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Welcome to the weekly web3 wrap up with Amy & Devon!
FriendTech blew up big this week, gaining 100K users in days, including NBA influencers. Some still expect that it will just be another trend to quickly die. And it will likely get some attention from the SEC. and they leaked the wallet addresses and twitter handles of pretty much all their users
-https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/08/21/friendtech-becomes-massive-ether-money-machine-as-nba-players-faze-clan-join-in/
-https://blockworks.co/news/friendtech-social-sec
-https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/friendtech-says-users-data-leak-linking-twitter-and-wallet-addresses-is-available-on-public-api
-https://messari.io/report/an-end-to-the-friendzy
Lenster lets you choose your feed’s sorting/filtering algorithm
-https://twitter.com/lensterxyz/status/1689296321323122688
-https://x.com/stanikulechov/status/1689296949868941313
Spatial Computing means we could take entirely new approaches to passwords - Miramax collaborated with A16Z crypto to make a short film showing the concept.
-https://twitter.com/alexprice/status/1692216534423499111
Coinbase Acquires Equity Stake in Circle
-https://news.bitcoin.com/coinbase-acquires-equity-stake-in-circle-companies-reshape-usdcs-future/
Nodal Power raises $13 million to mine cryptocurrencies using the methane produced by landfills
-https://soft4bro.com/news/nodal-power-raises-13-million-to-mine-cryptocurrencies-in-landfills
Craig Wright, the guy who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, not having a good week
-https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/21/bitcoin-developers-push-back-against-craig-wrights-claim-to-billions-of-dollars-in-bitcoin/
-https://decrypt.co/153279/bitcoin-developers-say-craig-wright-admits-to-stealing-millions-in-bitcoin-from-mt-gox
Akash GPU rental market going live on mainnet in less than a week
-https://x.com/akashnet_/status/1694441834188255522
-https://twitter.com/gregosuri/status/1694464447182446975
-https://twitter.com/akashnet_/status/1694771596727398612
Meson network selected for Sony's web3 incubation program
-https://twitter.com/0xchristina/status/1687890994178453504
ArDrive has a mobile app
-https://x.com/alexprice/status/1692216534423499111
A variety of angles to this week’s Tornado Cash legal actions
-https://news.bitcoin.com/founders-of-crypto-mixer-tornado-cash-accused-of-laundering-1-billion/
-https://twitter.com/ryansadams/status/1694481055942594574
-https://twitter.com/RebeccaRettig1/status/1694741010641719376
-https://twitter.com/neerajka/status/1694465261393555546
-https://twitter.com/valkenburgh/status/1694465618022424957
Thailand's new PM is super pro crypto
-https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/23/thailands-new-pro-crypto-prime-minister-was-an-active-crypto-investor/
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Sam Williams, founder of Arweave, explores the potential of Arweave in creating a decentralized, data-first web. Arweave's revolutionary approach to data storage, licensing, and profit-sharing tokens presents a vision of the web where data is the atomic unit, providing a solution for licensing ambiguity and enabling open remixing and profit-sharing. This presentation explores the evolution from a tightly controlled data ecosystem to an open, user-controlled one, where even royalty streams are tradable. Tune in to grasp how Arweave is paving the way for the future of Web3.
DISCO SUMMIT, for the founders, teams and investors building the decentralized computing stack.
Hosted Apr 26, 2023 in Austin, TX by keiretsu and Web3 Working Group.
Web3 Working Group is a nonprofit organization that educates about web3 infrastructure and how it is distinct from cryptocurrency. We educate regulators and the public at-large about how web3 will permanently restore user control of cyberspace, replacing centralized control with transparent and permissionless protocols through incentives aligned with users. We focus on Blockchain / Cryptocurrency. -
Join us as Anil Murty takes the stage at Disco Summit 2023 to discuss Akash - its potential, its workings, and its future. In this keynote presentation, Anil provides an in-depth look into Akash, breaking down its technical features and the possibilities it opens up for the digital ecosystem. This is a valuable resource for anyone keen on understanding Akash and the role it could play in our digital future.
DISCO SUMMIT, for the founders, teams and investors building the decentralized computing stack.
Hosted Apr 26, 2023 in Austin, TX by keiretsu and Web3 Working Group.
Web3 Working Group is a nonprofit organization that educates about web3 infrastructure and how it is distinct from cryptocurrency. We educate regulators and the public at-large about how web3 will permanently restore user control of cyberspace, replacing centralized control with transparent and permissionless protocols through incentives aligned with users. We focus on Blockchain / Cryptocurrency. -
Off-Chain Compute, with Scott Dykstra, CTO and Co-Founder of Space and Time
Ron Bodkin, Founder and CEO of ChainML
David Sneider, Co-Founder @ Lit Protocol
Moderated by David Post, Co-Founder of Helix
DISCO SUMMIT, for the founders, teams and investors building the decentralized computing stack.
Hosted Apr 26, 2023 in Austin, TX by keiretsu and Web3 Working Group.
