BlackPool Bulletin #50
This week in Web3: The EU has finally checked its email and accepted our invitation. A French bank also wants to join the party. Meanwhile, Krafton is launching a metaverse platform, and Starbucks is dipping its toes into GameFi?!
- EU leaps ahead of the U.S. and U.K.
- is Rabby the iPhone of wallets?
- Societe General launches Euro stablecoin
- Sui drops its tokenomics
- The best DAOs by design
- @Starbucks tries its hand at GameFi
- Krafton promises a metaverse game in 2023
- @elixir_launcher X @SquareEnix
- Kaidro webtoon converts to Web3
- 💡 Game Spotlight - @PlayMightyHero
- Yay for us! Thoughts & prayers for our friends across the pond..
BREAKING: The European Parliament @europarl_EN just voted 517-38 in favor of MiCA, signaling final consent to the landmark crypto licensing law. @jackschickler reports.https://t.co/yw0TgVVki1
— CoinDesk (@CoinDesk) April 20, 2023
2. Rabby— a security-centred, auto-switching multichain wallet with a pre-transaction risk screening feature. This might just be the iPhone of DEX wallets!
Interacting between chains is so HARD!
— Cowperwood.eth (@cowperwoodeth) April 22, 2023
But @rabby_io supports 46 chains, and it’s so EASY to use!
Learn about this new wallet that users are moving to from Metamask🧵 pic.twitter.com/yUEywy0MZi
3. Repeat after me "Any adoption leads to mass adoption."
French bank Societe General launches a euro stablecoin on Ethereum (ticker: EURCV)
— Ryan Berckmans ryanb.eth🦇🔊 (@ryanberckmans) April 20, 2023
I believe this is the first stablecoin launched by a bank on public Eth, but it certainly won't be the last
Announcement:https://t.co/2jFE3qir5E
Contract:https://t.co/xw2QjxEIs4
4. Sui Network drops tokenomics and promises low-cost and high performance.
The Sui community has grown immensely, so we recently published a blog that overviews the basics of Sui’s tokenomics to get everyone up-to-date.
— Sui (@SuiNetwork) April 21, 2023
🧵Let’s dive in👇 pic.twitter.com/eyIiCh9dH9
5. Take a dive into DAOs and digital assets with this scholarly thread that highlights @CurveFinance and @ConvexFinance as the best DAOs by design.
I spent 5 hrs on a 55-pg paper by Prof. Appel @UVA & Prof. Grennan @SantaClaraUniv on Decentralized Governance & Digital Asset Prices.
— Winter Soldier ❄️🙋🏻♂️ (@WinterSoldierxz) April 22, 2023
Found valuable insights on robust DAO governance, with ve-tokenomics giants @CurveFinance & @ConvexFinance as highly relevant examples🧵💡 pic.twitter.com/1wxsSfIdeI
6. All hail the two-tailed coffee mermaid.
A Starbucks Odyssey
— alexstein.eth (@astein13) April 12, 2023
So my girlfriend recently got access to @Starbucks Odyssey. I want to hate it because it's a corporate NFT grab, but I have to say, I'm kind of pleasantly surprised. We both (me as a CT-native and her as a crypto skeptic), that these loyalty programs could be… pic.twitter.com/VWvhA3tfMb
7. Krafton, the studio behind the smash battle royal game PUBG, announce that their metaverse gaming platform will launch sometime this year!
PUBG Creator to Launch NFT Metaverse Game This Year
— Decrypt (@decryptmedia) April 20, 2023
► https://t.co/vpkTyCvP3g https://t.co/vpkTyCvP3g
8. By leveraging the Elixir launcher, which already includes an Epic Games Store integration, the Final Fantasy developer is jumping head-first into Web3.
We’re extremely happy to announce our partnership and strategic investment from @SquareEnix 🎉
— Elixir Game Launcher (@elixir_launcher) April 19, 2023
We’re joining forces to make web3 games mainstream and accessible for all kind of gamers. https://t.co/vg0n2XLNUH
9. The creators of Call of Duty and Apex Legends launch @kaidrochronicle, a #Web3 role-playing game on @Immutable
Incredibly excited for this. Welcome aboard @kaidrochronicle to @Immutable! https://t.co/LC28cKIVsd
— Robbie Ferguson 🅧 | Immutable (@0xferg) April 20, 2023
💡 Game Spotlight - Mighty Action Heroes
Fun and mayhem await you in Mighty Action Heroes, a real-time multiplayer third-person battle royale!
Remember the good old days when the most important thing was getting your hands on the newest, sickest, and coolest action figure from your favourite Saturday morning (or after school) show?
If you've ever wanted to live out your Dungeons & Dragons-style fantasy adventures or see your toys come to life, then Mighty Action Heroes is the game for you.
Ape Tip: If you’re a Troop Cards hodler, simply engage in the #MightyActionHeroes ecosystem and you could claim a juicy reward.
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