🌍 This Week in Web3forGood
New Year, Same Weekly Roundup of GOOD Web3 Stories
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HNY, Web3ForGood fam 💛. We can’t wait to see what 2024 has in store for emerging tech + social impact. But first… reflections! The Web3ForGood team joined Drew at Crypto Altruism for a special Year in Review episode of the Crypto Altruism podcast, where we talked about everything L2s, public goods funding, AI, lesser-known blockchains, and everything in between. The episode is available to listen to now, wherever you listen to podcasts. (Make sure to listen to the end for our 2024 predictions!).
Key Takeaways (as summarized by Crypto Altruism)
2023 was a year where the Web3 for good movement shifted from aspirations to impact. This was supported by a growth in the public goods funding ecosystem, more tools for impact monitoring, and a focus on meeting people where they’re at with accessible solutions.
This increased focus on impact has been aligned with a focus on local impact, and ensuring local communities, especially those in the global south, are included in the conversation and provided equal opportunities in the space.
Whereas 2023 was the year of Artificial Intelligence, a key trend in 2024 will be the relationship between AI and blockchain, including how blockchain can support the responsible development of AI while protecting users.
A key theme in 2023 was the growth of L2 solutions and the shift of L1 blockchains becoming L2s. In 2024, it will be interesting to see how these different L2s work together and define their unique value propositions.
And with that, let’s get right into the first 🌍This Week in Web3forGood roundup of 2024 🔥.
WAGMI (we are going to make an impact!)
What’s Inside
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🚀 Opportunities & Events
📡 On Our Radar
✨ And one more thing
📣 Latest News
2023 Yearly Roundups
Valora - Valora’s 2023 Highlights - 17 Updates You May Have Missed
impactMarket - Year in Review: impactMarket’s Journey in 2023
Gitcoin - 2023 Year in Review
GoodDollar - 2023 Year in Review
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🪙 Stablecoins can help fix the current lending market: The Global financial crisis reduced the depth of capital markets; blockchain-based stablecoins can help fill the gap. (CoinDesk)
📜 U.S. crypto regulation has much to learn from Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. But while these jurisdictions offer legal clarity around digital assets, they also have some of the toughest rules in the world. (CoinDesk)
🎨 Grant programs for builders and artists in crypto to watch in 2024. (Forbes)
🚀 Crypto optimism in the age of the doomer: Those who are still building are the best, most passionate people, who will allow the industry — and this technology — to reach its full potential. (TechCrunch)
🤝 Charities embracing change with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency donations. (Cryptonews)
🌿 Treasury Management for Good: How ReFi Medellin incorporates Glo Dollar. (ReFi Medellin)
📱 Web3 Innovations in Public Goods Funding. (Crypto Altruism)
🎆 Overthrowing The Network State: Transitioning ReFi DAO to a Coordi-Nation. (The Blockchain Socialist)
🪩 The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again: The new year offers many of the promises of an online moment we haven’t seen in a quarter-century. (Rolling Stone)
🚀 Opportunities & Events:
Apply: Bankless is hiring a Writer/Analyst for the Bankless newsletter.
Apply: The Responsible Tech Mentorship Program is a free program from All Tech is Human that builds the Responsible Tech pipeline by facilitating connections and career development among talented students, career changers, and practitioners. Applications for Mentors and Mentees are now open.
Contribute: Support a research study to better understand the impact of RetroPGF and how it fits into team's operations. If you've received RetroPGF, complete this survey.
Speak: ETHDenver speaker applications are open until January 14.
Learn: Foundations of Humane Technology is a free, self-paced online course for professionals shaping tomorrow's technology.
Events
Attend: Exploring Identity in Web3: Gitcoin Passport Ecosystem Meetup is happening in Paris on January 11.
Attend: Global Blockchain Business Council's 7th Annual Blockchain Central Davos is happening in Davos January 14-18.
Attend: The Filecoin Sanctuary is happening January 15–18 in Davos, Switzerland.
Attend: CBDCs, Deposit Tokens and Stablecoins: Monetary Revolution or Evolution? Is happening January 18 in Davos.
Attend: Responsible Tech Mixer + Data Action Day is happening on January 29 in NYC.
Attend: ETHDenver is happening February 23 - March 3 in Denver.
Attend: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, together with Blockchain Law for Social Good Center are hosting Social Impact Summit 2024 in San Francisco on February 27.
Attend: SheFi Summit is happening February 28 in Denver.
📡 On Our Radar
Upbring’s Crypto Endowment for Better Childhood is dedicated to innovating in child welfare, education, and direct services that help kids in Texas’ underserved communities.
Regenlearnings.xyz is a group of researchers learning in public + publishing insights to advance the cause of web3 public goods.
tea Protocol is a decentralized technology protocol that enables OSS developers to be rewarded for their software contributions.
Yup powers decentralized social in one feed by enabling cross-post to Farcaster, Bluesky, Twitter, Lens, & Threads.
✨ And one more thing
Did you donate to Gitcoin in 2023? Checkout your “2023 Wrapped for Gitcoin Donors” and “2024 Recommendations for Gitcoin Donors.” 🎉