Aave (AAVE), the decentralized finance lending platform, launched the Lens Protocol ecosystem on the Polygon (MATIC) blockchain as their way to challenge centralized social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook. What started with an open letter to garner support around the idea that content creators should own and control their digital identities, led to developing a … [Read more...] about Aave launches Web3 social media platform, Lens Protocol
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Twitter Data Scientist Leaves for Aave as DeFi Social Media Plans Simmer
“It goes without saying that Web3 has the ability to empower users more than the social media created by big tech and this empowerment is attractive for many people working in Big Tech to join Web3,” said Kulechov in a statement to CoinDesk. Other recent hires include Jessica Sit, a former Apple team lead, to head Aave’s marketing and content efforts, as well as Christina … [Read more...] about Twitter Data Scientist Leaves for Aave as DeFi Social Media Plans Simmer
Reddit Co-Founder Creates $200M Fund With Polygon for Web 3, Social Media
The leader in news and information on cryptocurrency, digital assets and the future of money, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups.@2021 … [Read more...] about Reddit Co-Founder Creates $200M Fund With Polygon for Web 3, Social Media
Crypto Is People and Culture. It’s Time the Media Saw It That Way
And yet with all that in mind there are many still in the mainstream media who sneer at crypto. This is, in part, what led me to co-found DeCential. Like most of the skeptics, the press had gone on its merry way when prices fell and its bias seemed confirmed, yet then the industry came roaring back. Strangely, in my experience, it only seemed to harden some beliefs that clearly … [Read more...] about Crypto Is People and Culture. It’s Time the Media Saw It That Way
A16z Leads $3.1M Funding Round for Mem’s Social Media Protocol
“Some of the core attributes of Web 3 – such as openness, decentralization and user control – are perfectly suited for a new type of social networking platform that’s optimized around the user. That’s the promise we see in Mem, and we’re thrilled to partner with them to help build the Web 3 social graph,” said Arianna Simpson, general partner with Andreessen Horowitz. Source … [Read more...] about A16z Leads $3.1M Funding Round for Mem’s Social Media Protocol