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Email This week in Web3 – 121st Edition Shanghai fork, SEC notice to Coinbase, Microsoft crypto wallet, IRS to tax NFTs, Do Kwon arrested, zkSync alpha mainnet, Polygon x Immutable, Fundraises, Jobs, and much more🤯 Nirbhik Mar 24, 2023
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Email Major Highlights 🤯
Ethereum core developers set April 12 for Shanghai hard fork.Learn more
Coinbase received a Wells notice from SEC for staking & asset listing.Learn more
Hong Kong to release licensing details for virtual asset businesses in June.Learn more
Microsoft is reportedly testing a built-in crypto wallet in Microsoft Edge.Learn more
IRS to consider taxing NFTs like physical art collectibles.Learn more
Sony files patents for NFTs to allow transfers between games and consoles.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposes a law to ban CBDCs.Learn more
Federal prosecutors filed criminal fraud charges against the Terraform Labs founder, Do Kwon.Learn more
Balaji @balajis @Jason If I was mostly in fiat you’d say I don’t have skin in the game.If I was mostly in Bitcoin you’d say I have conflict of interest.
I’m not sure how to prove motivation to you or anyone other than a commitment not to sell BTC for USD.It’s this meme, but real.
That’s what the… https://t.co/KvJpk1X3Nl
5:11 PM ∙ Mar 20, 2023 1,234 Likes 109 Retweets New Launches 🚀
zkSync Era mainnet alpha is now open for the community.Learn more
Polygon and Immutable team up on gaming-focused zkEVM.
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Starknet alpha v0.11.0 is now live on testnet.Learn more
ConsenSys launches an institutional staking marketplace on MetaMask.
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Nexon teams up with Polygon to launch a new NFT game.Learn more
Magic Eden releases the Bitcoin NFT marketplace.
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K-pop star G-Dragon launches NFT collection on Opensea.Learn more
NEAR partners with Google Cloud to spread Web3 adoption.Learn more
Zilliqa to launch a fully compatible version of EVM on the mainnet.Learn more
Metamask partners with Moonpay to enable instant crypto purchases in Nigeria.Learn more
Fundraises 💰
Chat super app: OP3N, raises $28M series – A round.Learn more
Web3 game developer CCP Games raises $40M seed funding.
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Crypto trading platform CrossX raises $6.35M seed round.Learn more
Ethereum-based carbon tracker Carbonable raises $1.2M seed funding.Learn more
Rekt 🚨
Euler Finance hacker returned about 3,000 ETH worth $5.4 million.Learn more
AI-based project reported to have stolen nearly $1m from users.Learn more
NFT lending protocol Paraspace prevented a $5M hack.Learn more
Indexed Finance exploited of approx 110ETH.
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Read, Watch, Listen 🎙
The future of Web3 in VR.Listen here
How will AI change web3 space? Watch here
What is the liquidation penalty? Read here
How to join a DAO? Read here
Bounties 💸
zkSync bug bounty: $2.3M.Learn more
Wardenswap bug bounty: $20K.Learn more
Hakka Finance bug bounty: $1M.Learn more
Jobs 👨💻
Backend Engineer at Rainbow.Apply here
Senior Accountant at Zora Labs.
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Sales & Partnerships Lead.Apply here
Senior Product Designer at Coinshift.Apply here
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