2022-4-26 17:47 |
theVERSEverse, a women-led literally collective and NFT gallery founded in 2021, has secured its first major grant as it seeks to expand its innovative works into Web3.
Announced on Tuesday, the grant by Tezos Foundation, a Swiss-based and regulated organization helping to build the Tezos ecosystem and other blockchain projects.
The team at theVERSEverse says Tezos presents a crucial partner in their quest, noting the importance of using a cost-efficient and eco-friendly proof-of-stake protocol. They said in a statement:
We are very grateful for the ongoing interest from the global Tezos community, and are honored to receive essential support from the Tezos Foundation at this pivotal moment for writers, editors, publishers and readers on the blockchain.”
Grant will help empower writerstheVERSEverse, which seeks to pair acclaimed poets with those in the crypto space, will use the award to fund several initiatives aimed at raising awareness about literature and the blockchain.
The platform also wants to use the grant to empower theVERSEverse community as it evolves into the de facto destination of media-rich NFTs in digital poetry.
Ana Maria Caballero, Kalen Iwamoto and Sasha Stiles say they co-founded theVERSEverse to empower literary enthusiasts and writers through blockchain technology.
Other than blockchain, the platform also wants to help upcoming artists across the globe leverage state-of-the-art technology in other fields such as AI in their works.
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