This Week in DAOs + Web3 - Sep 14, 2023
A roundup of the most exciting developments in DAOs and web3.
Highlights
💵 WaaS Up - Fireblocks is offering a non-custodial wallet service to large fintech and corporate clients, empowering end consumers with greater control of their assets.
🪙 Compliant Moves - SOMA.finance, a joint venture between MANTRA and Tritaurian Capital, plans to offer retail investors the first legally issued and compliantly structured digital security.
🕵️ Private Platform - Blockchain non-profit Anoma Foundation plans to create a standalone blockchain for privacy-focused Namada protocol, allowing it to extend its private transactions features to any application built on the network.
📣 Token Advocacy - Web3 leaders including Coinbase and Circle are amongst the founding members of the Tokenized Asset Coalition, which is spearheading support for institutional DeFi: bringing traditional financial assets and transparent investment on chain.
🎮 Web3 in your Feed - Google has updated its policy to allow blockchain-based NFT gaming advertisements as long as they don’t promote gambling services.
🌐 Building Blocks - Ant Group, owner of Alipay, revealed ZAN, a suite of blockchain app development products and services for institutional and individual developers.
World Wide Web3
🏜️ Vision 2030 - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is diversifying its economy away from oil and turning to new opportunities, such as blockchain gaming, AI, and web3.
🎓 Web3 Aware - Which country has the highest level of blockchain awareness? Understand the biggest challenge facing web3 literacy in Nigeria.
⌚ Community Watch - Japanese electronics giant Casio is expanding its sporty G-Shock watch brand into the metaverse with the launch of Virtual G-Shock. NFT distribution begins on September 23 on Polygon.
🌳 Carbon-Negative - Cudo Compute and Kyoto announced a strategic partnership to facilitate a more cost-effective and sustainable blockchain platform and a drive towards green investment via the voluntary carbon market.
Show Me the Money
💰 Starware Powered - Decentralized exchange Brine Fi raised $16.5M, led by Pantera Capital, to broaden the DEX market by facilitating greater privacy by using zero-knowledge proofs. Need a refresher on CEX vs DEX?
🚀 T-minus - Seedify, a web3 incubator and launchpad, received a $10M commitment from LDA Capital to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technologies.
🎨 Creator Storefronts - FirstMate, which aims to equip NFT creators with digital storefronts, raised $3.75M in a round led by Dragonfly Capital.
Watch, Listen, Learn
🎥 Resetting via Web3 - In Environmental Asset Markets and Community Impact by ReFi DAO, Sarah Baxendell discusses her journey, emphasizing community-driven environmental restoration and advocating for gender equality in the blockchain realm.
🎶 Musician Wellness - In The Homies DAO Spotlights Mental Health from Cointelegraph’s The Agenda Podcast, Iman Europe of The Homies DAO discusses the importance of mental health and community for musicians, and her embrace of web3.
👐 Modern Giving - In Building the Future of Giving, Drew Simon of the Crypto Altruism podcast speaks with Mitch, DAO Steward at Giveth, about how web3 allows us to reimagine philanthropy and the new shape of the global altruistic community.
Deadlines and Events
🇩🇪 September 8-17: Blockchain Week Berlin
🇸🇬 September 13-14: Token2049, Singapore
🇨🇳 September 15-20: Shanghai International Blockchain Week
🇯🇵 September 19-20: DCENTRAL Tokyo
🇳🇱 September 26-27: Blockchain Expo Europe, Amsterdam
🇨🇭 October 4-6: Swiss Blockchain Capital Day
🇮🇹 October 6-8: ETHRome
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