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Lara Harcombe-Smee

@lara_encode

Business and Operations Manager at @EncodeClub 🩰

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calendar_today09-09-2024 11:39:17

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What a week to be bizops! Tues: We went to Stand With Crypto In The UK🛡️🇬🇧 's Blockchain Entrepreneurship Event, seeing pitches for blockchain use cases + meeting super cool VCs. Today: We joined Mercuri_vc's Women in AI brunch + met incredible women changing the AI game. Web3 is so cool.

What a week to be bizops!

Tues: We went to <a href="/StandWCrypto_UK/">Stand With Crypto In The UK🛡️🇬🇧</a> 's Blockchain Entrepreneurship Event, seeing pitches for blockchain use cases + meeting super cool VCs.

Today: We joined <a href="/Mercuri_vc/">Mercuri_vc</a>'s Women in AI brunch + met  incredible women changing the AI game. 

Web3 is so cool.
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Starting to see that keeping up in Web3 means keeping up with capital flows shaping the space. Investors have poured almost $1.2B into the sector in January—a 63% increase from December. This article gives a great summary of the biggest raises + investors! dlnews.com/articles/marke…

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Reading up on XRP and its role in crypto. Designed to facilitate efficient cross-border transactions for payment providers, it’s an interesting case study of how blockchain can intersect with legacy systems. decrypt.co/resources/xrp

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A fabulous summary of the controversy surrounding $TRUMP—where the boundaries of executive power blur with crypto's potential as a vehicle for influence and bribery. Well worth a read! 🤓 decrypt.co/302595/donald-…

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A great read on whether web3 adoption will be a visible evolution or an invisible shift. Posits an interesting debate— does integrating Web3 into Web2 platforms dilute blockchain’s decentralised ethos? cointelegraph.com/news/blockchai…

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The release of DeepSeek-R1 signals a shift in Web3-AI. Its novel use of reinforcement learning opens new pathways for decentralised, efficient, and transparent AI systems. This article is definitely worth a look if you want to learn more about R1! coindesk.com/opinion/2025/0…

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Given news of Goldman Sachs scaling up its crypto ETF holdings to $2.05 billion, I took a closer look at BTC ETFs. This article provides a refresher on ETFs, along with insights into how BTC ETFs work and their history: decrypt.co/resources/what…