Despite the chilly winter storm depressing cryptocurrency prices, digital asset entrepreneurs, developers, venture capitalists and enthusiasts gathered in Cambridge, MA today for Link Venture’s Imagination in Action Web3 Summit where the movers and shakers ranged from Stuart Haber and Scott Stornetta, co-inventors of blockchain, to Web 2.0 grand dame Esther Dyson and Ben Mezrich, author of Bitcoin BTC +1.6% Billionaires and the book that inspired the Academy Award winning Social Network.

The cryptophiles are settling into the realities of a bear market, but their recent triumphs should not be lost.

A record nine cryptocurrency-focused companies made it onto this year’s Forbes Fintech 50 list–an honor roll of the most innovative private companies in fintech. Collectively, these nine trailblazers have raised $6.5 billion in venture capital, with the lion’s share of that coming within the past 12 months.

If there is one thing that can be said for anything remotely connected to the internet and a computer screen it’s that if it is salacious or is a video game it will probably survive market turmoil.

So for cryptocurrency investors – if there are any left after this week’s news about Coinbase keeping your crypto if it goes bankrupt (they say they’re not at risk of going bankrupt), and Bitcoin BTC -3.7% heading to $25,000 (it is around $29,000 as of this writing) – the sector that looks the most promising is anything related to blockchain gaming or GameFi.

Avalanche’s subnets give game creators more flexibility and can insulate them from wider network issues, John Wu tells Decrypt.

Ava Labs President John Wu recently appeared on Decrypt’s gm podcast.

He discussed why he believes Avalanche is best suited for NFT-powered games, as well as current perceptions of NFTs.

Two weeks after launching its first multi-coin trust, Valkyrie Investments has added its first Avalanche-focused investment vehicle.

The Valkyrie Avalanche Trust (VAVAX), which will invest solely in the blockchain’s native token AVAX, is available to accredited investors. It carries a management fee of 2% and imposes a $25,000 minimum investment.

Avalanche has recently emerged as one of the top smart contract blockchains thanks to a vibrant developer community and a sophisticated architecture that offers both speed and security.

Now the team behind Avalanche is targeting a new challenge: making a blockchain wallet that is easy to use for non crypto-savvy people.

At the inaugural Avalanche Summit in Barcelona, Spain, the speedy Ethereum alternative is looking to court users onto its subnets.

To the crypto-conscious, blockchain industry conferences have become annual pilgrimages of sorts, drawing each chain’s respective believers to multi-day extravaganzas in exotic locales around the world.

America's cryptocurrency capital may become the next Wall Street.

That’s because Bitcoin’s crypto mining requires a huge amount of computer power since miners must complete complex puzzles to validate transactions and create new coins. This process is called “proof-of-work.”

America's cryptocurrency capital may become the next Wall Street.

That is, if the title doesn't go to the home of Wall Street itself.

For years, government officials from such disparate places as the Wyoming state capitol to city hall in Miami have been jockeying to lure the crypto and blockchain industries to their communities.

The Outdoor Voices founder has a new venture that aims to reward customers with blockchain-based assets. But do brand loyalists really want NFTs?

Regulation is coming for the cryptocurrency market. That's likely a good thing for crypto investors, experts say.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday morning to establish the first-ever federal U.S. strategy on cryptocurrencies and any future U.S. central bank digital currency.

There is a new tug of war between centralized finance – government issued money (fiat) – versus decentralized finance – private issued cryptocurrencies that can be exchanged for fiat. Bitcoin is in the crosshairs. It is taking massive fire.

This battle is not new. But it is heating up and defi is losing, don’t let anybody kid you. Sentiment matters. Centralized finance can shut this down. Don’t think it cannot.

The Avalanche Foundation announced incentives worth hundreds of millions of dollars on Tuesday to stimulate new types of development on the Avalanche blockchain.

The so-called Avalanche Multiverse program — funded by four million AVAX tokens (worth around $290 million at current prices) — aims to encourage the growth of subnets on the network.

Emin Gün Sirer has a major beef with the crypto economy: It’s not growing fast enough.

He is an early cryptocurrency innovator who co-founded the blockchain startup Ava Labs with the modest goal of digitizing all the world’s financial assets. But, he believes, the underlying technology of today’s buzziest digital coins are not equipped to handle that kind of volume.

Stablecoins are expanding quickly, but to hear it from John Wu, president of Ava Labs, there's still miles to go before this category of cryptocurrency — which ties its value to that of a government-issued currency — offshoot is widely used in the market.

"We need scalability. Not just tens of millions of people. We need billions," said Wu, president of the New York blockchain company, following a virtual conference with Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire.

In this episode of SPAC #Edge, Mark Yusko speaks to John Wu, a fintech executive and technology investor, who has been in the hedge fund industry for over 20 years. John shares how his competitive nature and ability to analyze, anticipate and visualize the future in his formative years was the pathway to his career in finance and eventually into the SPAC space. You’ll hear John’s take on what makes SPACs so special and how he became interested in them over the years, from 2015 when the rules changed to present day. One of John’s objectives is to allow the average investor to gain access to companies of the future, and in this episode, you’ll get a glimpse of how that’s possible.

CNBC Crypto World features the latest news and daily trading updates from the digital currency markets and provides viewers with a look at what’s ahead with high-profile interviews, explainers, and unique stories from the ever-changing crypto industry. On today’s show, CNBC’s MacKenzie Sigalos breaks down the latest price moves amid rising Russia-Ukraine tensions, and Crypto World explores the growing web3 industry.

John Wu featured at 4:20 and 7:21

Feb 14 . The “Crypto Bowl” featured commercials for multiple cryptocurrency exchanges Sunday night. Coinbase, FTX, eToro, and Crypto.com all aired ads during the Super Bowl.

Feb 1st (CNN Business) Robinhood is still losing money. The platform reported a drop in the number of users in its most recent quarter. Is it time for the struggling online broker to consider a sale?

Even though Robinhood's stock has rebounded a bit in the past few days after reporting its latest financial results, it is still trading at only around $14 a share — more than 60% below the initial public offering price of $38 last year.

Jan 26 (Fortune) - Just a few months ago, Bitcoin was at a record high and celebrities were pitching obscure cryptocurrencies. However, with Bitcoin prices cratering amid to around $36,000 from a record of nearly $68,000, and other digital tokens in freefall, one-time crypto fans are turning into skeptics and reassessing their tolerance for financial risk.