Happy Halloween! 👻

Oct 31, 2023

As everyone knows, Bad Bunny's album dropped this month, and the opinions are more divided than X v. Twitter, SBF v. Caroline Ellison’s Courtroom Sketches, Abuelita v. Ibarra Hot Chocolate, Vicks VapoRub: miracle medicine or menthol-scented-marketing placebo? 🤔

We want the familia's hot takes. No matter the verdict, we'll keep the vibe chill - no dramatic unsubs or meme wars.

Quick Highlights:

Community Partners: Web3 Familia <> Web3 ATL 🍑 (see below for discount info)
Opportunities: explore jobs & events shared with us from our network ✅
Wins from our Community: highlighting the wins of the innovators & creators in our community 💯
Web3 Familia attended Stand with Crypto Day on Capitol Hill 👩🏽‍⚖️
Community Feature of the Month: Xucre

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💯 Some wins from our community

Fyde Treasury joins Chainlink BUILD to Help Boost the Adoption of Crypto Treasury Management Infrastructure.
- About Fyde Treasury: Fyde is a DeFi protocol designed to upgrade the crypto treasury management ecosystem. We create diversified liquidity pools accessible via your own tokens whilst allowing you to retaining governance rights, thereby lowering treasury volatility without sacrificing control.
Rayo Capital successfully hosted its Accelerator Demo Day at Mastercard.
- About Rayo Capital: Rayo Capital accelerates, funds, and supports early-stage web3 startups globally with a focus on Latin America.
Virtual Labs has secured a $1.2M Pre-Seed investment led by OPCryptoVC to enhance Web3 usability using ZK proofs.
- About Virtual Labs: Virtual is offering the next generation of blockchain infrastructure, overcoming the limits of blockchain compute. We use a ZK State Channel, called Virtual Rollups, to provide dApps the power of zero-gas, instant, and seamless transactions on any chain.
NettyWorth is officially fundraising on Republic.
- About NettWorth: NettyWorth is a Web3 platform that allows users to manage and borrow against their digital assets.
Givepact has compiled a list of nonprofits working to provide emergency aid for people impacted by the Israel-Palestine conflict.
- About Givepact: Givepact is crypto fundraising for the future.

🍑 Web3 Familia <> Web3 ATL

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🚨Company Spotlight: Xucre

What are you working on now?

XucreWallet, launching in pilot markets in South America this year and the XucreNetwork, a peer to peer decentralized lending platform.

What motivated you to start your company?

Starting businesses in Latin America with very little access to financial instruments like 401ks or achievable business loans.

What has surprised you in the Web3 space?

The level of complexity to accomplish the most basic transactions. The amount of smoke and mirrors still present.

What are you reading right now? (crypto-related)

a16z crypto YouTube, Twitter and Working Papers. The papers are saved amongst my apple books.
Debt: The first 5000 years by David Graeber
La vision de los vencidos - Miguel León Portilla
A ton of GitHub READMEs lol
Crypto X/Twitter
Recommend books:
1. Confessions of an Economic Hitman - John Perkins
2. The Changing World Order - Ray Dalio
3. Bad Indians, A Tribal Memoir - Deborah Miranda
4. Biocentrism - Robert Lanza
5. Open Veins of Latin America - Eduardo Galeano

I read a lot of books.

Rapid Fire:

Favorite dish from your country?
- USA: Chilli, I love it.
- Latin America: Plantains
- You can have both of the dishes together to make a Latin American all star dish.
Favorite quote?
- There is a fine line between genius and insanity. - Einstein
Problem you’re passionate about:
- Democratic access to technology.

Other comments:

Wallet is out on the Google Play Store and soon on iOS.
Better NFT feeds coming soon with a new partnership announcement.

🔗 Connect with Xucre: Twitter | LinkedIn | Website

To share resources and initiatives that your company od launching, or to explore partnership opportunities with us, please send us a message at: info@web3familia.com

✊🏼 Stand with Crypto

Web3 Familia was proud to be on the front lines with the #StandWithCrypto movement in DC last month. #StandWithCrypto Day wasn’t just an event, it was a declaration and a united stand of 50+ founders from 15 key states visiting DC. All voicing their support for clear and user-friendly crypto regulations.

Shoutout to Darin Carter, Nick Carr, & Brian Armstrong for organizing the Stand with Crypto Day on Capitol Hill.

Web3 Familia stood shoulder to shoulder with them, echoing the same sentiment. ✊🏼@biggiemaules from @give_pact, @owocki from @gitcoin, @MikeFraietta from @EmpireDao, @Randisima_ & @danyagomezcantu from @sparxlabsio, @coinbase @standwithcrypto, @djlondon01, @azeemk_, @NarvaezChris_, @RobTG4, @UmojaLabs, @Fancyfied, @RayoCapital, @brian_armstron, @GeorgeBonan0, ,@FEhrsam, & more.

Now is the time to take action.

Our future is digital, decentralized, and dynamic — it’s time our policies reflect that. Join Web3 Familia and the vast network of founders advocating this.

If crypto matters to you, now’s the time to show it. Visit the official Stand with Crypto website to get involved.

✅ Opportunities & Events

Events:
- Givepact launch party (Friday, Nov 17 8:00pm, NYC)
- Tech sin Fronteras: Networking, Hackaton, Conferencias (Del 8 al 10 de Noviembre; Chiapas, Mx.)
- Research talks on crypto at the Nesin Math Village in Western Turkey right after Devconnect (19-23 November) by 0xVillage
- Miami Tech Halloween
- Web3 Diversity Conference: Crypto for the Culture on November 2nd, 2023.
Jobs:
- Associate Analyst, Account Management (Digital Partnerships), Launch 2024 - Purchase, NY at Mastercard.
- Director of Web3 (SF / NY) at Vouch Insurance.
- Community manager and a Junior Marketing Intern at Fyde Treasury.
- Associate & Research Fellow at Atlantico.
- Summer 2024 Intern at Coinbase.
- Various roles at Lemon Cash.

📚 Must Read & Watch

Articles hand-picked by the Web3 familia team and currently on our reading list

Article: Leveling the playing field: Why we’re creating the Mastercard Gamer Academy
Article: XCELENCIA, Pioneering Artistry and Blockchain Innovation
Issue: Updates from the GreenPill Network
Twitter Space: Stand with Crypto Day - Founders Report on the State of Crypto by Coinbase
Twitter Thread: Governor Gavin Newsom enacted AB39, establishing a licensing system for web3 companies with users in California.
Twitter Thread: 5 biggest takeaways on crypto fund investing

🗂️ Resources

Creator Community: Revv empowers creators to know more and do more with their community.
Grants Database: Directorio Grants y Bounties by CryptoConexion.
Legal: Web3 Legal & Business strategy videos by SideHustleLaw.
Newsletter: LTX Cafecito – Curating updates, insights, and trends from the Latinx community.
Newsletter: Newsletter de Amela — comunidad de mujeres emprendedoras en tech de Latam.
Use Case Database: Crypto database featuring numerous unique use cases across many verticals by TheValue Prop.