How to break into Web3

An upcoming event on breaking into Web3 and the best reads from the week

May 29, 2022

Good morning 💫

We held events on the Ethereum merge, Metaverse and more last week. This week, we’ll be talking about how to break into Web3. As always, we’ve rounded up the best news from Web3 just for you.

What’s happening in Odyssey

Last week, we hosted 4 events:

Next week, we’re hosting an event on how to break into Web3 (May 31, 5 PM PST).

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What’s happening in web3

Opensea announced Seaport, a new Web3 marketplace protocol for buying and selling NFTs.

OpenSea @opensea

Introducing Seaport, a brand new web3 marketplace protocol for safely and efficiently buying and selling NFTs. With an emphasis on flexibility and optimizations, Seaport has been built to support new and evolving use-cases for where NFTs are heading. opensea.io/blog/announcem…

The Terra community announced a that Terra 2.0 is coming. See the thread below for details.

Terra 🌍 Powered by LUNA 🌕 @terra_money

1/ Yesterday, we said Terra 2.0 is coming. Tomorrow, it arrives. The community has been working around the clock to coordinate the new chain’s launch. Subject to potential change, we expect Terra to go live on May 28th, 2022 at around 06:00 AM UTC.

A16Z announced their new $4.5 billion crypto fund.

cdixon.eth @cdixon

Crypto fund 4

a16zcrypto.comCrypto Fund 4 - a16z cryptoa16z crypto is a venture capital fund that invests in crypto and web3 startups. We back bold entrepreneurs building the next generation of the internet (what many call web3), which unlocks a new wave of creativity and entrepreneurship.

Ebay launched an NFT collection on Polygon.

Sandeep “Instagram NFTs + Polygon”💜 @sandeepnailwal

.@Meta @stripe and now @eBay @0xPolygon is becoming the go to platform for Big Players to build Web3 experiences for their mass audiences Why? - Scale - Low cost - Ability to be close to #Ethereum

cryptobriefing.comeBay Drops First NFT Collection on PolygonThe e-commerce giant eBay has launched its first-ever NFT collection on Polygon in collaboration with the OneOf marketplace.

Seth Green, an American actor, owned a Bored Ape and intended to create an animated show with the NFT. Unfortunately, it was stolen from him and the show has been halted.

More Butter 🧈 @morebuttertv

Seth Green’s Bored Ape NFT, which was set to star in its own animated show, was stolen through a phishing scam. Green no longer owns the commercial rights to the NFT and thus the show cannot move forward. 🔗: buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahe…

Stripe announced that its partnering with OpenNode (a BTC payments infra firm) to offer instant Fiat-to-Bitcoin conversions for businesses.

JPMorgan, which has previously been against crypto, said crypto is undervalued and considers it an alternative asset class.

Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph

JPMorgan gives crypto a big thumbs up, says it's 28% undervalued.

cointelegraph.comJPMorgan places BTC fair price at $38K, declares crypto a preferred alternative assetMegabank JPMorgan says Bitcoin is undervalued, cryptocurrency has upside in the markets and crucial venture capitalists are sticking around for it.

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