🌍 55/This Week in Web3ForGood
Regulation... or not?
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wen regulation? Right?! For people trying to build things the “right way,” this keeps coming up. Goverments… well, they’re all over the place. And in the US, it’s straight up confusing. The lack of clarity was made abundantly clear this week when Coinbase, largely seen as a model of by-the-book building, received a Wells notice from the SEC. Coinbase has promised to defend itself in court. Bright side (?): absent legislation from Congress, a high profile court case like this could be as close to regulatory clarity as we’re going to get. If this is the best we can do, so be it; innovators want and need guidelines.
Speaking of regulations: now that the EU Parliament has passed some, they’re thinking about making their own blockchain, and Nigeria’s President-elect is talking about how to use blockchain in the country’s financial sector. Read about it below.
Add to this, Balaji’s claim that Bitcoin will hit $1M in 90 days as hyperinflation takes over, and people realize that the banks have no money?! One might agree, one might call it a self-fulfilling prophecy that leads to a bank run post the SVB crisis, and there are others who just want to ignore this altogether. We are following along as well, it’s hard not to…
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WAGMI (we are going to make an impact)
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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
Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web Announces Collaboration with Shift Collective
Thallo successfully retires first carbon credits through their Two-Way Bridge
Microsoft testing crypto wallet in its web browser Edge: Bleeping Computer
📚 What We’re Thinking About
📻 Ethereum Foundation fellow Marcus released the introductory episode of Last Mile DeFi, a podcast that explores the challenges, opportunities, and frontiers of DeFi in Latin America. (marcus.mirror.xyz)
🌱 Case study: the importance of ReFI being embedded in local communities as illustrated by Suriname’s ReFi community, founded on the principles of regeneration, collaboration, and mutual prosperity. (ReFiDAO)
👥 A group of Web3 professionals took the stage at Paris Blockchain Week 2023 to discuss how current innovations will shape the future of ethics in Web3. (Cointelegraph)
🌍 Eche Emole, the co-founder of Afropolitan, explains how the nation-state experiment has failed, especially in Africa, and how blockchain can be used to reimagine a new state. (Cointelegraph)
🪙 An update from Glo CEO on the potential for Glo to be a trusted alternative to established stabelcoins, on exploring different options to go to market, and on getting ready for a 501c3 status. (Glo - CEO Updates)
🎉 The GreenPill Festival is happening now in Gokarna; updates from Day 1. (AtlantisDAO)
🏛 Crypto reform coming to US in 2023, says former White House chief of staff. (Cointelegraph)
🏞 How NFT technology can help fight climate change. (NFT Plazas)
🤖 Crypto in action use cases from Crypto Council for Innovation that show Web3 tech solving real problems. (@sheila_warren)
🏦 Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu released a manifesto that, if implemented, would enable the use of blockchain tech and cryptocurrencies in the nation’s banking and finance sector. (Cointelegraph)
📄 Danielle Allen and Glen Weyl discuss their new paper 'Ethics of Decentralized Social Technologies: Lessons from Web3, the Fediverse, and Beyond.’ (GreenPill podcast)
🗞 HeadlineDAO, a media-focused DAO inspired by the Nouns project, is re-evaluating how journalism could be funded. (Blockworks)
👐10 companies using crypto donations for Corporate Social Responsibility. (The Giving Block)
👠 Karlie Kloss -- the model, tech entrepreneur, and passionate advocate for girls in STEM -- is wholeheartedly embracing the metaverse with her newest venture in Roblox. (Fashionista)
💾 Compiling data on human rights abuses can be dangerous and once data is aggregated, there may be actors that want it taken down. That data can’t just end up in the hands of anyone; it needs to be kept in digital storage where it will not be at risk of takedown requests or censorship. Can Filecoin be the storage network for human rights data? (Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web)
👐 Sheila Warren, CEO of Crypto Council highlights crypto in action use cases that truly depict the role technology can play to solve real world problems. (Sheila Warren)
💦 Case study: Australia’s Botanical Water Technologies worked with Fujitsu to develop a blockchain-powered exchange that securely tracks water from producer to end consumer, ensuring none is wasted. (Hyperledger Foundation)
🔗 After regulating cryptocurrencies, European politicians are contemplating building their own blockchain. This new “Europeum” blockchain could record property ownership, driving licenses, or professional qualifications while sticking to the EU’s regulatory norms. (CoinDesk)
🚀 Opportunities & Events:
Apply: Mercy Corp Ventures Crypto for Good Fund is accepting applications until March 31.
Apply: ReFi DAO Local Node Prize will invite one city from the Global South to join the Alpha Cohort of the ReFi DAO Local Node Incubator. Founders can apply.
Attend: ETHGlobal is happening in Tokyo April 14-16. Apply to attend.
Apply: Graph Paper Capital is an early-stage accelerator and networked ecosystem. Applications are open now.
Attend: Measuring Climate Impact: Theory & Learnings from Web3 ReFi projects, hosted by Positiveblockchain in partnership with Curve Labs and Celo, is happening March 28 in Berlin.
Attend: Collaborative Finance, hosted by the Crypto Commons Association, is happening May 22-28 in Austria.
Learn: Into: A More Play-Full Future, hosted by RADAR, runs April 12 - May 3. Early bird discounts are available until May 24.
Submit: Lao New Queer is a metaverse arts celebration for LGBTQIA+ Southeast Asians and allies. They are looking for art + performances from Trans & Queer Southeast Asians. Artists may remain anonymous. Submissions are due March 27.
Get Involved: Filecoin’s bug bounty program is refreshed, featuring increased rewards up to 500k USD for critical issues and inclusion of programmability features in scope.
📡 On Our Radar
Reneum is building a traceable and recognizable proof of true climate action, Renew Record is a green label representing funding to renewable energy, the biggest lever we have to mitigate emissions and reach the UN’s Net-Zero targets.
Gov4git is a programmable governance system for open-source communities.
Plurality: Technology for Collaborative Diversity and Democracy is a collaborative book project by Audrey Tang, Glen Weyl, & community.
Praise unlocks the full potential of communities with reputation scores, rewards, and deep insights
Tokenized Impact Bonds revolutionizes the delivery of social services using public blockchains.
TIALS and BFF are launching an exclusive sustainable fashion phygital piece designed using deadstock fabrics from the archives of the TIALS Brand that will be ethically made to order.
✨ And one more thing…
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