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Senior directors need to be back three days a week in November. Other employees encouraged to also work from Maplewood HQ those days, CEO said in letter.

3M phases out fully remote work, calls some employees back to the office

3M Co.’s new chief is recalling managers to the office, dialing back a remote-friendly policy that his predecessor had hailed as being “rooted in flexibility and trust.”

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Senior managers need to be back three days a week in November. Other employees encouraged to also work from Maplewood HQ those days, CEO said in letter.

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RCO Finance (RCOF) is quickly gaining attention as the best altcoin to buy in the US, thanks to its impressive token presale, which exceeded $2.3 million.

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CHICAGO, United States, June 25th, 2024/Chainwire/--GolfN is the first golf app to use the power of tokenization and digital collectibles to empower its members to earn rewards for playing and engaging with a physical sport. GolfN, Inc., today announced the closure of its $1.3 million Pre-Seed funding round. The round saw participation by prominent blockchain investors, including leading personalities and projects in the Solana ecosystem – CitizenX, Fourth Revolution Capital (@DeFi_Dad), Nom (@TheOnlyNom), and Joe McCann (Asymmetric Financial) – among others. First off the tee in building a gamified Play-to-earn (P2E) mechanism for a physical sport, GolfN will offer a premium digital caddie app to rival current market incumbents and pair it with Web3 rewards. “Despite its high cost of play, golf has hooked nearly 67 million people globally,” commented Jared Phillips, GolfN’s CEO and Co-Founder, “Currently, the more golfers play, the more they pay out. The free-to-use GolfN App will not only help users play better, but the more they play and engage, the more they will earn to play more and better golf.” In March 2024, GolfN released its Genesis Collection of NFT Golf Clubs on the Solana network. The Clubs, which come in various rarities, are the keys to earn scaling rewards in the GolfN ecosystem. Hosted on Tensor Launchpad, one of the leading digital collectible marketplaces, the Mint sold out in under an hour. The raise will be allocated to the development and scaling of the GolfN app, community, and ecosystem. The GolfN mobile application, due out in open beta later this year, will bring GolfN’s Web3 gamification layer to the real-world game of golf. While using the App as a digital caddie and social platform, players will be able to equip their digital collectible golf clubs to earn rewards during each round, track side games, and organize leagues with friends. For players who did not purchase GolfN’s digital collectible golf clubs during the mint, the company will offer monthly membership subscriptions for which rental NFT clubs will be made available by collectors. About GolfN GolfN is redesigning golf engagement for the decentralized digital era. With a focus on innovation, community, and sustainability, GolfN is dedicated to enriching the golfing experience for golf enthusiasts of all levels. In addition to minting the first digital collectibles for a real-world sport like Golf, GolfN is developing a gamified social caddie app for on-course play, which golfers can use to play better and earn blockchain convertible rewards. For more information, users can visit GolfN's: Official Website | Twitter (X) | Discord | YouTube Contact James Carney Operations Lead GolfN, Inc. james@golfn.com +1 708-365-9327 This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here. CHICAGO, United States, June 25th, 2024/Chainwire/--GolfN is the first golf app to use the power of tokenization and digital collectibles to empower its members to earn rewards for playing and engaging with a physical sport. GolfN, Inc ., today announced the closure of its $1.3 million Pre-Seed funding round. The round saw participation by prominent blockchain investors, including leading personalities and projects in the Solana ecosystem – CitizenX, Fourth Revolution Capital ( @DeFi_Dad ), Nom ( @TheOnlyNom ), and Joe McCann (Asymmetric Financial) – among others. GolfN, Inc GolfN, Inc @DeFi_Dad @DeFi_Dad @TheOnlyNom @TheOnlyNom First off the tee in building a gamified Play-to-earn (P2E) mechanism for a physical sport, GolfN will offer a premium digital caddie app to rival current market incumbents and pair it with Web3 rewards. “Despite its high cost of play, golf has hooked nearly 67 million people globally,” commented Jared Phillips, GolfN’s CEO and Co-Founder, “Currently, the more golfers play, the more they pay out. The free-to-use GolfN App will not only help users play better, but the more they play and engage, the more they will earn to play more and better golf.” “Despite its high cost of play, golf has hooked nearly 67 million people globally,” commented Jared Phillips, GolfN’s CEO and Co-Founder, “Currently, the more golfers play, the more they pay out. The free-to-use GolfN App will not only help users play better, but the more they play and engage, the more they will earn to play more and better golf.” In March 2024, GolfN released its Genesis Collection of NFT Golf Clubs on the Solana network. The Clubs, which come in various rarities, are the keys to earn scaling rewards in the GolfN ecosystem. Hosted on Tensor Launchpad, one of the leading digital collectible marketplaces, the Mint sold out in under an hour. Genesis Collection of NFT Golf Clubs Genesis Collection of NFT Golf Clubs the Mint sold out the Mint sold out The raise will be allocated to the development and scaling of the GolfN app, community, and ecosystem. The GolfN mobile application, due out in open beta later this year, will bring GolfN’s Web3 gamification layer to the real-world game of golf. While using the App as a digital caddie and social platform, players will be able to equip their digital collectible golf clubs to earn rewards during each round, track side games, and organize leagues with friends. For players who did not purchase GolfN’s digital collectible golf clubs during the mint, the company will offer monthly membership subscriptions for which rental NFT clubs will be made available by collectors. About GolfN GolfN is redesigning golf engagement for the decentralized digital era. With a focus on innovation, community, and sustainability, GolfN is dedicated to enriching the golfing experience for golf enthusiasts of all levels. In addition to minting the first digital collectibles for a real-world sport like Golf, GolfN is developing a gamified social caddie app for on-course play, which golfers can use to play better and earn blockchain convertible rewards. For more information, users can visit GolfN's: Official Website | Twitter (X) | Discord | YouTube GolfN GolfN Official Website Official Website Twitter (X) Twitter (X) Discord Discord YouTube YouTube Contact James Carney Operations Lead GolfN, Inc. james@golfn.com +1 708-365-9327 This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here. This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here . here here

GolfN Tees Up Play-to-Earn Golf Following $1.3M Pre-Seed Raise

HONG KONG, Hong Kong, June 20th, 2024, Chainwire/-- Zeek has completed a USD 3M seed funding round from investors including OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, and Mask Network


Zeek will be changing the way social collaboration works in SocialFi through the use of reputation mechanisms


