Getting a job in Web3 and a round up of the latest Web3 news
Good morning 💫
Welcome! This week we’re going to be hosting events to talk about getting a job in Web3 and Web3 education for Spanish folks. As always, we’ve rounded up the latest threads from Web3.
What’s happening in Odyssey
This week we hosted events to talk about inclusivity, Web3 education and our season 2 kick-off. Recordings for all events are available here.
Next week, we have two great events lined up:
Web3 Education - Español (Tuesday, 11 April 9:00 PM PST): We will discuss our plans to onboard 1 million Spanish people into Web3 and the current landscape in Latam.
How to Succeed in the Web3 Job Market (Thursday, 14 April 9 AM PST): We’ll be talking to Charlie and Greg, talent partners at A16Z, about how to get a job in Web3.
Check other Odyssey events here 💫
What’s happening in web3
Raremint launched their NFT marketplace. They sold a 1/1 NFT of a jersey worn by Michael Jordan.
Citi launched a report estimating that Web3 (they call it the open metaverse) could be worth between $8 and $13 trillion by 2030.
NEAR protocol raised $350 million in funding from Tiger Global.
Bolt, the payments company, acquired SendWyre for $1.5 billion. SendWyre provides crypto infrastructure and allows companies to accept payments via crypto.
Miles Jennings, the General Counsel of A16Z, wrote a fantastic thread on the principles and models of decentralisation.
Hivemapper is aiming to create a community owned and operated map service. They just raised $18 million from Multicoin Capital.
Solana NFTs are live on Opensea as an initial Beta.
As always, join our community to check out more events, contribute to a project, and stay up to date. Until next week!