10/ This Week in Web3forGood
A weekly roundup of the ways Web3 tech can used to make the world a better place.
Hello and Welcome!
If you’ve been following any news about crypto this week… Well, let’s not sugarcoat it, it hasn’t been great. News like the collapse of Terra’s stablecoin raises big - and important - questions that help steer the conversations we need to be having as we build and create in this new world of web3.
More than ever, we think it’s important to continue to think critically. Our goal with this newsletter has always been to empower changemakers who want to learn more about web3 so they can use the technology to make the world a better place. We remain committed to that mission, and so this week, as always, we have a fresh new roundup of news, thought-pieces, opportunities, and projects to guide you on your learning journey and maybe even inspire you along the way. Plus, this week: an explainer on DeFi, ReFi, and DeSci - starting with “What do they even mean??”
Thanks for being here with us. WAGMI (we are gonna make an impact) ~
Xx Abeera & Sam
What’s Inside
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Reading
🚀 Opportunities
📡 On Our Radar
📖 One Web3 Thing to Learn
📣 Latest News
Paradigm Enters Africa With $30M Round for ‘Super App’ Jambo
Treasury’s Yellen Highlights Terra Collapse in Call for Stablecoin Legislation
Soluna Receives $35M From Spring Lane to Build Green Data Centers
Meta: Facebook Chooses Polygon Blockchain To Expand Into Web3
Meta Trials NFT Display Feature for Instagram Creators and Collectors
📚 What We’re Reading
17 ways technology could change the world by 2027 - featuring commentary on Web3 from Justin Banon of Boson Protocol (World Economic Forum)
Scaling supply chains with proof-of-provenance: MakerDAO’s project demonstrates the real world applications of smart contracts and is a “bright spot” for stablecoins in a week when the UST disaster is dragging down the whole sector. (The Defiant)
New to stablecoins? This is a great, very short primer that was updated this week. (The Conversation). Meanwhile, here’s how what’s happening in the market this week could impact other stablecoins. (Blockworks)
Independent Russian-language website Meduza has raised more than $260,000 in crypto after Western sanctions crippled its ability to field donations through other means. (Blockworks)
Unpacking the realities of the post-identity landscape for creators, audiences and participants: The ideological lens posed by the term “post-identity” speaks to a future in which people have moved beyond societal prejudices around race, gender, sexuality, ability, age, size, but a fully “post-identity” environment can lead to the erasure of experiences needed to be understood to foster diversity, equality, and inclusion. (Zora Zine)
🚀 Opportunities
Apply: Dottyland is hiring a Head of Community, Partnerships Lead, and Senior Developer (remote).
Apply: Foundation is hiring for multiple roles across Engineering, Legal, Marketing, Operations, People, and Product (remote).
Apply: DoinGud is hiring for multiple roles across Engineering and Marketing (remote, NYC, Denver, Miami).
Apply: BFF is hiring a Community Moderator (remote).
Funding Opportunity: The $723 million FLOW Ecosystem Fund offers support to projects building on Flow.
Subscribe: Web3 Impact is a monthly briefing about leveraging Web3 for positive social and environmental impact from Kyle Westaway and Banks Benitez. Read the first edition here.
Attend: Web3 Impact is hosting Web3 Impact Summit on June 9 in Austin. It will be an intimate gathering of leaders focused on learning and collaborating to create a positive impact through Web3 technologies.
📡 On Our Radar
OME NFT, a health-to-earn NFT, is a collection of 1,000 unique 3D Omes, which act as your own personal virtual pet on the blockchain. By interacting with it and acting on simple health quests, owners can earn tokens and be rewarded for simply being healthy.
Gaia is an NFT marketplace build on the (eco friendly) FLOW blockchain.
Operation Sunflower is raising funds to protect soldiers and civilians on the ground in Ukraine via the sale of an NFT collection of 3D bulletproof vests and helmets that are “wearable” thanks to AR technology.
TIALS.world is a Web3 exploration project from sustainable fashion brand THIS IS A LOVE SONG (TIALS).
Meta Angels announced 16 Web3 projects that were accepted into Angel Labs Cohort 01. One that stood out to us? The chocolate company Hu Kitchen is launching an NFT project to improve living conditions for cacao farmers, with a continuous funding mechanism.
The Great Green Garden is a global network of community-governed vertical farms to feed the next 2 billion people.
📖 One Web3 Thing to Learn
Learn how to read a digital contract and an Etherscan contract via this recording from Web3 Equity.
🌊 Demystifying the Terms: DeFi, ReFi, and DeSci
For anyone new to the web3 space, it is easy to get overwhelmed by the different acronyms floating around. To make it simpler, we explain three of the most popular terms (DeFi, ReFi, and DeSci), including what excites us about each and interesting projects in each space.
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Nothing contained in this newsletter should be construed as financial or investment advice. This newsletter is for informational educational purposes only.