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Summer has kicked off, and the Web3 x social impact world is heating up. This week is full of product updates/news from some of the main players in the #web3forgood world. It may be a bear market, but people are *delivering.*
There are a few events (listed below) happening next week, including the virtual Crypto Philanthropy Summit. What events will you be attending this summer? Let us know what should be on our radar!
Finally, thank you to everyone for celebrating the launch of our new brand with us last week! Next up: our editorial calendar. We aren’t slowing down either 😉.
WAGMI (we are going to make an impact!)
P.S. Although not related to Web3, we would also like to acknowledge the tragedies that took place at sea this week from the deaths of the hundreds of refugees that aimed to reach Greece to the five lost on the Titan. All lives have value, and we know for many of you working at the forefront of human rights and rescue, these events hit close to home. We are thinking of the victims and their families, as well as all who are working on the frontlines 💛
What’s Inside
🧵 Thread to Read
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🚀 Opportunities & Events
📡 On Our Radar
✨ And one more thing
🧵 Thread to Read
📣 Latest News
Gitcoin Introduces Grants Stack: A Complete Solution for Grants Program Management
dClimate Partners with Hydro-GIS Adding to the Growing Flood and Rainfall Data Demand
Startup Arbol Unveils AI and Blockchain-Powered Climate Insurance Platform
Neutral and Open Forest Protocol partner to bring dMRVto carbon markets
Lit Protocol invites Gitcoin to participate in the launch of their testnet and mainnet
Talent Protocol partners with GoodDollar, enabling members to sponsor talent with G$
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🛂 How Gitcoin Passport works. (Gitcoin Passport)
🏦 The impact of tokenization on the monetary system and the need for tokenized central banks. (CoinDesk)
🤖 10 ways crypto and AI can make each other better… or maybe worse. (CoinDesk)
🎨 How NFTs help to empower Ukrainian artists and preserve fragile art. (CoinTelegraph)
💻How Giveth uses AI in their day-to-day work. (Giveth)
🌍 Africa’s Digital Frontier: With projects like Shamba Network in Kenya and Teen Girls in Blockchain in Nigeria, Africa is not only embracing blockchain but also integrating regenerative finance principles into its digital landscape. (Lopezmatthew)
💸 Blockchain-driven basic income is a catalyst for financial independence for refugees in Ghana. (impactMarket)
🏞 The Future of the Voluntary Carbon Market is Bright: Multi-stakeholder global initiatives, leading market participants, and the decline of the ‘carbon neutral’ claim are set to unlock corporate demand. (Flowcarbon)
👩💻 Everything you need to know about Ethscriptions, Ethereum’s response to Bitcoin Ordinal inscriptions. (NFTevening)
🐶 German intelligence agency Bundesnachrichtendienst has released an NFT collection to recruit talent through a gamified blockchain treasure hunt. (CoinDesk)
👐 Case Study: Crypto donations have enabled She’s the First to add an entirely new revenue stream to fund their operations around the world. (The Giving Block)
👤 The UN has sounded the alarm over AI-generated deepfakes being used to spread hate and misinformation on social media, with particular concern over the role of AI-generated deepfakes in conflict zones. (Decrypt)
🪙 Can crypto really fix remittances? (Fortune Crypto - $)
🚀 Opportunities & Events:
Attend: GreenPill NYC Meetup is happening on June 27.
Attend: The State of Crypto Philanthropy Digital Summit is happening June 28.
Attend: Lisboa Regenerativa: Mapping the Ecosystem is happening June 29.
Support: Vote to support a proposal that would kick-off the Celo EuropeDAO.
Give Feedback: ReFi Roundup is revamping their weekly newsletter and would love your thoughts and ideas.
Grant Opportunity: Bueno Grants offers a one-month, fully-funded program designed to kick-start the digital art creative journey. Apply by June 30.
Accelerate: HUG and Transient Labs are running Innovation Laboratory: Dynamic NFTs for artists July 10 - August 30. Apply by June 30.
📡 On Our Radar
Celo Academy is an education hub & how-to on building dApps with Celo and is designed to help you embark on your journey within the ecosystem.
Allo, Gitcoin’s newest protocol, enables communities to allocate pooled funds.