🌍 This Week in Web3forGood
Your Invitation to the Crypto Summit
gm gm Web3forGood fam,
The women in crypto showed up big at the SheFi Summit Denver, and we loved to see it. You know how crypto does—conference season is in full swing, with ETHDenver just wrapping up and the hype for DevCon Argentina already building.
Meanwhile, today’s Crypto Summit at the White House is set to shape U.S. policy with global ripple effects. No matter where you stand on government involvement, it’s sure to spark debate.
And as Ramadan begins, it’s not just a time for fasting and prayers but also for giving. If you’re looking to donate, The Giving Block makes it easy to give Zakat in crypto. Need guidance? Here’s how to calculate and give Zakat with crypto.
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📣 Latest News
Blockchain for Good Alliance Facilitates Bybit’s $1M Impact Investment in EthicHub
SheFi will host a SheFi Summit Buenos Aires summit, alongside Devcon 2025
Ripple focuses on US crypto education with $50M grant to launch National Cryptocurrency Association
Global Policy, Regulation, and Adoption News
Trump Establishes Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile
SBI’s crypto arm to support USDC as Japan softens stablecoin rules
Indian town adopts Avalanche blockchain for tamper-proof land records
Belarus reportedly considers surplus electricity for Bitcoin mining ventures
Colombia plans crypto regulations to curb risks and attract investment
El Salvador’s President Bukele commits to Bitcoin despite IMF’s funding demands
Binance to delist 9 stablecoins including USDT for Europe in MiCA win for Circle’s USDC
US lawmaker reintroduces CBDC bill after Trump EO bans digital dollar
New Hampshire Bitcoin Reserve Bill Passes House Committee in Landslide Vote
Project Updates
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🗽 The White House Crypto Summit
It’s happening today (Friday, March 7, from 1:30-5:30 ET). Everyone’s talking about who’s going (@MilkRoadDaily, Cointelegraph). And who isn’t (TheStreet). Can we even know for sure? Will Vitalik be there? Everyone wants to be in the room where it’s happening. We’re still waiting for our invite to arrive, but if there’s anything this administration has shown us, expect surprises and expect the market to move one way or another.
The big thing everyone is hoping for is someclarityon theUS crypto reservethat Trump cryptically posted about over the weekend (Blockworks, CryptoSlate).Surprise! That clarity arrived last night with an unexpected executive order…
💰 The US Crypto Reserve
Last night, after we thought we were done with the newsletter for the week, Trump signed an executive order to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and a stockpile of other digital assets… the catch? It’ll be made up of “cryptocurrency the government already owns through criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings.” (Reuters, Unchained). So nothing new. This, notably, comes less than 24hrs ahead of the much-hyped Crypto Summit, although TBD what to expect from that now?? As of writing this, its only been a few hours since the news broke, but so far the vibes are off and markets are down (@GwartyGwart, CNBC).
Here’s the background: On Sunday, after reportedly zero discussion with anyone in the industry or DC insiders, President Trump announced via his Truth Social network the creation of a US crypto reserve (@CryptoSlate, Unchained, CoinDesk). But the tokens he listed for inclusion had even some of the President’s biggest supporters scratching their heads (@brian_armstrong). Ripple? (CryptoSlate). How? (Unchained). The OG post didn’t even mention Ethereum or Bitcoin. Again, we can’t emphasize enough how much Trump’s own crypto people were like “What?” just as much as the rest of us (Forbes). Within hours, the President followed up on his first post to clarify that *of course* ETH and BTC would be there, presumably a response to the overall confusion of literally everyone.
Even with last night’s executive order, there are still big questions at the core of this. Is the Inside Circle profiting, and is that ethical (TheStreet)? And does championing government involvement at this level essentially take crypto away from its founding values, which have traditionally leaned more libertarian? The founder of Solana, which was included on The List, thinks so (Decrypt). Is it hypocritical for the Bitcoin maxis to celebrate this (CoinDesk)? Even if you’ve never touched crypto in your life (bless you for reading our newsletter), this is the kind of financial news that will have global implications (CoinDesk). [Adjacent to all of this talk about crypto, government, and ethics, there’s a TRUMP metaverse apparently coming too] (The Block, The Defiant).
📱 The People’s Bid for TikTok
Alexis Ohanian (the co-founder of Reddit) joined it earlier this week, tweeting about bringing the network “on chain” (sic) (@alexisohanian, Reuters). A reminder, The People’s Bid for TikTok is a movement started by Frank McCourt’s Project Liberty Institute to purchase TikTok after then-President Joe Biden announced last year the company must be sold or shut down (The People’s Bid). While the announcement has brought a lot of positive attention to the project, every time we see media outlets cover it with headlines that don’t even mention PL — like Alexis wants to personally buy it or he’s teaming up with Frank minus PL or PL is a new thing — we want to scream. Project Liberty has been working on this since last year. The lack of depth in this (albeit, not that life changing) coverage is alarming. What happened to media that went deep? The full story here was always just a few clicks (and a few more seconds of attention) away. That being said, a personal shill for us: we’ve been talking about the People’s Bid for Tiktok since last year, and we’ll continue to cover any updates.
