⚡ TFC Newsletter: 03/27/2023
Why Ticketmaster Adding NFT Gated Tickets Is Big, Polygon's zkEVM Launches, Web3 Gaming, Keep Track Of NFT Rewards, Wallet Trackers, and more!
💡 Intro
🥳 Happy Monday! Markets are slightly down, on news that US regulator are suiting CZ of Binance for 'willful evasion' violations. Coinbase (from the SEC) and Binance are now both under fire and only time will tell what comes from those attacks.
But on the positive side, Web3 keeps moving forward towards mainstream adoption:
Ticketmaster adds NFT Gated ticket sales for all artists on platform: After a successful test with Avenged Sevenfold last week, Ticketmaster is opening up their NFT gated tickets feature to all artists.
This is a major win for Web3 adoption, as Ticketmaster is a major player in the ticketing space with over $12B in revenue in 2022.
Web3 is a great fit for ticketing utility and other ticket platforms will surely add their own token gating functionality soon as Ticketmaster leads the way:
Polygon’s zkEVM update is finally live: With the update, transaction costs should be reduced and smart contract deployments should be much easier.
A number of Web3 platforms are already integrating it (as shown below) and Polygon’s zkEVM has the potential to really boost Web3 adoption. Time will tell!
As always with new chains or major blockchain updates: there are metas that play out on the project side, and we’ll be sure to update you all on good opportunities over the next week!
Narwhal Finance / $1M— Narwhal Finance, a decentralized cross-market perpetual trading platform, has recently secured $1 million in seed funding in a round led by Animoca Ventures. — Cointelegraph
Raisin / $64.57M — Raisin, an online platform for fixed-term deposits, has raised €60M (about $64.566M) in a Series E funding round. — Raisin
Dylibso / $6.6M— Dylibso, a Spain-based WebAssembly (WASM) company that includes Web3 integrations, has secured $6.6 million in a funding round led by Felicis Ventures. Additional investors included pre-seed venture capitalists Boldstart Ventures, Pebblebed and Crew Capital. — TechCrunch
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Glip.gg
"World's largest web3 gaming community"
Type of Product: Web3 Gaming
Purpose of Tool: Glip.gg is a mobile game recording and Web3 gaming application designed to provide gamers with the tools they need to record, stream and participate in Web3 quests and tournaments.
One-click login and noncustodial wallet: Glip.gg makes it easy for users to get started on Web3 gaming by providing them with a secure, one-click login and noncustodial wallet without any seed phrase.
Support for all EVM chains: The app's in-app wallet supports all Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains including Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, and Klaytn.
Play to win quests and tournaments: Glip.gg introduces its users to Web3 gaming through play to win quests and leaderboard tournaments with Axie Infinity, League of Kingdoms and Marblex (Netmarble).
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Recently on March 21st, 2023, the India and US-based startup Glip.gg achieved a major milestone when they welcomed 1 million users to their Web3 gaming community app.
This accomplishment cemented their position as the number one Web3 gaming platform, with more than 10 million downloads in over 100 countries. The majority of their user base is primarily located in India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brazil, and Russia.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Daylight
“Never miss a mint, airdrop, or token gate"
Type of Product: NFT Rewards Tool
Purpose of Tool: Daylight is a platform designed to help users understand when they qualify for airdrops, mints and unlock abilities. It makes it easier for users to transact and remain engaged with the app by providing them with information about all their tokens, allowlists and contracts that hold potential benefits for them.
Daylight also makes sure these magic moments are amplified by aggregating all available abilities on web3.
Indexer: This feature looks for on-chain abilities and adds them into Daylight.
Community: The Scouts present at daylight.xyz find one-off custom abilities such as token-gated experiences, derivative mints, staking opportunities.
Integrations: This feature pulls in abilities from community tools like POAP, Snapshot, Guild and 12 other similar tools which aid communities in creating votes, mints, gates etc.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: On November 30th, 2022, Daylight successfully secured a $3M seed round of funding. The venture was backed by Chapter One and Framework Ventures. During their beta phase, the platform had 11,000 individuals minting their access NFT - the Dawn Pass.
Before Daylight, co-founders Kyle McCollom and Morley Zhi held positions as Directors of Product and Engineering at Stellar Development Foundation.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
OpenPool
“The Intuitive Web3 Dashboard"
Type of Product: ETH wallet tracker
Purpose of Tool: OpenPool is an Ethereum wallet tracker designed to help investors make more informed decisions when it comes to their crypto assets. It allows users to quickly access complex data related to Lifetime P&L and uncover smarter trades using just their wallet address.
Daily, Monthly, Quarterly & Lifetime P&L at token and portfolio level
Search, sort, and filter transactions to identify those that resulted in profitable outcomes (and are subject to taxes)
Token & Staking/dApp Allocations and Accruals of 24H dApp income
Crypto news tailored to user portfolios
Tracking of token developer activities to gain insight into crypto fundamentals
Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: On March 10th, 2023, Openpool officially became available live in its beta phase. This product had gained a lot of attention prior to its launch, as it was ranked among the Top 5 products on ProductHunt and also received recognition as the Web3 Product Of The Week.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Huddle01
"Web3 Video Meetings and Infrastructure”
Type of Product: Web3 Messaging
Purpose of Tool: Huddle01 is a communication solution that offers users an easy-to-use and highly customizable toolkit. It enables users to quickly start meetings with just few clicks, schedule token-gated meetings from their dashboard, or create real-time audio/video applications using the Huddle01 infrastructure.
Web SDK: Users can build stunning and immersive web applications with Huddle01's Web SDK. This user-friendly toolkit allows them to easily integrate powerful communication features into their web apps.
Mobile SDK: Users can create high-performance mobile applications that are cross-platform compatible. The complete set of tools enable developers to seamlessly incorporate advanced communication features into their apps, giving their users access to unparalleled real-time communication capabilities.
Blazingly Fast Integration: Developers are able to power live audio/video experiences on websites or apps within a few lines of code. All it takes is copying and pasting some basic code into a code editor or terminal and they're ready to get started building.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: On 2022, Huddle01 announced a successful partnership with more than 50 projects, allowing them to use their audio/video infrastructure or host community calls on the platform. Notable partners included Messari, Altermail, Cal.com, Lens and Reef.
Following this success, Huddle01 launched its apps on both Android and Apple Store platforms and unveiled Wallet01, an open-source, multi-chain wallet package.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
SuperSpaces | Community | Link to product
DeepDAO | DAO | Link to product
Grindery Nexus | Jobs | Link to product
Rain | Privacy | Link to product
Bueno | NFT Tool | Link to product
MetaMask | Data Analyst | Link to position
Foundation | Sales & Partnerships Lead | Link to position
Chainlink | Web Designer | Link to position
Gemini | Social Media Intern | Link to position
Archimedes Finance | Product Manager | Link to position
ZORA | Senior Accountant | Link to position
Uniswap Labs | Senior Frontend Engineer | Link to position
Web3Auth | Senior DevOps Engineer | Link to position
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