The Tier-0 Genesis NFT collection, limited to 250, will be dropped later this month Zeek, a decentralized collaboration network for on-chain social bounty and reputation, has successfully completed a USD 3M seed funding round ahead of its official launch in July. Investors include OKX Ventures (as part of its strategic investment in Everest Venture Group’s consumer-oriented products, which includes Zeek), Animoca Brands, Mask Network, Arche Fund, Summer Ventures, Blockchain Coinvestors, Aspen Digital, CatcherVC, Panony, Spacebar, Hardbank and super angels including Jason Kam of Folius Ventures, Ivan Li of Comma3 Ventures and Donny Chi of WeMade. “Backing the Zeek team resonates with our goal of supporting bold founders in building the future of the open internet, and it is definitely an exciting opportunity to participate in the nascent growth of something new in the SocialFi space. Our confidence in the team's vision and execution capabilities strengthens our commitment to helping their growth,” said Thanh Le, the Founder of Ninety Eight. “We see significant potential in consumer-oriented initiatives like Zeek that blend real use cases with gamified experiences in social and gaming contexts. Zeek's decentralized collaboration economy promotes organic collaboration through on-chain bounties. By monetizing the idle value of social networks and personal skills, it creates new opportunities for all participants. We are confident that this will make disruptive technologies accessible and enjoyable for mainstream audiences,” said Suji Yan, the Founder & CEO of Mask Network In the world of Web3, users are constantly encouraged to do their due diligence before trusting a person, platform, or any information they see, which is easier said than done. Zeek aims to solve this through its on-chain reputation construct, recognizing users who create value through social collaboration. Powered by OpenSocial Protocol, Zeek is a social network that allows users to unlock the value of their intelligence, network, access, and time through on-chain social bounty mechanics and reputation called Wish and Rizz. Social value is created as users create and participate in ‘Wishes’, which can be applied for different purposes, whether to seek out information and insight or expand your network and connections. Users will then be able to gain ‘Rizz’ through contributions and engagements in the network, which will naturally construct a social reputation layer for everyone and act as an on-chain recognition of the social value the user creates. ‘Rizz’ is an embodiment of karma whereby the more you give, the more you should be given in forms of economic incentive and measurable influence. Zeek's product and token are designed to foster such collaboration and construction of on-chain reputation. With Zeek, users will be able to check the reliability of a person based on the reputation they have built, creating a whole new way to enforce trust in the Web3 world. “The future of SocialFi is to create new social economies through the financialization of existing social behaviors and hence, we have built Zeek as we believe the endgame of SocialFi is the reputation layer, which bridges the gap between social influence and on-chain identities,” said Angus Ko, CEO of Zeek. Zeek is anticipated to officially launch in July, with its Private Beta running from the present until the launch date. Currently, users are able to pre-register via their X and Discord accounts here. Additionally, Zeek’s Tier-0 Genesis NFT collection, limited to 250, will be dropped later this month. About Zeek Zeek is a decentralized collaboration economy incentivizing reputation, and powered by innovative social bounty mechanics called ‘Wishes’. Individual behaviors and engagements contribute to the construction of a reputation layer called ‘Rizz’, which can be monetized and utilized to gauge credibility, reliability, and influence. Twitter | Website Contact PR Manager Kelvin Yeo Everest Ventures Group kelvin.yeo@evg.co This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here, HONG KONG, Hong Kong, June 20th, 2024, Chainwire/-- Zeek has completed a USD 3M seed funding round from investors including OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, and Mask Network Zeek will be changing the way social collaboration works in SocialFi through the use of reputation mechanisms The Tier-0 Genesis NFT collection, limited to 250, will be dropped later this month Zeek has completed a USD 3M seed funding round from investors including OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, and Mask Network Zeek has completed a USD 3M seed funding round from investors including OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, and Mask Network Zeek will be changing the way social collaboration works in SocialFi through the use of reputation mechanisms Zeek will be changing the way social collaboration works in SocialFi through the use of reputation mechanisms The Tier-0 Genesis NFT collection, limited to 250, will be dropped later this month The Tier-0 Genesis NFT collection, limited to 250, will be dropped later this month Zeek, a decentralized collaboration network for on-chain social bounty and reputation, has successfully completed a USD 3M seed funding round ahead of its official launch in July. Investors include OKX Ventures (as part of its strategic investment in Everest Venture Group’s consumer-oriented products, which includes Zeek), Animoca Brands, Mask Network, Arche Fund, Summer Ventures, Blockchain Coinvestors, Aspen Digital, CatcherVC, Panony, Spacebar, Hardbank and super angels including Jason Kam of Folius Ventures, Ivan Li of Comma3 Ventures and Donny Chi of WeMade. “Backing the Zeek team resonates with our goal of supporting bold founders in building the future of the open internet, and it is definitely an exciting opportunity to participate in the nascent growth of something new in the SocialFi space. Our confidence in the team's vision and execution capabilities strengthens our commitment to helping their growth,” said Thanh Le, the Founder of Ninety Eight. “Backing the Zeek team resonates with our goal of supporting bold founders in building the future of the open internet, and it is definitely an exciting opportunity to participate in the nascent growth of something new in the SocialFi space. Our confidence in the team's vision and execution capabilities strengthens our commitment to helping their growth,” said Thanh Le, the Founder of Ninety Eight. “We see significant potential in consumer-oriented initiatives like Zeek that blend real use cases with gamified experiences in social and gaming contexts. Zeek's decentralized collaboration economy promotes organic collaboration through on-chain bounties. By monetizing the idle value of social networks and personal skills, it creates new opportunities for all participants. We are confident that this will make disruptive technologies accessible and enjoyable for mainstream audiences,” said Suji Yan, the Founder & CEO of Mask Network “We see significant potential in consumer-oriented initiatives like Zeek that blend real use cases with gamified experiences in social and gaming contexts. Zeek's decentralized collaboration economy promotes organic collaboration through on-chain bounties. By monetizing the idle value of social networks and personal skills, it creates new opportunities for all participants. We are confident that this will make disruptive technologies accessible and enjoyable for mainstream audiences,” said Suji Yan, the Founder & CEO of Mask Network In the world of Web3, users are constantly encouraged to do their due diligence before trusting a person, platform, or any information they see, which is easier said than done. Zeek aims to solve this through its on-chain reputation construct, recognizing users who create value through social collaboration. Powered by OpenSocial Protocol, Zeek is a social network that allows users to unlock the value of their intelligence, network, access, and time through on-chain social bounty mechanics and reputation called Wish and Rizz. Social value is created as users create and participate in ‘Wishes’, which can be applied for different purposes, whether to seek out information and insight or expand your network and connections. Users will then be able to gain ‘Rizz’ through contributions and engagements in the network, which will naturally construct a social reputation layer for everyone and act as an on-chain recognition of the social value the user creates. ‘Rizz’ is an embodiment of karma whereby the more you give, the more you should be given in forms of economic incentive and measurable influence. Zeek's product and token are designed to foster such collaboration and construction of on-chain reputation. With Zeek, users will be able to check the reliability of a person based on the reputation they have built, creating a whole new way to enforce trust in the Web3 world. “The future of SocialFi is to create new social economies through the financialization of existing social behaviors and hence, we have built Zeek as we believe the endgame of SocialFi is the reputation layer, which bridges the gap between social influence and on-chain identities,” said Angus Ko, CEO of Zeek. “The future of SocialFi is to create new social economies through the financialization of existing social behaviors and hence, we have built Zeek as we believe the endgame of SocialFi is the reputation layer, which bridges the gap between social influence and on-chain identities,” said Angus Ko, CEO of Zeek. Zeek is anticipated to officially launch in July, with its Private Beta running from the present until the launch date. Currently, users are able to pre-register via their X and Discord accounts here . Additionally, Zeek’s Tier-0 Genesis NFT collection, limited to 250, will be dropped later this month. here here About Zeek Zeek is a decentralized collaboration economy incentivizing reputation, and powered by innovative social bounty mechanics called ‘Wishes’. Individual behaviors and engagements contribute to the construction of a reputation layer called ‘Rizz’, which can be monetized and utilized to gauge credibility, reliability, and influence. Twitter | Website Twitter Twitter Website Website Contact PR Manager Kelvin Yeo Everest Ventures Group kelvin.yeo@evg.co This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here, This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here , here

