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MetaJam: You Are What You BUIDL

When the ETH Shanghai Hackathon was on fire, Pandaily interviewed two of the four Co-Founders of MetaJam – Jean and Bob – looking back at their 'Aha!' moment for entering the rabbit hole of Web3, and their cautious but ambitious expectations for the future.

STEPN: Death Spiral Or Alarm?

The floor price of STEPN continued dropping early today. With a $40 Solana price, new users were able to once join the game by paying less than $100. The price of GST on Solana had also fallen below $1 and that of GST on BSC was below $3.

Web3 Infrastructure Firm InfStones Secures $66M in New Funds

Global blockchain infrastructure provider InfStones on Wednesday announced a new funding round of $66M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and GGV Capital, with participation from INCE Capital, 10T Fund, SNZ Holding, and A&T Capital.

Binance Labs Closes $500M Fund for Blockchain, Web3, and Value-Building Technologies

Binance Labs, the venture capital and incubation arm of Binance, announced the closing of a new $500 million investment fund on Wednesday.

Former OpenSea Executive Charged With Insider Trading of NFTs

A former top executive at prominent NFT startup OpenSea was arrested on Wednesday and charged with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a scheme to commit insider trading.

China NFT Weekly: Web3 Investors Unfazed by Market Slide

This week: NFT-based 'move-to-earn' game STEPN to block users in China due to domestic crypto regulations, Chinese stock photo licensing website Visual Culture Group to launch NFT platform overseas, and more.

Magic Eden vs OpenSea? Please “Bear” with Us

As the Solana NFT market heats up with the rise of Okay Bears, ETH-based OpenSea seeks to retain its dominant position and is on track to become a marketplace for all.

STEPN Closing Services in Mainland China

Rumors were spread on Thursday within the Chinese digital community of STEPN Chain that the firm is being forced to exit mainland China. The rumor was confirmed a few minutes after midnight, early on Friday morning.

StarkWare Reaches $8B Valuation Following $100M Round-D Financing

Israeli blockchain technology firm StarkWare Industries announced on Wednesday that it has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round, giving it an $8 billion valuation.

Visual China Group’s Overseas Digital Art Platform Launched for Testing

Vision China Group (VCG), a Beijing-based photo and media agency, announced on Wednesday that its overseas digital visual arts platform, "Vault by 500px," had been launched for testing.

Q&A With CyberConnect: We Are Building the Foundation of Web3’s Future

The day after CyberConnect closed Series A funding, Pandaily interviewed its co-founder, Shiyu Zhang, to gain insight into his observations and expectations of Web3 social graph protocol and Web3 in general.

China NFT Weekly: Interactive Web3 Marketing

This week: Blockchain startup CyberConnect raised $15 million in series-A financing to restore data ownership, Web3-focused branding firm Gusto Collective closed an $11 million seed round, and more.

APENFT: Challenge the Competitive Map of NFT Marketplaces

Chinese blockchain entrepreneur Justin Sun has announced that he successfully auctioned off a complete set of NFT works featuring the heads of the twelve animals for a price of almost $1.50 million from MetapolyXM.

Relation Labs: You Own Your Data, I Graph Your Social Relation

There is a remark widely used for differentiating Web1, Web2, and Web3: Web1 is read, Web2 is read and write, and Web3 is read, write and own.

China NFT Weekly: Railway Journeys in Web3

This week: Rail operator MTR Corporations enters Web3 era by partnering with The Sandbox, Tsinghua University establishes China's first metaverse lab, and more.

STEPN: Stable Tokenomics is the Key

If I had to pick the hottest Web3 project these days, STEPN is the one. Basically, STEPN is a Web3 app that allows people to earn virtual money through walking, jogging, or running outside. In short, it is a "move-to-earn" system.

KurateDAO: It’s Time to Redefine Creators

It has been a consensus that the creator economy will be reformed and revolutionized during the era of Web3. Most creator-economy-related projects are now focusing on production.

China’s Art World Looks to the Digital Age

As the art industry confronts a new digital age, a show by Austin Lee in Beijing considers the relationship between art, technology and the human experience.

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