🌍 This Week in Web3forGood
Updates from Valora, Celo, SheFi, OFP, and more
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The US Presidential debate happened earlier this week, and… neither candidate mentioned cryptocurrency. TBH we didn’t find this surprising at all, but apparently lots of crypto die-hards still felt left out. The fact of the matter is, most Americans don’t care about crypto. And that’s ok right now.
This is such a young industry. Real world use cases (we love a good one) are scarce. Americans are privileged enough that access to capital and financial systems are NOT on the top of our mind everyday.
It’s a reminder of why we started this newsletter and continue to curate it week-by-week. Most people are, at best, unaware of the potential of Web3 to change the world — their world! — for the better.
If someone in your life is one of “most people"… send them 🌍 This Week in Web3forGood. And in the meantime, let’s keep building a better world.
WAGMI (we are going to make an impact!)
What’s Inside
📣 Latest News
🔍 TLDR: Staking (crypto)
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🔈 Podcasts & Spaces
🚀 Opportunities
🎪 Events
📡 On Our Radar
✨ And one more thing
📣 Latest News
Based Minecraft has teamed up with Endaoment to provide onchain humanitarian aid
Open Forest Protocol, High Integrity Carbon Credits Innovator, Closes Seed Round
Philippine Peso Stablecoin $PUSO Launched on Celo Blockchain
Ethereum stablecoin volume hits record $1.46 trillion as DeFi demand surges
Global Policy, Regulation, and Adoption News
India leads in global crypto adoption for the second year in a row, Reuters reports
UK introduces bill to officially and legally recognize cryptocurrency as personal property
Russian Central Bank targets July 2025 for widespread digital ruble use
Project Updates
Highlights from the Celo ecosystem last week via @marek_
🔍TLDR: Staking (crypto)
New to Web3? Welcome! TLDR is where we offer a simplifed explanation of a term used often in this newsletter. If there's anything you're curious about, reply and let us know.
Staking cryptocurrency is a simple way to earn rewards while supporting the network those coins belong to. Instead of just holding crypto, staking allows a user to put it to work by locking it up. In return, they are rewarded with more tokens. It’s all part of something called "proof of stake," which is a system used by certain cryptocurrencies, like Ethereum, to process and verify transactions without needing tons of energy (like Bitcoin’s proof of work system).
When a user stakes their crypto, they’re telling the network that they’re all in and helping it run smoothly. Their coins are temporarily locked up in a special wallet, and in exchange, they earn rewards over time. The more a user stakes, and the longer they do it, the more rewards they can rack up. It’s a bit like earning interest in a savings account, but with crypto.
Of course, staking isn't without risks. Coins are locked up for a set period, meaning they can’t be touched until that time is up. Plus, the value of the cryptocurrency can fluctuate, so there’s a chance the price could drop. But for many people, staking is a fun and rewarding way to make their crypto work for them while helping keep the network secure.
TLDR: Staking cryptocurrency lets anyone earn rewards by locking up their crypto to support the network, kind of like earning interest on their crypto savings.
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🤖 AI in DAOs: The Ultimate Guide to Smarter, Decentralized Organizations. (Accelerating Good)
🔋 Japan's largest power company TEPCO has begun mining Bitcoin through its subsidiary using excess renewable energy, showing how Bitcoin can incentivize green energy growth. (Bitcoin Magazine)
💨 New research indicates Bitcoin mining cuts carbon emissions. (Forbes)
🚜 The intersection of blockchain technology and agriculture is opening up new frontiers for sustainable farming practices and supply chain management. (Filecoin Foundation)
🎬 Gitcoin: An Ethereum Story, the latest short film from Ethereum Stories, dives into the heart of how Owocki and team plan to fund a more open and beautiful internet. (Ethereum Stories)
🧠 Why Colombia Needs a Decentralized $cCOP. (@Celo_Col)
🪙 Turkey’s $200 limit on cash payments: What does it mean for crypto? (Cointelegraph)
🔈 Podcasts & Spaces
Crypto Altruism Podcast - Episode 170 - Num Finance - Democratizing Investing & Catalyzing Financial Inclusion with Tokenized Real World Assets
Crypto Altruism Podcast - Impact on Optimism Episode 3 - KFMEDIA℠ - Empowering the Regeneration of Knowledge with Web3 Learning Mechanisms
Green Pill Season 5 - Episode 5 - Wrap Up With Sejal & Launamu
Climate Coordination Network X Spaces happen weekly, every Thursday. Learn more and join.
@civilmonkey’s Curated X Spaces focus on using Web3 for positive impact in the real world (+ recordings). Learn more and join.