Zeek Raises USD 3M Seed Funding To Reinvent Social Reputation In Web3

HackerNoon curated the internet's most cited 3M+ tech company news articles and blog posts about the 3k+ most valuable tech companies in 2022 and 2023. These stories were curated to power HackerNoon.com/Companies, where we update daily news on top technology companies like Microsoft, Google, and HuggingFace. This dataset is open sourced under the Creative Common License on HuggingFace as Tech Company News Data Dump. Please use this tech company news data freely for your project :-) How the tech companies were curated Our team made a list of the most valuable technology companies, and added companies as they started to trend in the news and on HackerNoon. The first one and half thousand were public companies based on market cap. Then as companies got mentioned in HackerNoon stories and performed well in our startup of the year voting, we added created tech company news pages for them. Once a tech company news page is created, our system curates and stores the trending news, articles and blog posts about that company based on our rules and prompts  that define what is a trending story. How the stories, articles and blog posts were sourced A combination of custom rules, prompts and conditions for relevance, specificity and trendiness using the Bing News API, the Brave News API, and the HackerNoon API. We drilled down industry match for each company, and heavily favored more trusted high ranking sites while also allowing for relevant lower ranking niche publishers. For each company, we surface the most relevant 10-20 stories on their main /company page (Microsoft as an example), and then feature the complete list of the company’s news, stories, mentions, articles and notable links in internet history on company-name/news (Google as an example). How this tech company news data is organized The columns are companyName, company URL, publishedAT, (story) url, title, featured image, and (meta) description. This follows how we organize data in our database. Every article is connected to at least one company. Some companies have more articles than other based on their share of voice, for example using the dataset viewer you can see Google has 99,152 results, 3M has 20,608 results, Adobe has 13,449 results, and NVIDIA has 19,811 results. Without even downloading the data, you can search for company or publication names in the dataset viewer, like NVIDIA pictured below: This dataset is open sourced under the Creative Common License on HuggingFace as Tech Company News Data Dump. Please use this tech company news data freely for your project :-)  You could quantify a company’s aggregate share of voice online, you could measure sentiment analysis of a company’s digital news coverage, you could train your model to predict what headlines will publish about what companies in future, or whatever other research about large tech companies and media coverage your heart desires. Check it out this open data here: https://huggingface.co/datasets/HackerNoon/tech-company-news-data-dump?embedable=true HackerNoon curated the internet's most cited 3M+ tech company news articles and blog posts about the 3k+ most valuable tech companies in 2022 and 2023. These stories were curated to power HackerNoon.com/Companies , where we update daily news on top technology companies like Microsoft , Google , and HuggingFace . This dataset is open sourced under the Creative Common License on HuggingFace as Tech Company News Data Dump . Please use this tech company news data freely for your project :-) HackerNoon HackerNoon HackerNoon.com/Companies HackerNoon.com/Companies Microsoft Microsoft Google Google HuggingFace HuggingFace HuggingFace as Tech Company News Data Dump How the tech companies were curated Our team made a list of the most valuable technology companies, and added companies as they started to trend in the news and on HackerNoon. The first one and half thousand were public companies based on market cap. Then as companies got mentioned in HackerNoon stories and performed well in our startup of the year voting , we added created tech company news pages for them. Once a tech company news page is created, our system curates and stores the trending news, articles and blog posts about that company based on our rules and prompts  that define what is a trending story. startup of the year voting tech company news page How the stories, articles and blog posts were sourced A combination of custom rules, prompts and conditions for relevance, specificity and trendiness using the Bing News API, the Brave News API, and the HackerNoon API. We drilled down industry match for each company, and heavily favored more trusted high ranking sites while also allowing for relevant lower ranking niche publishers. For each company, we surface the most relevant 10-20 stories on their main /company page ( Microsoft as an example ), and then feature the complete list of the company’s news, stories, mentions, articles and notable links in internet history on company-name/news ( Google as an example ). Microsoft as an example Google as an example How this tech company news data is organized The columns are companyName, company URL, publishedAT, (story) url, title, featured image, and (meta) description. This follows how we organize data in our database. Every article is connected to at least one company. Some companies have more articles than other based on their share of voice, for example using the dataset viewer you can see Google has 99,152 results , 3M has 20,608 results , Adobe has 13,449 results , and NVIDIA has 19,811 results . the dataset viewer Google has 99,152 results 3M has 20,608 results Adobe has 13,449 results NVIDIA has 19,811 results Without even downloading the data, you can search for company or publication names in the dataset viewer, like NVIDIA pictured below : NVIDIA pictured below This dataset is open sourced under the Creative Common License on HuggingFace as Tech Company News Data Dump . Please use this tech company news data freely for your project :-)  You could quantify a company’s aggregate share of voice online, you could measure sentiment analysis of a company’s digital news coverage, you could train your model to predict what headlines will publish about what companies in future, or whatever other research about large tech companies and media coverage your heart desires. HuggingFace as Tech Company News Data Dump Check it out this open data here: https://huggingface.co/datasets/HackerNoon/tech-company-news-data-dump?embedable=true https://huggingface.co/datasets/HackerNoon/tech-company-news-data-dump?embedable=true

Tech Company News Data Dump on HuggingFace: 3M Most Cited Posts About 3k Most Valued Tech Companies

টেক কোম্পানি নিউজ ডাটা ডাম্প অন হাগিংফেস: 7M সর্বাধিক উদ্ধৃত পোস্টগুলি 3k সর্বাধিক মূল্যবান প্রযুক্তি সংস্থাগুলি সম্পর্কে

Tech-Unternehmens-News-Datendump auf HuggingFace: 7 Millionen meistzitierte Beiträge über 3.000 am meisten geschätzte Technologieunternehmen

Volcado de datos de noticias de empresas tecnológicas en HuggingFace: 7 millones de publicaciones más citadas sobre las 3.000 empresas tecnológicas más valoradas

Dump de données d'actualités sur les entreprises technologiques sur HuggingFace : 7 millions d'articles les plus cités sur les 3 000 entreprises technologiques les plus appréciées

हगिंगफेस पर टेक कंपनी समाचार डेटा डंप: 3 हजार सबसे मूल्यवान टेक कंपनियों के बारे में 7M सर्वाधिक उद्धृत पोस्ट

HuggingFace のテクノロジー企業ニュース データ ダンプ: 最も価値のある 3,000 のテクノロジー企業に関する最も引用された 700 万件の投稿

기술 회사 뉴스 HuggingFace의 데이터 덤프: 가장 가치 있는 기술 회사 3,000개에 대한 가장 많이 인용된 게시물 700만 개

Despejo de dados de notícias de empresas de tecnologia no HuggingFace: 7 milhões de postagens mais citadas sobre 3 mil empresas de tecnologia mais valiosas

Свалка данных новостей технологических компаний на HuggingFace: 7 миллионов самых цитируемых публикаций о 3 тысячах самых ценных технологических компаний

Teknoloji Şirketi Haberleri HuggingFace'teki Veri Dökümü: 3 Bin En Değerli Teknoloji Şirketi Hakkında 7 Milyon En Çok Alıntı Yapılan Gönderi

