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via Cointelegraph.com News NFTs are a dime a dozen, but Micah Johnson’s Akutar NFT project aims to bring to light the value of diversity and inclusivity to Web3. Since the wake of the nonfungible token (NFT) boom, creators have been leaving their Web2 entities in droves and are carving their own lanes in the Web3 world. It’s not just technologists and artsy-creators who are pivoting toward Web3. For example, former American professional baseball player Micah Johnson pivoted to painting and focused his pieces on representation. In debuting his first digital piece, sä-v(ə-)rən-tē (pronounced “sovereignty') Johnson was not only fueled by adversity but inspired by a question that would change the trajectory of his work. “Can astronauts be black?” Johnson's four-year-old nephew asked his mother. Alas, the main character of “Akuverse'' was created in February 2021. Aku is a physical depiction of the confidence and boldness of a little black, astronaut navigating his w...

Current Web3.0 Version Have a 400m$ Fund

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  via Cointelegraph.com News Like DeFi in 2020, gaming is considered by many to be the next major growth play for the blockchain industry in 2022. Crypto-focused venture firm Framework Ventures has raised $400 million in new funding to invest in early-stage companies across the Web3, blockchain gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) industries.  The completed raise will go towards “FVIII,” an oversubscribed fund worth $400 million, the company announced Tuesday. Approximately $200 million of that total will be allocated to the emerging blockchain gaming industry. The venture firm, which had early exposure to DeFi, now has over $1.4 billion in assets under management. Framework Ventures was an early investor in projects such as Chainlink, Aave and The Graph. Like DeFi in 2020, gaming and Web3 have been identified as the next major growth plays for the blockchain industry. Axie Infinity — a popular play-to-earn game constructed around collecting digital pet avatars called Axi...