⚡ TFC Newsletter: 03/08/2023
Coinbase Launches Wallets As A Service, Web3 Security Ecosystem Explained, Creator Tooling, Crypto Analytics, Web3 Reading Tools, and more!
💡 Intro
Today: Coinbase expanded its Web3 infrastructure offering with “Wallets as a Service”.
This follows the launch of their L2 Base just 2 weeks ago and Coinbase Cloud earlier this year.
The Full Details:
"Wallet as a Service" is a scalable and secure set of wallet infrastructure APIs.
Companies can build fully customizable onchain wallets for their customers with WAAS.
Companies can offer their users wallets directly in their apps with onboarding as simple as a username and password (instead of secret phrases).
Initial users are companies including Floor, Moonraygame, Thirdweb and Tokenproof.
Improvements like this make it way easier for companies to onboard users into Web3 in general.
🛡️ Security in Web3 is still a huge issue for users. Luckily: the infrastructure and tooling has improved dramatically over the past year.
In fact: it’s grown so much that even we have trouble tracking it!
Coinbase Ventures put out this great infographic + blog post segmenting Web3 security tooling into categories like: Consumer Wallet Protection, Private Key Management, Threat Monitoring, and more.
If you’re looking for a new security tool to try out for your wallet or looking for an auditing service: checkout the full graphic below.
Link to full article by Coinbase Ventures:
Tonstarter / $1.5M — Tonstarter, a $TON launchpad, has closed a seed round of $1.5 million from a consortium of investors comprising Kingsway Capital, Gate.io and DWF Labs, a subsidiary of Digital Wave Finance (DWF). — The Cryptonomist
OpenChat / $5.5M — OpenChat, an on-chain messaging app, successfully raised more than $5.5 million in a community-driven crowdfunding sale. This means that the project will now be controlled by its community of chat token holders. — The Block
EtherMail / $4M — EtherMail, a Web3 email solution, has received a major financial boost, with venture investor Tim Draper and his firm Draper Associates leading a $4 million funding round, joined by MS&AD Ventures. — Decrypt
Nealthy / $1.3M — Nealthy recently announced a pre-seed funding round raising $1.3 million to simplify crypto investing. The funding round was supported by a number of Web3 investors, including DonGeraldo, a well-known crypto celebrity. — Bitcoin Insider
Redemption Games / $7M — Redemption Games has spun out of AppLovin and it has raised a new round of $7 million as an independent game studio. The company plans to produce blockchain based games. — VentureBeat
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Superb.games
"The Complete Web3 Gaming Hub & Tools for Gamers"
Type of Product: Web3 Gaming Hub
Purpose of Tool: Superb.games aims to provide a definitive list of all available Web3 games and tools to find and highlight games that stand out for their quality, innovation, and accessibility.
Web3 gaming might still be in a bear market: but there’s plenty of great games being developed.
Superb is a great platform for discovering new Web3 games launching and filtering based on chain & category.
Comprehensive list of Web3 games: Superb.games will highlight games that stand out for their quality and innovation, making it easier for players to discover the most engaging and entertaining games.
Community-driven platform: Superb.games is a community-driven platform where players can submit reviews, organize communities, and provide feedback to developers to actively contribute to the improvement of Web3 games.
Superb Wallet: Superb.games is building Superb Wallet, a cross-chain, automatic wallet that will provide quick and easy access to every Web3 game. It will support all major and minor blockchains and will come with built-in access to the biggest NFT marketplaces. Superb Wallet aims to provide a seamless Web3 experience, allowing players to focus on gaming.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: On March 1, 2023, Router Protocol revealed a new partnership with Superb.games. As part of this collaboration, Superb Portal will be implementing Router V2 technology to allow for cross-chain gaming identity and other capabilities.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Shiller
“Live Video & Audio Streaming Platform for Web3 Artists"
Type of Product: Web3 Creator Platform
Purpose of Tool: Shiller is a “live broadcast platform” that aims to combine Web3 technology with real-time live-streaming content.
Shiller offers creators a suite of tools to monetize their content, and also allows creators to create their own tokens and digital passes, which can be featured on the Shiller marketplace and marketed within live audio or video shows.
Some of the key features of Shiller include:
Live, interactive video and audio streaming
Ability for creators to token-gate their video and audio content
Sharing of products from commerce sites
Promotion of popular NFTs
Receipt of tips and virtual gifts from the audience, which can be cashed out as fiat
Engagement with the audience through emojis, chat, split screens, voting, and games
Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: Shiller is co-founded by the music legend rapper Snoop Dogg and tech entrepreneur Sam Jones, and it is set to launch in April 2023.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
CryptoRank
“Crypto market data aggregation & analytics platform."
Type of Product: Analytics
Purpose of Tool: CryptoRank offers various tools and resources to help traders, investors, and other market players make informed decisions in the cryptocurrency market. It provides valuable insights, analytics, and data-driven research, along with a comprehensive list of cryptocurrencies and their market capitalizations.
Live cryptocurrency prices: offers real-time prices for over 16,000 different coins and tokens, along with value charts and market capitalization rankings.
Crowdsourced and professionally curated research: provides extensive market research and price analysis to help users stay updated on the latest trends and developments in the cryptocurrency market.
Token sales analytic dashboard: offers detailed metrics on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs), and Initial DEX Offerings (IDOs) to help investors make more informed decisions when participating in token sales.
Crypto fundraising dashboard: provides users with a comprehensive view of funding trends and major investment categories in the cryptocurrency industry.
NFT portfolio tracker: offers a detailed view of NFT collections, owners, transactions, and prices to help users track and manage their NFT holdings.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Readl
"Write, Read and Collect Stories and Books”
Type of Product: Web3 Writing Tool
Purpose of Tool: Readl is a decentralized Web3 protocol that enables storytellers to create and engage with super-powered communities around their digital stories. It aims to bridge the gap between the digital and physical world by offering an enhanced reading experience that fosters creativity, collaboration, and full ownership and control over royalties.
Content creators and readers can collaborate, connect, and trade digital stories within Readl's universes. These universes enable storytellers to build communities around their work and offer readers an immersive and engaging reading experience.
Readl is a decentralized NFT platform that allows writers, artists, and other stakeholders to publish, buy, and sell digital books and related collectibles. This platform provides a way for creators to monetize their work and maintain full ownership and control over their intellectual property.
The Readl Marketplace provides a platform for creators to sell their NFT book editions and collectibles while offering readers a place to discover and purchase new and exciting digital stories.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Readl has announced the launch of their "Ink to Mint" Writing Contest. The contest is open to indie authors and writers who want to showcase their skills and potentially win $500 in MATIC and runs until March 31.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Dialect | Social | Link to product
Cardinal | NFT Tool | Link to product
Magic | Dev Tool | Link to product
Sigle | Privacy | Link to product
Juno | Banking | 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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