<p>This is the first episode of our new weekly series, Off-Chain, that covers the biggest stories in web3 from the past week.</p> <p>In this week's episode, we cover:</p> <ul> <li>Stripe launching crypto payments.</li> <li>Fidelity offers Bitcoin as a 401(k) investment option.</li> <li>Optimism has announced its token launch (plus airdrop).</li> <li>Coinbase announces beta of NFT marketplace.</li> </ul>

Crabada: the game responsible for over 60% of Avalanche transactions

We highlight the people, products, and protocols shaping the future of crypto, DeFi, and web3. Your hosts, Matthew Howells-Barby and Austin Knight, will take you on a journey of decrypting the various concepts related to blockchain and web3 technology, explaining them in a language that everyone can understand.