We're excited to announce that @okx is joining us as a key sponsor and partner for our upcoming Demo Day on 11/18! As one of the largest crypto platforms, OKX is at the forefront of Web3 innovation. We're honored to partner with them and bring their expertise to our Demo Day. This is an opportunity to connect with our partners at OKX as well as the startups and investors in our #Duke community. Spots are limited, secure your place now! lu.ma/xalgij1r

#bullish and excited to hear from @MarkYusko next week as prices keep heating up 🔥

Join us at Demo Day if you are excited lu.ma/xalgij1r

We're so excited to announce that the one and only @MarkYusko will be joining as a keynote speaker for our upcoming Demo Day! Join us to hear from Mark and many other crypto investors and leaders!

What matters most to VCs when investing? It's all about the founder & team With early stage startups, the final product will likely pivot from day 1

We're ready for this week's pitch competition! 🚀 This month's lineup of all-star judges includes: @iwillpat Patterson is the Head of Venture at @varyscapital - a global, multi-strategy digital asset fund and market-maker. Where he leads sourcing and execution, portco support of token/equity venture investments @ReneeLeibler is the Founding and General Partner of Harmonic Chain, a blockchain and digital asset fund focused exclusively on Web3 emerging technologies. She is the Founder and President of the @NYUBlockchain a co-organizer of BitdevsNYC and is an assistant professor at @FIT and an adjunct professor at @FollowStevens - where she teaches various courses in blockchain, NFTs, the Metaverse, and entrepreneurship @fbones212 is a Partner in @PwC Cyber, Risk & Reg platform and Data Risk & Privacy Practice team, focused on data risk analytics in Banking, Fintech and Digital Assets. Frank is passionate about blockchain, web3, and crypto assets, and is a member of PwC’s Digital Assets Working Group @Ana_dwsn has over a decade of experience in impactful marketing for crypto and blockchain. She is the CMO of @MATCHChain - a Web3 social graph on Cosmos, and was the former creative director and CEO of @Cointelegraph Don't miss seeing these judges engage with our founders live this Thursday 10/26! lu.ma/sqbuo73i

It's time for the crypto news of the week! 1/ @sama sat down with @joerogan and expressed his excitement for Bitcoin. The @OpenAI CEO also said he was “super against” CBDCs 2/ Amid the #FTX trial, prof. @camharvey states this was a traditional finance and risk management failure, not a crypto failure 3/ Data from @DappRadar shows that $600 million in investments flowed into the blockchain gaming space in the third quarter of 2023 4/ The @SECGov faces an important deadline to appeal a court order regarding the @Grayscale Bitcoin ETF application

Join us tomorrow for our second webinar - Inside The Minds of Web3 VCs 🧠 This time, we're excited to have @arjunsethi from @tribecap Don't miss it! lu.ma/1govzdby

We sat down with @EmurgoVentures for an inside look at their $100M+ investment strategy Key takeaways: 1. Recently went chain agnostic 2. Bullish on mass adoption 3. Target seed/early stage 4. Assess team, tech, model 5. Betting on infrastructure, gaming, DeFi, consumer Learn more on Mastermind 👇 gainventures.beehiiv.com/p/i…

We are officially closed for September 26th pitch competition participants! We have an exciting lineup of founders ready to pitch their ideas 🚀 If you missed out on applying for this month, apply early for a chance to pitch in October 👇👇 bit.ly/bullcityblockchain

Dukies and friends in SF 📢 Join us this Saturday for a special meetup! lu.ma/1cwsgryd

Join us in NYC this Friday for a discussion on Interoperability in Web3 with: @thePalenimbus Co-Founder @Hyperlane_xyz @0xshake Co-Founder @PolymerDAO @bond_dog_51 Founder @Umee_CrossChain @rushimanche Co-Founder @movementlabsxyz @0xMagmar Co-Founder @SkipProtocol

Our next #BlockchainBattle pitch competition is coming up on 9/26! After an exciting event last month, we're raising the bar even higher. If you're a startup founder, apply for a chance to pitch to this month's lineup of judges: bit.ly/bullcityblockchain

We are excited to be hosting a panel on Interoperability in Web3 with our friends from @RepublicCrypto @varyscapital @RayoCapital @EmpireDao and @DukeVenCom For our friends in NYC, join us on 09/15 at 6:00 pm for an insightful discussion on how interoperability will unlock the next phase of growth and innovation in Web3 Please register here: lu.ma/5k5myswb