This Week in DAOs + Web3 - Sep 28, 2023
A roundup of the most exciting developments in DAOs and web3.
Highlights
👩🎓 EduSwap - Decentralized exchange Uniswap launched educational platform Uniswap University in partnership with blockchain education-focused DoDAO.
⛓️ Public Chain - Google’s cloud-computing arm is expanding its reach into blockchain technology by adding 11 networks, including Polygon, Optimism, and Polkadot, to its ‘BigQuery’ program for public datasets.
⛰️ Peak Mobility - German engineering giant Bosch, in collaboration with Mobix and Peaq Network, has unveiled a groundbreaking blockchain-based digital mobility project backed by the German government.
💴 Digital Yuan - Tourists planning to visit the People’s Republic of China can now download and preload digital yuan wallets using Visa and Mastercard.
🌐 CitiChain - Citigroup has introduced Citi Token Services, a private, permissioned blockchain offering institutional clients cross-border payments, liquidity, and automated trade finance solutions.
🙉 Silence is Golden - Silencio, which incentivizes users to measure global noise pollution, has over 35,000 smartphones working as noise sensors on the Peaq Network.
🌌 Busan Style - Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city, is developing a public blockchain mainnet compatible with platforms like Ethereum and Cosmos.
Show Me the Money
🎲 Double Down - Blockchain Capital closed two new funds totaling $580M that will reinforce their commitment to leading the global transition to decentralized, blockchain-based systems.
🦮 Pedigree - Well-know web3 and fintech alumni have launched Oak Grove Ventures, a $60M fund focused on the intersection of web3, artificial intelligence, and biotech.
💰 Enterprise On-ramp - Bastion raised a $25M seed round led by a16z to enable enterprise firms to adopt blockchain-based technology and onboard web3 users through a compliant, white-label platform.
💸 Safe Trading - CoinScan, providing crypto traders with data to reduce losses from exploits, hacks, and scams, raised $6.3M, led by Shalom Meckenzie, for product development and expansion.
Listen + Learn
👐 DEI for the Future - In Black Women Blockchain Council, the Crypto Altruism podcast’s Drew Simon speaks with Olayinka Odeniran, Founder and Chairwoman of Black Women Blockchain, about inspiring and educating the next generation of diverse and inclusive blockchain leaders.
🌲 Back to Earth - In Building a Decentralized Network City from the Crypto Sapiens podcast, Jonathon Hillis, Founder of Cabin, shares an update on Cabin’s thriving community of global digital nomads and their connection to nature.
Coming up in Web3
🇹🇷 October 2-4: Cosmoverse Istanbul
🍝 October 4: Web3 Security Conference Milan
🏝️ October 4-6: Ibiza NXT 2023
🇨🇭 October 4-6: Swiss Blockchain Capital Day
🇬🇧 October 5-6: Zebu Live London
🇮🇹 October 6-8: ETHRome
🇪🇸 October 25-26: European Blockchain Convention Barcelona
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