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• Why ⁦‪@a16z‬⁩ has spent $3 billion on Web3 startups

  

  Michael Reuter

  

  Chris Dixon thinks web3 is the future of the internet — is it?

  The Verge - Nilay Patel

  Regular listeners to Decoder know I’m pretty skeptical of crypto. But I want to come by that skepticism honestly, so I talk to people who are actually investing in and building crypto startups and technology. There is a lot of money, attention, and energy — both literal and metaphorical — in crypto, …

• Polkadot launches cross-chain messaging system to solve blockchain’s bridge problem

  

  Michael Reuter

  

  Polkadot launches cross-chain messaging system to solve blockchain’s bridge problem

  cointelegraph.com - Cointelegraph By Sam Bourgi

  Bridges have become one of the largest points of failure in the crypto industry. Polkadot wants to do away with them.

• Goldman Offers Its First Bitcoin-Backed Loan in Crypto Push

  

  Michael Reuter

  

  Goldman Offers Its First Bitcoin-Backed Loan in Crypto Push

  Bloomberg - Yueqi Yang

  Goldman Sachs Group Inc. offered its first ever lending facility backed by Bitcoin, in a significant step for a major U.S. bank that accelerates Wall …

• Edward Snowden Revealed As Key Participant In Mysterious Ceremony Creating $2 Billion Anonymous Cryptocurrency

  

  Michael Reuter

  

  Edward Snowden Revealed As Key Participant In Mysterious Ceremony Creating $2 Billion Anonymous Cryptocurrency

  Forbes - Michael del Castillo

  The notorious whistle-blower acknowledges he was the sixth person who participated in an elaborate 2016 ceremony that led to the creation of zcash, a leading privacy protecting cryptocurrency. In the fall of 2016, the cryptocurrency world was aflutter with excitement about the creation of a new kind …

• The Digital Euro Market Advisory Group advises the Eurosystem on the design and potential rollout of a digital euro. It also explores how a digital euro could be beneficial to those involved in the eu …

  

  Michael Reuter

  

  Governance

  europa.eu - European Central Bank

  The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the 19 European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price …

• On ownership in the #metaverse https://theconversation.com/can-you-truly-own-anything-in-the-metaverse-a-law-professor-explains-how-blockchains-and-nfts-dont-protect-virtual-property-179067

  

  Michael Reuter

  

  Can you truly own anything in the metaverse? A law professor explains how blockchains and NFTs don't protect virtual property

  theconversation.com - João Marinotti

  In 2021, an investment firm bought 2,000 acres of real estate for about US$4 million. Normally this would not make headlines, but in this case the …