Stepan Simkin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Squads Protocol, a collaborative infrastructure for web3 teams. In conversation with Nation, he tells us what it was like to build Squads when the ecosystem needed it most, the obstacles he's faced along the way, and his advice for fellow builders.

Dean Pappas' decentralized social networking platform, Grape Protocol, has nurtured an ecosystem of entrepreneurs, creatives, and digital explorers. Read our blog to find out how his career started, and why he is excited to wake up every morning and get back to work.

Timber sDAO will be Slow Ventures’ first tokenization of productive agricultural land, representing a new way to invest in real world assets using crypto.

Aid for Ukraine is a movement initiated by Sergey Vasalchuk, CEO of Everstake, a web3 company based in Ukraine. Overwhelmed by enthusiasm and support, Sergey opened this multisig wallet to collect donations to send to the front lines.

Noah Drabinsky started 2021 as a “crypto newbie”, and six months later, won an award for his iOS app, Gilder, which makes participating in DAOs on mobile easier than ever. In conversation with Nation, Noah recounts the journey — and his future plans.

Race against the best builders in the ecosystem for a $100K+ total prize pool. The event will be hosted by NATION at Breakpoint this year, and signups are now open.

Musings on how philanthropy can change forever with the power of decentralized movements.

A few weeks ago, we threw a massive go-kart race in a parking garage in Lisbon — we're very proud of how it turned out.

A special thank you to Danny Nelson for mentioning NATION and the Timber sDAO in his article for CoinDesk. We're grateful to be mentioned — and hope to bring more noteworthy communities to the forefront with us.

By pooling resources, communities have the power to change — and own — the world in new ways. NATION writer Elle Bland writes about that paradigm shift, present and future, in this article.