Kate Irwin

6 days ago | mail.blockworks.com | Kate Irwin |Katherine Ross |Casey Wagner |David Canellis

We’re just a day away from Permissionless. Meaning industry leaders will willingly venture toward a Brooklyn heat wave for the greater good of meaningful conversations. The topic of rebooting the global financial system seems to qualify. That’s the title of a panel I’ll be moderating next Thursday, and Ondo Finance CEO Nathan Allman will be among those on stage with me. I caught up with Allman earlier this week.

1 week ago | blockworks.co | Kate Irwin

FC Barcelona, the Spanish soccer club Forbes values at $5.65 billion, is releasing a wallet for its upcoming NFTs called Barça.Pass as part of its digital strategy. Anyone with a Barça ID can now claim a wallet and will ultimately be able to use it to create an FC Barcelona avatar NFT, customize the character with official merch, and collect other types of digital items in anticipation of an upcoming FCB mobile racing game. Crypto infra firm Futureverse set up the Barça Pass.

1 week ago | blockworks.co | Kate Irwin

This is a segment from The Drop newsletter. To read full editions, . I chatted with Spekter Games founder and CEO Taehoon Kim about crypto gaming and where things go from here. The a16z-backed studio's flagship game is called Spekter Agency, a mobile-first roguelite battler with crypto elements playable via Telegram. But big-picture first. This slice of our chat was also edited and condensed for clarity:Taehoon Kim: Web3 gaming, you know, is not going that well at the moment.

1 week ago | blockworks.co | Kate Irwin

Crypto "L3" chain B3 has acquired PC builder Andromeda Insights and is releasing the B3PC, a blue-lit prebuilt for gamers that's got some crypto integrations plus a dedicated "Destroy" button. B3 says it acquired Andromeda because the PC startup is already financially successful, reportedly making "millions" in annual revenue and seeing 1,000% annual growth without a marketing budget.

2 weeks ago | blockworks.co | Kate Irwin

Coinbase is taking action to reduce the number of users it's locking out - and says its efforts are paying off. "Account freezing has been a major issue at Coinbase for longer than is acceptable," Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said.