⚡ TFC Newsletter: 04/26/2023
Uniswap Passes $1.5T in Volume, Major Fund Moves On-Chain, Dao Analytics, Web3 Education, DeFi Platforms, and more!
💡 Intro
Uniswap Passes $1.5T In Total Volume: Yesterday, Uniswap passed a staggering milestone of 1.5T in trading volume, according to data from Dune Analytics.
While most traders use Uniswap for crypto trading, they’ve recently introduced NFT features worth checking out.
Direct NFT Search Within Wallet: Today, they made it easier to find NFT collections by adding a search filter.
It’s also easy to buy NFTs directly from Uniswap’s platform now (as opposed to going outside to OpenSea, Blur, etc).
If you’re a frequent user of Uniswap and want to save time, consider using those features!
In a big announcement from Consensus 2023: Franklin Templeton claims their fund will be the first US registered mutual fund run on blockchain tech.
Why This Matter:
More large investment firms moving funds on-chain = greater legitimacy for blockchain tech
Polygon continues to form big partnerships: This continues Polygon’s streak of helping major companies & institutions bring Web3 adoption to life.
“Extending the reach of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund to Polygon enables the fund to be further compatible with the rest of the digital ecosystem, specifically through an Ethereum-based blockchain,” said Roger Bayston, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton, in the press release.
D3 Labs / Pre-Seed — Numerous investors, such as Saison Capital, Kinesys Capital, and others, have supplied pre-seed funding to D3 Labs, a web3 and blockchain service provider. — Binance Feed
Libraro / $2.49M — Libraro, a blockchain-based book publishing platform, has raised £2 million in a funding round led by nChain. — UKtech.news
AMBOSS / $4M— AMBOSS, a company that provides data, insights, and coordination tools, has secured $4 million in a Seed funding round. — FinSMEs
MetaCRM / $2.5M — MetaCRM, a comprehensive customer relationship management solution for Web3 projects, has raised $2.5 million in a Seed funding round led by Cherubic Ventures. — Tech in Asia
Omni Network / $18M — Omni Network, a programmable interoperability layer for Ethereum that operates on a global scale, has secured $18 million in funding from several notable investors. — Token Insight
CV Wallet / $1.1M— CV Wallet, a hiring platform that leverages the latest Web3 and AI technologies to evaluate candidates based on their skills, has secured $1.1 million in an angel investment round. — Binance Feed
Flappy Moonbird / $2M — Helix Table, a video game developer and publisher based in France, has raised $2 million in Pre Series B funding for their game Flappy Moonbird. — Coincarp
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Teahouse Finance
"Flexible Wealth Management."
Type of Product: DeFi Platform
Purpose of Tool: Teahouse Finance is a platform for decentralized and flexible asset management, with a focus on dynamic liquidity provision. It offers secure and high-yield DeFi strategies to individual and institutional investors who lack the time or expertise to manage their own funds. The platform matches investors with flexible and high-yield strategies designed by in-house and external strategy providers.
They just raised $5M this week from Pantera Capital, NGC Ventures, Perpetual Protocol, and more.
If you’re into DeFi they’re worth checking out: they currently have seven DeFi strategy vaults.
Secure smart contract vaults: The Teahouse strategy platform is powered by secure, audited smart contract vaults that provide an additional layer of security for users. These smart contracts have been audited and have shown no security vulnerabilities.
Curated DeFi strategies: Teahouse Finance curates the current-best DeFi strategies, allowing investors to access high-yield investment opportunities without having to do extensive research themselves.
Whitelisted project and operation management: The TeaVault v.2 smart contract manages assets through whitelisted projects and operations, limiting what fund managers can do and further improving platform security.
HighTableVault for accounting: The HighTableVault is used for accounting, allowing for deposits, withdrawals, dispersing of PnL, and collecting of fees. This feature ensures that all financial transactions are transparent and accurate.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: On April 24, 2023, Teahouse Finance declared that it had successfully secured a total of $5 million in investments, with the most recent round of funding reaching $2 million, led by AppWorks. This investment also saw contributions from Pantera Capital, NGC Ventures, Perpetual Protocol, and many other sources.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
DeepDAO
“Discovery Engine for DAO Ecosystem"
Type of Product: DAO Analytics
Purpose of Tool: Deep DAO is an analytics platform for decentralized organizations. It provides users with a dashboard and API to compare financials and governance metrics of DAOs and make informed decisions. Deep DAO allows users to explore the data of each DAO and discover the people involved in the organization.
