⚡ TFC Newsletter: 02/21/2023
Microsoft x Ankr Partnership Through Azure, Proof of Conference Canceled, Privacy Focused Wallet, DAO Tooling, and more!
💡 Intro
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In exciting news for Web3 infrastructure: Ankr announced they’ll be providing a new node hosting service directly on the Microsoft Azure Marketplaces.
Azure is one of the Big 3 cloud providers and is heavily used by many companies for hosting development infrastructure.
Web3 needs better infrastructure solutions to push adoption forward
Better infra = more businesses building on blockchain = more dapps = more adoption
This is the first major Azure Web3 partnership which is exciting as now all Big 3 cloud providers have expanded node operations (GCP and AWS already have)
Quote from Microsoft’s lead on the partnership:
"Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Many developers and organizations are exploring how Web3 can help solve real-world business challenges, and our partnership with Ankr will enable them to access blockchain data in a reliable, scalable, and secure way. Together with Ankr, we are building a strong Web3 infrastructure layer whether you're a developer building the next big decentralized application (dApp) or an established enterprise exploring Web3.”
$ANKR is currently up 50% today on the news alone
Kevin Rose (founder of Proof Collective, a blue chip NFT collection) announced they’re canceling Proof of Conference this year.
This was a very hyped NFT event and KR wouldn’t have canceled unless there was truly a lack of interest (described in his Discord announcement below.)
While trading has been strong for the past month, professional type events for NFTs have been doing poorly (including conferences)
There is still a way to go before NFTs go mainstream (which means there’s more opportunity being early as well!)
StriderDAO raises $5.5M for collaborative story-driven gaming platform - VentureBeat
Chaos Labs gets $20M in seed round, says it could have prevented $114M Mango Markets exploit - Fortune
TipLink raises $6M in seed funding to build crypto/NFT distribution platform - Tweet
AI-powered crypto search engine Kaito raises $5.3M to improve browsing with AI, ChatGPT - Techcrunch
Polyhedra Network Raises $10M for Zero-Knowledge Infrastructure - CoinDesk
Arbitrove Raises $14 Million, Allocates 20% to Floor Price Protection Fund - TokenInsight
Azra Games, founded by veteran EA game developer, raises $10M for NFT-themed Legions & Legends - Fortune
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Superspaces
"Time to get smart about Twitter Spaces"
Type of Product: Twitter Space Analytics
Purpose of Tool: Superspaces is a web3 platform that enables creators, influencers, and community builders to unlock the potential of social media and grow their audience on Twitter. It is designed to provide users with powerful insights, track their personal KPIs, discover their true fans, and review and scale their content creation processes.
👉 Useful for creators but also traders as well, as their leaderboard page is a good way to find Web3 spaces to listen to.
SuperHost Leaderboard – Global ranking and see how users stack up against others across the most important metrics.
Rich Insights – Gather data on when people come in and drop off, or at which moments users were most engaging.
Personalised Dashboard – Track KPIs and check how Spaces contribute to user profile’s reach and follower count.
Discover True Fans – Sort, filter and export user network to discover true fans of their content.
Content Creation – Review transcripts and filter each speaker to rediscover moments of Spaces. Audio downloads empower users to use the same content across multiple platforms.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info:
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
BlockWallet
“Private Self-Custodial Crypto Wallet."
Type of Product: Wallet
Purpose of Tool: BlockWallet is a non-custodial browser wallet that offers privacy and security for crypto assets. It is designed to provide users with complete control over their funds and allow them to transact with the utmost privacy.
👉 One of the best “privacy focused” wallets, easy to use + has a strong team.
Smart Contract Support: BlockWallet uses smart contracts to hide the amounts and origins of cryptocurrency held, in a decentralized and frictionless manner.
Multi-chain Support: BlockWallet currently supports Ethereum, BSC, Polygon, and Arbitrum networks.
Token Support: BlockWallet supports a variety of tokens, such as $ETH, $DAI, $CDAI, $USDC, $USDT, and $WBTC.
Free-to-Use: BlockWallet is free to use and works with all DeFi apps.
Privacy: BlockWallet provides users with the ability to keep their funds private from anyone, including the amount and origin of their cryptocurrency holdings.
Security: BlockWallet employs a variety of security measures to ensure the safety of users’ funds.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Narval
“Multi-player web3 wallets, for organizations"
Type of Product: Multi User Wallet
Purpose of Tool: Narval is a multi-player web3 wallet designed for organizations to securely govern and use their digital assets, such as NFTs, with web3-native policy controls. It provides users with advanced features such as guild management, DAO governance, NFT funds, and developer tools.
Web3 Guilds: manage gaming NFTs, automate scholarships & tournaments, and securely operate e-sports teams.
DAOs: collective ownership and individual usage with the ability to safely delegate usage of assets to DAO members.
NFT Funds: provides users with the ability to lend gaming assets to Guilds and Players, delegate DAO governance votes, and access all of DeFi.
Developers: enables developers to integrate custodial, MPC, and smart wallets into their game or app with one API.
Multi-Chain: supports Polygon, Ethereum, EVM L1 & L2s, allowing users to manage assets and wallets across chains in a consistent interface with consistent user authentication.
Beneficiary Accounting: enables users to build token inflow/outflow balance splits, automatically track earnings & commissions between beneficiaries, and maintain a unified accounting ledger.
Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: Narval has been chosen to be part of the spring cohort of Andreessen Horowitz's Crypto Startup School. With over 8,000 applications, the program is set to launch on March 7th.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Tessera
"Collect what you love, together”
Type of Product: Ownership Tool
Purpose of Tool: Tessera enables collective ownership and governance of digital collectibles native to the internet. It allows anyone to own and govern NFTs through a hand-curated collection of culturally significant and historic NFTs. Tessera is trustless, permissionless, and decentralized, meaning no centralized person or group can directly access or control the NFTs.
Vaults: Non-custodial smart contract wallets that are part of the Tessera Protocol.
Raes: NFTs that represent collective ownership and governance of a Vaulted NFT.
Transferring NFTs to Vaults: Triggers an auction of Raes that represent ownership and governance of the Vaulted NFT.
Unique Ownership Experiences: Enable Tessera users to recognize, form, join, and participate in communities and causes they care about.
Trustless, Permissionless and Decentralized: No centralized person or group can directly access or control the NFTs in a Tessera Vault.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Tessera has reported that within four weeks of its launch, it has launched three Vaults featuring CryptoPunk #4847, Squiggle #6052, and CryptoPunk #8154. The company is also pleased to announce that development of Nounlet v2 has officially started.
Read more of Tessera's Q4 report here:
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
HowRare.is | NFT Tool | Link to product
Invisible College | Education | Link to product
Freckle Triva | Metaverse game | Link to product
Anmol Network | Dev Tool | Link to product
DeBank | Portfolio | Link to product
Den | Software Engineer | Link to position
MoonPay | Graphic Designer | Link to position
Phantom Wallet | DevOps Engineer | Link to position
Paxos | Treasury Analyst | Link to position
Alchemy | Growth Engineer | Link to position
Nansen | Head of Demand Generation | Link to position
Polygon | Blockchain Engineer | Link to position
LayerZero Labs | VC Analyst | Link to position
Fireblocks | Business Operations Manager | Link to position
Magic Eden | Product Designer | Link to position
Decentraland | Sr. Data Engineer | Link to position
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