🌍 This Week in Web3forGood
Eid Mubarak
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In Web3 news that you need to know this week: Uniswap was served a Wells notice from the SEC, and Crypto the Game S2 is happening now. Why do either of these things matter for social impact? The former will shape the legal landscape for the entire industry; the latter is a real time evolution of what consumer-facing crypto could be.
Abeera is playing the game on Team Yellow. Here’s her behind-the-scenes take from the week:
It’s been Crypto the Game this week, and boy, has it been insane. Yesterday’s [Wednesday’s] challenge was underwhelming but the quick response from Dylan and his team just shows why they are a class above the rest. We’re just trying to last as long as possible but the challenges have been insane (I know way more about Lens and Orb than I did this time last week but my Worm skills clearly need some work). Keep following on the Boys Club Companion Podcast, if you’re interested!
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Biggest takeaway: CTG is FUN, a great learning experience, and a unique example of real-time community building across borders. If you’d like to learn more about what it’s all about, DM Abeera for the inside scoop.
WAGMI (we are going to make an impact!)
P.S. Sam will be at Funding the Commons on Saturday. If you’re there, say hi!
What’s Inside
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🔈 Podcasts
🚀 Opportunities & Events
📡 On Our Radar
✨ And one more thing
📣 Latest News
Dubai regulator wants to lower the cost of compliance for small crypto firms
Paraguay to reconsider Bitcoin mining ban, mulls selling energy to miners
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🐕 EU watchdog warns handful of exchanges may dominate crypto market. (Cointelegraph)
🌱 Community Savings Dynamics in Uganda. “By recording savings interactions within the group via WhatsApp, and transactions on-chain, we were able to capture crucial information regarding group dynamics, relationships, and transactional history.” (Haraka)
🪓 Bhutan plans to expand its Bitcoin mining capacity 500% ahead of the impending halving event. (Bitcoin Magazine)
👩🏭 Bitcoin mining operations are bringing jobs back to small towns in Texas, where overbuilt power stations mean cheaper energy. (Web3 Daily)
🍕 Bitcoin Halving: What Is It & How Is It Determined? (Unchained)
🧠 Could AI make us wise?: An alternative to “the internet making us stupid.” (The Elysian)
💦 7 projects leveraging blockchain to improve global water security. (Crypto Altruism)
🪙 The Token Is The Product. [editor's note: how can we apply this framework to impact-focused orgs?] (beylin.eth)
🔗Although MiCA is set to start taking effect at year-end, it has yet to lead to an increase in crypto-euro transactions. (CoinDesk)
🏦 Uniform requirements are needed to integrate stablecoins into the international financial system. (Cointelegraph)
👨🏿💻 Does Africa Need Its Own L2? (@tonyolendo)
🌳 Ecological Institutions → Protocols to grow autonomous and convivial ecological actors. (Regen Foundation)
📄 What does the ‘code is law’ defence mean for DeFi? (Protos)
🌿 On the etymology of the term “ecocredits,” the history of its use within the Regen Network community, and some of the alternatives that have been considered. (Regen Network)
✅ A London mayoral candidate wants to give every person in the city £100 worth of a new crypto token and make the banks pay for it. (The Block)
🔈 Podcasts:
Crypto Altruism Podcast Ep. 149 - KlimaDAO - Addressing the climate coordination failure with blockchain
GreenPill Season 4 - Ep. 8 - Karma Gap With Mahesh Murthy
GreenPill Season 4 - Ep. 9 - Mutual Credits With Ashley Buck
Boys Club - Ep. 129 - K-pop, Fandom & Blockchain voting with GD Kim
🚀 Opportunities & Events:
Apply: Regen Network Development Inc. is hiring a Senior Software Development - Front End.
Apply: Risk Labs, the team behind UMA and Across, is building out its marketing team and hiring a Community Manager, Head of Content, and Social Media Manager.
Learn: ReFI GYM is six-week online course reinventing masculinity for the future of leadership, focusing on men’s work and "androgynous leadership" for DAO founders and Web3 leaders.
Funding: Holders of Ed3 DAO NFTs can apply for Ed3 DAO Micro-Grants to bring Web3 & AI learning events to life with $50,000 up for grabs to empower educators worldwide. Deadline to apply is April 14.
Funding: OpenCivics Consortium grant round offers a $41k matching pool to fund critical collaborative protocols, prototypes, and infrastructures that enable civic engagement and interoperable civic utilities.
Contribute: The Breadchain Cooperative, a collective federation of decentralized cooperative projects looking to advance a post-capitalist vision for blockchain and its effect on society, is seeking contributors.
Events
Attend: Upcoming fairly aligned X spaces focusing on using Web3 for positive impact in the real world (+ some recordings), curated weekly by @civilmonkey.
Attend: LabWeek Public Goods Conference is happening from April 11-16 in San Francisco.
Attend: The Blockchain Innovation Forum is happening on April 12 (TODAY) in Berkeley and online.
Attend: Building at the Edge tech summit is happening April 13 in San Francisco.
Attend: Harvard Blockchain Conference (HBC) 2024 is happening April 13-14 in Cambridge, MA.
Attend: Funding the Commons and Earth Commons are happening April 13-14 in Berkeley, CA.
Attend: Hypercerts Working Session (Everyone’s Welcome) on April 15 in San Francisco.
Attend: Responsible Tech ATX: All Tech Is Human Meetup is happening April 17 in Austin.
Attend: ReFi GYM intro session is happening April 18 online.
Attend: ReFI UNCONFERENCE April 21-25 in Barcelona.
Attend: Cornell Blockchain Conference 2024: Building For Billions is happening April 26 in NYC.
Attend: Good Tech Fest is happening May 1-2 online.
Attend: IslandDAO is happening May 17 - June 14 on the island of Crete.
Attend: Decipher 2024, a retreat for teams actively building on Algorand, is happening June 26-27 in Barcelona.
Attend: EthCC[7] is happening July 8-11 in Brussels.
Attend: DWeb Camp is happening August 7-11 in Camp Navarro, CA.
Attend: REBOOT: THE NEW REALITY is happening September 4-5 in San Francisco
📡 On Our Radar
Haraka is a community credit protocol that leverages blockchain and social reputation to extend financial services globally.
MetaMask’s new Daylight integration allows you to tap into existing and potential claimables based on your onchain identity.
The Digital Economist defines a bold vision and brings to fore investable opportunities for the new human-centered digital economy based on sustainability, transparency, decentralization, individual privacy and radical collaboration.
Umoja Labs is Web3 development studio that builds blockchain products for the real world, such as Umoja Pay and the Umoja Protocol.
The Meaning Alignment Institute is a research organization with the goal of ensuring human flourishing in the age of AGI, through unique expertise in meaning and values.
Aya is driving Web3 advancement in Africa through talent development & tech innovation.
✨ And one more thing
Checkout the Gitcoin Grantee Portal for any and all resources related to Gitcoin grants, including how to apply, support FAQs, and more.
Follow along with the live Bitcoin halving countdown.