This Week in DAOs + Web3 - May 18, 2023
A roundup of the most exciting developments in DAOs and web3.
Highlights
🔎 DAO Research - A team of researchers at the Singapore University of Social Sciences conducted an appraisal of existing DAO voting schemes. Upon studying their drawbacks and advantages, they offered a new and improved model.
💵 Well Endaoed - Charitable funding platform Endaoment has partnered with international non-profit network GlobalGiving to expand charitable fundraising by growing the number of nonprofits that will accept crypto and NFT-derived donations.
📺 QVC for Web3 - South Korea’s LG Electronics has filed a patent application for a blockchain-based smart television. The device will be able to connect to cryptocurrency wallets and NFT marketplaces to facilitate NTF transactions.
🔐 Seamless Security - Co-founders Geoffrey Arone and Isaac Patka introduced Shield3, which operates as a behind-the-scenes bouncer, bodyguard, and armored car for your web3 wallet, assets, and identity. No more clunky extensions needed.
🌞 No More FOMO - Digital mental health collective Peace Inside Live is releasing a wellness-inspired NFT collection called The JOMO Effect to raise funds for mental health. Partners on the project include Deepak Chopra’s Seva.Love and TIMEPieces.
💲 Web3’s Financial HQ - A new blockchain network serving financial institutions is in the works from a conglomerate of over 30 participants that includes Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, Moody’s, and more. The Canton Network will be a privacy-enabled interoperable blockchain network for those working with institutional assets.
🌍 Africa On Chain - The Kenyan government announced a partnership with Abu Dhabi-based Venom Foundation to launch a blockchain and web3 hub in Africa. The collaboration aims to drive innovation in the continent’s key off-chain sectors.
🇨🇳 The Great Blockchain - The Chinese government continues to actively research the digital economy’s possibilities, with a stated goal of training 500,000 specialists in distributed ledger technology (DLT). This initiative is headquartered at the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center in Beijing, which is working with universities, research institutes, and companies to develop blockchain technologies.
🪙 Symbiotic Capital - Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and Symbolic Capital are launching the Nailwal Fellowship to support early-stage builders making the jump from web2 to web3 to build the next iteration of the internet.
🖼️ NFTs 101 - Web3 and NFT educators Curious Addys and Zeneca are teaming up to roll out HeyMint, a platform to help creators launch their first collection.
Show Me the Money
👨🏼🍳 Efficiency Play - Smart-contract registry Cookbook raised $2M in funding, with participation from MaC Venture Capital, among others, to streamline web3 developers’ work and reduce development costs.
🗝️ Cultural Artifacts - Culture-focused crowdfunding platform Artizen raised $2.2M in funding, with participation from Animoca Brands, Protocol Labs, and others, to help creators fund projects at the intersection of art, technology, science, and design.
🪪 Singularly Decentralized - Led by Blockchange Ventures, layer 1 blockchain, Odsy Network, raised $7.5M to fund the development of decentralized wallets that mitigate the need for multiple wallets to access different networks and applications.
🌐 Disruptive Infrastructure -
Privacy-focused blockchain and AI startup Auradine raised $81M in Series A funding, led by Celesta Capital and Mayfield, to fund the development of breakthrough scalability, sustainability, and security solutions.
Listen + Learn
🎁 A is for Activism - In How crypto tech is powering mutual aid organizing, Jonathan DeYoung of Cointelegraph’s The Agenda speaks with Marisa Rando, co-founder of PactDAO, about the real-world applications of decentralized mutual aid collectives.
💰 I is for Impact - In Tracking and rewarding positive impact with blockchain, Drew Simon of Crypto Altruism speaks with Carl Cervone of Hypercerts, about funding and rewarding impact. Carl discusses sustainable models for public goods financing and how web3 will disrupt the impact ecosystem.
Deadlines and Events
💻 April 17-May 31: WEB3ATHON
🇯🇵 May 17-18: TEAMZ Web3 Summit, Tokyo
🇳🇱 May 19: The Web3 Conference, Amsterdam
🇰🇷 May 19-21: Web3 Glitch Hackathon, Incheon
🇲🇪 May 19-23: EDCON
🇧🇪 May 23-24: European Web3 Summit 2023
🇵🇱 May 24-25: Next Block Expo
🇩🇪 June 7-8: Blockchance 2023
🇵🇹 June 7-9: Non Fungible Conference, Lisbon
🌐 June 9: Epic Web3 Conference, Lisbon
🇵🇪 June 8-10: Blockchaincon Latam
🇭🇷 August 16-18: Metafest, Croatia
🇹🇷 August 21-25: Istanbul Blockchain Week
🇮🇩 August 24-25: Coinfest Asia
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