Very useful platform for navigating DAO ecosystems.
They aggregate useful data on DAOs like financials, user count, active users, proposals, etc.
Explore DAO Data: Deep DAO enables users to explore the core of each DAO on the ecosystem and gain insights into each activity made in thousands of DAOs and the people in them.
Discover DAO People: Deep DAO allows users to identify the people involved in DAOs by using addresses as DAO identities. It enables users to view proposals, votes, decision-making processes, tokens, and coalitions.
Financial and Governance Metrics: Deep DAO provides users with financial and governance metrics to help them make informed decisions about DAOs. It allows users to compare the various metrics of different DAOs and make decisions accordingly.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: On June 4th, 2021, DeepDAO completed its seed investment round, which was funded by Hypersphere, DFG, LD Capital, and YBB Foundation. The round raised a total of $3 million, with YBB Foundation being a major contributor from the pre-seed round.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Bluesky
“See what’s next. Bluesky Social"
Type of Product: Social
Purpose of Tool: Bluesky is an initiative that aims to develop a decentralized social network protocol wherein various social networks can communicate with each other. It is designed to revitalize social media by creating a trustworthy, scalable, and portable platform where users can interact.
New decentralized social platform from Jack Dorsey. It’s currently in Beta so waitlist only, but we would HIGHLY recommend using the link below and signing up. As it will only get more competitive over time.
There’s already many Web3/crypto people on it.
And when the TFC gets invite codes: we’ll be sure to share them with you all!
The AT Protocol: It is a social networking technology created by Bluesky that powers the next generation of social applications. With it, you can connect with anyone on any service that's using the AT Protocol. Moreover, you can control how you see the world through an open market of algorithms and port your accounts to different services without losing your content, follows, or identity.
Bluesky Social: Bluesky’s mobile app is currently only available in invite-only private beta mode. It has recently been made available on the App Store, so a public launch could be around the corner. With Bluesky Social, you can interact with friends and family across the world, share photos and videos, and stay up to date with the latest news.
Join the waitlist here: bsky.app
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Bluesky is backed by Jack Dorsey, the previous co-founder and CEO of Twitter. This project was first initiated within Twitter in 2019, during the time when Dorsey was still serving as CEO.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
TinyTap
"Building an alternative #education system owned by teachers & community on #Web3”
Type of Product: Web3 Education
Purpose of Tool: TinyTap is an interactive social platform that allows families, teachers, and students to learn from each other by creating and playing personalized learning apps. It is the world's largest marketplace for educational games, with a community of millions of kids, parents, teachers, and even book authors participating and sharing their creations.
Very interesting education platform that uses NFTs, that just raised money from Animoca Brands.
TinyTap is a great way to engage and educate kids, as it allows parents to create personalized games for their children using familiar images, and special needs teachers to come up with activities tailored to each individual. Brands and organizations can also use TinyTap to connect with their audiences and promote their mission.
Who is TInyTap for?
Kids: TinyTap enables kids to create and play interactive games easily using everyday photos and images.
Parents: Parents can use TinyTap to create personalized games for their kids and interact with them.
Teachers: Teachers can create fun educational activities for their students quickly and easily.
Special Needs: Special needs teachers and caregivers can use TinyTap to come up with activities tailored to individual needs.
Book Authors: Authors can digitize their content into apps and bring a new dimension to their classic stories.
Organizations: Organizations can use TinyTap to promote their mission, train staff, present workshops, and more.
Brands: Brands can create games/stories featuring their favorite show or candy bar characters.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Tinytap is a subsidiary owned by Animoca Brands, which recently raised $8.5 million a few days ago on April 25, 2023. This recent investment led to a valuation of $100 million. The investors in the round included Sequoia China, Polygon, Liberty City Ventures, Kingsway Capital and Shima Capital.
Link to product | Link to TFC listing
Yakoa | Events Tools | Link to product
Nested | Dev Tool | Link to product
Blowfish | NFT Tool | Link to product
Lenster | DEX | Link to product
Magic Eden | Product Management Lead | Link to position
Chainalysis | Product Designer | Link to position
Blockdaemon | Sales Executive | Link to position
Quicknode | Senior Support Engineer | Link to position
Polygon | Treasury Manager | Link to position
Dune Analytics | Head of Growth | Link to position
Optimism | Governance Operations Coordinator | Link to position
Solana Foundation | Social Media Strategist | Link to position
Orb Labs | Marketing & Community Management | Link to position
Circle | Content Writer Intern | Link to position
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