Shopify / Solana Integration — Solana Pay, a decentralized payment protocol built on the Solana blockchain, has integrated with Shopify. Initially, the integration will offer USDC, but the protocol plans to consider adding other tokens like SOL in the future. Shopify accounts for 10% of total U.S. e-commerce activity — more
Coinbase / Equity Stake in Circle — The Centre Consortium — a jointly managed self-governance consortium for USDC operated by Circle and Coinbase — has dissolved. Circle will take full control over USDC issuance and governance, with Coinbase acquiring an equity stake in Circle — more
Thailand / “Airdrop” for Citizens — Srettha Thavisin, Thailand's new Prime Minister, and a former “active crypto investor” is fulfilling his campaign promises with plans to implement a national "airdrop" where every Thai citizen aged 16 and over will receive 10,000 Thai baht (approximately $300) in a national token — more
McDonald’s / Polygon-based NFT Drop — McDonald's is launching a free NFT drop of 2,000 digital collectibles in Singapore. The initiative will offer Polygon-based NFTs, granting access to exclusive menu items, aiming to bring the iconic Grimace character into the digital era — more
Reddit x Alpine F1 / 3D Collectible Avatar Drop — The Alpine F1 teamed up with Reddit to create a new Formula 1-themed 3D Collectible Avatar collection on Polygon. As part of the collaboration, AMA sessions with Alpine's drivers, Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, will take place during the Dutch and Italian Grand Prix — more
DRiP Haus (🤝) / $3M Raised — DRiP Haus, a Solana-based platform that distributes digital collectibles to tens of thousands of collectors every week, raises seed round led by Placeholder and co-led by Collab+Currency, Anagram, and 6th Man Ventures, with participation from Big Brain Holdings, Solana Ventures, and others — more
Maple Finance / $5M Raised — Maple Finance, a blockchain-based credit marketplace, raises round co-led by BlockTower Capital and Tioga Capital, with participation from Cherry Ventures, The Spartan Group, GSR Ventures, Veris Ventures, as well as follow-on investments from Maven 11 and Framework — more
Collecting the Algorithm: A Primer for On-Chain Generative Art / Andrew Jiang + Todd Goldberg — “As our digital and analog lives become more intertwined, digital objects are emerging as meaningful stores of value. From $1.5m in-game skins to verified social media checks at $12k per year, the digital space has turned into a new frontier for value. Our digital assets are becoming as significant as our physical possessions, if not more so in some cases. We believe that within the realm of digital assets, on-chain generative art offers some of the most interesting opportunities, especially for astute collectors.” — more
Decoupling Generative Art with Philip Galanter / Peter Bauman — “Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) reflects on Philip Galanter's classic 2003 definition of generative art before briefly speaking with the artist, Texas A&M professor and theorist about the definition twenty years later.” — more
Ethereum is a Game Environment / Ben Roy — “People describe Ethereum in a lot of different ways. It’s a smart contract platform, an asset ledger, an always-on financial system, a massive multiplayer online money game, and so on and so forth. The gaming metaphor is the one that I’ve always resonated with most. It helps tie together my entire engagement with this blockchain into a consolidated experience, that of a gamer.” — more
Inside Sam Spratt’s Cult of Luci and The Monument Game / Matt Medved — “For New York artist Sam Spratt, rebirth could only come after the realization that a decade of client work had left him feeling hollow. Despite working with marquee artists like Kid Cudi, he was creatively lost with “nothing to say.” … Spratt unlocked something larger than himself by leaning into his own creative vision. His Luci project has captivated the Web3 art world…” — more
Seed Club (🤝) / SC06: The Event — “Seed Club announces SC06: The Event, a demonstration of consumer crypto. Live & Online, join crypto’s top investors, founders and early adopters as 10 startups in the current cohort share their visions for the future of consumer crypto.” — more
Transient Labs (🤝) / Introducing Visions II — “We are thrilled to present Transient Visions II! This exhibition features artists that are pushing the boundaries at the intersection of art and technology. Featuring DegenPain, Dragic Markovic, Diego Mac, and gawswolf.” Live on SuperRare (🤝) — more
Zora / Explore Ethereum — Zora released a new Chrome extension that allows users to type “+++” into their search bar and easily explore Zora, OP Mainnet, Base, and Ethereum mainnet — more
Ensemble (🤝) / “In the Process”: Issue 05 — “In this issue we look at the process behind one of the greatest paintings of the 20th Century, studies for 3D art, and one of the earliest examples of ML being used to create animation.” — more
StoryCo (🤝) / “The Storyline”: Issue 04 — “…we bring you the "Storyline" Issue 004, which includes: a recap of our launch of Co-Create and Profit Points, the announcement of our newest Co-Create winners, highlighting some of our awesome Producers, an update on THE DISCO BALL after a successful Beta test, and our "Storytelling Digest," a tasteful curation of storytelling content from around the internet. Dive in…” — more
FellowshipAI / Introducing Daily xyz — “Introducing Daily xyz - AI art, curated daily. AI is powering a transformative period in art history, and we aim to capture it in real-time. Each week, we unveil a calendar of daily, 24-hour auctions from a curated group of AI artists, starting with video. All auctions begin at 1 pm ET, with a reserve of 0.01eth.” — more
Ira Greenberg / Braindrops: Mappings — “Mappings arose organically through an exploration of generative space and form. Map structures began emerging and with them suggestions of underlying motifs. In this way, the generative AI process exists orthogonally to a traditional observational approach, where an artist begins with a motif.” Minting August 30th, 0.1 ETH — more
Night Sea / Art Blocks (🤝): l.o — “l.o (pronounced el-dot-oh) is a series of audiovisual vignettes exploring a process at the heart of generative art and ambient music: creating complex forms by repeating and transforming a simple input. Inspired by starling murmurations, the repetition of a line, dot, or ring forms a flock of flickering particles rippling across the canvas.” Minting Sept. 12th — more
LillyO / SkaldaAI: Woodside — “Inspired by memories of a termite infestation in her childhood home, the 'Woodside' explores enigmatic stories that stem from corroding forces, both in the notion of fading memory and the actual physical home that was ultimately destroyed. Through an aesthetic that recalls early 20th century modernist portraiture, Lilyillo’s use of AI strategically forms contradictory postures of past and future.” Auction starting at 0.01 ETH, August 28th — more
amanda / friend tech x web3 mobile apps
Bright Moments (🤝) / Introducing CryptoPatagonians
Seed Club (🤝) / SC06: Are you on The List?
Ensemble (🤝) / New Interview Series Soon™
Digitized / Featured #17 x heart + craft
SuperRare (🤝) / Sam Spratt 1/1’s x RarePass Holders
Floor (🤝) / Base Support Live + New In-app Mints
Transient Labs (🤝) / Forever, Heart You Drop
foobar / Wrapped Friend Tech Frontend
Patrick Mahomes II / Museum of Mahomes x Azuki 1/1
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