In this episode of DWF Chats, get ready for a power-packed conversation!

We're excited to sit down with Denis, Founder and CEO of WiFiMap (@wifimapapp), to hear more about the mission to provide free internet access worldwide 🌎👇

In this conversation, hear more on:
🔸Introduction of the founder and the project
🔸The WiFi token and its utility
🔸The team behind WiFi Map
🔸Joining the Wifi Map community
🔸The vision for WiFi Map

Full interview here.


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About Wifi Map:
▫️WiFi Map is a community-powered Web3 platform offering millions of WiFi hotspots, affordable eSIM mobile data and a network of partner services all over the world.

Excited to be launching our DWF Ventures Hindsight series 🎉 🥳

Through this series, we bring you an exclusive monthly review and insight into various crypto verticals and help to uncover the next potential alpha ✨

In the first instalment of the series, we will be looking into decentralised trading platforms.

With more than 300 different DEXes on coinmarketcap, it can be difficult for us to distinguish between innovation or a rehash of something we have seen before.

Join us as we explore the challenges, developments, and advancements of decentralized trading platforms here.

[13 Apr to 19 Apr] DWF Crypto Snapshot

Check out our latest #crypto report 💫

💠 DWF Labs Managing Partner Clarifies Confusion Around Token Holdings And Investments
💠A Blockchain Gaming Console Seems Likely With DWF Labs Latest Partnership With Sinverse (Formerly Sin City Metaverse) Studios
💠DWF Labs Establishes A Milestone Partnership With Its Latest Investment Into The EOS Network Foundation
💠DWF Labs Supports The Growth Of DeFi With Its Latest Partnership With TrustSwap
💠40 New TON Projects Recognized By The TON Foundation
💠Holding TON Assets Just Became Easier With Tonkeeper’s Latest Upgrade
💠TON Launches Its First Bridge For Ethereum-Based Assets
💠DWF Labs Tunes Into Decentralized Music With Its Latest Investment Into The Label Foundation

Full read here.

We had co-hosted this wonderful event with Conflux, Mask, and RSS3 teams in Hong Kong recently for an evening of cocktails and canapés 🥂

It was great to connect with our friends from Hong Kong during this HK Web3 Festival period! ✨

Thank you to all who joined us 🎉

[20 Apr to 26 Apr] DWF Crypto Snapshot

Check out our latest #crypto report 💫

💠 TON DeFi Ecosystem Flourishes As TVL Jumps From $0.5M To $13.8M (TON Foundation)
💠 Digital Assets Gain Popularity In France As Crypto Holders Increase by 18%
💠 Zimbabwe Turns To Gold-Backed Digital Assets To Hedge Against Inflation
💠 Web3 Veterans Share Their Tips To Build Crypto Projects Without The Hype
💠 The Open Network Celebrates Its Major Milestone Of 2.5 Million Accounts
💠 Peer-To–Peer Trading Is The New Black With Fetch.ai’s Latest Suite Of Trading Tools
💠 An AI Application A Day Keeps The Doctor Away With Oraichain Labs’s Latest Application
💠 Radix Places Cross-Chain Interoperability In Its Sights With LayerZero Partnership

Full read here.

We're excited to support the expansion of the FUNToken ecosystem!

FUN Token is preparing to launch a revamped version of the XFUN Wallet – the flagship product of the FUN ecosystem. The XFUN Wallet is an innovative multi-asset non-custodial wallet that can store a wide range of cryptocurrencies, tokens, and NFTs.

The XFUN Wallet allows users to effortlessly exchange FUN Token for XFUN – the utility token of the ecosystem based on the Polygon blockchain. XFUN enables quicker, more cost-effective transactions while facilitating enhanced scalability.

Read more here.

[27 Apr to 3 May] DWF Crypto Snapshot 📰

💠DWF Labs Pushes For Privacy On Smart Contracts Through Cooperation With ARPA Network
💠Tokoin Gains A Second Wind Through Its Latest Affirmation With DWF Labs
💠Celo Network Enables Oracle Services With Latest Membership In Chainlink’s Program
💠TON Play Releases Asset Creation Kit And Payment System For Blockchain Games
💠More Trading Opportunities Open Up With TON’s Latest DEX
💠PayPal Is Set To Enable Crypto Payments For Its Sister Brand Venmo
💠Alchemy Pay Ramps Up Fiat On-Ramps On Blockchain Neo
💠Yield Guild Games Philippines Offers Content Creation Courses For Its #Web3 Program
💠Speed Meets Virtual Experiences With Sei Blockchain’s Partnership With SPACE ID
💠Symbiosis Adds Arbitrum To Their List Of Available Networks

Full read here.

Check out this latest episode of DWF Chats 🔥

We were excited to host Bob Guzman, co-founder and CEO of Homology Digital.

In this conversation, hear more on:
🔸The Problem and the Solution that Homology brings to the market
🔸 The challenges of transforming knowledge into a tool
🔸The Homology Digital team
🔸Risk in the trad-fi vs the digital space
🔸Status of the industry and roadmap
🔸Transitioning from traditional finance to the digital space

Full interview here.

