This week, Making Advancements

Internet Computer Developments:

1. Dfinity has launched?Motoko Bootcamp?in which you can enroll now and start your web3 career. It is also available for students so there are no criteria for qualifications. You can check out more details in the medium article.
2. James Bull ( an independent web3 creator ) conducted an analysis where he ranked the 28 most decentralized, most scalable (50k+ TPS) L1 blockchains. Internet computer ranks 2nd in that category.?You can learn more about it here.
3. You can create, launch and make your own NFT on?The Internet Computer?with 0 gas fee! Be a part of the NFT community and start your journey now with the best blockchain technology?
4. Thanks to?crowdfundnft, it's now possible to fund cool ideas and projects using BTC on the Internet Computer. For the ICP community, it represents a new step towards better development
5. Dominic states that he will use?SNS (Service Nervous System) DAO tech. All upgrades, everything, will go through the DAO. No more SBFs will be used. While also making sure that the governance tokens will become a new crypto asset to trade

Dfinity Community Updates:

1. Fastblocks is a news source covering crypto and Web3.related news and updates fully on the Internet computer blockchain are pleased to announce that their weekly FastBlocks newsletter is gaining more subscribers.?Check them out to get more insights
2. As HotorNot gathers more and more attention on the Dfinity circle,?Rishi Chada ( Founder of HotorNot ) along with Kyle Langham?talked about HotorNot and its developments and how it is creating an evolution in social media.
3. Herbert Yang will be a guest speaker at the?ICP Meetup in Hong Kong on?January 13th and will discuss a variety of issues, including the SBF assault and how ICP manages bears.
4. InfinitySwap’s Bitwallet is featured?at the very top of the Dfinity showcase, As they emphasize the enormous role that their wallet will play in the ecosystem and defi on ICP
5. CryptoBusy (Youtubers)?ranked 1 in the Top 10 $ICP Influencers?in the past week. Kudos to them as they keep on delivering news to and for the ICP community
6. ICPSwap releases?Swap v3,?as it has more advantages than Swap v2 such as?Support DIP20, EXT, and ICRC-1, ICRC-2 standards launched by the DFINITY Foundation, such as SNS1 tokens, icBTC, etc., and ICS. To know more about it, check out this thread
7. CrowdFunds?BTC crowdfunding campaign?public release is now in open, they are also celebrating BTC in ICP smart contracts which is a huge milestone for Dfinity which will open many doors for ICP ecosystem

Crypto news in a nutshell:

1. TECH FTX has recovered $5 billion?worth of ‘liquid’ assets, lawyers say. The crypto exchange was once valued at $32 billion but imploded after reports of financial impropriety, which led to criminal and regulatory probes and the arrest of CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
2. $1 Billion Web3 Investment Fund?Announced by Venom Foundation, recent market turbulence has not deterred cryptocurrency venture capitalists, with the announcement of a new $1 billion fund dedicated to the world of web3.
3. Sandeep Nailwal-backed?Web3 accelerator launches?demo day for the first cohort. The Web3 developer program received interest from over 1,000 projects but only 15 were selected for Cohort 0.
4. Mastercard, the second-largest payment-processing corporation worldwide, has launched its Web3-based?Mastercard Artist Accelerator program. According to a press release, the Mastercard Artist Accelerator is designed to help “connect artists from around the world with notable mentors and a dynamic fanbase as they learn and create in Web3.
5. Arts DAO, the largest non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and?Web 3.0 community in the Middle East, has partnered with Ledger, the world's top source of digital storage for cryptocurrencies, in order to provide hard wallet solutions for its members.Arts DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) representing the largest Web 3.0 and NFT community

Internet Computer NFT Summary

1. Adorable assistant NFT’s public sale is now live on Entrepot
2. Little monsters NFT is now minting on entrepot?
3. Dfinity samurai NFT has been released on Yumi Market Place
4. ICPlat 2.0 airdrop is now live on Entrepot