Consensus Recaps, Blockchain in Health Care, the NFL Draft...web3 Style, + Lots of Crypto Funding
Women in Web3 - Issue #48
Welcome to Women in Web3! I’m Carly from Weld Recruiting and this is the 48th edition of our weekly get-down!
Now, scroll through for the usual:
👯 Women in Web3… and Beyond
🎙 Who We’re Talking To On The Weld Podcast Network
💼 The Crypto Recruiter: web3 Job Openings
📰 In Other News… (NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
👯 Women in Web3… and Beyond
NFT project Deadfellaz co-founder Betty; chief marketing officer of Alo Yoga Angelic Vendette; director of emerging technology of Diageo North America Devin Nagy; founder of Studio LOGIK Julian Gilliam; and Web3 head of United Talent Agency Lesley Silverman — want you to know: Web3 culture isn’t dead.
Oana Ruxandra, Chief Digital Officer of Warner Music Group, slayed the stage at Consensus discussing the new artist-to-fan relationships and experiences that web3 faciliates.
Julie Uhrman + Angel City FC launched the “We are LA” NFT collection.
Julie Garneau, head of Web3 at brewing giant Anheuser-Busch, laid down “The Opportunities and Roadblocks of Mass Adoption” at Consensus this week.
Jeany Ngo of Kairos Art made Fregg just for you, 90s babies.
Kate Brady shared the Consensus stage with Amanda Cassatt, Shiva Rajaraman and Cam Thompson to talk about how brands like PepsiCo are entering the web3 space.
🎙 Who We’re Talking To On The Weld Podcast Network
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Now for this week’s guest… meet Lincoln Murr, the blockchain product manager for Prescryptive Health, a health care company whose main goal is to rewrite the script. Aka they’re empowering individuals with their health care information, specifically prescriptions, offering a digital medicine cabinet where people can access all of their health information.
Have you heard of our brother podcast, Blockchain IRL?
Check out this episode with Joe Argiro, Lead Product Manager at VOID, a logic-scaling infrastructure protocol built on Constellation's Hypergraph Network.
💼 The Crypto Recruiter: web3 Job Openings
Looking for a blockchain recruiter? A #web3 recruiter? We got you. Looking for a blockchain intern job? Salesforce blockchain jobs? web3 python roles? web3 #cybersecurity positions? We got you.
Whether you’re a candidate looking for a new career in web3, or you’re building your team and ready to hire – get in touch! I’d love to help.
🚀 Submit your resume to web3 job openings on the Weld Recruiting site.
+ Job tips of the week:
A Blockworks search on LinkedIn for crypto jobs based in the US spits out 331 available roles at Deloitte, with virtually all of them posted a week ago.
+ Cuy Sheffield, Visa’s vice president and head of crypto, tweeted that the company is looking for backend developers to join its crypto team and help drive mainstream adoption of the technologies.
📰 In Other News… (NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
“Workaholics” producer Dominic Russo wrote a new animated NFT-backed TV series called ‘Space Junk,’ starring "Napoleon Dynamite" actor Jon Heder and “School of Rock” actor Tony Cavalero. It’s being produced by John Attanasio, CEO and co-founder of Toonstar.
Mike Burch and Drew Bedard at Speedway Motorsports / RaceDay used Gigantik's new rewards feature to offer an NFT bundle to mark the Dover Wurth 400 — complete with a 1:64 die cast physical Race Weekend edition!
Cata Labs raised $4.2M — led by Kelvin Koh + Spartan Group — to continue building Catalyst, a cross-chain bridge so blockchains can communicate easier with each other. (Way to go Jim Chang, Alexander Lindgren + team!)
The NFL draft will feature AI artwork from Midjourney — and the draft picks posing with it! (Anyone else just really want to be at the Kelce Jam?) + the NFL also launched its first blockchain-backed mobile game with Mythical Games! Way to go John Linden + team.
A16z’s former CTO, Riyaz Faizullabhoy, and former CISO Nassim Eddequiouaq, are joining forces to start a crypto custody firm.
DJs Steve Aoki and 3LAU revealed their first single as ‘Punx,’ an NFT duo — where they’ll share a percentage of music rights from the new song with 99 NFT collectors. (Grimes also tweeted that she’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI-generated song that uses her voice. “Same deal as I would with any artist I collab with.”)
Azeem Khan and Gitcoin announced a partnership with Coinbase to support policymaker education initiatives during this crucial time for innovation in our country. For every shield minted, $1 will be contributed to the campaign.
David Bland, Adam Olsen, Eric Parker, David Hurst, Ethan Parker and Brendan Wanlass are bringing crypto adoption to the masses through “recoverable self-custody smart wallet technology”… especially with their new round of $6.9M in funding, led by Pelion Venture Partners and Fortnite co-creator Geremy Mustard.
Yogev Shelly’s edtech platform TinyTap, acquired by Animoca Brands last year, just raised $8.5M to build on web3.
Darshan Vaidya’s Credora, a company bridging CeFi and DeFi, raised $6M led by S&P Global and Coinbase Ventures.
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