⚡ TFC Newsletter: 03/03/2023
Magic Eden Gives Free NFTs Out For Mint Madness, Solidity Scanning Tool, Crypto Analytics, NFT Checkouts, and more!
💡 Intro
🥳 Happy Friday! BTC and the crypto markets may be down week over week, but there was a lot of positives around Web3 gaming this week including: Metamask’s HyperPlay launch, Unity launching their Decentralized Asset Store categorization, and Magic Eden’s Mint Madness event below:
🤔 Who doesn’t like free NFTs?
Magic Eden is taking on March Madness with their own event, “Mint Madness”, featuring 12+ free gaming mints across Polygon, ETH, and SOL in March.
Top traders will also win prizes, including 20k of $MATIC.
Link to the launchpad to pickup these NFTs is here and within the tweet thread below.
The schedule also differs depending on the project (full details in the tweet thread)
Mapxus / $5M — Mapxus, a platform that offers global indoor mapping and navigation services, recently closed a Series B funding round with the lead investment coming from Kawasaki Heavy Industries. — Technode
Republik / $3.5M — REPUBLIK, a web3 content creation platform, has secured $3.5 million in its seed funding round, resulting in a valuation of $75 million. — CryptoSlate
One River Digital — Crypto exchange Coinbase is buying crypto asset manager One River Digital Asset Management — TheBlock
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Chainlink Functions
"Connecting the world to blockchains."
Type of Product: Web3 Development
Purpose of Tool: Chainlink Functions is a serverless platform that enables developers to connect Web3 smart contracts with any Web2 API (data, compute) in minutes. It also allows integrations with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Meta and other services.
Chainlink Functions was recently released in private beta mode on Ethereum and Polygon test nets and provides support for programming languages like JavaScript so that new developers can get into the space.
Features of Chainlink Functions:
Connects web 3 smart contracts with web 2 APIs quickly and easily
Supports more widely used programming languages such as JavaScript
Integrates with AWS Data Exchange and AWS Lambda
Provides access to datasets through their marketplace
Serverless nature eliminates the need for managing and securing infrastructure
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Paper Embedded Wallets
“Make web3 simple for your users."
Type of Product: Wallet
Purpose of Tool: Paper Embedded Wallets is a service for developers that allows them to embed custom web3 wallets into their apps with no seed phrases or annoying pop-ups. This makes it easy for users to create wallets with just an email address, sign messages, pay for gas, and purchase NFTs with credit cards.
Paper Embedded Wallets make it easy for developers to create secure wallets for their applications with custom branding, while users can have complete peace of mind knowing that their assets are secure.
Compliant: Wallets are non-custodial, so developers don’t have to worry about complex regulations.
Secure: Private keys are secured using Threshold Secret Sharing, meaning no single point of failure and users’ assets are never compromised.
Always Available: Wallets have 99% uptime, so users can always access their wallets and NFTs.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: James Sun and Edward Sun founded Paper, a San Francisco-based NFT payment startup, in Februrary 2022. Following an angel investment of $2m, the startup recently secured a seed funding of $7.3m. The round was co-led by Electric Capital and Initialized Capital, with additional participation from Polygon, FalconX, Long Journey Ventures, Founders Inc., and other investors. Since its launch, Paper has achieved $7.5m in annualized GMV.
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CryptoQuant
“Leading On-chain Data/Analytics Provider."
Type of Product: Analytics
Purpose of Tool: CryptoQuant is a crypto data provider that seeks to make data-driven investing easier. It provides comprehensive data for crypto trading including market data, on-chain data, and short/long-term indicators for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Stablecoins, and ERC20 tokens. These features can help users make better informed decisions about their investments.
Charts Overview: This is the main page of the CryptoQuants website. It displays a collection of charts that show different kinds of data sets. By clicking on a data set, users can explore the specific chart in more detail.
Exchange Flow: This feature helps users understand the volume of cryptocurrencies that are being deposited or withdrawn from different crypto exchanges.
Pro Charts: This section provides users with historical crypto charts and insights from the past. Additionally, users can also create their own data charts and share them with other traders.
Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: In 2021, CryptoQuant received a $3m funding round from Galaxy Interactive, Hashed, Mirae Asset Capital, and Youbi Capital. The company, which began as a blockchain data provider in 2018, now has over 1M traders worldwide connected to its web service.
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SolidityScan
"Get your smart contracts audited by a smarter tool.”
Type of Product: Security
Purpose of Tool: SolidityScan is a cloud-based vulnerability scanner which is specifically designed to detect security vulnerabilities and anti-patterns in Smart Contracts. It is structured to provide an audit report of the code which shows which parts of the code may lead to potential security vulnerabilities.
SolidityScan offers a variety of features to make the scanning process easier and more efficient.
The Scan a Project feature allows users to scan public and private Github repositories.
Scan a Contract deployed on Chain: enables users to initiate scans on contracts deployed on Testnets and Mainnets, including Ethereum, Binance, Polygon, Avalanche and Fantom.
Generate and Publish Reports: provides detailed information about any vulnerabilities found, which can then be published and shared using a public link.
SolidityScan offers integration with Github repositories to enable scanning of private repositories.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: SolidityScan has scanned over 16 million lines of code, detected over 100 code patterns, and secured contracts worth an estimated 2.4 million dollars. As a special offer for Product Hunt users, SolidityScan has issued a coupon code 'SSPHMAR' for new users who sign up on their platform. The CTO and Co-Founder of SolidityScan is Indranil Roy.
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Yakoa | Events Tools | Link to product
Nested | Dev Tool | Link to product
Blowfish | NFT Tool | Link to product
Lenster | DEX | Link to product
Ethereum Foundation | Rust Engineer | Link to position
Nansen | Customer Success Manager | Link to position
Ankr | Sales Development Representative | Link to position
Celestia Labs | Security Engineer | Link to position
Opensea | Senior Full Stack Engineer | Link to position
Kraken | US Strategy Director | Link to position
Wintermute | Algorithmic Trader | Link to position
Moonpay | Lead Product Manager | Link to position
Web3Auth | Developer Relations | Link to position
Certik | Security Research Internship | Link to position
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