This week in Web3 - 166th Edition
Dencun Upgrade goes live, Circle expands to Celo network, Hong Kong investigates Worldcoin, Goledo & Abracadabra rekt, fundraises, jobs and much more🤯
New Partnership 🎉
Major Highlights 🤯
Doodles partners with Casio G-Shock for future product release. Learn more
Hong Kong is investigating Worldcoin for data privacy issues. Learn more
Stellar Foundation delays smart contracts upgrade due to bug. Learn more
New Launches 🚀
dYdX chain V3 upgrade released, introduces interchain accounts, enabling support for liquid staking protocols. Learn more
Magic Eden introduces a multi-chain wallet supporting Solana, Bitcoin, Polygon, and Ethereum. Learn more
Ethereum Dencun upgrade goes live on Sepolia testnet. Learn more
Binance launches a marketplace for inscription tokens. Learn more
ThirdWeb introduces ‘connect embed’ simplifying wallet sign-ins. Learn more
Circle expands USDC stablecoin issuance on Celo network. Learn more
Fundraises 💰
BTC swapping infrastructure provider Portal raises $34 million seed funding. Learn more
Hybrid crypto exchange Cube raises $12 million series A funding. Learn more
Omnichain naming service protocol Clusters raises $9 million seed funding. Learn more
Cross-chain swap protocol Squid raised $4 million in strategic funding led by Polychain Capital Learn more
Bitcoin DEX Velar raises $3.5 million seed funding. Learn more
Rekt 🚨
$112.5 million in XRP stolen from Ripple CEO Chris Larsen. Learn more
Stablecoin Abracadabra hacked for $6.5 million on Ethereum. Learn more
Aave based lending protocol Goledo Finance hacked for $1.7 million. Learn more
Read & Watch 👀
2023 Web3 development report. Read here
State of Consumer crypto. Read here
The dark side of gamification. Read here
Guide to creating asset-backed stablecoins. Watch here
What is an L3? Read here
Bounties 💸
Superform bug bounty: $200K. Learn more
Bao Finance bug bounty: $20K. Learn more
Jobs 👨💻
Marketing lead at Tren Finance. Learn more
Blockchain Engineer at Entangle. Learn more
Marketing lead at Aleph Zero. Learn more