Hey fren 👋
We’ve had quite the busy week this week in our Discord. From hosting two incredible events on web3 topics to posting an average of 150 job listings a day… it’s been pretty wild.
We’re always looking for more projects to host events with - so if you or anyone you know would be interested in talking about the future of work in web3 with us, send us a DM on Discord! We’d love to have you on the Metaintro stage.
🎮 Web3 Startup & Venture News
The NFL officially announced the build of their first blockchain game, NFL Rivals.
Vitalik recently co-authored a paper outlining his vision for a “decentralized society” (DeSoc) where individuals can accrue a permanent record of merits and attributes that are stored in private blockchain wallets as non-tradable crypto assets, calling them “Soul-Bound Tokens”.
Condé Nast is building out their web3 team. They want to bring their audience “into the metaverse”.
Nike just sold an NFT sneaker for $134K.
🧩 MetaGames
What was the first commercial transaction for Bitcoin?
Pizza
A rental property in NYC
A diet coke
Nike shoes
A trumpet from Guitar Center
Dog food from Petco
Answer is at the end of this email!1
🚀 Jobs
Featured from Metaintro Frens:
Lirnio is hiring interns.
Infinite Arcade is hiring a Blockchain Game Designer and Senior Frontend Developer.
Blockchain Home Registry is hiring a Community Manager.
A fren of ours is hiring a logo designer and an NFT/3D designer. DM @wilsonmeng on Telegram.
Mintparty is hiring a founding full stack developer! DM @hungrygyoza on Discord.
Developer/Technical:
TegroFi is hiring a ReactJS and Golang Developer.
Stably is hiring a Core Rust Engineer.
Analog is hiring a Senior Substrate/Rust Engineer.
Sense Finance is hiring a Smart Contract Engineer.
WeatherXM is hiring a Frontend Web3 Developer.
Ascendex is hiring a Frontend Engineer.
Atomic is hiring a Backend Engineer.
Palm NFT Studios is hiring a Full Stack Engineer.
ConsenSys is hiring a DeFi and DAO Token Engineer.
Coinmetrics is hiring a Junior Frontend Software Engineer.
Blockchain Capital is hiring developers.
NiceHash is hiring API developers.
BlockFi is hiring a Lead Security Engineer.
Valud is hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer.
0X is hiring a Smart Contract Engineer -- Governance.
Community & Social:
Fitchin is hiring a Content Creator.
VaynerNFT is hiring a Social Media and Community Manager.
Cake DeFi is hiring a Social Media Lead.
MoonPay is hiring a Community Manager.
Discord is hiring a Community Lead, EU.
Blocknative is hiring a Community Manager.
Persona is hiring a Community Lead.
a16z is hiring a Community Manger.
Business & Product:
MoonPay is hiring a Web3 Strategist.
Reach is hiring a Curriculum Developer.
OpenSea is hiring counsel.
Myria is hiring a Treasury Manager.
Art Blocks is hiring a Digital Designer.
Banxa is hiring a Growth Manager.
Blitz is hiring a Marketing Lead, Web3 Community
Checkout.com is hiring a Product Manager for their Crypto division.
Morning Brew is hiring an Editor for their crypto division.
Femric is hiring Content Writers.
Team Liquid is hiring a Senior Partnerships Manager - Web3.
WorldCoinOrg is hiring a Trust and Safety Lead.
Internships:
CertiK is hiring a Software Engineering Intern.
CoinSwitch is hiring a SEO Intern.
Crypto.com is hiring a Research & Insights Intern.
Lirnio is hiring interns.
Circle is hiring a Customer Success Analyst Intern, Global Customer Success.
Come check out hundreds of more jobs in our community here.
Game answer: #1 - A pizza! On May 22, 2010, a man in Florida paid 10,000 bitcoin for two pizzas. This is generally recognized as the first commercial bitcoin transaction. At the time, 10,000 bitcoin was worth about $40.