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The Baking Sheet - Issue #44
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Welcome to this week's issue of The Baking Sheet! For this week we are opening up with insights from our friends at Tezos Israel. Last week they announced an awesome collaboration with Draper University and this week we are inviting them to elaborate on the great work they have been doing. Let's dive in! #YallaTezos
Tezos Ecosystem Insights - Tezos Israel
It’s no secret that Tim Draper is a fan of Tezos after he publicly backed the fundraiser in 2017. Since then, Tim has taken part in a TQuorum session, numerous interviews, and tweeted about Tezos. His investment arm Draper Goren Holm has invested in several Tezos projects, and most recently received an investment from the Tezos Foundation to fund blockchain startups building on Tezos.
Perhaps even more exciting, just last week Draper University & Tezos Israel partnered together to launch a blockchain pre-acceleration program to connect Silicon Valley experts and investors to innovative entrepreneurs building their projects on blockchain.
This *free* two week program, taking place between May 3rd-17th, consists of 3 hours of daily live sessions and 5 sessions of 1-on-1 mentoring from top industry professionals and Tezos experts. Only 40 applicants will selected, and 2 talented entrepreneurs will even be flown out to Silicon Valley to attend Draper University’s Hero Training program! With all that good news, could this possibly get better? Of course it could, as Tim Draper even tweeted that he’s going to be investing in the best companies from the program!!
Spots are limited, so make sure to apply for this incredible opportunity.
Partnering with Draper U isn’t the only thing we’ve got baking at Tezos Israel though. Asides from our workshops and competitions, we’re also building a no code development solution named Blockly, and even launched a blockchain development course for High School kids in the coastal city of Bat Yam, Israel.
So what’s next from Tezos Israel?
Of course, we’re thrilled as April’s smart contract calls are about to 10x February’s numbers just as Charlie Wiser from TQ predicted, and excited about the Tezos ecosystem’s most recent achievements in the NFT and DeFi space.However, it’s what’s about to launch on Tezos that really gets our rolls going.
From the recent Hic et Nunc token & SalsaDAO, to Kolibri/StakerDAO yield farms, Tezos native tokens and yield farming are about to blast off. Tacoz even launched a fully sold out pre-sale, raising 4,000 XTZ for the next generation of meme coins. So, what exactly is baking in the ovens?
[REDACTED] we’ll tell you soon ;)
Oops, I guess we didn’t receive clearance to publicize that yet ;), rest assured, we’re grinding away to help foster the next generation of entrepreneurs, developers, and platforms building on Tezos.
For our latest news & announcements, make sure to follow us on Twitter!
-- Alex Davis, Head of Innovation at Tezos Israel
This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem
You’ve heard about blockchains and NFTs. Maybe you’re exploring crypto and DeFi. World, meet the Tezos blockchain.
New era, new look. The Tezos logo has undergone a refresh ushering in the next phase of the protocol. It's no longer just about baking on the network, the protocol has proven upgrades, evolution, and actual usage of the chain.
On April 15th 2021, Societe Generale issued the first structured product* as a Security Token directly registered on the Tezos public blockchain. The securities were fully subscribed by Societe Generale Assurances.
Think NFTs could use more diversity and less carbon emissions? Hic et Nunc might have the recipe for just that.
The emergence of NFTs will trigger a wave of artistic innovation and allow creatives to sell work directly to customers, according to digital designers.
Making the digital artworks requires colossal amounts of computing power, and that means greenhouse gases.
We have recently started a new series to coincide with our active Twitter handle and telegram announcement channel, Tezos Bulletin.
The "unlisted" market allows for more interesting investments but remains reserved for wealthy investors. The high investment amounts, the time-consuming administrative procedures and the lack of liquidity slow down investors.
We’re super excited to bring you the first ever edition of the Bender Labs newsletter, where we’ll WRAP up what we’ve been up to and what we’ve got coming up next.
Acute Art plans to mint Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality NFTs on the eco-friendly Tezos blockchain. Today, Acute Art, a renown studio based out of London, launched its Beta NFT marketplace.
Coinbase's direct listing brings attention to crypto, says Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman, despite the weak Coinbase stock price ($COIN).
This Week in Tezos Development
If you’ve been following Tezos then you are likely familiar with the fast pace of evolution in the ecosystem.
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The first release candidate (9.0~rc1) introduced a new protocol …
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