🚀 Opportunities
Apply: Uniswap is hiring a Senior Policy Associate, PhD Research Fellow, and a Customer Experience Content Manager.
Apply: All Tech Is Human is hiring a Community Manager.
Apply: Cork Protocol is hiring a Head of Marketing and a Senior smart contract developer.
Join: The Protocol Labs Dev Guild (PLDG) grows the impact of open source contributors to Protocol Labs & Web3 public goods projects.
Request: Optimism Grants opened Mission Requests & Sponsorships for S6.
Funding: Talent Protocol is awarding 10 grants to help top builders hack at ETHRome.
Speak: Funding the Commons Bangkok speaker applications are open.
Mentor: Octant Accelerator is seeking mentors and partners for their accelerator program (see below).
Funding: Octant’s Grant Accelerator is a 4-week accelerator program for builders who are serious about growth. Action packed. No-fluff. For builders, by builders. Applications are rolling.
Partner: If you’re a stablecoin issuer, join Stabila Foundation in driving adoption on Celo by participating in their incentivized pools.
Learn: GoodDollar Crypto Academy Learn & Earn lets you test your crypto knowledge and earn G$ rewards.
Learn: SheFi empowers professional women to master Web3 in 8 weeks. Each session is a combination of live instruction, hands-on tech demos, and career support, all aimed at accelerating careers in Web3.
Hack: Arbitrum CollabTech Hackathon is a 30-day online hackathon where builders, entrepreneurs, designers and researchers unite to build moonshot projects in Collaboration Technology.
🎪 Events
🆕= New to the roundup this week
Virtual
Global Blockchain Business Council’s Blockchain Central at UNGA will have a virtual program for the event on September 23.
IRL
SheFi Summit Singapore (Web3 & AI) is happening September 17 in Singapore.
Stablecoin Summit 2024 is happening September 20 in Singapore.
Regenerative Network State Social is happening September 21 in Singapore. 🆕
Global Blockchain Business Council is co-hosting the Sustainability Summit alongside Microsoft and Blockchain x Climate (BxC) as part of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Foundation Global Goals partner and NY Climate Week events on September 24 in NYC.
GBBC's Blockchain Central UNGA 2024 is happening September 24 in NYC.
Launch of The Digitalist Papers: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy in America is happening September 24 in Stanford, CA.
ETHMilan is happening September 26-27 in Milan.
Funding the Commons and Earth Commons are hosting a month-long Public Goods x Climate Builder Residency this October in Chiang Mai.
The Global DPI (Digital Public Infrastructure) Summit is happening October 1-3 in Cairo, Egypt.
Athena DAO Labs Pop-up is happening October 1-30 San Francisco.
Responsible Tech Mixer SF is happening October 9 in San Francisco. 🆕
AI for Good: #SFTechWeek Edition is happening October 9 in San Francisco. 🆕
Network Society Camp is happening October 11-14 in Austin, Texas.
Public Interest Tech Summit & Career Fair is happening October 11 at Stanford. 🆕
The SolarPunk Summit is happening October 17-21 in Kingsbury, Texas.
ETHGlobal San Francisco is happening October 18-20 in San Francisco. 🆕
Escaping the Memory Hole: Internet Archive’s annual celebration is happening October 23 in San Francisco.
DC Privacy Summit is happening October 24 in DC. 🆕
FIL Dev Summit 5 is happening November 6-8 in Bangkok.
LabWeek Web3 is happening November 7-13 in Bangkok.
Earth Commons: Bangkok 2024 is happening November 9 in Bangkok.
FIL Bangkok: DePIN Meets AI is happening November 11 in Bangkok.
Oasis Oncahin is happening January 30 - February 2 in Nassau, Bahamas.
ETHDenver is happening February 23 - March 2 in Denver. 🆕
Recurring
Monthly Earth Day is a global event that happens on the 22nd every month, not just once a year. Get involved on September 22 and share on X to @HighlyArtistic with the hashtag #MonthlyEarthDay.
Hosting an event that you’d like to see listed? Reply here or send us a DM.
📡 On Our Radar
PricelessDAO experiments with new economic and cultural models that sustain human social fabric and the vitality of the planet.
Term Labs is a DeFi lending platform that matches borrowers and lenders at fixed rates.
Decoland is leveraging tech and Web3 to democratize funding for civil society.
✨ And one more thing
On-Chain Impact Networks is V2 of ImpactDAOs (read V1 at greenpill.network) that was published in April 2022. As the crypto ecosystem has evolved and shifted since then, this is an updated version. Read it here.