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📝 Field Notes #63: The End Game
Impressions from NFT Paris. Nike cuts Web3 team. Yuga Labs acquires blue chip & appoints new CEO. Pudgy Penguins' record sales. Reddit invests in BTC. Japan pushes crypto. Google Gemini 1.5 & more.
📝 Field Notes #62: Virtual > Physical
Sephora goes Web3. Louis Vuitton's blockchain diamonds. Mastercard launches NFT experience. Bitcoin breaks $50k. Franklin Templeton files for spot ETH ETF. Coinbase beats estimates. Fundings & more.
📝 Field Notes 61: Beyond Plastic Cards
Visa enables crypto withdrawals. Visa & FIFA. MasterCard & Champions League. Disney's 1.5B stake in Epic. New NFTs from Japan Airlines & Mercedes-Benz. UBS goes Ethereum. Robinhood, Metamask & more.
📝 Field Notes #60 : Read Write Own
Web3 social takes off. Pudgy launches NFT licensing platform. Doodles & Casio. EA hints at Web3 entry. Binance goes Ordinals. Polygon Labs layoffs. 580M use crypto. Stablecoins on Amazon & more.
📝 Field Notes #59: Back to Reality
Hilton goes beyond Roblox. Multiplayer Web3. NFL's Golden Knights launch NFTs. Forbes launches Web3 community. Absolute Labs X Google. Coinbase vs. SEC. Mysten Labs X Alibaba. Top charts & more.
📝 Field Notes #58: Fake News
Roblox rivals. Blockchain gaming. Fox partners with Polygon. Starbucks Korea goes NFTs. ConsenSys launches NFT studio. MiuMiu goes Web3. Larry Fink is bullish. OKX enters Dubai. Top charts & more.
📝 Field Notes #57: Laser Eyes
Bitcoin spot ETF approved. PepsiCo goes virtual. Roblox & loyalty. X removes NFT profile pics. Circle files for IPO. Apple Vision Pro release. OpenAI launches GPT store. Top charts, fundings & more.
📝 Field Notes #56: Visa Enters Web3 Loyalty
Visa rolls out Web3 loyalty to 80m+ partners globally. Bitcoin's year. ETF imminent. Goldman Sachs eyeing ETF role. Record asset inflows in 2022. NYT sues OpenAI. Top reads & more.
📝 Field Notes #55: What's Past is Prologue
The best of 2023: Top 30 reads, top 10 brand activations, and top 12 charts.
📝 Field Notes #54: Game On
Lamborghini & Nivea enter Roblox. Lego & Skoda enter Fortnite. Inscription NFT boom. China to boost NFTs. Solana overtakes Ethereum. UK crypto sandbox. Midjourney V6 released. Top fundings & more.
📝 Field Notes #53: Penguin Business
Pudgy's new business model. Ledger hack. FIFA & Donald Trump drop NFTs. Bitcoin NFT boom. Coinbase on-chain asset management. Accounting rules: Bitcoin for companies. Top charts & more.
📝 Field Notes #52: Comebacks and FOMO
NFTs on 7-month high. New brand drops. Industry-wide vulnerability revealed. Reebok & Futureverse. First BTC Ordinal in Sotheby's. Crypto FOMO. Crypto on WhatsApp. Google's next-gen AI model & more.
📝 Field Notes #51: NFTs in Your Closet
NFTs enter 1,149 ZARA stores. Louis Vuitton drops phygital. Brazil's biggest Web3 loyalty program. Bored Apes hits Roblox. Crypto funding on six-month high. Amazon launches ChatGPT competitor & more.
📝 Field Notes #50: Hall of Fame
Tod's goes blockchain. Nike drops another phygital. Balenciaga's clothing tech. Lacoste's world tour. Binance & CZ: The fall of a titan. SEC hits Kraken. OpenAI appoints new CEO. Top charts & more.
📝 Field Notes #49: Web3 is Dead
Disney's new NFTs. xNFTs: A game changer for brands. NFTs in Roblox? Big finance goes big on crypto. Goldman invests. PayPal embraces crypto. Layer 2s break records. Blackrock eyes ETH ETF & more.
📝 Field Notes #48: Tides Turn
OpenSea layoffs. RaribleX: New NFT marketplace for brands. Yuga x Magic Eden. Web3 in The Simpsons. More banks launch crypto offering. Coinbase Q3 results. Massive OpenAI releases. Top jobs & more.
📝 Field Notes #46: Lightning Strikes
Macy's & Maison Margiela launch Web3 activations. Mastercard doubles down on Web3 with MoonPay. All eyes on Bitcoin. Deutsche Bank's first stablecoin swap. Next-gen payment infrastructure & more.
📝 Field Notes #45: It's Game Time
Game time for Yuga Labs and Sandbox. Big moves in Web3 loyalty. Reddit stops token program. Ferrari accept crypto. Standard Chartered enters crypto. ETF approval coming. Top fundings, jobs & more.
📝 Field Notes #44: Singapore Slings & Yuga's Gaming Move
Web3 shopping app skyrockets. Yuga Labs restructures amid layoffs. MoMA acquires NFT. Wall Street wakes up on blockchain. Coinbase, Ripple, Sygnum & GSR enter Singapore. Fundings & more.
📝Field Notes #43: Let's Get Physical
Nike gets real with NFTs. Pudgy launches in the UK. Crypto's global chess game unfolds. Kraken enters EU. Q3 fundraising dips. IYK secures $17m from a1 for digi-physical future. Top charts & more.