Blur surpassed Opensea to become the largest NFT marketplace.

Is Blur going to kill Opensea? 0/ Some background on Blur

@blur_io was launched by @PacmanBlur on Oct 2022.

It has no marketplace fees, and enforces a 0.5% minimum creator royalty.

In 4 months, Blur has shaken Opensea’s domination.

Web3 organizations operate differently.

Service DAOs have emerged to support the changing landscape.

Here are 20 service DAOs to know: - development DAOs

1/ @RaidGuild

“A Decentralized Collective of Mercenaries Ready to Slay Your Web3 Product Demons.”

RaidGuild is the premier design and dev agency of the Web3 ecosystem.

Services include consultation, full stack dev, design sprint, and marketing.

i've met a lot of web3 founders.

they are the ones building the future of web3.

here are 50 of them you should follow: 1/

@alexposcente
@OneBandwagonFan
@chadsgarrett
@kazsatamai
@VictorCheng7
@robindavidji
@BrendenLee
@maikaisogawa
@shunkakinoki
@ryanli_me
@0xshugo
@goldenmode_eth
@0xkaito
@alexanderwu2000
@drewfalkman

There are 200+ web3 growth startups 🚀

Here are 25 you need to know: - Community

Web3 needs high quality and active communities.

Dune Analytics has 30K+ free dashboards.

But which ones are actually good?

Here are 5 dashboards for analyzing NFTs: 1/ First, What’s @DuneAnalytics?

Dune is a data platform that ingests difficult-to-access blockchain data and makes it accessible via a SQL database.

It’s also a tool for blockchain research.

i'm hosting a web3 virtual cafe session!

DM me your email to be added to the invite: 1/ what's a virtual cafe session?

a 1-hour zoom call to work, read, study, recharge, or hang.

lofi music will be provided 👌

we raised $1.2M for our startup @withsmoothie.

but it wasn't easy.

here are 19 lessons for crypto fundraising: 0/ This is just my experience.

There are many ways to raise venture capital.

Use this as a reference to find your own style.

hiring is hard.

after months of trying to hire the right person, there was one thing that finally worked.

here's what i wish we did sooner: 1/ at @withsmoothie, we were looking for a growth marketer.

i tried everything:
- asking friends
- cold outreach on twitter/linkedin
- posting on recruiting sites
- asking for referrals

we just couldn't find the right person.

I made (and lost) a lot of money in NFTs.

I wish I knew these lessons earlier.

19 NFT investing tips you need to know: 0/ FIRST OF ALL, this isn't financial advice.

it's just personal experience.

A lot of other successful styles work, too.

DYOR!

Crypto Scammers stole a record $14 billion in 2021.

Here are 22 ways you can protect yourself: 1/ Don't share your private key

A public key = bank account number.

You can send and receive crypto using this address.

Your Private key = ATM Pin

Don't share it.

Ethereum now makes up 18.7% of all cryptocurrencies.

After the brutal bear market, the industry has bounced back a bit.

Read on for 2 more breaking news: 2/ Tesla sold 75% of its Bitcoin (BTC) holding in Q2.

It adds $936 million in fiat to its balance sheet.

CEO @elonmusk said it’s a fairly typical strategy for companies to improve cash flow during economic slowdowns.

Smart contracts are at the core of web3 building.

But most people can't design them well.

@kazsatamai highlights the 10 things to know: 1/ Simple & coherent smart contract code

Make sure your contract addresses a single problem.

This helps it stay simple to avoid design and code errors.

You can keep the code & functions small by modularizing the code.

DAOs will change how companies operate.

But these Decentralized Autonomous Organizations need the right tools.

Here are 6 DAO tools to know: 1/@utopialabs_

A modern system for managing and automating contributor payments, expenses, and reporting for your DAO.

📈
Founders: @jasontheutopian and @0xkaito

If you want to become a better Crypto investor, you need to master Cognitive biases.

They're subconscious errors in thinking that cost you money.

@thedefiedge shares his 14 most important ones.

We turned them into easy to understand visuals: 1/ Unit bias

People prefer to buy a “whole unit” of a token, rather than a fraction of it.

Don't overweigh the value of a token because it's "cheap."

Look at the value of the tokens.

5 crypto projects you can't miss 👇🧵 1/

@ProjectGalaxyHQ
Raising $10M, Project Galaxy is a protocol that helps web3 startups scale with aligned incentives.

@withsmoothie's launching a campaign on Project Galaxy too!

🎪
Founder: @harryzhanghz, @charleswayn and Xinlu C.

Spotify:
-$7B to creators
-11m artists
-$636 Avg/Artist

Youtube:
-$15B to creators
-37m channels
-$405 Avg/Artist

NFTs:
-$3.9B to creators
-22.4k creators
-$174k Avg/Artist

Web3 is transforming the creator economy.

A quick 🧵 1/ For people who build audiences on web2 platforms, converting those audiences into revenue is difficult.

Most social platforms don’t share the revenue they generate from selling advertising space against the content their users create.

People keep asking how to work in web3.

Well, these 5 new products could prepare you for that 🧵(1/5)

#crypto #web3 #web3community 1. @encodeclub
Encode club aims to onboard and train crypto-savvy engineers, teaching a wide range of programming languages applicable in crypto.
Founders of NFT project @0xmons and DeFi protocol @eulerfinance have joined the program too!

there are 1,000,000+ questions you can ask someone.

but only a few that will help you build strong relationships.

here are the 7 relationship-building questions you need to know

🧵 a thread... 1/ what were your pre & post impressions of me?

this question tells you how people perceive you.

you can see how your first impression differs from your actual personality.

We read 165 pages of the @MessariCrypto report.

And we summarized the key points.

Here are the 16 highlights you need to know.

🧵 a thread... @MessariCrypto 1/ Web3 has the key ingredients to succeed.

1. Talent: Young talents are turning to crypto
2. Timing: Infrastructures are being built
3. Capital: Money is flowing in through (VC, liquidity)

18 NFT predictions by @chriscantino.

🧵 a thread... @chriscantino 1/ Vertical marketplaces

NFT marketplaces will be more DTC (Direct-to-Customers).
The decentralized codebases eliminate the 3rd party and realize better user experiences.

like @larvalabs and @SolanaMBS did.

The world of crypto is fast paced.

It can be difficult to find your place to start.

To simplify your journey, here are 33 crypto communities that you should know!

🧵 (a thread)... 1/ Learning Communities:

Are you new to Crypto? Join these communities to upgrade your knowledge.

- @WhiteboardCryp1
- @KERNEL0x
- @odyssey_dao
- @forefront__
- @banklessDAO
- @CryptoSocietyS1
- @CClub_IO
- @Bybit_Official