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- ⚡ TFC Newsletter: 10/18/2022
⚡ TFC Newsletter: 10/18/2022
Discover the latest and greatest Crypto products

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Solana key privacy infrastructure @LightProtocol raised $4.2M in a seed funding round led by @polychaincap, with participation from @SolanaVentures, @hypersphere_, dao5 and @goasymmetric.
crypto-fundraising.info/project/?id=97…— Crypto Fundraising #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@Crypto_Dealflow)
2:44 PM • Oct 18, 2022
Polkadot @TapioProtocol raised $4M in a seed funding round led by @polychaincap@hypersphere_, @arringtonXRPcap with @TheSpartanGroup, @LongHashVC, @cmsholdings, @d1ventures, @0xVenturesDAO, @GenblockCapital, @ValhallaFund, @pakafund, @DoublePeakGroup
bit.ly/3ghwHdd— Crypto Fundraising #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@Crypto_Dealflow)
1:52 PM • Oct 18, 2022
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NFTNerds

"Trading NFTs? Welcome home"
Type of Product: NFT Tool
Purpose of Tool: NFTNerds is a set of NFT tools for trading NFTS. Floor prices, volumes, sales numbers - all tracked live so you never miss a popular project.
Set up AlertsSpot a listing to approve the transaction in 4 seconds.Alerts with buy auto-triggers when a token matches your filter criteria
Live Sales & ListingsBe the first to know when an NFT is listed or soldCustomize your filters to only track selected collections
Know What's RareEnhance sales and listings data with rarity information & official rankingsNo more cross-checking of multiple sites, all data available in a single place
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: NFTNerds isn’t just for experienced NFT traders. The projects’ Discord has an ‘academy’ section that focuses on teaching users how the tool works, as well as an introduction into the NFT space as a whole. Just remember that as a free user you aren’t getting the very latest information.
Premium membership costs 0.15 ETH for a month or 0.5 ETH for six months.

Snapshot

"Where designs get made"
Type of Product: Decentralized Voting System
Purpose of Tool: Snapshot is a decentralized voting system. It provides flexibility on how voting power is calculated for a vote. Creating proposals and voting on Snapshot is user-friendly and does not cost gas as the process is performed off-chain.
In short, Snapshot is an off-chain gasless multi-governance client with easy-to-verify and hard-to-contest results.
Team / Funding / Backers / Other Info: Last October 13th, 2022, Snapshot announced the launch of its shielded voting, a privacy voting system power by Shutter Network. Shielded voting is a voting system in which the voter’s choices are private during the voting period and get revealed when the proposal closes. This prevents the voting process itself from influencing the vote results.

Dolpin

“Surfin’ Web3"
Type of Product: Decentralized Cloud Storage
Purpose of Tool: Dolpin is a decentralized cloud storage built with IPFS & Filecoin. Via Dolphin, you can encrypt files, add beneficiaries - and govern who can access your IPFS storage. Dolphin allows NFT & DAO Projects to manage their members, and share assets & documentation in a much more transparent and manageable way.
File Pinning - Making files permanent on IPFS requires you to pin them
Beneficiary & Group Sharing - offering users the ability to share files to other email addresses or wallet public keys
Encryption & Decryption - offering users the ability to govern their data finally
Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: Dolphin consists of three subscription plan options: Free, Surfs-on, Wipe-out, and Atlantic.
Free [$0/month] - 10 GB, 1000 Pins
Surfs-on [$5/month] - 100 GB, 1000 Pins
Wipe-out [$10/month] - 1 TB, 10000 Pins
Enterprise [Custom Pricing] - For large scale enterprises, contact Dolphin for a direct quotation curated for your needs.

Backpack

“A home for your xNFTs"
Type of Product: NFT Tool
Purpose of Tool: Backpack is simply the home for your xNFTs. xNFT is an executable code of a Web3 application that inherits the ownership qualities of an NFT. Backpack is an xNFT operating system, managing your private keys and connects to apps.
Backpack, is an open, programmable system built for Web3. It has a set of developer frameworks and APIs associated with it, allowing anyone to build their own xNFT apps for any protocol on any blockchain—without permission.
Team / Funding / Backers Info / Transaction Amount: Backpack is brought to you by Coral; the team behind the Anchor Framework and xNFTs. Just last September 2022, Coral raised $20 million in funding co-led by FTX Ventures and Jump Capital in a strategic funding round. Multicoin Capital, Anagram and K5 Global also participated.


Exponential DeFi | DeFi | Link to product
Dune | Analytics | Link to product
Pinata | Social | Link to product
Zerion | Portfolio | Link to product
MetaGym Buddies | Web3 Health | Link to product

Crypto.com | Project Manager | Link to position
OpenSea | Senior Full Stack Software Engineer | Link to position
The Block | Reporter, Blockchain Ecosystems | Link to position
Edge & Node | Site Reliability Engineer | Link to position
TipTop | Product Designer | Link to position
Rift Finance | Senior Backend Engineer | Link to position
Bitgo | Engineering Manager | Link to position
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