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About Homology Digital:
▫️Homology Digital is a portfolio management platform purpose-built for digital assets. Invariance, our product, is a full-cycle digital asset management platform whose objective is to provide investors and financial service providers with an advanced portfolio management and tokenization platform.

Visit here to find out more.

We are excited to support Iguverse's development of new solutions, including a decentralized ad network and an AI-powered NFT Marketplace 💥

Here's enabling a more seamless and efficient transition towards the new IguVerse ecosystem 🚀

At DWF Ventures, we are passionate about investing in tenacious founders who are driving innovation in the Web3 space. While we acknowledge the inherent risks of investing in startups, we believe that with the right team and technology, the potential rewards can far outweigh the risks✨

Read more about our investment thesis here.

Interested parties can pitch their project on our website here.

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About The Hindsight Series:
▫️This series aims to figure out why things were being built, what the market response was, the areas of gaps and where the next potential alpha could be.

Subscribe to The Hindsight Series so you don't miss any important insights!

We're proud to announce our financial commitment to help build the ecosystem of digital finance index protocol, Polylastic.

The public launch of the Polylastic index is slated for late May, with its initial release of the Polylastic index including several index baskets offerings, such as DeFi, Blue Chip, NFT/Gaming, and a community-driven DAO fueled by Polylastic’s native token, POLX.

This funding will be designated for specific items in Polylastic’s roadmap, including artificial intelligence (AI) integration, multichain capabilities, and additional index features.

We believe that this support not only positions the Polylastic platform for solid growth and adoption in the digital finance ecosystem but also serves as a testament to the potential of its innovative index protocol and long-term vision, which offers a unique and compelling approach to cryptocurrency investment🫡

Check out more here.

[4 May to 10 May] DWF Crypto Snapshot

Check out our latest #crypto report here.

Here's your weekly round up 💫

💠 Deloitte Partners With Polkadot Parachain For Digital Identity Verification
💠IguVerse Introduce New Socialize-To-Earn Engagement For Community
💠EOS EVM Compatibility Is Key Focus In EOS Network’s Q1 Highlights
💠Conflux Network Drives On-Chain Activity With Three Developments Within The Week
💠Improved User Experience On TON DEX Clears The Dust On Its Pending Upgrades
💠TON Foundation Collaborates With Chainalysis Inc. To Implement Crypto Incident Response
💠Staking On TON Just Got Easier With Tonkeeper’s Staking Upgrade
💠Traders are $FLOKI-ing To Binance Futures As Memecoin Gets Listed On Platform

Full read here.

📢We’re super excited to announce that the @ton_blockchain x @Dwflabs x AWS #Hackathon, is happening soon! 💥

Stand a chance to win from a prize pool of >300,000🔥

We are honoured to have ranked third on Gate.io's GMMC (Global Market Maker Program) for the first quarter of 2023 🫡🎉

Looking forward to a great year ahead 🔥

Congratulations Conflux Network on this amazing achievement to unveil the world’s first blockchain SIM (BSIM) card🔥

Dr. Wu Ming from Conflux shared that all mobile communication users can now obtain a more secure digital identity through mobile terminals and access Web3 and the metaverse with minimal technical barriers.

He also shared on how the blockchain technology has evolved beyond its reputation as a complex and inaccessible concept, and is transforming into a practical infrastructure for applications in the global economy and people's daily lives.”

Read more here.

[11 May to 17 May] DWF Crypto Snapshot

💠IguVerse Accelerates Development Of Ecosystem In Long-Term Collaboration With DWF Labs
💠Diversification Is Key To Driving Innovation And Creating A Solid Investment Strategy, Says DWF Labs Managing Partner In Crypto Oasis Report
💠Polylastic Clinches Support From DWF Labs Ahead Of May Public Launch
💠Blockchain-Based Travala Adopts Bitgert’s $BRISE As Payment Option On The Platform
💠AI-Focused CryptoGPT Supports Browse-To-Earn Mechanics With Their Latest AI2Earn Product
💠Key Venture Capital Players Share Their Tips For Spotting Web3 Projects With Potential
💠The Open Network Solidifies Collaboration With BIT Exchange
💠Ethereum Begins Planning And Development Of The Dencun Hard Fork
💠Cross-Chain Dex Achieves Symbiosis With ZKSync

Full read here.

Hack-a-TON x DWF Labs x AWS Startups offers up to 300,000 Toncoin in prizes

Hack-a-TON, in collaboration with DWF Labs and AWS Startups, is hosting another massive event giving users the chance to win 300,000 Toncoin (TON) in prizes. Registration will open next week, followed by an online build phase. The final offline hackathon round will take place in Singapore on September 11-12. Participants will also have the opportunity to take part in workshops and learn from 12 industry-leading mentors.

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to showcase your skills and be in with a chance to win a share of the 300,000 TON prize fund! Register next week to get involved!

Congratulations to Bemo on their launch of the first liquid staking protocol on the TON blockchain in collaboration with DWF Labs 🚀

Now, you can stake $TON and get $stTON as a liquid token!

It's exciting to be a part of this significant milestone for the ecosystem.

More details here.

We had a good meeting about supporting blockchain infrastructure with Fireblocks.

It's great to be working closely with one of the major infrastructure providers in this space to support up and coming blockchains 🔥