This week in Web3 - 174th Edition
Immutable completes Shanghai hard fork, Worldcoin orb code open-sourced, SBF sentenced 25 years, Indian railways launches NFT ticket, Munchables NFt rekt, fundraises, jobs, bounties, and much more🤯
Modular Ecosystem on The Dapp List 🎉
Major Highlights 🤯
Immutable successfully implements Shanghai Hard Fork upgrade without downtime. Learn more
Worldcoin open sources core components of the orb software. Learn more
Polygon zkEVM experiences a 12-hour outage, indicating unscheduled maintenance and traction struggles. Learn more
CommEX, Binance's former Russian operator, to cease operations on May 10. Learn more
Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison. Learn more
New Launches 🚀
Circle to launch native USDC on zkSync. Learn more
Indian Railways introduces NFT train tickets for semi-high-speed train. Learn more
Azuki NFT project teams up with Arbitrum to launch Anime-focused blockchain. Learn more
Badger unveils eBTC, offering 0% interest bitcoin lending protocol. Learn more
Celestia rolls out Blobstream data proof bridge on Base mainnet. Learn more
Fundraises 💰
Open-source zkEVM Succint Labs raises $55 million Seed + Series A funding. Learn more
Modular AI blockchain 0G Labs raises $35 million pre-seed funding. Learn more
Gunzilla Games raises $30 million funding led by Avalanche and CoinFund. Learn more
Web3 gaming platform Elixir Games raises $14 million seed funding. Learn more
Decentralized cloud system Hive raises $13 million Series A funding. Learn more
Bitcoin L2 network BOB raises $10 million seed funding. Learn more
Rekt 🚨
Munchables NFT game suffers a $62 million exploit, potentially by an inside developer. Learn more
Curio's MakerDAO-based smart contract on Ethereum was exploited for $16 million. Learn more
DeFi protocol Prisma Finance falls victim to a $10 million exploit. Learn more
Blast L2-based game Super Sushi Samurai's LP drained $4.8m in contract bug. Learn more
Read, Watch, Listen 🎙
Memecoins as the new GTM strategy. Read here
DAO governance is broken, can it be fixed? Listen here
Why do you need at least 0.1 bitcoin in 2024? Watch here
Bridging the east and west in crypto. Watch here
Bounties 💸
Ether.fi protocol bug bounty: $200K. Learn more
eBTC bug bounty: $100K. Learn more
Cardano Foundation bug bounty: $10K. Learn more
Jobs 👨💻
Governance development at Gauntlet. Apply here
R&D head at Fireblocks. Apply here
Business development lead at Phantom. Apply here