Wallets face a critical challenge: retaining users. Retention is the golden metric that has the potential to shift the crypto industry from cyclical boom-and-bust growth to sustainable engagement and stickiness. In the broader internet business landscape, retention is what distinguishes truly valuable companies from the rest, driving lower acquisition costs, better monetization, and the potential for virality—a fact well understood in Web2 and essential for Web3 companies to adopt if they aim...

AI Acceleration for Web3 App Builders As a new bull market begins to emerge, now is the moment for crypto consumer applications to captivate mainstream audiences with experiences that rival – and exceed – traditional web2 platforms. We’ve seen platforms such as Polymarket create meaningful impact for everyday users, and we believe a wave of new crypto-enabled applications will follow suit, reshaping how we interact online. We know this because we speak with builders daily who are eager to tak...

We’re excited to announce that ❜mbd has raised a strategic pre-seed round of $3M co-led by Mask Network and Polymorphic Capital with participation from a16z crypto CSX, Forward Research, Social Graph Ventures, and WAGMI. ❜mbd has also integrated Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud AI Startup Programs. We’re proud to have such pioneering teams, who champion the open and decentralized social movement, and believe in our mission to build the intelligence layer for content moderation and recomme...

In 2023, Web3 data grew by more than 400% year-on-year. Looking under the hood, this tells the story of the rise of crypto consumer applications and give a hint of what the future of web3 will be.