This week in Web3 - 123rd Edition
BWB goes to Tokyo, Poap commercial use, BNB hard fork, Opensea pro launched, Pancake swap V3, NFTs in Metamask, Fundraises, Jobs and much more 🤯
Breakfast with Builders - ETHTokyo 🎉
Major Highlights 🤯
Bittrex shuts down US crypto exchange due to 'regulatory environment'. Learn more
POAP announces its plans for commercial use. Learn more
Solana introduced ‘state compression,’ bringing the cost of minting 1 million NFTs from $250,000 to $110. Learn more
BNB chain to undergo a hard fork on April 12. Learn more
U.S. Government sells Bitcoin seized from the Silk Road case, netting over $215 Million. Learn more
Ralph Lauren starts accepting crypto at its design store while partnering with BitPay. Learn more
New Launches 🚀
Avalanche launches Subnets geared towards institutions. Learn more
OpenSea launches OpenSea Pro, courting professional NFT traders. Learn more
Metamask to launch NFT view in its browser extension. Learn more
PancakeSwap V3 launches on the BNB chain and Ethereum. Learn more
Pine Protocol launches its NFT marketplace on Polygon. Learn more
Bitstamp launches a new lending product across crypto-friendly markets. Learn more
Yuga Labs and Gucci to launch an exclusive jewellery collection - Otherside. Learn more
Argentine airline becomes the first to launch air tickets as NFTs on Algorand. Learn more
Redacted launches overcollateralized stablecoin. Learn more
Fundraises 💰
Crypto startup Li.Fi raises $17.5M in Series A round. Learn more
Delphi Labs raises $13.5M for Web3 accelerator. Learn more
Carbon-backed NFT collection Ecosapiens raises $3.5M. Learn more
Crypto asset management platform SwissBorg raises $23M in series A round. Learn more
M^Zero Labs raises $22.5M seed funding. Learn more
Opside secures $4M Seed funding. Learn more
Rekt 🚨
Ethereum MEV bots lose over $25 million in a sophisticated attack. Learn more
Liquidity protocol Sentiment exploited for over $500K. Learn more
Read, Watch, Listen 🎙
A roadmap to rebuild trust for crypto exchanges. Read here
Near and Long term roadmap for Ethereum. Watch here
Oracles and DeFi. Read here
Implications of CBDC. Watch here
ERC6551- the next innovation for NFTs. Read here
Tokenizing Carbon Credits: The future of carbon offset trading on-chain. Watch here
Diving into the crypto gaming sector. Read here
Jobs 👨💻
Business Development Lead (Norion). Apply Here
Marketing Lead at P2P Org. Apply here
Network Growth Manager at Assure DeFi. Apply here
Content marketing guru at Wallet Chat. Apply here