#2 'Shots Fired': Is this the end of Web3? (Click here to find out...)

Welcome to?Edition #2 of 'This Week in Web3' - an all-in-one source for the most interesting and insightful Blockchain, Web3 and Metaverse content on LinkedIn, as curated by?me! If you didn't catch some of these awesome posts, here's a quick recap...

Is America about to kill Web3?... Put together actions from the SEC against Coinbase, the CFTC against Binance.US , the existential crisis at Silicon Valley Bank, constantly moving goalposts around whose funds are protected in the banking system, and class action lawsuits against Crypto YouTubers; and it doesn't add up to 'pro Web3' right now.

Check out the community's latest sentiment from this week's Friday Poll, and find the original post here to read some insightful comments and responses.

???? Knock Knock! We're Coming for Crypto...

This week continued in hilarious fashion as we looked at 'Live footage of the SEC trying to take down Crypto'. An amusing take on a viral YouTube video that seems to perfectly fit the feelings around the US' actions this week.

Joking aside, there are some important points to remember in this overall debate around what happens next for Blockchain, Crypto and Web3, not least of which:

They're taking on an industry that has some pretty strong muscle memory in terms of lawsuits, rug pulls, nefarious actors, FUD, anti-crypto sentiment, lack of education... And the code is Open Source! So it can live and grow ANYWHERE

Check out the full post here to read the analysis and comments.

?? ?? Good News / Bad News:

An excellent contribution from Johannes Strachwitz and the Blockbrain team, who gave us this week's Good News / Bad News, in short:

Good news for: South Korea, Earthquake Relief, Porsche AG , FTX , anyone who went to NFT Paris , Jump Crypto , French Police (well, some you win...), Yuga Labs , and SVB (well, some you win...)

Bad news for: Coinbase , Kraken Digital Asset Exchange , Paxos , Platypus Finance , Binance , Galois & Co. , Algorand Technologies , and SVB . Probably also the French Police (IYKYK)...

Click here if you want more GN/BN from the Blockbrain team.

?? Feels Risky: Why Isn't There Insurance for Crypto?

More good news: there is! But only 0.5% of Decentralised Finance is covered right now. Don't sleep on this report that covers the under-appreciated domain on on-chain insurance...

Only $34.4m was paid out to holders in 2022! And we had issues with Luna, 3AC, FTX and no end of other rugs... Today's crypto market cap: €1,096,576,076,109

Wen 100% coverage?

?? Tokenise EVERYTHING! A Useful Reference Guide

Another banger of a report from the team at Rejolut- A GenAI & Web 3.0 Company (no, not Revolut ) that outlines the main use cases for tokenisation today, why there is commercial value in tokenising, and also what are the barriers to adoption.

$16 TRILLION! (Or 10% of Global GDP)... That's the value of assets that 波士顿谘询公司 ?forecast will be tokenised using Blockchain technology by 2030.

That's a very big number, and we're currently at a pretty low base today. So where and why are we going to see this forecast explosion in tokenisation of real-world and digital assets in the next 7-years?

Click here to read the full report.

?? Blockchain Won't Save the World: What The Heck Happened to Hyperledger?

"And now, LIVE from Las Vegas... Daniela Barbosa , Executive Director of LF Decentralized Trust !..."

Want to know what happened to the world's 'most popular Blockchain'? We were treated to an amazing hour with Daniela Barbosa, who covered every single Hyperledger project, their various scopes and successes, public chain integrations with Ethereum , Hedera , Cardano Foundation , Prove AI and many others.

Enterprise Blockchain is far from dead, and this discussion highlighted exactly why the work of Hyperledger Foundation and The Linux Foundation is so important to advance technology adoption worldwide.

Click here to re-watch the live show, and check out the comments and questions from the audience along the way. Audio-only version will be out next month on the Blockchain Won't Save the World Podcast

?? RightClickSaveTheWorld: Proof of Attendance - The Killer POAP for Web3? With Patricio Worthalter

Me and Diego Borgo ?? are at it again, covering the emerging domain of Proof of Attendance NFTs, specifically with Patricio, the founder of POAP - The Proof of Attendance Protocol (shout also to POAP Studio ).

POAPs are more than just NFT ticket stubs. They're a gateway to decentralised CRM. But why do so few brands use them properly? We cover why POAP only work with projects that could be considered 'collectibles', why 9dcc is doing the most exciting POAP activations, and find out which of us (at least 2) have been to North Korea... You can rewatch the live show here, or listen below:

?? Blockchain Won't Save the World: Web3 and Music

?In case you missed the hugely insightful podcast with Sergio Mottola from PUBLIC PRESSURE on why NFTs and Blockchains can transform music (but not in the way everyone has been trying to push to-date) here's it is again:

If you're based in Germany, you'll be seeing more of me this year! I'm getting out of the house and speaking at TWO top-tier Blockchain events in the coming months, including:

?? Digital Gipfel: Wirtschaft 4.0 - June 22nd, Stuttgart

Shout to the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Tourismus Baden-Württemberg for the kind invite and awesome lineup. Sign-up here.

?? Best of Blockchain - 5-7 October, Berlin

Nobody does Blockchain quite like Berlin! Shout to Best of Blockchain and Tilo Neumann who are offering 20% off for early bird attendees. Sign-up here.

?? Bug Bounty for Banksters Beta

Don't forget that Alex Altgausen ???? and the team have put up a $1,000 pool in USDT for anyone who finds code, UX or grammatical errors while playing the Banksters Beta. Click here to check it out.

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Blockchain Won't Save the World Podcast

RightClickSaveTheWorld Podcast

5-Hour?Blockchain Growth Training?with Blockchain Training Alliance

30-Min?Short Course: Getting a Job in Web3?with LinkedIn Learning

And finally, in case you're wondering if all the ??HEAT?? in the US this week will mean the end of Blockchain, Crypto & Web3?...