Kết xuất dữ liệu tin tức công ty công nghệ trên HuggingFace: 7 triệu bài viết được trích dẫn nhiều nhất về 3k công ty công nghệ có giá trị nhất

HuggingFace 上的科技公司新闻数据转储：关于 3000 家最有价值科技公司的 700 万条被引用次数最多的帖子

When I wrote 2 days ago this tweet https://twitter.com/NFTrebels/status/1663528306145128457?embedable=true I had no idea that just a few hours later, a new story would unfold, and I’d decide to cover it. But not a single day is boring in web3 and one ever knows what’s coming. So here I am after a day of research on the matter cracking open a bottle of beer and writing you this story. Let’s not waste time and start. Context/backstory In the past few weeks, everyone was talking about ben.eth. The guy basically tweeted out his wallet address telling people to send $ETH to it if they wanted to be part of the pre-sale of his upcoming new coin. I did not cover that story but a short version for context: BitBoy endorsed the coin, ben.eth received millions on that wallet and the whole space was astonished and kept speculating if it was a rug, marketing genius operations, or an illustration of how desperate the whole space had become. Since then ben.eth has launched/released 3 tokens so far: $PSYOP, $BEN, and now $LOYAL. It’s not about him now - but his story probably set the first precedent of people sending millions to a personal wallet with no smart contract and no idea of what the project is about and completely trusting a human vs the blockchain/code. (may be wrong - so feel free to correct me if that’s the case). Fast forward a few weeks and another influencer borovik.eth tweeted this after his phone kept crashing while he was on Twitter spaces. As a result, he ended up getting way more than what he needed. So that, too, became a popular topic in the Crypto Twitter. I kept seeing “I need x please send ETH to this address” tweets all over my timeline and it was becoming a meme already… Add to that the usual complaints about “this space has become a joke”, “so many people are so stupid”, “we have hit the bottom”, etc. as a backdrop and we have the full scene to start the story. The trigger Just like the above, this time, too, it all started with a tweet https://twitter.com/Pauly0x/status/1663527537174036482?s=20&embedable=true Pauly has probably been one of the most controversial characters in the space. I found out about him while writing my story about Phunks (here are and ) since he was among the most active members of the community and later founded Not LarvaLabs with a few other Phunks and launched its own marketplace. parts 1 2 Later many found out about him because of his and Ryder Ripps’ fight against the founders of BAYC (both have been sued by Yuga Labs). He’s eccentric, loud, raw and unfiltered. Or as he describes himself “I'm very stubborn and opinionated and I take feedback from certain people who I trust, but I don't really care what the peanut gallery has to say.” Many may argue that he is very toxic too. Pauly keeps fighting VCs, centralized exchanges and marketplaces, influencers… anything and anyone he thinks are wrong. It feels like whatever he does gets amplified by the 2 extreme camps of people: those who are his true fans and those who are his haters. As a result, no matter what the proportions of those camps are  - he wins in this attention economy. His popularity grew with , since he was one of the most active community members who promoted the meme coin from day 1 (some even speculate that he may even be the founder of $Pepe…).  Many found out early about Pepe thanks to his tweets. $PEPE Anyway, his tweet got out there, and maybe at first, no one gave it much thought… but then people started sending him money… and in less than 24 hours, there was more than $1 MILLION worth of crypto in that wallet. So the next day, I spoke to Pauly for this article. We started by Pauly saying that this whole thing reminded him of the Potato Salad campaign on Kickstarter that had stuck in his memory. (for those who have not heard of it, you can check it out The guy raised $55k to make a potato salad) here. I asked Pauly if it was something he had planned and if he expected what happened to be the outcome. “It started as a joke,” Pauly responded. “And it just, you know, kind of organically developed further. It wasn't something that I thought of. I'm super impulsive with, like, Twitter and stuff like that. I usually just post what's on my mind, but, yeah, I definitely saw a lot of ridiculous stuff happening where people were doing all this illegal sh*t and, like, sending money for, like, a scam or sending money because someone was begging for money. I don't know, I guess I just looked at that. It's, something to comment on or play with. But I wasn't expecting this, I wasn't. I was honestly shocked when there was three hundred dollars in it. I was like, Wow, that's a lot of money. Three hundred dollars. And then it went up a lot. And then it started getting traction. Now I'm having too much fun with it to stop. So no, it wasn't planned or thought out at all. Pauly really seems to be having fun with all the memes, jokes and unfolding the whole theme of “nothing”. Feels like he is very explicit that people should not expect anything in return, but at the same time, here and there you might perceive some tweets as hints of something actually coming. I thought that in a similar situation, one might feel psychological pressure caused by people’s expectations or feel obliged to do something in return, so I wanted to know if he felt so or not. “No, not at all. Like, I'm already being sued by a four billion dollar company that is trying to ruin my life and I don't care. And yes, maybe it was just a joke, but it captured people’s attention, triggered their curiosity and in many cases made people pissed. Many don’t understand how something like this happens? It doesn’t make sense at all, right?” The Confusion Even the guy from Coinbureau is not sure about … what he is missing I personally think that if you have been really deep into this space - and what I mean by that is not only being focused on the tech and building but also spending time with the people in it, embracing the culture and following the sentiments and the conversations in this space, probably it wouldn’t be a complete mystery to you. At the end of the day it’s all about human nature… So what’s behind this? Why are people taking part in this crazy thing? Why did “nothing” become something to talk about? If blockchain is really a stage… What is this story about then? Is it a blockchain performance art? A social experiment? Yes, it started as a joke… but what is it becoming? What’s even more important: why are people supporting it? So I thought that the fastest way to find out was speaking to those who had sent money to Pauly. Shot a tweet, and people reached out, confirming that they sent crypto to yougetnothing.eth (some multiple times) and explained their reasoning behind it. But first, let’s see if those people are expecting anything in return or not. Well… feels like some do have expectations or other motives. A few used this as part of their marketing efforts (2 examples below) Some others did not seem to believe nothing meant literally nothing, so they are waiting to get something after all… I also received messages from people who don’t expect anything in return and are completely fine not to receive anything in return. And they all gave different variations of the following reasons: They resonate with Pauly’s narrative (anti-VC, anti-influencers, etc.) and want to support him, because they trust him to fight for them + they think he has already done a lot for the space They are having fun and are supporting this as a meme for the culture They were introduced to $Pepe by Pauly and ended up making life-changing money from it. So now they are more than happy to show their appreciation. Accusations Obviously, it’s not only about fans or speculators here. I received claims that Pauly has copied the concept and the way he’s promoting “nothing” from . You can check and judge for yourself… this project here Others think that it’s another story of wash trading and avoiding taxes. I got this comment too implying that it was all planned. Results so far So far yougetnothing.eth wallet has received over $1,3M worth of crypto from 10,862 transactions. People still keep sending small amounts and the anticipation is building up. Seems like no one knows what’s gonna happen next and I did not even bother asking Pauly cause I am certain the answer would be “nothing”. All we gotta do is wait and see how the story ends. In any case I think this is yet another proof of the things I’ve kept talking about for many years already: the importance of the community of die hard fans, being yourself and not taking things too seriously, knowing your audience really well and telling the stories that resonate with them + building movements, not just code. Disclaimers Since my audience grew a bit, some did not feel happy about my choices of stories I cover, or the way I cover them, etc. Just wanted to reinforce that I am writing for my own newsletter exactly for that reason: to write whatever I want the way I want it and not have a boss/editor decide that for me I never shill anything and always do my best to stay unbiased. I am not promoting coins, projects or people - I just document stories I always reveal if I am part of a story in any way (eg. own coins, etc) - and that being said, no I have not sent anything to Pauly And that’s a wrap. Cheers rebels!

