🌍 This Week in Web3forGood
Ending the year Optimistic
gm gm,
We had so much fun this week talking to Drew at Crypto Altruism about the biggest Web3<>social impact developments of 2023 for a Year in Review podcast (it’s the end of the year already?!). Stay tuned for the release in early January + follow @Crypto_Altruism to be the first to know when the episode drops.
Until then, here’s another packed edition of news, ideas, opportunities, and projects to hold you over.
WAGMI (we are going to make an impact!)
xx Abeera & Sam
P.S. Web3ForGood is a part of Optimism’s RetroPGF funding round. If you’re a badgeholder, we’d love to talk to you more about our project and we believe we’re worthy of your support. Send us a DM and let’s set up a time ❤️️.
What’s Inside
📣 Latest News
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🚀 Opportunities & Events
📡 On Our Radar
📣 Latest News
Celo Developer Proposes Mid-January Timeline for Evaluating Closely Watched Layer-2 Move
Goldfinch community approves deployment of Goldfinch smart contracts on Base
The Filecoin Mainnet will be performing a Network Upgrade to v21, codenamed Watermelon
SEC Opens Public Comments On Franklin Templeton and Hashdex Spot Bitcoin ETFs
Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation
📚 What We’re Thinking About
🔮 The past, present and future of public goods funding. (Carl Cervone)
🪙 Regeneration over extraction in the gold industry with Alternun’s Noach Kettler. (Topl)
💛 RetroPGF: Impact = Profit Framework - In previous RetroPGF rounds, badgeholders have requested a closer definition and understanding of both impact and profit, and how they are defined and applied in practice. This post provides guidance to badgeholders on how this can be achieved. (Optimism)
⛓ Beyond Borders - Unveiling potential of blockchain in a crisis. (Ethereum Foundation)
🛑 Optimism RetroPGF community feedback on what is working and what isn’t. (Optimism)
🛍 The Potential of DeFi Lending for African MSMEs: Pilot insights on stablecoin “buy now pay later” products for informal vendors. (Mercy Corps Ventures)
👥 Fighting AI fakes with blockchain: Blockchain is one of the most promising ways to fight AI fakes. (Cointelegraph)
👩⚖️ A regulation by enforcement only approach is hurting American leadership, jobs, and innovation. (Coinbase)
📂 Decentralized file storage systems...what’s the point? (Web3 Daily)
🗞 Ethereum users have layer-2 rollups to thank for saving them from high fees and long wait times. (Blockworks)
📈 Celo saw activity rise over 1,000% in November. (The Block)
🏦 The Bank of Korea sees a CBDC as a potential answer to problems with existing government-issued grant systems. (CoinDesk)
👐 The individuals, nonprofits, companies, and projects moving crypto philanthropy forward. (The Giving Block)
🧮 Jon Behar, Strategic Advisor of The Life You Can Save, spoke to Crypto Altruism about TLYCS’s upcoming Quadratic Funding round on Gitcoin’s Grant Stack. (Crypto Altruism)
🤖 Unpacking the hype around OpenAI’s rumored new Q* model. (MIT Technology Review)
💝 Crypto Giving Tuesday 2023: Celebrating Over $2B of Crypto Philanthropy Impact. (The Giving Block)
🖥 One year of impactMarket’s Validator: Overview and Next Steps. (impactMarket)
🏞 ReFi & Ecological Benefits Framework - Whats Next? (ReFiDAO)
🚀 Opportunities & Events:
Apply: Wallet Connect is hiring a Partnerships/Ecosystem Manager.
Apply: The Ethereum Foundation’s Next Billion Fellowship is accepting applications now through January 15.
Contribute: Celo is seeking input from the community on the technical roadmap for migrating Celo to an L2 on Ethereum.
Events
Attend: W3DC is hosting Off Chain Conversations TODAY December 1 in Washington DC.
Attend: FILBangalore is happening December 3-4 in Bengaluru.
Attend: The Responsible Tech London meetup is happening December 5.
Attend: Aspen Digital is hosting Talk Better About Artificial Intelligence: How to Have Informed & Productive Conversations on December 5.
Attend: The Blockchain x Climate Leadership Network is hosting The Promise of Blockchain: Catalytic Scale for Climate Finance on December 6 at COP28 in Dubai.
Attend: ETHIndia is happening December 8-10 in Bengaluru, India.
Attend: Lab for Inclusive FinTech (LIFT) is hosting The Digital Future: Fintech, AI, and the Path to Financial Inclusion on December 11-12 at the Haas School of Business in Berkeley, CA.
Attend: The Filecoin Sanctuary is happening January 15–18 in Davos, Switzerland.
📡 On Our Radar
The TOR Project is a nonprofit defending privacy and freedom online.
Forest is making waves in the Filecoin ecosystem with efforts to enhance data accessibility on the blockchain.
@rebeccarosenft publishes a weekly “Calls for Artists / Art Opportunities” thread.