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Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform

TechCrunch

Alice Delahunt believes the future of fashion is in web3 and created Syky (pronounced “psy-key”) to put the wheels in motion. It felt like there was potential for virtual fashion and digital fashion to really take off,” she told TechCrunch. “I I believe that the luxury fashion houses of tomorrow are being built today.”.

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NFTs could bridge video games and the fashion industry

TechCrunch

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offer new ways for consumers to collect, wear and trade fashion online, and now that most fashion shows have scaled back or gone virtual , they may become an important tool for the industry. Fashion designers like Schirin Negahbani are already creating NFTs that represent actual clothing.

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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace

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The Los Angeles-based company partnered with NBA Top Shot NFT creator Dapper Labs to develop the storefront on Dapper’s Flow blockchain and debuted it to a group of invite-only beta users in December last year, TechCrunch reported at the time. ” Genies CEO and founder Akash Nigam.

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The blockchain beyond bitcoin

O'Reilly Media - Data

Taking blockchain technology private for the enterprise. Blockchain technologies have been made popular by the creation of bitcoin, but how exactly can a blockchain benefit an enterprise? A blockchain provides an immutable store of facts. This is a fundamental feature of a blockchain. The concept of consensus.

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Despite blockchain gaming’s play-to-earn angle, I prefer to pay

TechCrunch

But if I summon my collegiate years, the phrase is really just the economic principle that individuals respond to incentives, restated in a slightly more targeted fashion. Blockchain gaming survey: 7 investors discuss regulation, opportunities and NFT hype. I don’t buy them. VCs have a good gig. What could go wrong? Play to earn?

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Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at Disrupt 2021

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Tatum is a blockchain infrastructure startup that wants to make it much easier to develop your own blockchain-based product. Tatum lets you interact with blockchains using API calls. Wish them luck. Adventr uses patented voice-control tech to allow anyone to create interactive videos.

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Former Binance executives launch $100M crypto fund

TechCrunch

Old Fashion Research ( OFR ) – whose name is derived from the classic cocktail – was founded in late 2021 by managing partners Ling Zhang, who was previously the vice president of M&A and investments at Binance, and Wayne Fu, former head of corporate development at the crypto exchange.