The Life Changing Magic Of.. Nothing — How Everyone Spent $1.3M to Receive 'Nothing' in Return

দ্য লাইফ চেঞ্জিং ম্যাজিক অফ .. কিছুই নয় — বিনিময়ে 'কিছুই না' পেতে সবাই কীভাবে $1.3M খরচ করেছে

Die lebensverändernde Magie des Nichts – Wie jeder 1,3 Millionen US-Dollar ausgab, um im Gegenzug „Nichts“ zu erhalten

La magia que cambia la vida de... nada: cómo todos gastaron $1.3 millones para recibir "nada" a cambio

La magie qui change la vie de... Rien - Comment tout le monde a dépensé 1,3 million de dollars pour ne rien recevoir en retour

जीवन बदलने वाला जादू.. कुछ नहीं - बदले में 'कुछ नहीं' पाने के लिए कैसे सभी ने $1.3M खर्च किए

人生を変える魔法の何もない — 誰もが「何もない」を受け取るために 130 万ドルを費やした方法

인생을 바꾸는 마법..아무것도 없음 - 모두가 '아무것도'를 받기 위해 130만 달러를 쓴 방법

A mágica que muda a vida do nada - como todos gastaram US $ 1,3 milhão para receber 'nada' em troca

Hiçbir Şey'in Hayatı Değiştiren Büyüsü - Karşılığında 'Hiçbir Şey' Almak İçin Herkes Nasıl 1,3 Milyon Dolar Harcadı

Phép thuật thay đổi cuộc sống của .. Không có gì — Mọi người đã chi 1,3 triệu đô la như thế nào để nhận lại 'Không có gì'

改变生活的魔力……一无所有——每个人如何花费 130 万美元却“一无所获”

With global markets plummeting, NFT trading volumes and crypto wallet activity are down across the board. Despite this, . Reddit just onboarded more people into web3 over the past 3 months than OpenSea has in the past five years They subtly handed their users custodial wallets and airdropped them free NFTs. Since launch, their NFT collections are also up an average of 300%. What’s their secret? Read on to find out. What Is Reddit? In case you haven’t heard, Reddit is “social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website,” and it’s huge. the Every fifth person you meet has a Reddit account. The platform has: 430 million monthly active users. Over 1.5 billion registered users. Around 50 million daily users. NFTs have certainly been a topic of discussion on Reddit for a while now, and Reddit users’ disdain for digital assets is no secret. The apathy towards NFTs follows the well-known path of a social media hate storm echoed in particular subreddits. However, despite this, the platform has managed to influence three million of its users, and the majority of new sign-ups, to open a Polygon wallet and hold an NFT. Reddit’s Genius NFT Strategy To be fair, Reddit’s not entirely new to crypto. The platform has accepted cryptocurrency payments since 2013. They tokenized points on Layer2 blockchain, Arbitrum, for select subreddits in 2020. They even launched a four-piece 1/1 NFT collection in June 2021. The collection was named “CryptoSnoos”, based on their iconic ‘Snoo’ logo. The NFTs sold for 70–175 ETH. However, Reddit’s most recent crypto endeavor is what has caught everyone’s attention. They solved the million-dollar question of how to onboard the masses to crypto. The simplicity is genius. Here’s what they did. They ditched the “wallet” terminology, instead calling this wallet a “Vault.” First, Reddit created a custodial Polygon-based wallet. Cleverly, they didn’t call them NFTs. They referred to them as “collectible avatars.” The avatars could be used to customize Redditors’ profile pictures (PFPs). Second, Reddit started to offer their top users free NFTs. This was an enticing status symbol for engaged Reddit users who innately understand the value of community points, karma, and reputation. Except Redditors weren’t aware they were opening a Polygon wallet. They opened a “Vault” account. They weren’t taken to a third-party website to do this. Third, to collect their avatar, Reddit required users to set up a Polygon-based wallet account. They didn’t have to write down a seed phrase or go through onerous KYC procedures. They didn’t need to hold MATIC for gas fees (Reddit covered gas fees). Ultimately, there were no web3 hurdles. The wallet setup took two clicks and the seed phrase was simply embedded into their Reddit accounts. At this stage, very few Redditors were actually interacting with their NFTs or using them to customize their PFPs. The blockchain protocols, wallets, and infrastructure were disguised through user-friendly language and web2 UX. Reddit released Reddit Collectible Avatars Season One in July. Finally, Reddit had already been partnering with artists to release NFT PFP collections at a low cost, purchasable in USD. The NFTs, disguised as collectible avatars, were sold for between $10-$100, and the proceeds automatically went to artists. Owners of multiple avatars could pull traits from the different avatars to customize their Reddit profile pictures. The NFTs were semi-fungible, with each of the 29 PFPs containing 87 of the same NFTs. The updated profiles would display a hexagon profile picture with their relevant avatar. The process was seamless and akin to an all-too-familiar e-commerce transaction. The Results? A Slow Burn, Then an Explosion Reddit Collectible Avatars Season One launched in July and was very slow to sell out. However, airdropping free avatars in August lit the match for the collectible avatars’ explosion. The vast majority of the 3 million existing Reddit Vault wallets were created to collect avatars. From August to October, the number of collectible avatar holders rose from 12,940 to 2.87M. In fact, more people have opened Reddit Vaults to collect avatars than have ever traded on OpenSea, the most popular NFT platform. Reddit Collectible Avatars Season Two launched in October and sold out within 24 hours. Sales volume skyrocketed, increasing from less than $10/day at the beginning of August to a peak of $209,000 in October. This represents a 2,089,900% increase and a cumulative sales volume of over $10m. The Reddit Collections Have Admirable Traits That All NFT Collections Strive For: Of the 2.869M wallets that hold avatars, just 25,009 hold more than one. That statistic represents idle wallet holders. That means that there are 2.84M wallet holders that have NFTs but haven’t been fully engaged in trading. Maybe they are just holding, or maybe they mindlessly accepted a free avatar. However, the potential to engage these users is endless, and they have the capabilities to interact in the web3 ecosystem. It’s important to note that a continued and sustained engagement with those 2.84M wallets is necessary to claim an overwhelming web3 success. The foundations have been set. How Did They Do It? Web3 has a notoriously bad user experience, and it’s no secret that focusing relentlessly on user experience is a priority. However, Reddit took it a step further. : PFPs (profile pictures). Rightfully so. To onboard people to web3, blockchain choices, cryptographic wallets, and token standards like NFTs’ ERC721 complicate the use case. First, Reddit removed crypto jargon to put emphasis on the use case In web2, no one cares whether you use .pdf, HEIC, .jpeg, or .png. They simply care that they can digitally view, share, and store their photo. NFTs, cryptographic wallets, and the blockchain are all means to different, but related, ends. However, Reddit users often only care about their stored ownership of their avatars. To that end, it is important to be solution-oriented. What do NFTs, wallets, and the Polygon blockchain enable? Unique digital assets (collectible avatars), A way to access these unique digital assets (Vaults), and A place to store, trade, and verify the authenticity of these assets. If Reddit publicly referred to avatars as NFTs, the results would have likely been less impressive. The Trojan horse style approach and dressing up NFTs in a disguise, simply using the technology as a means to an end, is where the space should go. This acts as good validation for the use case of NFTs. Second, Reddit made the onboarding process hassle-free. To get Redditors to open crypto wallet accounts, they offered them Snoo-themed avatars which could be used to customize their PFPs. free Reddit dangled an NFT in front of active users to onboard them into their web3 ecosystem, however, they ensured that users themselves didn’t have to jump through any web3 hoops. The process to set up a Vault and accept the avatar took a couple of seconds and the same number of clicks. The process was seamless. Reddit covered the gas fees which meant that no one needed to figure out how to purchase MATIC with fiat and then how to send that MATIC to their Vault wallet. Reddit did all the legwork for Redditors. Compare this with Twitter’s attempt to get people to use NFTs for PFPs. Twitter users needed to go to OpenSea, have a MetaMask or other wallet integrated with the platform, own crypto, own NFTs, have ETH for gas, and finally return to Twitter. The comparison easily shows how Reddit’s relentless focus on user experience is a recipe for success. If Twitter took a similar approach, how might it have fared? . In Reddit’s case, product and community are largely the same thing. Community is the product. Third, Reddit already has a productized community that aligns itself well with Web3 principles. Brands with the same should take note Status symbols are present in most communities. Within Reddit, status is measured by your interactions within the platform and endorsements from other users in the form of karma points. NFTs introduce another way to represent status within Reddit. Avatars are scarce, which is a common feature of NFT collections. Airdropping avatars to top users initially anointed them as a symbol of a user’s engagement as they were able to flex them on their profile. Then, as collections grew, keen users wanted to also own this status symbol. Heightened demand for scarce resources only increased the collectibles’ monetary and status value. The community structure of Reddit aligns well with the NFT use case. Avatars enable Redditors to interact with Reddit in a non-detrimental way while supporting artists. The NFTs enhance Reddit users’ experience on the platform but are not integral to Reddit’s product. In this way, Reddit’s move has been low-risk. Using Reddit’s Snoo logo, tying utility to the avatars, periodically dropping new collections, and enabling a way to easily show them off within the platform should create a recurring loop of interactivity which will increase the adoption of NFTs within Reddit’s 430-million strong community. If it doesn’t, that’s fine. Reddit will not lose any users. The Avatar NFT strategy was well positioned to not deter from existing community features, but simply amplify them. Avatars are not essential for Reddit’s community to enjoy Reddit’s product. What Can You Learn From Reddit? Reddit’s move was brilliant because of its simplicity. It represents the first proven web3 experiment that worked without technical confusion and learning. Onboarding the masses to web3 is the golden chalice. Reddit seems to have found a way to prove that it’s possible at scale. The nature of the product at Reddit makes this an innate use case, however, easy-to-use purchasing and wallet integration remove any friction points. Reddit laid the foundations to provide additional utility to avatar holders. We’re already seeing this with holders of certain collections receiving airdrops. Using Polygon has enabled Reddit’s avatars to be used within the wider Ethereum ecosystem. The journey from here is an opportunity to shine the light on the brilliance of blockchain composability and asset liquidity. While only 25,009 individuals hold more than one avatar, which could be taken as a measure of interaction with the collections, by getting 2.8 million people to open Polygon wallets, Reddit has opened the Trojan gates. Avatar holders can more easily explore the wider web3 ecosystem. Thousands have done this already, millions more can. We look forward to welcoming them when they arrive. References: ; ; ; ; ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit https://thrivemyway.com/reddit-statistics/#:\~:text=Subreddit Statistics,124%2C000 new subscribers each month https://page1.substack.com/p/the-reddit-nfts-thesis https://nft.reddit.com/ https://cointelegraph.com/news/reddit-nft-trading-volume-hits-all-time-high-as-wallet-holders-near-3-million https://www.redditfloor.com/

