This week in Web3 - 156th Edition
Zash Acquired, CZ steps down, Bittrex shuts down, Nike NFC dunks, dYdX- Kyberswap rekt, Kraken sues by SEC, bounties, jobs, fundraises and much more 🤯
Major Highlights 🤯
CoinGecko acquires analytics platform Zash. Learn more
Binance CEO CZ steps down and pleads guilty. Learn more
Crypto exchange Bittrex Global to shut down operations, trading activity to halt from December 4. Learn more
Kraken faces SEC lawsuit over securities issue. Learn more
New Launches 🚀
Circle introduces bridged USDC contracts for EVM chains. Learn more
Animoca Adds Ubisoft's Champions Tactics to Mocaverse. Learn more
Nike Launches RTFKT Dunk genesis sneakers with built-in NFC chip. Learn more
Former VP of Revolut launches a new Web3 wallet Zeal. Learn more
Fundraises 💰
Web3 onboarding platform Privy raises $18 million series A funding. Learn more
NFT gaming platform Matr1X Fire raises $10 million series A2 funding. Learn more
Decentralized open compute platform Expanso raises $7.5 million seed funding. Learn more
Social trading exchange OMTrade raises $6 million seed funding. Learn more
OTC perp DEX IntentX raises $2.5 million seed funding. Learn more
Rekt 🚨
Huobi Eco chain lost $86.6 million from its Ethereum bridge. Learn more
KyberSwap rekt, loses $48 million across 6 chains. Learn more
dYdX loses 40% of its insurance fund in a targeted attack. Learn more
Market maker Kronos Research hacked, lost $26 million. Learn more
Read, Watch, Listen 🎙
Zk Rollups are the endgame for scaling Ethereum. Read here
The reality of Web3 gaming. Watch here
Why dYdX ditched Ethereum? Listen here
What is progressive ownership? Read here
Bounties 💸
DeGate bug bounty: $400K. Learn more
Aera bug bounty: $120K. Learn more
Pragma Oracle bug bounty: $50K. Learn more
Jobs 👨💻
Validator engagement specialist at Polygon Labs. Apply here
Developer advocate at Nil Foundation. Apply here
Sales Engineer at BloxRoute. Apply here
Customer service agent at Plutus. Apply here
Web3 marketing lead at Syntropy. Apply here