🌍 This Week in Web3forGood
A weekly roundup of the ways Web3 tech can used to make the world a better place.
Hello, everyone! It’s been another week of not-super-great news dominating the web3 headlines, but that doesn’t mean good things aren’t still happening in this space. Here’s something that will make you smile — a photojournalist is selling NFT trading cards of the “Shoso Jikinge,” a secretive society of grandmothers skilled in the art of Kung Fu in the Nairobi slum of Korogocho with 10% of all sales going directly to the woman. Scroll down to “On Our Radar” to learn more.
We have some very cool project profiles in the works, but for now, in honor of our first 11 weeks publishing, we’re sharing a recap of all the Deep Dives we’ve made so far. We know there are a lot of new faces here. What do you want to see more of?
Let us know. Thanks for being a part of Web3forGood.
Xx Abeera & Sam
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What’s Inside
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Reading & Listening To
🚀 Opportunities
📡 On Our Radar
📖 One Web3 Thing to Learn
🌊Recap: 10 Weeks of Web3forGood
📣 Latest News
Robinhood Plans Ethereum Wallet With DeFi, NFT Trading—And No User Gas Fees
Emirates Airline To Accept Bitcoin Payments and Launch NFT Collection
Terra crash sharpens Washington attention on crypto regulations
Linktree is rolling out new features to allow creators to showcase their NFTs
UnicornDAO Raises $4.5M to Empower Women and LGBTQ NFT Creators
📚 What We’re Reading & Listening To
banklessAfrica explores the importance of Defi for Africa and how to onboard people to Defi with Nikhil Raghuveera from Celo. (banklessAfrica Podcast)
Web3 telecommunications startup Wayru is building a blockchain-based, decentralized network of internet providers to service the 65% of homes in developing nations that currently lack connectivity. (Refresh Miami)
An Australia Zoo is launching a wildlife-themed NFT collection on Algorand, a proof-of-stake green chain. This collection aims to raise awareness and funds to protect Australia's wildlife. (Ticker News)
The Giving Block has several cryptophilanthrophy case studies from non-profits that accept crypto on their platform. (The Giving Block)
DAO or Never explores how the blockchain is changing the future of philanthropy — and how web3 and philanthropy go together. (DAO or Never)
Is the future of fitness tracking Move2Earn? STEPN allows users to earn crypto from walking, jogging, and running - like this blogger who regularly earns $300-$400 a day from it. (Nat’s Crypto Newsletter)
For the first time ever, fans can earn music royalties alongside The Chainsmokers, the first major label artists to drop an album on Royal, a market for music ownership. (NFT Evening)
A16z’s State of Crypto 2022 report discusses web3 trends and why Ethereum remains the dominant blockchain. (a16z)
Crypto joins the abortion conversation. (The New York Times)
🚀 Opportunities
Apply: Meta Angels is hiring a Director of Community (USA).
Apply: impactMarket is hiring a Grant Writer & Major Gifts Officer (remote).
Apply: Giving Block is hiring multiple roles (remote).
Attend: Gitcoin’s Virtual Hackathon Unlocking Web3 For the Arts & Culture begins May 25. Fill out the matching form to find a team or team members.
Attend: Consensus 2022 in happening June 9-12 in Austin. Use the code MEETUP22 by May 25 to redeem your free general admission pass.
Join: Unicorn DAO, which was created by Pussy Riot to create equality for women-identified and LGBTQI+ people, is open to new members again.
📡 On Our Radar
Happy Goat is an IRL creative oasis that sits on a 2K regenerative farm by Yosemite. NFT holders have access to the site and more.
Super Grannies NFT is an NFT collection that tells the incredible story of the Shosho Jikinge society of women, a group of women who banded together in the Korogocho slum of Kenya to help defend themselves against gangs who pray on the older women within their slum at night. The Super Grannies are being sold as trading cards, each minted as its own NFT, depicting a member of the Shosho Jikinge.
📖 One Web3 Thing to Learn
Learn the basics about NFTs and mint your first one with this tutorial from Rabbithole.
🌊Recap: 10 Weeks of Web3forGood
Welcome to all the new faces here! For those of you just joining, this week is our 11th week creating Web3ForGood. Here’s what we covered in the first 10 weeks:
Could Web3 be a Net Positive for the Advancement of Climate Action?
Bitcoin Mining is Bad for the Planet. Here’s Why We Shouldn’t Ban It.
Read it all on Medium.
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