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Good morning 💫

After the success of our bootcamp, we plan to launch a web3 course to give you more hands-on experience with NFTs, DeFi, and DAOs. If you have a few minutes, please fill out this short 10-question survey so that we can tailor the course just for you.

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What’s happening in Odyssey

We believe that people learn best together. Our upcoming web3 course will feature:

1. Hands-on experience with web3 basics, NFTs, DeFi, and DAOs

2. Cohort based learning with a group of talented peers in our community

3. On-chain credentials upon course completion

We’re still figuring out the details so your answers in this survey will help a lot!

Outside of the course, we have 4 events this week:

• Heading into Metaverse with SomniLife (23 May, 7 PM PST)

• Ethereum Merge: why does it matter? (25 May, 9 AM PST)

• Community Pod: Contributor Sync (26 May, 4 PM PST)

• How to Build Your Career in DAO & Other Web3 Projects (26 May, 5 PM PST)

You will find all future Odyssey events here 💫 Also check out our free learning guides.

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What’s happening in web3

Vitalik wrote an interesting thread about open contradictions in Web3. We recommend reading this if you can.

vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin

Thread: some still open contradictions in my thoughts and my values, that I have been thinking about but still don't feel like I've fully resolved.

Vitalik, Glen Weyl, and Puja Ohlhaver published a paper on soul-bound tokens (tokens that cannot be transferred). Check out the thread below for a summary:

Jason Levin @iamjasonlevin

What is the future of Ethereum? Last week, Vitalik Buterin co-published a paper predicting Ethereum's future. I read the 37-page paper and interviewed its co-authors so you didn't have to. [🧵 THREAD]

Coinbase announced a bunch of things the ability for users to browse Web3 apps from the Coinbase app (which is a custodial wallet) and an SDK to enable fiat to crypto onramps directly from wallets like Metamask.

Coinbase @coinbase

NEW: Discover dapps🤝 Now you can access and explore web3 directly from your Coinbase app.👇 blog.coinbase.com/access-web3-wi…

blog.coinbase.comAccess web3 with the Coinbase appUse popular Ethereum dapps with Coinbase’s new dapp wallet and browser

Spotify is testing a new feature that allows artists to promote their NFTs.

TechCrunch @TechCrunch

Spotify is testing a new profile feature that lets select artists promote their NFTs tcrn.ch/3FXg6Ek by @AiishaMalik1

tcrn.chNew Spotify profile feature tests NFTs promo – TechCrunchSpotify is testing a new feature that allows select artists to promote their NFTs on their profiles, the company confirmed.

The team behind Aave announced Lens, a decentralised social media protocol, a few months ago. This week they announced they’re going live on Polygon.

Bankless 🏴 @BanklessHQ

BREAKING — Aave’s social media project @LensProtocol is going live today on @0xPolygon.

Ethereum’s merge from proof of work to proof of stake might happen in August based on an announcement from Permissionless.

Bankless 🏴 @BanklessHQ

BREAKING: Ethereum researcher @drakefjustin says Ethereum Merge may happen as early as August. “Strong desire to make this happen before difficulty bomb in August” “Stars are aligned” Live from panel at Permissionless conference. AUGUST MERGE We wanna believe Justin.

You don’t hear a lot about B2B use cases in Web3 though there are many. Polygon announced a solution called Nightfall to enable businesses to transact privately.

Polygon - MATIC 💚 @0xPolygon

Web3 is ready for enterprise. The #PolygonNightfall Mainnet beta is here! Nightfall is the most efficient blockchain solution for enterprises, enabling businesses to orchestrate private transactions for use in supply chains & other key business functions. Let’s dive in 🧵 [1/5]

FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange, announced its entry into the equity market. Users will be able to buy and sell shares.

Brett Harrison @Brett_FTXUS

1/ FTX Stocks has launched in private beta! wsj.com/articles/crypt…

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As always, join our community to check out more events, contribute to a project, and stay up to date. Until next week!