With COVID-related physical restrictions becoming a thing of the past, IRL events are consistently proving themselves as a proficient medium for Web3 evangelism throughout the ongoing bear market.

Although October’s Web3 statistics hit new lows, the month saw the emergence of ‘XEN,’ a promising new DeFi project which assimilates the tokenomics of Bitcoin.

Saga and XPLA with its main partner Com2uS, the largest mobile game developer in the world, announced a partnership this week to provide scalable infrastructure using the Saga protocol.

Friday saw business, pop culture and entertainment mogul Paris Hilton host a launch party for her new virtual realm ‘Paris World.’

It’s undoubtedly been a busy few months for Polygon, as the Layer-2 blockchain has recently partnered with a flurry of big hitters, such as Meta, Starbucks, Reddit, Stripe, Adobe, Adidas, Mastercard, J.P Morgan & more.

In the midst of one of the most chaotic weeks in crypto history, the industry has bore witness to other notable events that’ve understandably flown under the radar due to FTX dominating the headlines.

Contrary to what many previously thought, Binance has announced that it’s unable to go ahead with its acquisition of FTX, with issues beyond its ‘control or ability to help’ being its reasoning.

In a recent podcast entitled 'Web3 with a16z', Chris Dixon and Sonal Chokshi chat with Punk6529 and discuss some ideas that are being explored about all the unique utilities NFTs offer.

As per the words of its CEO Changpeng Zhao, the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance is poised to fully acquire FTX.com and help cover the liquidity crunch.

Solana’s recent Breakpoint event in Lisbon bore-witness to several notable announcements regarding partnerships with the blockchain, all of which being designed to propel the world’s second largest NFT ecosystem into further success.

Today, Helium Mobile™ & Solana Mobile announced a partnership to bring the world’s first cryptocarrier that's low-cost, reliable & decentralized providing 5G coverage to Saga users across the U.S.

To fix the shortcomings of Web2 identity verification, former Apple App Store executive announces Identity.com’s permissionless decentralized identity protocol.

By leveraging the underpinning blockchain technology of digital collectibles, Web3 platform Courtyard, has built a cutting-edge infrastructure that allows physical collectibles to be owned and traded as NFTs.

Layer N (“The Protocol”), a hyper performant and scalable layer 2 blockchain backed by FTX Ventures, Solana Ventures, Solana Foundation, as well as angel investors Anatoly Yakovenko, and Raj Gokal, announced that it will be coming out of stealth.

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar less than three weeks away, two of the event’s official sponsors Crypto.com & Visa have joined forces to unleash an outrageously innovative Web3 fan experience called the ‘Visa Masters of Movement’ (VMOM).

The pandemic has disrupted the working world, bringing us to an entirely new era of remote work that is borderless and inclusive. Companies are caught between the choice of easing employees back to the office or crafting a long-term remote strategy.

Amidst Prime Minister-elect Rishi Sunak’s plans to turn the UK into a hub for crypto innovations, lawmakers have voted in favor of recognizing crypto as regulated financial instruments and products.

After months of development, leading DeFi TVL (Total Value Locked) aggregator DeFiLlama has launched a new strategy finder called ‘Delta Neutral Yields’ (DNY).

Web3 needs more women. Blockster’s list of the 'Top Women In Web3' highlights the women who are building companies, launching organizations and using their voice to onboard women into Web3.

With Rishi Sunak in the driving seat to become the UK’s next Prime Minister, it’s time we take a look at what this could mean for the crypto landscape of the world’s sixth largest economy.

NFTs are bringing stamps back through their unique use cases. Major service providers are opting to adopt this new blockchain technology and startups are restarting the industry in new and exciting ways.

Rarible NFT marketplace has introduced a major update called ‘Rarible 2’ which sees the platform transform into an NFT marketplace aggregator.

Budweiser will be releasing a limited number of Budverse x FIFA World Cup™ digital collectibles that will be stored on the Ethereum blockchain as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has started a crypto lobbying ‘blitz’ in Washington to leverage his $7.6 billion Web3 investment fund - donating almost $2.2 million to finance crypto-advocating lawmakers.

10KTF is making its Crafted Comfy Hoodie NFTs available as a physical item through the launch of 10ktf.shop, a new online store dedicated to equipping collectors with physical renditions of their NFTs.

