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Jan 2022
9m 15s

Web 3 Is a Long Fight Worth Fighting

COINDESK
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On today's show, CoinDesk's Chief Content Officer, Michael J. Casey, takes a look at the long war brewing as Web3 gets slowly dragged into reality. Read the story here. This episode is sponsored by Kava. This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blust - Kava lets you mint stablecoins, lend, borrow, earn and swap safely across the world’s biggest crypto ... Show More
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