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Web3edge Originals

10 FREE tools to hone your edge

Note: this is not a sponsored post – the tweet thread reflects 0xPhillan’s and Web3edge’s opinions on great free tools to use.

In his Twitter thread, @0xPhillan shares 10 free and lesser known tools you can use to help sharpen your edge in Web3. He breaks down the tools by what they are used for, who they are for, and what kind of data access the tools provide you. For the full list of tools, check out the Web3edge resources page.

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News | Web3 Highlights

Charles Hoskinsen, Creator of Cardano, sees CBDCs as a threat to individual financial freedom

Check out the full piece on The Daily Hodl​

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are digital tokens issued by a central bank that have the same value as the fiat currency issued by that bank. For example, the US Dollar could have a “Digital” US Dollar that has exactly the same value as the physical currency equivalent. Phrased differently: US$1 =Digital US$1.

Charles Hoskinson argues that CBDCs are the “single-most dangerous innovation that we’ve ever seen in monetary policy”. CBDCs not only give full transparency to central banks and governments about who spends money on what, but also gives them the power to move or destroy any person’s digital assets at any time.

He calls CBDCs:

“…a system where we hand an unlimited monopoly to somebody at any moment to have total control over your entire financial autonomy and your economic access.”

This opens up the possibilities to censorship and oppression, as political groups could use that power to mess with people’s livelihoods that do not agree with their views.

Other Highlights

• ​Vitalik expects Proof-of-Stake to increase in legitimacy, and hopes Dogecoin and Zcash would embrace PoS too​
• ​Coindesk releases ‘Best Universities for Blockchain 2022’ ranking​
• ​14 talks from DuneCon covering content from Analytics to Infrastructure ​

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News | Mainstream Adoption

Chainlink and SWIFT develop proof-of-concept enabling TradFi to Web3 interoperability

Check out the announcement on Twitter or check out Chainlink’s blog post covering key content from SmartCon 2022

SWIFT is an international cooperative that runs one of the largest payment networks for capital markets, payments, FX and trades. It is a TradFi (traditional finance) behemoth that claims 11,000 banks are connected to their international payment network.

In cooperation with Chainlink, SWIFT developed a proof-of-concept that uses the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) to enable SWIFT messages to instruct on-chain token transfers.

What does this mean for Web3? While this is only a proof-of-concept, it is a first step to enabling more seamless interoperability between TradFi and Web3 markets.

Other Highlights

• ​Facebook and Instagram to allow users to connect their wallets and share NFTs on their social media pages​
• ​Telefónica, Spain’s Largest Telco, Allows Purchases With Crypto​
• ​Vietnam has the world’s highest rate of crypto adoption according to Chainalysis Global Crypto Adoption Index​

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Knowledge Hub

Additional content to grow your edge and expand your horizon.

Technology

• ​The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Ethereum by Jon Charbonneau
• ​What is Bridging? by Rahul Nambiampurath
• ​Financialized NFTs: evolving opportunities in an early space by lingchenjaneliu

Design thinking

• ​​What is Market Making? by Kamino Finance
• ​Super Special Compilation about Tokenomics by @officer_cia

Opinion Pieces

• ​​The Problem Tornado Cash Raises About Base Layer Censorship on Ethereum by Amy Aixi Zhang, Rodrigo Seira
• ​Ranking Blockchain Universities Is Answering the Wrong Question by Boyd Cohen

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Today’s newsletter was written by @0xPhillan for Web3edge.io. Follow @Web3edge_io on Twitter!

This newsletter is not financial advice, I am not a financial advisor. The information provided by Web3edge is for general informational and educational purposes only. Do your own research before investing. See Disclaimers for more information.

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