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Top3 Web3 Products of the Week #6
Welcome to edition #6 of the StartUpRoundUp (Web3 w/ TokenTag)!
Midjourney AI prompt: "a decentralized gaming ecosystem in the metaverse built with blockchain technology"
This past week, we woke up to an incredible new milestone reached: over 12,500 subscribers!
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It's a remarkable time to be in crypto.
Every day there seems to be another game-changing headline—including the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (and Silvergate and Signature, among others), the news of Coinbase's Wells Notice signaling future enforcement action from the SEC, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinisivan's prescient "Bitsignal" tweet (and his $1M bet that BTC will reach $1M in 90 days), and the broader crypto crackdown such as the lawsuits against KuCoin, capture of Do Kwon (founder behind Terra's billion-dollar collapse), and legal action against Justin Sun and Tron.
Despite the news, we find reasons every day to push forward and build the new decentralized economy. We're doing it not for any one individual or platform, but for the benefit of the global population and their right to freely transact worldwide. The ongoing banking crisis and the instability in government institutions are finally bringing the core mission of crypto into focus, shaking out the bad actors and refocusing committed builders on solving real problems in the marketplace. We also have major tech companies such as Amazon driving headlines as they plan their entrance into the NFT market & web3 space for the first time.
We're glad to serve this community at this pivotal time in the history of crypto, and we look forward to doing so long into the future.
Today, we have a special edition where we'll highlight some of the top projects and contributors we love in the web3 space; these are teams that are further ahead in their roadmaps and are actively bringing crypto and web3 mainstream. We also share a lot in common with these communities and personally frequent them as early adopters.
As always, to submit a product or community, please feel free to recommend through our existing sign-up form.
Now, let's get started with this week's Top3 Web3 Products!
Community Spotlight: Probably Nothing
This week's community spotlight is probably nothing, a decentralized fashion brand deeply rooted in web3 culture. The imprint was founded by Jeremy Fall, a renowned American chef, restauranteur, and entrepreneur with an eclectic career spanning all aspects of culture (read Jeremy's background here). Associated with the Probably Nothing brand is Probably a Label, a collaborative Web3 music label formed by Jeremy Fall and Warner Records. According to Jeremy, owning a probably nothing genesis nft will soon be a "proof of license (POL) that give the ability to legally use the brand on things that you create", which may be a first for the NFT market and could lay the groundwork for the future of decentralized brands.
Treasure (largest ecosystem on Arbitrum)
The Decentralized Gaming Ecosystem.
Industry: Blockchain Gaming
Treasure is a decentralized gaming ecosystem that serves the important role of linking communities, games, and players together. This decentralized platform accomplishes this through Treasure NFTs and its native token, $MAGIC.
The ecosystem runs on Arbitrum, which is a Layer 2 Ethereum scaling solution. $MAGIC is used on the decentralized marketplace, Trove, to buy and sell NFTs associated with the games and the metaverses that are coming to life on the platform. It is the top NFT platform on Arbitrum by far, accounting for roughly 95% of its NFT transactions at any given time.
For a full breakdown of the largest ecosystem on Arbitrum, click here to learn more.
Founded in: 2021
Next-Gen Multiplayer AR Experiences.
Industry: Augmented Reality, Gaming
Jadu is developing an AR mobile app that connects to players’ Ethereum wallets, letting them turn their 3D animated NFTs into playable avatars.
Unlike other AR experiences where users navigate from a first-person point of view (think “Pokemon Go”), Jadu players can stay put and move their avatar characters around bedrooms or backyards. It has the effect of playing a third-person video game—with the real world as the landscape.
Founded in: 2020
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The Web3 Allowlist Platform.
Industry: SaaS, Data, Social
Premint is widely used by the world's top NFT artists, communities, brands, and celebrities to build allowlists for top NFT projects.
Premint lets you define exactly who is able to join your allowlist and set requirements, so that community growth is driven by real collectors and not bots.
Over 2,500 projects and creators have trusted PREMINT to launch and grow their access list, including XCOPY, Cool Cats, Moonbirds, Rug Radio, VeeFriends, and many, many more.
Founded in: 2021
Please feel free to reach out and tell us what you think of these companies!
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-- Bayo
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