🌍 42/This Week in Web3forGood
Winding down the year
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We know many of you are spending time with loved ones, getting ready to get cozy and enjoy some time off (us included!).
From us to you, may This Week in Web3forGood deliver much good cheer to round out your week.
Happy Holidays to all who celebrate, and for those who don’t, we see you too <3
What’s Inside
🕊 Tweets of the Week
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🚀 Opportunities & Events
📡 On Our Radar
✨ And one more thing
🕊 Tweets of the Week
📣 Latest News
Investing in Web3 talent & startups to be in focus in 2023: Algorand India
National Geographic Celebrates 135th Anniversary with NFT Collection
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🪙 Can Stablecoins Revolutionize Foreign Aid? The UN’s move to send stablecoins to Ukrainian refugees has industry participants parsing the potential opportunities for crypto to play a greater role in foreign aid. (Blockworks)
🎉 Celo’s year end review features Mercy Corps Ventures, ImpactMarket, and EthicHub (Celo)
👐 Stellar Aid Assist is laying the groundwork for future financial innovation regarding cash assistance and donation programs, providing a unique opportunity to grow a global ecosystem of digital wallets and cash on/off ramps to implement this solution. (Stellar Aid)
🌍 Alex Vergara, Co-Founder of Earth Fund, sees a future where DAOs are at the center of social impact movements and where Web3 tools build a more transparent and trustworthy nonprofit sector. (CryptoAltruism)
🎨 The NFT scene in Nigeria is the largest in Africa’s art on the blockchain ecosystem due to the magnitude of its creator base. Though it is still in its infancy stages it has amassed a lot of success within a short span. (Quartz)
📉 For small investors in nations that have been courted by cryptocurrency exchanges, FTX's demise is a painful reminder of the risks. In Nigeria, where many young people see cryptocurrency as offering a chance for income amid economic woes, the demise has been painful. (Context)
⛑ An Afghan company called HesabPay has built a payments platform on the Algorand Blockchain to facilitate digital payments from international relief organizations directly to recipients. (Algorand Foundation)
️⚽️ World Cup fans show support — and risk their money — before Argentina’s World Cup final by buying $ARG. (Rest of the World)
🏛 The Crypto Council for Innovation published its 15th comment letter of 2022, the latest in response to the FSB’s Proposed Recommendations on Stablecoins and Cryptoassets. (Crypto Council for Innovation)
💻 How ChatGPT could affect Web3. (CoinTelegraph)
👯♀️ NFT critics and Web3 natives often slam the space for its “crypto bro” reputation; 9 notable NFT projects pushing beyond that norm. (NFT Now)
🚀 Opportunities & Events:
Apply: The Algorand Foundation is hiring multiple positions.
Apply: Ivy Protocol is hiring a Carbon Architect Intern.
Attend: Schelling Point is coming to ETHDenver next year. Apply now for Early Bird tickets.
Host: Celo Gather is a grassroots meet-up program to host independent events for peer learning & growing the Celo Community. Anyone interested in holding a meet-up in 2023 can apply.
📡 On Our Radar
Circles is an alternative currency where communities can give each other basic income - without waiting for the state.
The ReFi Gratitude Collection is a Limited Edition ReFi Collectible from the Refi Podcast, Real Simple Labs, LOA Labs, and Black Artist Foundation. Proceeds go to offsetting carbon and supporting BAF.
✨ And One More Thing
Need a last minute holiday gift? Retire carbon credits on-chain and receive a giftable Christmas-themed retirement certificate from Toucan. The process is simple and takes minutes. The best part? Toucan will match all NCT carbon retirement gifts as an extra present for the planet.