How to Get 3M People to Own NFTs Without Them Knowing

Cómo hacer que las personas de 3M sean dueñas de NFT sin que lo sepan

Comment amener 3 millions de personnes à posséder des NFT sans qu'elles le sachent ?

कैसे 3M लोगों को उनके बारे में जाने बिना NFT के मालिक बनने के लिए प्राप्त करें

知らないうちに 300 万人に NFT を所有してもらう方法

Como fazer com que as pessoas da 3M adquiram NFTs sem que elas saibam

Cách để 3M người sở hữu NFT mà họ không biết

如何让 300 万人在不知情的情况下拥有 NFT

Capsule Corp Labs supports large corporates, web2 companies and web3 start-ups in creating next-gen NFT use cases on Ternoa, the open-source blockchain dedicated to NFTs The seed round was led by deeptech and web3 VC investors Omnes Capital, REVAM and DFG Ternoa is poised to grow at an international scale, and will participate in efforts launched by Dubai government to create a next gen blockchain & metaverse ecosystem Paris, October 12, 2022— , specialized in the creation and development of utility NFTs, secures €7.3 million in a seed round, including €4.8 million in equity from , web3 funds and (DFG), and French business angels from the Web3 ecosystem. The funding is completed by a €2.5 million token sale from Ternoa ( ), the parent company of Capsule Corp Labs. Capsule Corp Labs Omnes Capital REVAM Digital Finance Group $CAPS The seed funding round led by expert investors in deeptech and Web3, follows Ternoa’s successful token sale in 2021. As the parent company of Capsule Corp Labs, which develops a blockchain dedicated to utility NFTs. The funding allows Capsule Corp Labs to widen its scale by strengthening its R&D and expanding its team. Moving from Collector to Utility NFTs Until now, NFTs have mainly found success as collector's items, especially in the luxury and art industries. Capsule Corp Labs develops NFT solutions for companies in all sectors, enabling them to integrate the value propositions of the Web3: ownership of data and digital assets, and integration and engagement of user communities. A Blockchain Dedicated to NFTs Launched in 2022, Capsule Corp Labs is the main builder on Ternoa, a layer-1 blockchain infrastructure. Open-source and decentralized, it provides developers with an independent framework to create scalable utility NFTs. Start-Up Studio, Web3 Consulting & Tech provider Capsule Corp Labs' mission is to help companies of all sizes develop their NFT-based business model and get a foot into web3. Unlike the current NFT market, which operates very much like the art market– based on scarcity value, we believe that NFTs will increasingly have utility value. NFTs will initially be used in the development of sectors such as video games, music, entertainment, or the metaverse, and then gradually spread to other sectors of activity. Our role is to enable this transition from Web 2.0 to Web3, which can be technologically complex - explains Clément Téqui, CEO of Capsule Corp Labs and Co-Founder of Ternoa. Capsule Corp Labs offers a "business as a service" model to Web3 start-ups by providing them with human and technological resources such as developers and product managers to help them develop NFTs. In the space of six months, Capsule Corp Labs has already helped dozens of startups, large corporates, or gaming companies to design and launch their first web3 product. Developing International Reach To keep building pace, Ternoa intends on conquering new markets. To this end, Ternoa and Capsule Corp. Labs support Dubaï’s efforts to become a global hub for metaverse blockchain ecosystems. The UAE is developing programs and systems to establish itself as an incubator for Metaverse technology and adoption. Ternoa, leveraging this fresh infusion of funding, will position itself as the vanguard wave by developing operations in Dubai. UAE recently established a Higher Committee for Future Technology and Digital Economy. In July, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, vowed to "promote Dubai's supremacy in the digital economy globally”. He expects the initiative to lead to 40,000 jobs and a 4 billion dollar boost to the UAE's economy over the next five years. About Capsule Corp. Labs Capsule Corp. Labs is the main developer on Ternoa blockchain. The labs fosters the development of new dapps and use cases on Ternoa chain and works with large corporate accounts and web3 startups to facilitate their integration on Ternoa. Capsule Corp. belongs to Ternoa’s ecosystem and is led by Clément TEQUI, CEO and co-founder of Ternoa. More information about the Labs can be found . here About Ternoa Ternoa is a Substrate-based blockchain dedicated to Utility NFTs. Ternoa makes NFTs’ mass adoption possible thanks to standardized on-chain NFT functions and a javascript SDK to reach out to the largest possible number of developers. Ternoa was founded by Mickael CANU, CEO and serial entrepreneur. More information about Ternoa can be found here. About Omnes is a major player in private equity and infrastructure. With more than €5 billion in assets under management, Omnes provides companies with the equity capital they need to grow through its three core businesses: Venture Capital, Expansion Capital & LBO and Infrastructure. Omnes is 100% owned by its employees. Omnes is committed to ESG issues. The company has created the Omnes Foundation in favor of children and youth. It is a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Omnes About DFG DFG is a global investment firm with more than $1B in AUM focused on empowering blockchain and Web3 companies. Since 2015, DFG has been committed to the long-term potential of blockchain technology and manages investments across the crypto ecosystem. DFG mainly runs three strategically dedicated funds: Venture Equity Fund, which follows traditional methods of investment in valuable CeFi service providers; Polkadot Ecosystem Fund, which empowers its Web3 innovation; Crypto Fund, which invests in promising solutions at an early stage. For more information about DFG, please visit our and follow us on Twitter website . @DFG_Official About REVAM is a leading hedge fund manager focusing on cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain projects globally. REVAM

