This week in Web3 - 160th Edition
Polygon shifts focus, Lido DAO sued, Circle launches EURC on Solana, Moonpay checkout tool, Aurory rekt, jobs, bounties and much more🤯
Major Highlights 🤯
Yield Guild Games unveils partnership with Ubisoft for Champions Tactics. Learn more
Ledger to disable blind signing on Dapps by June 2024. Learn more
Polygon shifts focus from "Edge" to zero-knowledge cryptography with "Polygon CDK”. Learn more
Nirvana Finance Hacker Pleads Guilty, Will Forfeit Over $12 Million in Stolen Funds. Learn more
Former Lido holder files lawsuit against Lido DAO, claiming investment losses and alleging unregistered security offering. Learn more
New Launches 🚀
Circle launches Euro-backed stablecoin EURC on the Solana blockchain. Learn more
Mirror expands capabilities with integration for publishing on Zora Network. Learn more
The Sandbox launches its marketplace on Polygon. Learn more
Coordinape launches ‘CoLinks’, a professional social network for Crypto. Learn more
Shared sequencer network Astria launches Astria EVM on its devnet Dusknet-2. Learn more
Blockchain-based game Apeiron officially launched on the Ronin Network. Learn more
StrikeX launches swaps V2 for easier crypto-to-crypto trades. Learn more
MoonPay introduces a simplified checkout tool for NFT purchases. Learn more
Fundraises 💰
Web3 tax services firm Tres Finance raises $11 million Series A funding. Learn more
Banking as a service platform Fiat Republic raises $7 million seed funding. Learn more
Liquid vault Fyde Treasury raises $3.2 million seed funding. Learn more
Decentralized network Formless raises $2.2 million pre-seed funding. Learn more
Rekt 🚨
Hackers exploit NFT trader smart contracts, swipe $3M in premium NFTs and tokens". Learn more
Exploitation causes $830K loss for Solana game 'Aurory,' Arbitrum bridge disabled as a precaution. Learn more
Read, Watch, Listen 🎙
Wallet infrastructure landscape. Read here
Mapping the current crypto privacy landscape. Read here
Kraken’s CEO on their battle against SEC. Listen here
Crypto’s gaming hubs. Read here
Getting started with crypto wallets. Read here
2024 crypto predictions by Ryan Stelkis. Watch here
Bounties 💸
Renzo Protocol bug bounty: $250K. Learn more
Coreum network bug bounty: $25K. Learn more
Segment Finance bug bounty: $25K. Learn more
ParagonsDAO bug bounty: $20K. Learn more
Daimo wallet bug bounty: $15K. Learn more
Velvet Capital bug bounty: $10K. Learn more
Jobs 👨💻
Product security engineer at Chainlink. Apply here
Web3 marketing operations manager at Decent DAO. Apply Here
Senior product designer at WalletConnect. Apply here
Senior protocol engineer at Matter Labs. Apply here