This week in Web3 - 188th Edition

CoinDCX expands to MENA, SEC sues Consensys, Stripe partners with Coinbase, Bittensor rekt, Fundraises, bounties and much more🤯

Noble Ecosystem Enabled on The Dapp List! 🎉

Major Highlights  🤯

• Stripe teams up with Coinbase to support USDC on Base. Learn more

• SEC files lawsuit against MetaMask and ConsenSys over alleged crypto violations. Learn more

• PayPal-backed fintech Mesh partners with Italy's crypto wallet Conio. Learn more

• CoinDCX expands into MENA by acquiring crypto exchange BitOasis. Learn more

  

New Launches 🚀

• Futureverse launches the Tradeverse Open Beta for NFT trading on The Root Network. Learn more

• Unstoppable domains launches a marketplace supporting ‘.com’ tokenizations. Learn more

• ZkEVM Kakarot launches public testnet. Learn more

• Chromia Announces launch of MVP mainnet and native staking services. Learn more

Fundraises 💰

• Bitcoin staking protocol Lombard raises $16 million seed funding. Learn more

• Redstone Oracle raises $15 million Series A funding. Learn more

• Universal settlement layer Pi Squared raises $12.5 million seed funding. Learn more

Rekt 🚨

• Bittensor's blockchain was hacked for $8 million. Learn more

Read, Watch, Listen 🎙

• Everything to know about Solana’s Blink feature. Read here

• How NFT royalties work: Designs, challenges, and new ideas. By a16zcrypto. Read here

• From ripples to waves: The transformational power of tokenizing assets. By McKinsey. Read here

• How and why tokens pivot. Read here

• Pudgy Penguin’s blueprint to onboarding a million users. Watch here

• Vitalik Buterin on crypto regulation challenges. Learn more

• All about rootstock labs. Listen here

Bounties 💸

• Neutron Protocol bug bounty: $1 million. Learn more

• Native liquidity bug bounty: $50K. Learn more

Jobs 👨‍💻

• Engineering manager (TLM) at Coinbase. Apply here

• Marketing Manager at Boson Protocol. Apply here

• Web3 Asia Community Memelord at Zircut. Apply here