Research by Geekcartel (29 - 31 March) – ETH Dubai Devcon (Developer conference) was held as scheduled. Geekcartel joined experts around the world including Web3 startups, developers, funds and the wider crypto community over the conference’s 3 days to explore the latest in web3 trends, development tech and news about blockchain. With a total of 72 projects we interacted with at the conference, there were 2 Layer1 projects, 3 Layer2 projects, 11 NFT projects, 5 DAO projects, 2 Metaverse proje...

Research by Geekcartel (29 - 31 March) – ETH Dubai Devcon (Developer conference) was held as scheduled. Geekcartel joined experts around the world including Web3 startups, developers, funds and the wider crypto community over the conference’s 3 days to explore the latest in web3 trends, development tech and news about blockchain. With a total of 72 projects we interacted with at the conference, there were 2 Layer1 projects, 3 Layer2 projects, 11 NFT projects, 5 DAO projects, 2 Metaverse proje...

A high-performance decentralized solution to fun on the blockchain On March 6, Andre Cronje, the “godfather of DeFi”, announced his withdrawal from DeFi, causing token prices and total value locked (TVL) of related projects to plummet, with projects such as chainlist being forced to shut down. This exit served as a reminder of the risks of centralization (whether perceived or real), where a person's personal decisions or actions can amount to the unintended and consequential death of a p...

A high-performance decentralized solution to fun on the blockchain On March 6, Andre Cronje, the “godfather of DeFi”, announced his withdrawal from DeFi, causing token prices and total value locked (TVL) of related projects to plummet, with projects such as chainlist being forced to shut down. This exit served as a reminder of the risks of centralization (whether perceived or real), where a person's personal decisions or actions can amount to the unintended and consequential death of a p...