage of startups trying to make sense of the explosive growth of data generated from blockchain applications. The Graph offers an API for developers to query blockchain data. When we get on a social network, the first thing that surfaces is normally suggestions for following.

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Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions

TechCrunch

The company develops blockchain platforms that can work with financial institutions’ existing infrastructure, and its core technology is also used in GreenSTACS for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments. Its core solution is a technology stack that is built around STACS blockchain.

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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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Capsule gets $1.5M to build ‘super simple’ decentralized social media

TechCrunch

” Cryptocat author gets insanely fast backing to build P2P tech for social media. Given the intent with TIC is to hosts all sorts of decentralized apps it’s possible — indeed, likely — that a bunch of decentralized social media plays will emerge. Polychain Capital outted its Beacon Fund last September.

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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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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. “I

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Thirdweb raises $24M at a $160M valuation from Haun Ventures, Shopify and Coinbase for its web3 development kit

TechCrunch

In the latest development, a startup called thirdweb — which has created a development toolkit to make it easier to build and launch web3 products such as blockchain games, NFTs, DAOs, marketplaces and more — has raised $24 million, a Series A that values the startup at $160 million.