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Rise of Telegram Mini Apps: How it started and how it’s going

DIGIT — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 10:10:54 +0000

The Web3 engine of TON gives Telegram’s Mini Apps a competitive advantage, opening up new monetization tools, according to the TON Foundation ecosystem lead.

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Pantera invests in TON with high expectations for Telegram’s future

DIGIT — Thu, 02 May 2024 17:48:29 +0000

The Telegram-TON hookup opens up a broad spectrum of Web3 opportunities for Telegram’s 900 million monthly users, Pantera Capital said.

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‘CryptoGPT’ Twitter accounts spring up as hashtag trends on Twitter

DIGIT — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 04:55:23 +0000

Dozens of Twitter accounts have emerged on the social media platform claiming to be related to “CryptoGPT.”

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Luxor Technologies Acquires Ordinalhub to Provide Tools for Bitcoin-Based NFTs

DIGIT — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:30:44 +0000

With Bitcoin-based digital collectibles becoming a popular trend, the full-stack bitcoin mining services company Luxor Technologies has acquired the platform Ordinalhub, a project that provides tools to buy, sell, and track Bitcoin-issued non-fungible token (NFT) assets. Luxor Plans to Address Challenges in the Market for Ordinal Inscription Trades At the time of writing, there are […]

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Twitter monetization and free speech drove Binance’s $500M injection: CZ

DIGIT — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 06:34:42 +0000

Binance will also assist Twitter’s integration into Web3 by implementing crypto payments and deploying a dedicated team of on-chain specialists to stop spam bot accounts.

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Meta to Slow Hiring in 2022, Hints at Layoffs After Metaverse Pivot

DIGIT — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:30:15 +0000

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is preparing to face a strong market downturn. According to reports, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced a change in the hiring policies of the company, lowering the number of engineers planned to be hired from 10K to 6-7K. Previously, Zuckerberg had warned about the metaverse pivot of […]

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Telegram Launches Premium Tier Benefits Seeking to Monetize Platform

DIGIT — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:30:34 +0000

Popular messaging platform Telegram has announced it is launching a new premium tier of its services as it seeks to monetize a part of its userbase. Reaching more than 700 million active users monthly, the new tier answers to the need of these users for more bandwidth and storage capacity, according to Pavel Durov, CEO […]

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A16z Launches $600 Million Web3 Gaming Focused Fund

DIGIT — Sat, 21 May 2022 05:30:59 +0000

A16z has launched a new fund that seeks to invest $600 million in gaming experiences including Web3 and metaverse. The fund, which seeks to build the future of the gaming industry, aims to back several startups and projects in different areas including gaming studios, the intersection of gaming and consumers, and infrastructure. This move complements […]

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Square Enix Insists on Integrating Blockchain Elements Into Its Games

DIGIT — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 02:30:04 +0000

Square Enix, the Japanese gaming company, is pressing on with its vision of integrating blockchain elements into its games. In a recent interview, president Yosuke Matsuda talked about the importance of user-generated content and the advantages that allowing this kind of development, as well as introducing blockchain-based self-sustained economies, might bring to the future of […]

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Meta Opens Monetization Options to Users of Horizon Worlds

DIGIT — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:30:24 +0000

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is now launching a pilot project that will let users in Horizon Worlds, its VR metaverse platform, monetize their creations. This pilot will allow a number of users to collect payments for access to their created environments, or for virtual items sold in these worlds. Meta will also […]

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