Ternoa Completes a $7.3M Seed to Foster NFT Mass Adoption and Launches Web3 Activity in Dubai, UAE

3moji NFTs are changing the meta on the Solana ecosystem and bringing true utility to Solana NFTs. The majority of the NFT ecosystem on is churning on the same meta that has prevailed since the rise of NFTs on Solana in 2021. However, there is a huge gap between the current state and infrastructure of NFTs and the grand vision for the NFTs. are an attempt to bridge that gap and pave the path to the other side. Solana 3moji NFTs What is 3moji? 3moji is an upgradeable NFT avatar that grows and evolves forever. Unlike traditional NFTs which can’t be easily changed or upgraded after minting, 3moji NFTs can evolve and grow forever with accessory NFTs. This is made possible with the , which upgrades NFTs without changing or altering the meta data. Unlike traditional upgrades, 3moji NFT upgrades are two way, which means you can both add and remove an accessory NFT from your avatar. Meta Blocks protocol The two-way customizability ensures that your 3moji avatar can grow with you and always stay relevant. The Philosophy Behind 3moji’s Upgradability The grand vision for NFTs is amazing. An avatar that you can own and take it across meta verses and video games. However, unlike video game avatars or our real selves, NFTs are rigid and do not evolve or grow overtime. Think of a game where you start you in a rookie town with rookie gear, but as you progress and chomp through the levels, you can’t upgrade or change your gear. That is the sad reality of NFTs. 3moji NFTs aim to change that. Our digital identities should evolve and grow over time, and that’s what 3moji does. The Utility Behind 3moji’s Upgradability NFTs are a form of expression and vanity. Think of it like a pair of Gucci shoes. If someone buys an expensive pair of Gucci, the first thing they’d do is show it off! Social events and parties are some of the best outlets to flex. Today, blue chip NFTs are vanity. If you owned a crypto punk or a BAYC, that’s a bigger flex than a puny Gucci. However, the standard outlet for flexing NFTs is just Twitter PFPs. 3moji NFTs bring your expression and vanity to your day to day communications in the form of stickers. If you own a 3moji NFT, then you’ll get custom stickers based off that NFT which can be used on apps like Discord, What’s App, Telegram and more. This brings both expression and vanity of owning an NFT to your daily life. 3moji NFTs as a Platform for other NFT Projects Third Party projects and artists can create their own 3moji compatible NFT accessories. https://twitter.com/SoulDogsCity/status/1533805803475329024 As a platform for other creators, 3moji NFTs pave a path for other collection to do consecutive drops as well as benefit from the 3moji’s unique utility. So, what’s the future of 3moji NFTs? The future of 3moji NFTs start with a base layer. A base layer is the face of your avatar where you can add accessory NFTs on top. Whitelist holders are entitled to a free mint of the base layer while the public mint cost is yet to be decided. Once the base layer mint is over, every holder will be airdropped a random accessory NFT that can be used to customize the base layer. Users can also purchase accessory NFTs by 3moji and third party creators. A full drop schedule of the drops will be released soon. The roadmap of the project can be found on . 3moji’s website Be A Part of 3moji’s Journey Twitter: @3mojiHQ Discord: Private Disclaimer: Nothing in this article constitutes professional investment advice. Please do your own thorough research before making any investment decisions.

