This Week in DAOs + Web3 - Jun 8, 2023
A roundup of the most exciting developments in DAOs and web3.
Highlights
🌐 Web3 Adoption - Deutsche Telekom, one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies, joins as a validator on Ethereum Layer-2 scaling platform Polygon, expanding its activities in the field of blockchain technology.
🪙 Securities Onchain - Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank-Backed Taurus, which offers custody, tokenization, and trading of digital assets, has integrated with the Polygon blockchain, as the tokenization of real-world assets gains traction among financial institutions and large companies.
💵 Speed Demons - J.P. Morgan and six Indian banks have launched a blockchain-based platform for 24/7 instantaneous interbank dollar transactions amid growing signs of global de-dollarization.
🌍 Climate Change Agents - The Klaytn Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Prometheus Space Power and Crypto Workers DAO to combat climate change and transform the energy grid through the adoption of Klaytn's blockchain technology.
✈️ Web3 in the Air - Japan's largest airline group, All Nippon Airways, has launched an NFT marketplace featuring aviation photography, digital collectibles, and more on the Ethereum blockchain.
👜 Web3 Fashion - French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton is gearing up to release a new physical-linked NFT collection called Via Treasure Trunks, paving the way for exclusive members-only web3 products and experiences.
🔗 No-Code Blockchain - Ava Labs, the company behind layer one blockchain Avalanche, is launching AvaCloud, a web3 launchpad that helps businesses build, deploy and scale no-code, fully managed, blockchain ecosystems.
🎨 Genre-Transcending - Herencia Artifex seeks to revolutionize art NFTs by promoting collaboration amongst artists with diverse backgrounds and styles.
👢 Let’s Get Phygital - Web3 social commerce platform ClubRare will leverage Polygon’s global network to launch a groundbreaking platform for collectors and creators of phygital goods.
Show Me the Money
💸 Mass Adoption - Magic has raised $52M led by PayPal Ventures to increase adoption by providing authentic digital ownership opportunities and expanding functionality with an all-in-one package for user onboarding.
💰 dArchitecture - Swiss nonprofit Anoma Foundation has raised $25M led by CMCC Global to continue developing third-generation blockchain architecture enabling the development of completely decentralized apps and services.
🕹️ GameSource - Web3 gaming studio Argus Labs has raised $10M in seed funding led by Haun Ventures to expand its studio and tooling infrastructure, and blockchain-gaming software developer kit.
🔒 Privacy Please - Demox Labs, a pioneer in the creation of zero-knowledge (ZK) technology, raised $4.5M in pre-seed funding led by HackVC, to support the creation of enterprise grade ZK blockchain infrastructure and privacy-based frameworks for developers.
Read, Listen, Learn
📙 OmniDAO - The DAO Anthology, a curated collection of essays exploring the theory, practice, and future of DAOs, is available for your edification. Primary collaborators include Metalabel, which produced the anthology, Daniel Bromberg, who designed the zine, and Samantha Marin, curator.
👩🔬 Web3 the Equalizer - In Leveling the playing field for women's health research with web3, Drew Simon of Crypto Altruism speaks with Laura Minquini of AthenaDAO about how web3 presents new funding opportunities for women’s health research, why DAOs are the ultimate tool for organizing community, and much more.
This Summer in DAOs and Web3
🇩🇪 June 7-8: Blockchance 2023
🇵🇹 June 7-9: Non Fungible Conference, Lisbon
🌐 June 9: Epic Web3 Conference, Lisbon
🇵🇪 June 8-10: Blockchaincon Latam
🗼 July 17-20: ETHCC, Paris
🇭🇷 August 16-18: Metafest, Croatia
🇹🇷 August 21-25: Istanbul Blockchain Week
🇮🇩 August 24-25: Coinfest Asia
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