⚡ TFC Newsletter: 03/01/2023
How NFT Ticketing Is Changing Conferences, Metamask Announces Early Access to HyperPlay, Social Web3 Portfolios, Web3 Music, Create Your Own NFTs, and more!
💡 Intro
Web3 brings huge benefits to traditional ticketing systems. If you’ve ever struggled with transferring tickets or buying/selling them on 3rd parties, you know the pain!
Even outside of transactions, tickets as NFTs mean additional capabilities around loyalty programing, rewards, proof of ownership, and more.
NFT projects have been experimenting with NFT tickets at conferences for the past year. And now CoinDesk is adding their own flair through Consensus 2023, their annual crypto conference.
They’ve turn 1000 tickets into NFTs which come with the following benefits:
Airdrops of future year passes
Yearly IRL rewards for the next 3 years
Art created by a generative AI artist
Different rarities, which unlock unique in-conference experiences
And more (full list on here)
Outside companies and conferences will certainly watch these and keep the successful utilities for their own upcoming events.
At TFC, we think Web3 gaming will be the next major unlock that brings millions of new users into Web3, similar to how NFTs onboarded many people in 2021 and 2022.
If you were excited by yesterday’s announcement from Unity: here’s another gaming one!
HyperPlay is another great Web3 gaming infrastructure improvement, as it makes it much easier to integrate Metamask connections into games.
Orange Comet / $7M Raised — Orange Comet, an NFT entertainment firm, raised $7M in an equity funding round to continue development with digital collectibles — CoinDesk
Conflux / $10M Raised — Conflux, a Layer 1 blockchain developer, raised $10 million from DWF Labs. The investment will help Conflux expand its technology and grow its user base — TheBlock
FLUUS / $.6M Raised — Crypto payment startup FLUUS has announced the completion of a pre-seed round ahead of its beta launch — MarketWatch
Redeem / $2.5M Raised — Redeem, which provides Web3 technology that allows users to send and redeem non-fungible tokens (NFT) using their phone numbers, has raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round — CoinDesk
Impossible Cloud / $7M Raised — Impossible Cloud, a decentralized cloud platform, raised $7 million in seed funding, led by HV Capital and 1kx — TheBlock
Greeks.live — Greeks.live, a options trading platform, has announced their pre Series A raise — Tweet
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Catalog
"The future of onchain music."
Type of Product: Music
Purpose of Tool: Catalog is a digital record shop and music community that empowers artists to take control of their work. It provides a platform for them to have autonomy over their music, allowing them to monetize their creations in new ways. Artists may choose to press a record and add it to the open music library, accept an offer, set an ask price, or list it in an auction. They also receive 100% of the initial sales, as well as a creator share whenever their records are resold on supported markets.
Its records are one-of-a-kind NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) that exist on the internet forever. This means that even if Catalog disappears, artists can continue to capture the value of their music.
creators receive a creator share every time their records are resold on supported markets. The suggested creator share is 10%, but this percentage is up to the artist to decide when minting.
records live beyond the reaches of the platform, giving artists more freedom than ever before to manage their music.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Catalog was founded in 2020, has raised $2.2 million in a Seed round on August 20, 2021. Through Catalog, fans have been able to support artists with over $3 million in payments.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
NMKR
“Create and Sell NFTs on your own website"
Type of Product: NFT Tool
Purpose of Tool: NMKR is designed to help creators and businesses create and sell their own Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on their own websites. It offers both No-Code and API solutions, allowing users of any technical skillset to mint NFTs for digital assets like ebooks or artwork and even set up a customized NFT marketplace.
With NMKR's features, users can launch NFTs onto their website or app with no upfront cost, handle whitelabel minting, secondary sales, and more. It also includes utilities such as sending directly to wallets, royalties, metadata validation, and more.
For developers, there is a robust Developer API that allows for mass minting and comprehensive NFT management. Additionally, there is a unique reservation mechanism used to prevent multiple people from buying the same NFT as well as summaries of your NFT sales and business metrics using visualizations.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: NMKR, formerly known as NFT-MAKER.IO, has seen tremendous success since its founding in mid-2021. The platform has generated an impressive $59 million in revenue for projects, facilitated over 700,000 transactions, minted 1.4 million NFTs, and attracted 35,000 unique users. It has also partnered with 50 industry partners, further solidifying its foothold in the NFT space. The platform is trusted by over 36,000 businesses, brands and artists.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Savvy Trader
“Create, Share, and Discover Great Investment Portfolios"
Type of Product: Investment Portfolio Tracking
Purpose of Tool: Savvy Trader enables users to create and share their investment portfolios, as well as discover great portfolios from other traders. Savvy Trader provides the standard stock pricing info and charts, plus additional information such as who has been buying or selling a given stock and their comments for those trades.
Portfolios can be shared either for free or with a monthly subscription fee; when users subscribe they gain access to the details of the portfolio and its creator’s comments on every transaction, along with instant notifications whenever the creator makes a trade in the portfolio. The majority of payment proceeds go directly to the portfolio creator, with Savvy Trader taking a fee.
Features of Savvy Trader:
Track all investments in one portfolio – stocks, crypto, etc.
Option to share your portfolio for free or charge a subscription fee for access.
Standard stock pricing info and charts.
Insight into who has been buying/selling stocks and their comments.
Instant buy/sell notifications.
Most revenue goes directly to the portfolio creator.
Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: Creators looking to have their portfolio featured on Savvy Trader have the opportunity to do so free of charge. In order to be considered, they must send a message to Savvy Trader detailing who they are, who their audience is, and why they should be featured. Savvy Trader will take a 15% fee from any subscription fees collected from the portfolios, with the remaining funds given to the creator.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Unity Asset Store - Decentralization
"Decentralized technologies for gaming.”
Type of Product: Gaming
Purpose of Tool: Unity Asset Store unveiled a new “Decentralization” category providing decentralized technologies for gaming. It offers third-party solutions that help manage digital assets, set up smart contracts and build on blockchain networks.
All decentralization solutions available on the Unity Asset Store have been verified for quality, reliability and other criteria to ensure their legitimacy. These Verified Solutions are built with licensed components by recognized establishments with a public presence and are designed to be compatible with the latest versions of Unity.
Furthermore, they adhere to sustainability guidelines to reduce negative environmental impacts. With these features, customers can confidently use the Unity Asset Store to find reliable solutions to meet their needs.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Yesterday, February 28, 2023, Unity unveiled a new "Decentralization" category page on the Unity Asset Store. This store provides access to 11,000 five-star assets, all of which have been rated by 85,000+ customers and are supported by 100,000+ forum members. Unity is the world's leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
All Crypto Whitepapers | Crypto Wallet | Link to product
Loop | Crypto Payment | Link to product
Topaz | NFTs | Link to product
Dolpin | Privacy | Link to product
Valhalla | Community | Link to product
Bitgo | Director of Design | Link to position
Binance | Blockchain Engineer | Link to position
Phantom Wallet | Software Engineer - Mobile | Link to position
Alchemy | Recruiter | Link to position
Lido | Marketing Research Lead | Link to position
Glassnode | Product Manager | Link to position
Opensea | Communications Lead | Link to position
Solana Mobile | Growth Lead | Link to position
Stacks Foundation | Core Blockchain Engineer | Link to position
Magic Eden | Senior Full Stack Engineer | Link to position
Den | Software Engineer | Link to position
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