🎙 Episode 2 of DAO or Never is out! In Collective Creation of Music NFTs, meet Matthew Chaim and Mark Redito, Creators of Songcamp and its spinoff, Camp Chaos. One-half songwriting camp, one-half web3 hackathon, Camp Chaos is an 8-week experiment at the edges of music and the new internet.
DAO or Never explores the vision and opportunity of web3 and DAOs by diving deep into trends, technologies, and how DAOs are being leveraged to serve and empower communities. Know a person or project who should be featured on DAO or Never? Let us know! Also available on Apple and Spotify.
Highlights
🎮 Ribon, which gamifies charitable giving and enables individuals to donate to charity without taking money out of their pocket, has closed a $3.5 million post-seed round led by Valor Capital Group. #gamingforgood
♬ You’re not imagining things. Music NFTs are having a moment movement. Thanks to @Coopahtroopa for this visual of the music NFT landscape and all its nooks and crannies. On that 🎵, for more in music NFTs, subscribe to This Week in Music NFTs.
💵 Congrats to Rain, providers of corporate credit cards and expense management tools to DAOs, on their $6M seed round.
🚀 Optimism is launching the Optimism Collective. The announcement’s token allocation map includes generous air drop plans, rewarding both past and future contributors. No reason to miss out on this one.
DAO definitions
🧜🏼♀️ Simp DAO – A DAO oriented around the relationship an influencer and their fan base. DAO members, called “simps”, are typically seeking to express admiration for, and attract attention from, the influencer to whom the group is dedicated. See also Irene DAO.
See you IRL
🛝 You can make friends in web3 in person. Colony New York, a web3 co-working hub by @defiantnews, is the newest playground.
Last call
TODAY, April 29, is the last day to bid on Make-A-Wish International’s inaugural NFT collection. #caringwithcrypto
Recommended Reading
💰 Web3 Will Deliver on the True Promise of Crowdfunding – DAOhaus’ Spencer Graham explores how web3 is equipped to transform crowdfunding.
🎸 How a group of 80 artists are stretching Dunbar’s hypothesis to its edges – It’s the story of Camp Chaos, a primer on the Dunbar number, collective art, an experiment in UBI, an illustration of DAO collaborations, and more. After you read, get ready to listen.
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