Cam Thompson

Cam Thompson was a Web3 reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University, where she majored in Economics and Science & Technology Studies. As a student, she was marketing director of the Tufts Blockchain Club. She currently holds positions in BTC and ETH.

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Solana-Based Automation Network Clockwork Raises $4M in Seed Funding

The decentralized network utilizes the Solana validator to facilitate tasks such as automated payments.

Clockwork has raised $4M in seed funding (quan long/Getty Images)

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NFT Security Startup Tokenproof Raises $5M to Keep JPEGs Safe From Scammers

“A lot of people talk about the utility of NFTs, but there hasn't been the rails for the infrastructure to be able to unlock that utility in the real world,” Alfonso Olvera, CEO of Tokenproof told CoinDesk.

Blue chip NFTs on display (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Federal Reserve’s FedNow Real-Time Payments Set for Mid-2023 Debut

The instant payments service is seen as a step towards eventual rollout of a CBDC.

Bitcoin and ether traded slightly higher following Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s latest comments on inflation and the economy. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Facebook se suma a Instagram y ofrece soporte para publicar NFTs

Los usuarios ahora pueden vincular sus billeteras cripto y comenzar a compartir sus coleccionables digitales, según la empresa matriz Meta Platforms.

Facebook ya permite publicar NFTs. (Solen Feyissa/Unsplash)

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Facebook Joins Meta’s Instagram in Supporting NFTs

Users can now link their crypto wallets and begin sharing their digital collectibles, parent company Meta Platforms said.

Facebook ya permite publicar NFTs. (Solen Feyissa/Unsplash)

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Polkadot Parachain Moonbeam Integrates Cross-Chain Messaging Protocol LayerZero

Developing Web3 interoperability via cross-chain messaging has become a growing trend.

PureStake is building the Moonbeam network for release later this year.

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Alchemy Acquires Web3 Educational Platform ChainShot to Onboard Developers

The Web3 developer backend has been steadily growing its educational resources over the past several months.

Nikil Viswanathan, CEO de Alchemy. (Danny Nelson)

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Tether Sticks to Decision Not to Bar Tornado Cash Addresses

The stablecoin issuer sees a freeze of secondary Tornado Cash addresses as premature, and awaits more clarity from U.S. authorities.

No one knows exactly what the fallout from the Tornado Cash sanctions will look like. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Images)

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Coinme Brings DOGE, ETH, MATIC and More to Grocery Crypto Kiosks

“People are attracted to different coins for different reasons, whether that's a store of value or a medium of exchange,” said Coinme CEO Neil Bergquist.

TikToker David Friedman, 25, opted for bitcoin on a Coinme machine. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Uniswap Community Behind DEX Establishes Foundation to Support Open-Source Development

“There's no organization within the Uniswap ecosystem focused on reducing the friction in governance, and that is one area that the foundation will be focused on,” said Devin Walsh, the community member who authored the initial proposal.

Un ataque de phishing en Uniswap prometía un falso airdrop y se llevó $8 millones de un usuario. (Heinrich Jonas/Wikimedia Commons)