🪙 Memecoins
The SEC said they’re NOT securities (The Defiant). They’re shaping up to be a big deal for 2025. No surprises from us (CryptoAltruism). Even mainstream media is starting to pay attention and help us understand (NPR Planet Money). Should those who want to use crypto for good jump on the bandwagon or avoid at all costs? (CARBON Copy).
Plus:
🔗 El Salvador 2.0? How Kyrgyzstan’s blockchain strategy stands apart. (Cointelegraph)
🐋 Can Blockchain Save the Ocean? Crypto’s Role in Environmental Conservation in California. (Easy Reader News)
🕊 Can Tech Really Help World Peace? (Reboot)
💽 How Can Data Cooperatives Help Build a Fair Data Economy? (Project Liberty Institute and Decentralization Research Center)
🔌 Pilot launch | Bringing electricity, water, internet, and income to rural communities in Djibouti and Jamaica. (Mercy Corps Ventures)
📚 The Library Economy movement. (Kimiya Magazine)
🔈 Podcasts & Spaces
Crypto Altruists Podcast - Episode 194 - ZkCloud - Decentralizing the Cloud: Blockchain and Zero Knowledge Proofs for a Fair Internet
Planet Money - The Memecoin Casino
🚀 Opportunities & Calls to Act
Apply: Project Liberty is hiring an Associate General Counsel and a Finance & Accounting Senior Associate.
Funding: Gitcoin Grants 23 will feature 5+ Community Rounds and a new application process. Applications open March 17
Contribute: The ZKsync Community Program is a six-month initiative funded by ZKsync Foundation and managed by Gitcoin, rewarding contributors across moderation, security, and ecosystem development. With 5 million ZK tokens allocated, this program invites participants to shape the future of ZKsync's scalable Ethereum layer-2 solution.
Contribute: As part of their launch on Ethereum Mainnet, Cork Protocol has put up a $100,000 USDC bug bounty on Cantina.
Play: Crypto the Game is back. Pay your way in this weekend to play before Season 3 kicks off on Monday.
Review and Support: Love the Crypto Altruism podcast? For every review left on the Crypto Altruists podcast in March, their team will donate $5—split between
She’s the First and Women for Women —to support education, mentorship, & opportunities for women worldwide.
🎪 Events
🆕= New to the roundup this week
Virtual
Protocol Labs is hosting a deepdive on Designing for Resilience across Human and Ecological Ecosystems on March 7th, 12 pm ET - TODAY. 🆕
The ReFi Weekly with Trinity Morphy happens every Friday on X. Tune in to hear Trinity talk ReFi with some of the space's most influential names.
@civilmonkey’s Curated X Spaces focus on using Web3 for positive impact in the real world (+ recordings).
IRL
Policy Week by Blockchain APAC is happening March 10-14 in Sydney.
ETHSF is happening March 10-16 in San Francisco. (Link updated to include full schedule of events)🆕
<d/acc day> is happening March 13 in Berkeley, CA.
Funding the Commons is happening March 15 in San Francisco.
2025 Decentralized Tech Summit is happening April 2 in Washington D.C.
Paris Blockchain Week is happening April 8-10 in Paris.
AI x Biology Workshop 2025 is happening May 9-10 in Berkeley. 🆕
FIL Dev Summit 6 is happening May 12-13 in Toronto.
All Tech Is Human x Consulate General of Finland New York will host a curated gathering on strengthening multistakeholder collaboration in Responsible AI on May 21st in NYC.
Stablecon is happening May 29 in NYC. 🆕
Collaborative Finance Gathering is happening June 16-20 at The Commons Hub in Austria.
ETHSafari 2025 is happening September 7-14 in Nairobi.
Devconnect 2025 is happening November 17-22 in Argentina. 🆕
Recurring
Monthly Earth Day is a global event that happens on the 22nd every month, not just once a year. Get involved next on March 22 and share on X to @HighlyArtistic with the hashtag #MonthlyEarthDay.
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📡 On Our Radar
Global PeaceTech Hub is a hub for researchers, peacebuilders, tech companies and change makers to investigate the role of technology in building peace across borders. It is based at the EUI School of Transnational Governance.
ecoBridge is a cross-chain aggregator for verified eco assets—instantly available across blockchains, markets & apps.
✨ And One More Thing
Still not totally sure what DeSci (Decentralized Science) is? You can learn all about it here via Sei Network.