The importance of APIs within the Web3 ecosystem

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API3 makes Web2 APIs callable by smart contracts using a lightweight gateway called Airnodes on AWS, claiming around 190 APIs integrated across blockchains to solve the oracle problem. Concrete use cases: DeFi price feeds (TVL growth), parametric insurance triggered by weather APIs, on-chain lending using open banking data, carbon-offset automation from emissions APIs, and car telematics markets. The stack runs gateways off-chain and publishes validated inputs on-chain for decentralized consumption.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 4:21Transparency and Audibility
3. 5:54Infrastructure of Web 3
4. 8:13Why and How Um Apis Drive Utility within Smart Contracts
5. 14:15Open Banking Data
6. 17:38The Current State of the Open Api Economy
7. 23:05Tokenization of Governance

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