Web3 Working Group is a nonprofit organization that educates about web3 infrastructure and how it is distinct from cryptocurrency. We educate regulators and the public at-large about how web3 will permanently restore user control of cyberspace, replacing centralized control with transparent and permissionless protocols through incentives aligned with users. We focus on Blockchain / Cryptocurrency. -
Building the Permaweb
Sam Williams, Founder of Arweave & CEO of Forward Research
Philip Mataras, Founder & CEO of Ar.io
Brennan Lamey, Founder of Kwil
Tate Berenbaum, Founder of Community Labs
Moderated by Web3WG's Co-Executive Director, Devon James
DISCO SUMMIT, for the founders, teams and investors building the decentralized computing stack.
Hosted Apr 26, 2023 in Austin, TX by keiretsu and Web3 Working Group.
Web3 Working Group is a nonprofit organization that educates about web3 infrastructure and how it is distinct from cryptocurrency. We educate regulators and the public at-large about how web3 will permanently restore user control of cyberspace, replacing centralized control with transparent and permissionless protocols through incentives aligned with users. We focus on Blockchain / Cryptocurrency. -
Where Crypto and AI Meet
Greg Osuri, founder of Akash & CEO of Overclock Labs
Robert Myers, Senior Engineer at Bittensor
Harry Grieve, Co-Founder of Gensyn
Moderated by Matt Beck, Director of Investments at Digital Currency Group
DISCO SUMMIT, for the founders, teams and investors building the decentralized computing stack.
Hosted Apr 26, 2023 in Austin, TX by keiretsu and Web3 Working Group.
Web3 Working Group is a nonprofit organization that educates about web3 infrastructure and how it is distinct from cryptocurrency. We educate regulators and the public at-large about how web3 will permanently restore user control of cyberspace, replacing centralized control with transparent and permissionless protocols through incentives aligned with users. We focus on Blockchain / Cryptocurrency. -
Welcome to the weekly web3 wrap up with Amy & Devon!
NFT God, a web3 anon, has given Elon a laundry list of suggestions after reading all of X's 13K lines of code: https://twitter.com/nft_god/status/1691617711569109011?s=46&t=CoGOt8e4Xf7KA6TIlwMcgg
And Elon likes most of them: https://twitter.com/NFT_GOD/status/1691840386505867379/photo/1
Web3 Working Group on the Dark Horse podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBJoo6wDRZA
The NYT is showing signs of capitulation about Bitcoin: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/your-money/cryptocurency-personal-finance-bitcoin.html
Zynga has built an Ethereum NFT game: https://decrypt.co/152425/farmville-creator-zynga-reveals-first-ethereum-nft-game-sugartown
MetaMask and Banxa have rolled out 1-click crypto buying using Apple Pay (Apple probably won't like that): https://decrypt.co/152393/metamask-banxa-roll-out-1-click-crypto-buys-apple-pay
The Graph has surpased 1 Trillion queries: https://twitter.com/austinbarack/status/1689295159282827269?s=12&t=JU3179xa-tFaV7rjXb2E3Q
a mobile service provider has launched on the Helium network: https://decrypt.co/152533/helium-mobile-debuts-crypto-wireless-network-miami-5-month
and Minds has added livestreaming using the Livepeer protocol: https://twitter.com/livepeer/status/1691095264956923904?s=12&t=JU3179xa-tFaV7rjXb2E3Q
https://www.minds.com/minds/blog/live-streaming-on-minds-livepeer-makes-it-happen-1530960638619160581
BTC has plunged on rumors that may or may not be true and it has taken most of the crypto market with it: https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1692295710962483253
https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/08/18/no-spacex-isnt-the-cause-of-this-multi-billion-dollar-bitcoin-bloodbath/
Coinbase has won approval to list crypto futures in the US, while EU has listed its first Bitcoin spot ETF & Singapore has finalized their stablecoin regs
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/16/coinbase-finally-wins-approval-to-list-crypto-futures-in-us/
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/17/coinbase-tarred-as-an-illicit-exchange-by-the-sec-quietly-got-regulated-elsewhere-in-the-us/
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/08/15/europes-first-spot-bitcoin-etf-lists-in-amsterdam/
https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/monetary-authority-of-singapore-finalizes-stablecoin-regulations
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4766
A lawsuit arguing that the US Treasury did not have authority to sanction Tornado Cash was rejected by the courts: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/17/coinbase-backed-group-loses-lawsuit-arguing-tornado-cash-sanctions-overstepped-us-treasurys-authority/
SBF is back in jail after a judge has decided that he was breaking the terms of his bail: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/08/11/sam-bankman-fried-jailed-ahead-of-trial/
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Our LK99 hopes are pretty much dashed, Grimes has earned more money from her NFT work than her entire music career, Coinbase's L2 has launched (and the launch event was streamed using the Livepeer network), Paypal has announced a stablecoin with some unsurprisingly shady features, GPT5 is coming and so Gensler has shifted focus to AI and despite earlier headlines claiming otherwise, SBF will still be facing campaign finance related charges.
