⚡ TFC Newsletter: 01/30/2023
Coinbase Wallets Adds Transaction Preview, VitaDAO + Decentralized Science, Airdrop Trackers, Crypto Tax Tools, NFT Terminal, and more!
💡 Intro
🥳 Happy Monday! The week is already starting off strong: with crypto prices holding their levels, NFT mints going well, many fundraising rounds in Web3 being announced, and tons of product/dapp updates!
Security remains a major blocker to mainstream adoption of Web3. Thankfully: improvements to wallets and dapps are being made, including this latest one from Coinbase:
Full details in the blog post, but the tldr is:
Coinbase Wallet now shows transaction previews to make it easier to understand what you’re authorizing.
They also added a Dapp Blocklist which automatically warns you before you interact with a flagged dapp (they have 10s of thousands flagged currently)
Other additions include: support for multiple addresses, new layers of permission management, and more.
Why This Matters:
The trend in the past 3 months has been direct integration of security features into wallets, instead of making users rely on 3rd party security apps (Metamask and Phantom Wallet both pushed similar updates recently)
These security updates make it much easier for new joiners to navigate Web3 without being hurt.
DAOs have shown a lot of potential as a concept, but in the bear market, many individual DAOs haven’t lived up to expectations.
Thankfully people are still experimenting with them and today: one research oriented DAO, VitaDAO, raised $4.1M from Pfizer Ventures and Balaji.
This is the first instance of a pharma venture partner working with a Decentralized Science organization.
Infographic of Decentralized Science Projects from Forbes:
A lot of fundraising to announce today!
Longevity Startup VitaDAO Raises $4.1m, Backed By Pfizer, Balaji Srinivasan - Forbes
Crypto security startup Hypernative raises $9M to help prevent web3 cyber attacks - Techcrunch
WEEDAR raises $1.5 million to deliver engaging loyalty programs to cannabis brands through Web3 - Benzinga
YGG Japan (Metaverse gaming) announces that it has completed a private placement of new shares for approximately US$2.95 million - Direct Announcement
Elven (Elven.com), an automated Web3 financial reporting platform that provides transparent, compliant, and auditable financial reporting services for Crypto projects and institutions, raised an undiscoled seed round from ABCDE and Eastern Bell Capital - Direct Announcement
Presail (platform to accelerate a safe expansion of web3’s growing investment space) raises an additional $150,000 from SKY MAVIS Founders, 5 months after €3.8 million seed round - Web3 Wire
Edgeln (a Web3-focused data intelligence for success) has raised 400K in the financing round, with several angel investors including Mike Dinsdale, Mike Borozdin, and Jeremy Clover - Edgeln
Tané, a Crypto Builders Incubator, has raised $8 million in its financing round - Direct Announcement
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NFTBull
"NFT terminal with on/off-chain data, and social media insights."
Type of Product: NFT Analytics
Purpose of Tool: NFTBull is an NFT terminal that provides powerful on-chain and social media analytics to help users gain insights into the NFT market. It offers a range of features, including:
Data Analytics: Tap into unparalleled coverage of on-chain and social media analytics to uncover actionable insights.
Insights: Explore new opportunities with cutting-edge NFTBull modules, indices, and advanced metrics.
Portfolio Tracking & Execution Capabilities: Efficiently execute your strategy and take control of your portfolio.
Quality-of-life: Enjoy a sleek UI and easy-to-use terminal with thousands of data points boiled down to a user-friendly experience. Create personalized dashboards to fit your agenda.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: NFTBull’s Beta officially launched on December 28th, 2022, much to the delight of its early adopters who have been testing it out. Now, users of the platform can look forward to exploring new opportunities on the app. NFTBull is a great platform for users to find new and exciting NFTs, and it promises to be a great way to invest in digital assets.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Blockpour
“Multi-chain DeFi data analytics & insights in real-time."
Type of Product: DeFi Analytics
Purpose of Tool: Blockpour is a blockchain data aggregator that provides up-to-date, multi-chain DeFi data. It offers users access to on-chain DeFi datasets from 8+ networks, hundreds of exchanges, hundreds of thousands of trading pairs, and over a billion indexed trades.
