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He gets home from school, throws his backpack in a corner, and turns on his phone. On the screen, a chat window flashes: “Hey, I missed you today.” Imagine a 15-year-old teenager, alone in their room, talking for hours with someone who seems to understand everything they feel. That “someone” remembers past conversations, sends good-morning messages, asks if they slept well, compliments them, consoles them. But it’s not a person. It’s a chatbot. What seemed like science fiction just a few year...

I first discovered SheFi during Octant’s Epoch 9, where it was selected as one of the featured projects. Among so many initiatives trying to make a real impact, SheFi stood out to me for its clarity of purpose: to educate, connect, and empower women in Web3. At the top of the organization’s website, a phrase repeats like a mantra: “The frontier is feminine.” It perfectly captures the spirit of one of the most relevant education and inclusion initiatives in the Web3 space today, a community th...

Neobanks were built to simplify how we manage money. Now, a new wave is rebuilding that idea from the ground up, on-chain. They combine stablecoins, DeFi yields, and cards into one seamless experience. They don’t just compete with banks, they replace them.What exactly is a neobank?Traditionally, neobank meant a slick fintech app: a 100 % digital account, lower fees, a beautiful UI. In 2025, the term evolves. A Web3 neobank isn’t a licensed bank, it’s a wallet that behaves like one. Instead of...

When I decided to submit a project to Octant’s Epoch 9, I knew it would be competitive. What I didn’t expect was how much the process itself would reveal, about the Ethereum ecosystem, about the power of storytelling, and about how decentralized funding is evolving. I wasn’t selected this time. But being part of the process gave me a rare, inside perspective on what Octant is trying to build: a model where the community funds culture, education, and impact, not through sponsorships or investo...