Famous crypto analyst Willy Woo is predicting that bitcoin adoption will reach 1 billion users in the next three years.

PayPal unveils a shock new ‘acceptable use policy’ (AUP) which stated that users could be fined up to $2500 for spreading what the platform called ‘misinformation.'

Invisible North, a Web3 marketing agency, discusses the production of the marketing campaign behind the highly anticipated ‘Ethereum Merge,’ led by its Vice President, Hall Carlough.

Nike's recent acquisition of RTFKT has inspired the legacy brand to reach new heights within the Web3 space and their recent release of Cryptokicks IRL has connected the novelty of NFTs with the familiarity of fresh-looking sneakers.

The blockchain has unlocked new social constructs that are revolutionizing the organization of human hierarchical structures through the power of DAOs.

A district judge has overruled the SEC’s attempts to prevent providing Ripple with access to internal emails which discuss the regulatory status of Ethereum.

The subject of crypto has became so popular that top universities from around the world have developed courses around it. And now, many institutions provide programs subject of cryptocurrency.

BitPay, the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, has announced support for two new cryptocurrencies this week: ApeCoin (APE) and Euro Coin (EUROC).

FS360 is a fully NFT-gated, all-inclusive 3-day event, taking place July 29 – August 1, and converging 360 of the most influential people in WEB3 that are handpicked by community members with the mission of creating an accelerator ecosystem,

This week at Blockster, we’re turning the spotlight to a true Crypto King, Haydn Snape, who we had the pleasure to connect with during NYC NFT.

Miles Deutscher is a 21 year-old Australian crypto investor and analyst, known for hosting a daily livestream in front of 570k subscribers on Crypto Banter

Ripple and the XRPL Foundation recently organized the Apex Developer’s Summit in Los Vegas, where it announced the launch of its new DeFi and NFT features.

Despite Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ arguably causing disruption to the ongoing crypto winter, matters become complex as Fidelity announces plans to introduce crypto.

Nilos today announced a successful $5.2 million financing round to offer a first of its kind platform that unifies crypto and fiat treasuries for businesses.

Apple has sent shockwaves through the NFT space by implementing a 30% commission charge on all NFTs sold through apps on the ‘App Store.'

Layer-1 blockchain Zilliqa has revealed its plans to launch the world’s first web3 hardware console and gaming hub

Metaverse experience builders Metaprints have teamed up with Web3 metaverse platform The Sandbox to launch agaming adventure for their Alpha Season 3.

Robinhood trading app announces its beta launch a Web3 crypto wallet solely compatible with Ethereum’s popular Layer-2 network, Polygon.

The creators behind the framework for Solana launch Backpack, a first-of-its-kind wallet that brings crypto application experiences to pro and mainstream users.

Bitcoin miners are facing the full force of crypto winter with profit margins dropping to $17.2m a day, 72% less than November 2021’s daily figure of $62m.

After conducting several NFT functionality tests since May 2022, social media conglomerate Meta has finally opened up NFT sharing to all users in the US.

Advertised as the biggest giveaway in professional sports, Karate Combat's recent announcement has put the fast-growing martial arts league in the spotlight.

A small percentage of Web3 founders and leaders in the space are women, but Blockster’s Women in Web3 Top 10 List highlights the bold women who are leading the way in creating a more diverse and inclusive Web3 each month.

To better understand how Web3 will be shaping our society in the coming years, MIT hosted the first of three conference events this year called, “Imagination in Action” in partnership with Forbes.

Bitcoin is pumping this coastal village full of opportunities that will benefit the local community.

A private island named Satoshi Island in Vanuatu, South Pacific is currently in development to become a luxury homestead for crypto professionals and enthusiasts worldwide.

10KTF, an elaborate and story-driven NFT project just closed out its latest drop – the 10KTF Combat Crate collection raking in over 1.3M $APE (~ $10M USD) over a two-day sale

NFTs are also cryptocurrencies on the blockchain but unlike traditional cryptocurrencies, there can only be one original form of a particular NFT.

While NFT technology is still in its infancy, many artists are beginning to explore the Web3 space as it offers its creators both financial and creative freedom.

First it was the Metaverse, then the NFTs, now crypto payments will be accepted to buy real luxury goods.

The buzz for NFTs–and crypto in general–is gaining more mainstream attention. As Blockchain Hustlers, this is music to our ears.