Reza Jafery

Breakout NFT Conference Is Building Web3 Communities in São Paulo

A new NFT conference in Brazil is building on growing interest in the Web3 ecosystem across the region, bringing together builders and leaders from the space to grow the local crypto community. Breakout NFT, taking place from March 15-16 in São Paulo, brings together an impressive lineup of speakers from ConsenSys, Artblocks, Chainlink, FingerPrintsDAO, and a wide array of artists from multiple disciplines. Topics on the agenda fall within four focus areas: AI & Art, Games, Phygital, & Urban Art

Some of the most recognizable NFT collections in a mural in New York by graffiti artist Masnah. (Photo: André Beganski / Decrypt)

Forget About DeFi Summer: NFT Autumn is Arriving

While we’ve all heard the well-trod mantra that “bear markets are for builders,” until very recently, it felt like hardly anyone in crypto was building anything very interesting these days. All the NFT drops have used the same old recycled concepts. DeFi still hasn’t recovered from the Luna PTSD. And to top it all off, the Tornado Cash sanctions have us wondering if the risks of building in DeFi are higher than we anticipated. But when I was doomscrolling a few weeks ago, I finally found the e

Web3 IRL: How Digital Art at Physical Gatherings Is Building Community

If you’ve finally wrapped your head around the idea of artwork as NFTs—blockchain-based tokens that prove ownership of a digital asset—consider now how that concept could find its way back into the physical world. As quarantine restrictions lift, Web3 and NFT companies are leveraging more and more physical activations to grow their communities. A great example would be at last month's Coachella music festival, where Vault721, a full-service Web3 agency, took over the Villa Royale resort in Palm

Moloch statue in the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. (Shutterstock)

DAO Framework Builder Moloch Launches V3 at ETHDenver

After the ConstitutionDAO saga in November arguably brought DAOs mainstream, more decentralized autonomous organizations are cropping up and quickly raising millions of dollars for real-world causes, from FreeRossDAO to AssangeDAO. But while the massive amount of money DAOs can generate and the purchases they make are regularly covered, what tends to get overlooked is the technical framework underpinning DAOs. On Thursday at ETHDenver, Moloch DAO announced the launch of the third version of it

'NFTs for DeFi Natives': OlympusDAO Launching NFT Marketplace

This story comes out of PubDAO, a decentralized news wire. While we've seen plenty of DAOs get into NFT collecting and investing, we haven’t yet seen a DAO actually build out a platform for the blockchain-based collectibles. But OlympusDAO, which was developed as a sort of crypto central bank, is setting its sights on an NFT marketplace. OlympusDAO has announced plans to soft-launch the Olympus Odyssey NFT marketplace on March 3. Why an NFT marketplace? To generate revenue for OlympusDAO members

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Stories by Reza Jafery

Breakout NFT Conference Is Building Web3 Communities in São Paulo

Forget About DeFi Summer: NFT Autumn is Arriving

Web3 IRL: How Digital Art at Physical Gatherings Is Building Community

DAO Framework Builder Moloch Launches V3 at ETHDenver

'NFTs for DeFi Natives': OlympusDAO Launching NFT Marketplace