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Welcome to the weekly web3 wrap up with Amy & Devon!
LK99 just might be the biggest discovery of the 21st century so far, if it's proven to be real that is.
Twitter... er, rather, X, is really leaning into its support for creators, just as Patreon's systems are failing.
Some OG BitFinex users are about to see a huge windfall thanks to "the Crocodile of Wall Street"
Solana has a ChatGPT plugin that might become a new model for block explorers, Coinbase alleges that crypto falls outside of the SECs oversight and two US Representatives are pushing back on Apple's anti-crypto App-Store policies! -
Welcome to the weekly web3 wrap up!
In news about the walled gardens of web2, Twitter has been rebranded to X (and took someone's username in the process).
In web3 DePIN news, a new AI image-generation model has been released and it was quickly deployed to the Akash network, as was Facebook's open-source LLM "Llama", Akash's GPU rental market is going live on mainnet soon, Livepeer has been added to TurboETH, and DePIN networks now have their own category on Coingecko!
In broader web3 news, Worldcoin has launched and lots of people are getting their eyeballs scanned to get their hands on some, despite Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin sharing concerns about its privacy.
And finally, in US policy news, four cryptocurrency focused bills have been voted out of committee and will be voted on by the whole house soon! -
GM & welcome to the web3 weekly wrap up!
In news about the walled gardens of web2, use of Meta’s Twitter clone Threads is dying even faster than expected, while WB has attempted to save The Flash by releasing it “on blockchain”
In web3 DePIN news, Arweave hit 1 billion transactions, The Graph’s substreams-powered subgraphs dramatically boost performance, Filecoin lowered storage costs by 40% and Akash enables generation of the beautiful stable diffusion QR codes Amy likes so much.
On the AI front, studies have proven what everyone has been speculating about for the past month, ChatGPT is indeed getting dumber. Meanwhile The Simulation released research on generative TV & showrunner agents that can write, animate, direct, voice, and edit TV shows with a prompt.
In policy news, US house republicans have introduced a new draft of their market structure bill, the federal reserve has launched FedNow while helpfully reminding everyone that it’s not a CBDC, and presidential candidate RFK Jr has unveiled his plan to back the US dollar with Bitcoin.
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Bradley Fuller, Co-Founder at North Tensor, delivers a compelling keynote at Disco Summit 2023. He discusses the future of AI and web3, the role of North Tensor in this landscape, and the potential of intelligence as a commodity. Fuller emphasizes the importance of open AI models, efficient hardware, and re-envisioning our interaction with data. He also highlights the value proposition of bit tensor and the potential of value-based pricing in AI.
DISCO SUMMIT, for the founders, teams and investors building the decentralized computing stack. Hosted Apr 26, 2023 in Austin, TX by keiretsu and Web3 Working Group.
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Eric Tang, Co-Founder at Livepeer, delivers a compelling keynote at Disco Summit 2023, discussing the importance of decentralizing video streaming and the role of Livepeer in this mission. He provides an overview of Livepeer's decentralized network, its unique properties, and its potential to transform the internet and society. Tang also shares examples of applications using Livepeer, including Lens, Stoner Cats, and a non-profit called God Behind Bars, demonstrating the versatility and potential of decentralized video streaming.
DISCO SUMMIT, for the founders, teams and investors building the decentralized computing stack. Hosted Apr 26, 2023 in Austin, TX by keiretsu and Web3 Working Group.
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Joe Hoffend, Vice President of Product Development at Foundry, delivers an insightful keynote at Disco Summit 2023. He discusses the origins of Foundry, its commitment to empowering decentralized infrastructure, and its focus on institutional-level customers. Hoffend also highlights Foundry's unique bare metal offering and its dedication to supporting emerging protocols.
DISCO SUMMIT, for the founders, teams, and investors building the decentralized computing stack. Hosted Apr 26, 2023, in Austin, TX by keiretsu and Web3 Working Group.
Web3 Working Group is a nonprofit organization that educates about web3 infrastructure and how it is distinct from cryptocurrency. We educate regulators and the public at-large about how web3 will permanently restore user control of cyberspace, replacing centralized control with transparent and permissionless protocols through incentives aligned with users. We focus on Blockchain / Cryptocurrency.
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Join us as we delve into the future of Spheron with its founder, Prashant Maurya. In his keynote at Disco Summit 2023, Prashant shares his vision and insights on the evolution of Spheron and its impact on the web3 space. Don't miss out on this enlightening discussion that explores the intersection of technology, innovation, and the future of the internet.
DISCO SUMMIT, for the founders, teams and investors building the decentralized computing stack.
Hosted Apr 26, 2023 in Austin, TX by keiretsu and Web3 Working Group.
Web3 Working Group is a nonprofit organization that educates about web3 infrastructure and how it is distinct from cryptocurrency. We educate regulators and the public at-large about how web3 will permanently restore user control of cyberspace, replacing centralized control with transparent and permissionless protocols through incentives aligned with users. We focus on Blockchain / Cryptocurrency.
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