Culture Week 2023

Culture Week investigates the fascinating world of cryptocurrency and culture. Learn about the people, communities, and values that are shaping the future of money.

Culture Week 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Uniswap's NFT Platform Shows DeFi's Reluctant Acceptance of Centralization

If you want to be “the interface for all NFT liquidity," you have to make some sacrifices.

Floatie in the form of a unicorn, the emblematic mythical creature featured in Uniswap's logo and marketing materials. (Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

How Web3 Animation Project 'The Gimmicks' Survives a Crypto Winter

The creators of the successful Web3 cartoon – speakers at Consensus – talk about what’s next for interactive storytelling.

(Ian Suarez/CoinDesk)

Opinion

How Sports DAOs Can Offer Fans a Piece of the Action

Just as the Ethereum network continues to show us the way toward a fairer internet, Sports DAOs will show us the way toward the future of fandom, says Adam Miller of MIDAO in this op-ed for CoinDesk's Culture Week.

(Dmytro Aksonov/Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Metaverse Fashion Is on the Rise, but for Whom?

Digital fashion is nascent in the Web3 space, with the potential to onboard millions of users in the coming years. But as brands work out who to target with hard-to-fathom technology, adoption is still in its early stages. This piece is a part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week.

A screenshot from Metaverse Fashion Week (Decentraland)

Opinion

AI and Crypto Are Combining to Create Web3's 'Multiplayer Era'

Creating with code has never been easier. Web3 tooling shows us how it can be equitable and collaborative.

Video game controller (Jose Gil/Unsplash)

Opinion

Fan Tokens: A Bet on Your Favorite Soccer Team?

Does the performance of soccer team tokens align with on-the-pitch performance? Max Good, from CoinDesk Indices’ team, breaks down the match stats.

Reiss Nelson, of Arsenal, celebrates scoring a goal in the English Premier League (James Williamson/Getty Images)

Opinion

Move-to-Earn Has a Ponzi-Economics Problem

Stepn is a cautionary tale for M2E startup founders like me. But I see a better model in Sweatcoin, which leveraged real-life utility to amass over 100 million users before going on-chain, writes Iomob CEO Boyd Cohen.

Test Your Strength amusement park game. (Getty Images)

Opinion

The Australian Open Goes Full Web3

January’s tennis grand slam shows how brands can embrace the metaverse for increased fan engagement.

(Josephine Gasser/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

Stepn Was a Runaway Success During COVID but Can It Keep Moving Forward?

Some see the future of fitness motivation. Others see a Ponzi scheme. This feature is part of CoinDesk's Culture Week.

(Bruno Nascimento/Unsplash)

Opinion

Rethinking the Value of DAOs

Or, how DAO culture creates value in crypto.

(Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)

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