Our latest update to the Creator Economy Database shows that investor interest in crypto startups hasn’t died down even as token prices cratered. Eight Web3 startups focused on offerings such as non-fungible tokens and decentralized communities raised a total of $86.9 million in the third quarter. That’s slightly higher than the $80 million crypto creator startups raised in the second quarter. Crypto investments made up 13% of the total $656 million U.S. creator economy startups raised in the third quarter, slightly higher than the 12% in the previous quarter, according to our database.

Crypto Startups Multiply in Creator Economy Database; Instagram Tests Links-in-Bio
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Oct. 3, 2022 3:51 PM PDT
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