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1/ Real-world crypto

While a big part of what moves crypto forward is based on asset trading, we wanted to highlight work from builders reimagining other parts of what the internet can be on crypto rails.

Today, we celebrate some of the most exciting projects across stablecoins, social, creator apps, and loyalty.

Data privacy on the web. Keeper of the fabric @privy.

Fmr Protocol Labs consensus work. Before that YC S14 🇫🇷🌐🍊

2/ Dollar access in emerging markets

Teams like Zar, Karsa, Accrue and many more are using stablecoins to give users in emerging markets access to dollar-denominated value, offering a more stable alternative for saving and transacting.

4/ Monetizing creativity

Zora, Sound, Rodeo, Pods and more are pioneering new social products that let users reward creators directly when they like content, creating a more direct and sustainable model for creative monetization.

5/ Loyalty

Our friends at Blackbird and Tyb help restaurants and brands build deeper connections with their most loyal diners and shoppers. Users earn rewards for doing what they love, while small businesses benefit from more efficient onchain payments.

6/ This is just the beginning. From financial access to social and creative innovation, crypto is enabling new, open models across the internet. Can’t wait to see what builders launch next. 🚀

3/ Social networks

Farcaster (obvs), Fantasy, Kaito and countless others are rethinking social graphs in the face of self custody and interop. They’re unlocking a massive design space where a post in one app can live across multiple networked apps.