Issue #6 - Lebron James Backs Web3 Education 📚

Good morning Shifters,

Before we get to this week's top stories, a quick announcement: For those of you who don't follow us on Twitter (you should!), we recently posted a thread on Odyssey DAO, a learning DAO creating quality, free web3 education. They recently won Product Hunt's 2021 Education award and we love their concise, clear learning paths on web3, NFTs, DeFi, and DAOs.

Check out the thread below and visit Odyssey DAO's Web3 guides here.

In Today's Issue

→ Lebron James' Promise School Will Teach Web3

→ Phantom raises $109 million. In a Series B.

→ & An Arizona State Senator Proposes Replacing the US Dollar with Bitcoin

1. LeBron James Makes a Crypto Promise 

The LeBron James Family Foundation entered into a multi-year partnership with Crypto.com to provide Web3 education at James' Promise School in Akron, Ohio. Students will learn about the worlds of blockchain technologies, cryptocurrencies, and careers in Web3.

- This comes one month after Crypto.com, a crypto exchange, acquired naming rights for what was formerly known as Staples Center in LA.

- LeBron: "It's important to me that we keep opening those doors—especially when it comes to Web3 and out digital future. I'm still learning as everything keeps evolving, and now with Crypto.com, I want to make sure my kids and families are part of that as well."

Read more about Lebron's announcement here:

2. Popular Crypto Wallet Phantom Raises $109 Million 

Phantom, the world's fastest growing crypto wallet just announced their $109 Million Series B led by Paradigm and other firms like a16z, Variant, Solana Ventures, and Jump Crypto. The company is now valued at over $1 Billion in just six months since launching.

- Phantom hopes to create a smooth onboarding process for their iOS app, innovate on multi-chain wallet user experience, and scale their product development and community teams.

- Users on Phantom have collectively staked over $10.4 billion Solana and have made $55.2 million from NFT, DeFi, and app transactions.

Download Phantom mobile crypto wallet here:

3. An Arizona State Senator Proposed a Bill to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender

Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers has drafted a bill to make Bitcoin an authorized medium of exchange in Arizona, the first state to do so. While the bill will likely fail to pass, it may prompt a new round of debate about Bitcoin's adoption in the US.

- According to a report last September, 37% of people living in Texas and Wisconsin favor adopting Bitcoin as legal tender.

- As it stands, El Salvador is the only country that has accepted Bitcoin as a legal tender, though the Tonga will likely follow in second place later this year.

web3 content we’re munching on 🍿

1. ARK Invest's Big Ideas For 2022

2. A simple guide to the Web3 stack by Coinbase

3. You Are What You Own by David Phelps

4. Braintrust: Fighting Capitalism With Capitalism by Packy McCormick

5. NFTs, Celebrities and Perverse Deal-Making by Will Gotsegen

Jobs 🤓

1. Product Designer @ Phantom

2. Intern, Customer Support @ Gemini

3. Content Writer & Story Developer @ Studio Decent

4. Twitter Content Strategist @ Tested Media

5. Full-Stack Software Engineer @ Phantom

Bounties 💸

1. Create a meme about Solace.fi's Staking V2 ($65)

2. Write an article that explains to a beginner audience what a DEX is ($365)

3. Swap any token on SushiSwap Polygon (100xp on Rabbithole)

Have a great rest of the week!

Sincerely, 

Noah from Shift