This week in Web3 - 135th Edition
Near partners with Alibaba, Simswap hacker jailed, Ledger launches Tradelink, Chibi Finance rug pull, Fundraises, jobs and much more🤯
Major Highlights 🤯
Polygon to upgrade its Proof-of-Stake (PoS) chain to zkEVM Validium. Learn more
Near partners with Alibaba to accelerate Web3 growth in Asia. learn more
PlugwalkJoe, $794K SIM swap hacker, sentenced to 5 years in prison. Learn more
New Launches 🚀
ZK Stack to empower building sovereign ZK-powered Hyperchains. Learn more
Worldcoin expands into Germany, and launches integration with Okta's Auth0 Platform. Learn more
Lacoste launches tokenized ecosystem with gamified features for NFT holders. Learn more
Mastercard to launch test version of Multi-Token Network (MTN). Learn more
Ledger launches TRADELINK for enterprises. Learn more
Fundraises 💰
Web3 gaming platform Mythical Games raises $37M series C1 funding. Learn more
Digital asset exchange One Trading raises $33M in series A funding. Learn more
Startale Labs raises $3.5M seed funding led by Sony Network Communications. Learn more
NFT-native call options protocol, Hook raises $3M funding. Learn more
Defi protocol AlloyX raises $2M in pre-seed round. Learn more
Rekt 🚨
Chibi Finance rug pulls $1 million. Learn more
Themis Protocol exploited for $370K flashloan attack. Learn more
Read, Watch, Listen 🎙
Everything that has been happening with Binance. Watch here
The Twitter link scam you need to be aware of. Read here
Staking Ethereum and safe wallets. Read here
What it takes to make DAOs work? Read here
The Impact DAO book. Read here
Why Bitcoin ETFs are a big deal. Watch here
TradeFi takeover. Read here
Regulation 101 for crypto builders. Watch here
Bounties 💸
StarkEx bug bounty: $1M. Learn more
Velodrome Finance bug bounty: $200K. Learn more
Jobs 👨💻
Community social media manager at Hungri Games. Apply here
Blockchain developer at Lemon.io. Apply here
Front-End Developer at Composable Finance. Apply here
Developer Relations Engineer at Parity. Apply here
Business Development Manager at First Stage Labs. Apply here
Data Scientist at Uniswap Labs. Learn more