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Web3 Graveyard

The money
was real.
The products
often weren’t.

Welcome to the Web3 Graveyard.

Funding made headlines. Failure became a footnote. This is the record of what was raised, who backed it, who ran it, and how long it lasted.

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  1. 01
    DiscontinuedInfrastructure (Ethereum layer 2)2024–2026

    Abstract

    A blockchain from the company behind Pudgy Penguins

    $11M raised2 yr 9 mo alive

  2. 02
    DiscontinuedInfrastructure (Ethereum layer 2)2023–2026

    Blast

    Its bridge opened months before users could withdraw

    $20M raised3 yr 9 mo alive

  3. 03
    DiscontinuedWeb3 game (creature-collecting RPG and casual games)2021–2026

    Pixelmon

    Famous for a botched NFT reveal, its games stalled at 'not good enough'

    $8M raised5 yr 8 mo alive

  4. 04
    DeadNFT-collateralised lending2020–2026

    NFTfi

    It let people borrow against NFTs until the NFT market shrank

    $5M raised6 yr 7 mo alive

  5. 05
    DeadPerpetual futures exchange on its own layer-1 blockchainUnknown–2026

    Dango

    It built its own blockchain to run one exchange; both closed within months

    $3.6M raised

  6. 06
    DiscontinuedBlockchain gaming (MMO grand strategy)2018–2026

    BLOCKLORDS

    The Steam release was followed by a closure report that summer

    $15M raised8 yr 7 mo alive

  7. 07
    DeadOnchain gaming (RPG)2023–2026

    Pirate Nation

    It built two blockchains to run one game

    $33M raised3 years alive

  8. 08
    DeadDeFi dashboard and portfolio tracker2019–2026

    Zapper

    Seven years in, it chose an 'orderly wind down' over the alternatives

    $17M raised7 yr 7 mo alive