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Weekly Dispatch 41

ยท 2 min read
Matt Galligan

Hey all,

Big week ahead as we work through all of the RFCs that we put together last week, prepping for our big push towards production. The ๐Ÿ”ฅ fire ๐Ÿ”ฅ these last few weeks has been particularly awesome to see from everyone, and it's exciting to see all that energy pumped into the writing and plans.

While there is still so much work ahead of us, it's important to take a moment and appreciate the critical step that we're taking now that we'll be able to look back at as the start of something big.

We're building something that's in high demand, in touch with tons of developers ready to hit the ground running with us, and all at a time of huge scrutiny around big tech with soon-to-be web3 solutions. The ingredients are all shaping up for something profound here, and we're just at the ground level.

LFG

XMTP Updatesโ€‹

  • Peter and Saul chatted with the CEO of Etherscan about ways we could work together around XMTP and Blockscan Chat
  • Matt and Shane had a great conversation with Pedro from WalletConnect about ways that we could work together, with an eye twoards interoperability vs. outright competition
  • Open RFCs about our production plans

Crypto industry newsโ€‹

  • Yuga Labs, creator of Bored Apes, raised $450M and will develop a metaverse project called Otherside [link]
  • Treasury Secretary Yellen stated that while she has skepticism, she sees some benefits to crypto [link]
  • U.S. Justice Department charged creators of an NFT project in a rug pull scam [link]