This week in Web3 - 115th Edition

SEC monitoring crypto, UAE crypto regulations, staked ETH withdrawal, Lido Finance V2, Binance tax, FUD launched, Coinbase insider trader, fundraises, opportunities, and more 🤯

Update: Open-source dapp store kit launch along with Polygon, XMTP, Etherscan, Moonpay, Sendwyre & more 🎉

The Dapp List @thedapplist

We’re thrilled to partner w/ @0xPolygon, @xmtp_, @etherscan, @moonpay & @sendwyre to build the 2nd phase of Dapp Store Kit, leveraging the protocol built by @MerokuStore. Alone we can do so little; together, we can do so much! 🦉

Sandeep | Polygon 💜 Top 3 by impact @sandeepnailwal

Announcing @0xPolygon MOBILE play! Decentralised Open-Source DAPP Stores Recently Polygon Labs helped @MerokuStore launch dApp Store Kit—an OS developer toolkit that will enable platforms, OEMs and builders to launch their own dApp store(s) 🧰 More: https://t.co/NWi8f0ucLW

Major Highlights  🤯

• Devs test staked ETH withdrawals ahead of Shanghai Upgrade. Learn more

• Yuga Labs donate CryptoPunk #110 to the legendary permanent collection of Pompidou. Learn more

• Phantom starts supporting three “Sign In With” (SIW) standards. Learn more

• Relief DAO strives to raise aid for Turkey earthquake victims. Learn more

• US SEC announces plans to monitor crypto brokers and advisors. Learn more

• UAE releases crypto regulations through Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA). Learn more

New Launches 🚀

• GHO Aave deployed on Goerli Testnet. Learn more

• Tokenlistooor - a fork of Uniswap Tokenlists launched. Learn more

• Spark Protocol - a growth-focused arm of the Maker Protocol, launched. Learn more

• Bankless DAO prepares for Season 7 Launch. Learn more

• Binance launches a crypto tax reporting tool, ‘Binance Tax’. Learn more

• Flux Finance launches lending token collateralized by U.S. Treasury. Learn more

• Fujitsu launches an accelerator to support Web3. Learn more

• Brave collaborates with Solana to add support for dapps on mobile. Learn more

• WeTransfer partners with Minima on mobile NFt solutions. Learn more

• Lido Finance releases details on V2 upgrade ahead of Ethereum Shanghai launch. Learn more

• Designer Sean Wotherspoon launches first digital wearables collection on MNTGE. Learn more

• Justin Sun launched FUD (FTX User Debt) tokens through DebtDAO. Learn more

Fundraises 💰

• Mino Games raised $15 million in Series B. Learn more

• New music format VAULT announces $4 Million Series A. Learn more

• Carbonplace raises $45M seed funding. Learn more

• Web3 data platform Elementus raises $10M Series A2 round. Learn more

• GammaSwap raises $1.7M seed funding. Learn more

Rekt 🚨

• Kraken pays a $30 million fine and shuts down crypto staking in the US. Learn more

• Former Coinbase insider pleads guilty in first-ever crypto insider trading case. Learn more

• dForce’s wstETH/ETH curve vaults on Arbitrum & Optimism exploited for ~1.7m USD. Learn more

Read & Watch🎙

• Aggregation theory in Crypto Networks. Watch here

• A guide to buying Ordinal NFTs for Ethereum people who are Bitcoin-curious. Read here

• The State of PoS by Alberto Guerrero Montilla and Pablo Larguia. Read here

• The State of Sports NFTs. Watch here

• The future of Verifiable credentials. Read here

Bounties 💸

• Burrow bug bounty: $250K. Learn more

• Flux Finance bug bounty: $550K. Learn more

• MetalSwap bug bounty: $20K. Learn -more

Jobs 👨‍💻

• Blockchain Developer at Offchain Labs. Apply here

• QA Engineer at Phantom. Apply here

• Test Automation Officer at Coinshift. Apply here

• Community and Content Marketing Lead at Swell Network DAO. Apply here

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