Real-Time Data Collection: Blockpour operates its own nodes and directly listens to blockchain transactions and events, ensuring real-time data collection and accuracy.
Multi-Chain Support: Blockpour offers data for major EVM chains such as Ethereum, BNB, Polygon etc. and many decentralized exchanges on each of those chains.
On-Chain DeFi Data: Blockpour provides access to on-chain DeFi datasets from 8+ networks, hundreds of exchanges, hundreds of thousands of trading pairs, and over a billion indexed trades.
Authentication: Blockpour uses bearer token header authentication. Users can generate a free api key by creating an account on app.blockpour.com.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Blockpour recently announced the successful completion of its seed round of funding, raising approximately $3.3 million. Notable participants included listed gaming company WeMade, GS Futures, Kestrel 0x1, Algorand Foundation, Supra Oracles and several other supported funds, companies and individuals.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
DropsEarn
“Crypto Events, Promotions, Bounties, Airdrops, and more."
Type of Product: Airdrop Tracker
Purpose of Tool: DropsEarn helps users find the best testnets to try and earn airdrops from. It provides up-to-date information about the various cryptocurrency earning opportunities available and helps users stay informed about the latest promotions, events, bounties, and airdrops.
Upcoming: DropsEarn provides a comprehensive list of upcoming promotions, events, bounties, and airdrops, complete with detailed how-to instructions, links, and information about rewards.
Ended: DropsEarn also keeps an updated list of past promotions, events, bounties, and airdrops, to help users stay informed and make the most of their cryptocurrency earnings.
Airdrops: DropsEarn offers a list of quick and easy airdrops, events, bounties, and promotions for earning cryptocurrency.
Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: Dropsearn is part of Drops Foundation (ICO Drops, Drops Daily, Crypto Narnia and more). The Drops Foundation, which was founded in 2017. Through their curatorial expertise, robust technology, and inspiring community, they have connected their audience to successful crypto sales, NFT events, P2E Games, and other activities. They now have a community of over 300 thousand people collaborating to create products for the decentralized world.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
CoinTracking
"The Leader for Cryptocurrency Tracking and Tax Reporting.”
Type of Product: Tax reporting
Purpose of Tool: CoinTracking is the world’s first crypto portfolio manager and tax reporting tool. It was launched in 2013 to make crypto enthusiasts’ lives easier.
Tax Reporting: CoinTracking tax software allows you to import data from more than 110 exchanges and supports direct sync with the blockchain. Further, it will enable you to export files in various formats like CSV, XML, PDF, etc.
Data Analysis: You can use 25 customizable crypto reports and interactive charts for all your trades and coins. Every new investor of CoinTracking gets a free plan with up to 200 transactions, and a desire to extend functionality encourages the investors to choose from the 3 paid plans.
Coin Tracking: You have a complete history of all 10,914 coins and access to these assets’ latest prices. Also, you can access all the top coins by trades and volume, coin statistics, trends, and analysis.
Security: It supports anonymous registration and offers complete data and API encryption that can also be protected with 2FA. Further, Cointracking cannot access your withdrawal rights on the exchanges you connect with the app.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: CoinTracking has recently announced a new partnership with NFTfolio to improve the NFT tax experience. In 2022, CoinTracking has been heavily focused on partnering with key brands, including Binance.US, . Other partnerships with brands like Shift Crypto, MMBA, IntoTheBlock, Criptan, MEXC, Phemex, Messari, BitYard, and more.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Rise Wallet | Crypto Wallet | Link to product
Footprint | NFT Analytics | Link to product
Juno | Banking | Link to product
Continuum | Education | Link to product
Just Cubes | NFT Tool | Link to product
Aptos Labs | Business Development Lead | Link to position
Stacks Foundation | Blockchain Engineer | Link to position
Polygon | Software Engineer | Link to position
ClubRare | Growth Marketing Manager | Link to position
Outlier Ventures | Head of Investments | Link to position
Binance | Senior Data Engineer | Link to position
Ava Labs | Research Analyst | Link to position
Chainlink | Engineering Manager | Link to position
OpenSea | Senior Software Engineer | Link to position
Risk Labs | Head Sales Engineer | Link to position
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