These are the 53 most promising crypto startups in 2022

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On the agenda today: The hottest crypto startups of 2022, and a conversation with the creator of Dogecoin.

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1. Introducing the most promising crypto startups of 2022. We asked top investors to name the startups – both in their portfolios and those to which they had no financial ties – that they believe show the most promise. They responded with dozens of exciting choices.

• Although funding has slowed thanks to a crypto winter, investors continue to back crypto-powered startups that aim to transform industries like finance and digital commerce.
• Among the most vibrant firms they listed are those specializing in NFTs, decentralized finance and tools for creating decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs.
• The startups they’re looking at include digital fashion and NFT marketplaces, crypto wallets and websites to help users learn about crypto and Web3 — and they’re all poised to take off, according to investors.

Meet this year’s 53 most promising crypto startups.

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Odds and ends:

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What we’re looking at today:

• Oracle and others report earnings. Follow the income here.
• FinovateFall 2022 takes place in New York today.
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• Blue Origin will launch an NS-23 New Shepard rocket.
• It’s Tinder’s 10th anniversary.

Many thanks to our senior correspondent Ben Bergman for his contribution to Friday’s edition. (If you missed his dispatch from Code, read it here.) Sorry for the typo in your name… What can we say, it was a Friday.

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Curated by Jordan Parker Erb in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email [email protected] or tweet @jordanparkererb.) Edited by Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bullock) in London.