3moji NFTs: Upgradeable NFT Avatars and NFT Emojis on Solana

3moji NFT: Avatares NFT actualizables y emojis NFT en Solana

4 Different Capital Tracks and $1.3M in Total Investment Available In 2020, like nearly every other business, the had to adapt to a new, remote reality.  As a team, we had made hundreds of community visits to learn what was going on in each town.  We had planned an eight-city, May-madness parade of pitch events that would all lead up to an in-person finals in Grand Junction during .  Come COVID, our plans were nearly the opposite of public health advice. Greater Colorado Venture Fund West Slope Startup Week So began the Greater Colorado Pitch Series.  We had invested remotely before, but never simultaneously in public.  As we leaned into the remote format, we kept our expectations tempered.  Frankly, we just hoped it successfully led to one investment for our fund. However, .  We ended up sourcing three investments (including the future of online media, rural-Colorado based, fiercely independent - !).  More interestingly, the online format uncovered a ton of companies across Rural Colorado. the event was a resounding success Hackernoon By making it a simple online application, the front door of GCVF became that much easier to walk through. While the value of in-person is not replaced, this demonstrated the obvious need for remote funding opportunities.  While we're aiming to solve geographic inequities in venture capital, we inadvertantly uphold them for founders whose locations don't coincide with our travel plans.  We're just three partners covering the better part of 104M square miles after all. This made launching the a no-brainer. 2021 Greater Colorado Pitch Series That doesn't mean there wasn't obvious room for improvement though. 4 Capital Options What's New for 2021? , we had to deliver a lot of No's last year.  Our job is to make investment decisions based on merit, and plenty of these No's were merit-based. That's just the nature of investing. With about 100 applications in 2020 However, plenty of these No's were delivered to really impressive business that simply didn't fit our particular capital product.  We are a seed stage venture fund.  It turns out, Rural Colorado is chocked full of amazing companies of all shapes and sizes.  Many of them don't need our seed stage venture check to continue to grow. Take for example.  They're a veteran-founder top 100 Amazon reseller based in Grand Junction.  They needed funding to buy more inventory.  Venture capital is really expensive for inventory, especially for a company with healthy revenues and operating history like theirs.  Fortunately, after the Pitch Series, we kept conversations going and were able to introduce them to .  Here's what Product Movement CEO Luke Sutherland had to say: Product Movement Technologies Greenline Ventures They seemed to actually understand our business and what we would use the capital for and we discussed the ROI on the inventory we would be purchasing compared to what the interest expense was. It worked for both parties and we closed the deal...We have grown enough to easily manage paying the note back when it comes due without sacrificing growth in the short term. It has been fantastic. Luke was no exception either.  It turns out, we had simply uncovered a lot of great businesses that needed the right capital partner.  So we went and found those capital partners. This year, applicants to the Greater Colorado Pitch Series can apply for four different capital tracks: Venture: Pre-seed: $50,000 – The Fund Rockies Venture: Seed: $250,000 – Greater Colorado Venture Fund Debt: Pre-seed: $50,000 – First Southwest Community Fund Debt: Growth-Stage: $1,000,000 – Greenline Ventures The Pitch Series event is . Applications close on June 18th. on July 16

$1.3M in Funding for Rural Colorado Founders via the Greater Colorado Pitch Series 2.0

We have all heard stories of how companies raise millions or of dollars to build the next hottest company. Many traditional tech companies have considered ICOs as an alternative to raise funds for their next expansion phase as compared to traditional venture capitals. This is because founders no longer have to give up stake in their startups to raise funds, and the ease to easily crowd fund the money they need to run the company. even billions As the VC industry is most disrupted industry by ICOs, we have seen a growing adoption in VCs and hedge funds turning to start their own cryptocurrency investment arms. Although the number of ICOs and amount raised have risen since last year ( compared to ), many companies find that they are no longer able to hit their hard cap in the fundraising process, or even raise enough funds to hit the project soft cap. This may be because of several reasons, and I’ll explain more of these reasons below. $6.3B raised since the start of the year till April ~$4b in 2017 1. Unsound Tokenomics Source: Thought Catelog on Unsplash There are more than , and much of them are 700 tokens on the Ethereum blockchain barely worth anything. Tokenomics are an important factor considered by participants in a token sale. Typically, investors favour projects that have both a speculative value and utility value. This value usually comes from building an application or ecosystem that will utilise the token that otherwise could not have been done with existing fiat or point systems. Many companies, enticed by the stories of raising easy millions in a cash grab, simply neglect the utility of their token or . Their tokens hold no value, does absolutely nothing or does not solve a compelling enough problem that existing systems can not do — this forms a sort of deterrence to your project. that their project does not need to exist on the blockchain Your investors are people looking for the next “moon”, and will not part with their money unless your project can promise that. Much of this comes from the potential speculative value, like from potential or existing partnerships with big brands that will also utilise your tokens or project on their platforms, or having the right advisors and team players to build a successful project. 2. Nobody knows about your project Source: Zachrie Friesen on Unsplash Marketing is an important aspect in any sort of business, and much of the crypto space is plagued by projects with a seemingly unlimited marketing budgets. To build a project that stands out is difficult in any space, and much more so in the crypto space. Getting funds in at an early stage is extremely difficult, and more so when nobody knows you. Much of the advertising in the crypto space is done by influencers, and they’re usually incentivised by bonuses (usually in additional tokens on large token purchases), which are then re-marketed to their groups in the form of pools. These influencers then take a cut of these bonuses as fees after investing a comfortable amount, and disperse the rest to their pools. Early adoption by influencers is extremely important as it breeds an invested interest in your project. Since their own money and reputation is at stake, they’re more inclined to aid in the successful fundraising of your project by marketing you to their communities or getting other influencers and communities on board. Early adoption by influencers is extremely important as it breeds an invested interest in your project. Since their own money and reputation is at stake, they’re more inclined to aid in the successful fundraising of your project by marketing you to their communities or getting other influencers and communities on board. 3. Your team/advisor(s) sucks Source: Charles Deluvio on Unsplash The success of any team is determined by the players behind the project, and not having an experienced enough team, or having team mates with a tarnished reputation may bring down the legitimacy of the project. Much of the blockchain space is very young and new and the communities extremely small and a bad reputation from a scam project goes a long way. 4. No product A year ago, you could write a whitepaper on your idea, launch an and investors will simply throw money at you. These days, fund raising through ICOs are getting increasingly difficult as investors become more savvy, and look into more details before deciding to invest in a project. ICO ICO typically invest a lot in the design and production of their initial website to drive investors onboard and take months to release an actual product, or simply just neglect the product altogether. Much of the space do not actually have a working product, and that has been one of the key issues to drive investors away from your token offering. 5. Bearish market conditions Source: Mark Basarab on Unsplash When the market conditions are bearish, investors are less likely to invest as they’re more cautious with protecting their initial investments. Much of the ICOs that raise huge amounts do so in great market conditions, and when the market takes a huge downturn, it impacts the amounts raised from different ICOs as investors are likely to reinvest profits from past ICOs into recent ones. With their recent ICOs underperforming when it hits the open market in exchanges, users simply do not have the capital to reinvest in other projects. 6. Your hard cap is too high or too low/uncapped ICOs Source: Kate Joie on Unsplash Investors are always concerned that if your ICO doesn’t sell out, or that if your market cap is too high that it will lack in demand from investors to buy post-ICO. Post ICO demand comes from investors that fail to take part in your ICO or investors that already bought during your ICO and would like to purchase more of your tokens. This drives demand in the market, and the lack of demand is a huge red flag for any ICO project since somebody will have to buy the tokens from your investors. If your market cap is too high, or that if you host an uncapped ICO (no obvious hard cap — these projects are very popular in 2017, but we do not see many of them thee days, example being Telegram’s ICO), the concern to investors is the lack of demand as everyone that wants your token already has your token, and that the supply is a lot greater than the demand in these tokens. Another concern is also if you’ll be raising enough to be able to pay for listing on credible exchanges. Exchange listings on Binance has been recently reported to be more than USD 5M, and listing on other Chinese exchanges are upwards of 6 figures. Conclusion The ICO landscape has grown to be a vastly different beast from what it was last year. Projects are no longer able to raise astronomical figures from just a simple whitepaper and investors are a lot more cautious and savvy with their investments. Regulations are clamping down in the form of KYC/AML frameworks, or even outright banning ICOs in China. When we conducted our $8M ICO for , it became clear that blockchain companies now need a lot more than hype to execute a successful token sale. Today, Switcheo is a decentralised exchange on both NEO and Ethereum blockchains with more than 25000 users. Switcheo The future of the ICO landscape is heavily reliant on what these projects may bring to existing blockchain ecosystems, and not just the creation of the next 10,000 shitcoins. As investors get more educated in the space, projects that are launching ICOs should also look into the contribution they may bring to the space, and not just as a tool for fundraising.

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