This week in Web3 - 170th Edition

OKX goes to Turkey, Strike expands to Africa, Blast goes live on mainnet, Dencun upgrade deployed on testnets, Seneca protocol rekt, fundraises, jobs and much more🤯

Major Highlights  🤯

• OKX expands to Turkey, launches its local platform. Learn more

• The Bitcoin-centric payments application, Strike, expands its services to Africa. Learn more

New Launches 🚀

• Blast L2 launched on mainnet. Learn more

• Marathon Digital launches a platform dedicated to the development of Bitcoin sidechains. Learn more

• Ethermail launches email-as-a-wallet for its users. Learn more

• Ethereum dencun upgrade launched on all testnets. Learn more

• Telegram ad platform to launch via TON blockchain. Learn more

Fundraises 💰

• Web3 infra layer Avail raises $27 million seed funding. Learn more

• Native liquid staking token ether.fi raises $27 million series A funding. Learn more

• Backpack wallet raises $17 million Series A funding. Learn more

• Rollup-focussed blockchain Initia raises $7.5 million seed funding. Learn more

• Startale Labs raises $3.5 million extended seed round funding. Learn more

• Interchain interface platform FortyTwo raises $1 million pre-seed funding. Learn more

Rekt 🚨

• Seneca protocol smart contract bug caused $6.4 million stolen from wallets. Learn more

• MicroStrategy’s X account compromised, $440k stolen. Learn more

• Crypto inheritance project Serenity Shield hacked. Learn more

Read, Watch, Listen 🎙

• Blockchain and Internet glossary by a16z. Read here

• Polygon’s plan for simplified blockchain experience. Watch here

• The mainstream understanding of Bitcoin. Listen here

Bounties 💸

• NFTX bug bounty: $150K. Learn more

• Orderly Network bug bounty: $100K. Learn more

• GeniusYield bug bounty: $15K. Learn more

• Contrax bug bounty: $1000. Learn more

Jobs 👨‍💻

• Head of growth at XDO network. Apply here

• Community manager at Perion. Apply here

• Social media specialist at Figment. Apply here