📝 #66: Payday

VeeFriends: From NFTs to IP franchise. Bitcoin all-time high. Casio and Japan Airlines in Web3. Metamask X Mastercard. Ethereum gets cheaper. Top fundings & more.

📝 #65: The Next Frontier

Adidas goes Roblox. Bitcoin NFTs are exploding. CryptoPunk sells for $16M. Coachella launches NFT. Record high digital asset inflows. Deutsche Boerse launches spot platform. Musk sues OpenAI & more.

Stop Talking About Web3

My top takeaways from NFT Paris and ETH Denver, and the startups you should know about.

📝 #64: Gearing Up

Yuga Labs launches NFT marketplace & brings back NFT royalties. VanEck launches NFT marketplace. Circle's metaverse. Record crypto inflows. New GPT-4 rival. Big funding rounds. Top charts & more.

📝 Field Notes #63: The End Game

Impressions from NFT Paris. Nike cuts Web3 team. Yuga Labs acquires blue chip & appoints new CEO. Pudgy Penguins' record sales. Reddit invests in BTC. Japan pushes crypto. Google Gemini 1.5 & more.

Web3: A New Commerce Layer for the Internet

How maturing infrastructure, a wave of next-gen consumers, and the next Web3 adoption cycle will change eCommerce. Here's everything brand leaders must know.

📝 Field Notes #62: Virtual > Physical

Sephora goes Web3. Louis Vuitton's blockchain diamonds. Mastercard launches NFT experience. Bitcoin breaks $50k. Franklin Templeton files for spot ETH ETF. Coinbase beats estimates. Fundings & more.

KIKI World: More Than Make-Up

The definitive case study on a next-gen beauty brand that's pioneering community-led commerce with the help of Web3.

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📝 61: Beyond Plastic Cards

Visa enables crypto withdrawals. Visa & FIFA. MasterCard & Champions League. Disney's 1.5B stake in Epic. New NFTs from Japan Airlines & Mercedes-Benz. UBS goes Ethereum. Robinhood, Metamask & more.

Rebuilding the Internet

Farcaster, a Web3 social network, is exploding in activity. Why now, why this is a big deal, and why brands should care.

📝 Field Notes #60 : Read Write Own

Web3 social takes off. Pudgy launches NFT licensing platform. Doodles & Casio. EA hints at Web3 entry. Binance goes Ordinals. Polygon Labs layoffs. 580M use crypto. Stablecoins on Amazon & more.