Polygon, Reddit Co-Founder’s VC Firm Launch $200 Million Social Media Web3 Fund
The team behind Polygon, the protocol dedicated to interconnected blockchain networks like Ethereum, and Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six venture capital company have revealed a $200 million investment fund in blockchain-based social media projects. According to the announcement, the partner’s mission is to attempt to bridge blockchain, Web3 technology, and social media together. Polygon and Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six Launch $200 Million Fund Dedicated to Web3, Blockchain, and Social Media Polygon and Alexis Ohanian’s firm Seven Seven Six plan....
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“We are still in the early days of Web 3.0, and the most obvious opportunities right now are in gaming and social,” said Ohanian. On Friday, Polygon and Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm, Seven Seven Six, announced a $200 million initiative backing projects operating at the intersection of social media and Web 3.0. The initiative will focus on gaming applications and social media platforms built on Polygon’s infrastructure. Ohanian co-founded Reddit in 2005, left in 2010 and returned as executive chairman in 2014 to lead a turnaround before resigning in 2020. He has been a seed....
Venture capital funds are eyeing Web3-powered social networks as the next major growth vector in crypto and blockchain. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has teamed up with Solana Ventures to launch a new investment fund dedicated to Web3 and social projects, potentially setting the stage for the next wave of budding crypto startups. Ohanian announced Tuesday at the Breakpoint conference in Lisbon, Portugal that his Seven Seven Six venture firm and Solana Ventures have allocated $100 million to Web3 and “decentralized social projects.” In an accompanying news release, the internet....
Popular social media platform Reddit will launch a new feature called Collectible Avatars. These blockchain-backed items are non-fungible tokens (NFTs) running on Ethereum’s second-layer scalability solution Polygon. Related Reading | How This Elon Musk Company Has Enable DOGE Payments For Las Vegas Transportation The social media platform has tested the feature since January 2022, but rumors […]
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Aave, a decentralized finance lending platform, has recently announced the launch of ‘Lens Protocol’. The Web3 social media platform will be built on the Polygon network. This new launch is Aave’s attempt at expanding its opportunities by introducing varied operations. Aave has been working on this particular development for quite some time, it has now […]