Issue #17 - Create DAOs, State of Tech in Africa, Ross Ulbricht from Prison, Rise of Independents, CALA, Gasmoney.xyz, Beyond, Isaiah Rashad, Destiny Rogers, and Saint Lyor
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June 20, 2021
📰 News
🌐 Learn how to create, run, and grow a DAO (w/ inspo from $FWB)
🆓 “I want you to understand what it means to lose your freedom.” -- Ross Ulbricht, Bitcoin Conference Miami, 2021
🌍 A detailed introduction on tech in Africa
🦾 The rise of businesses-of-one and liquid super teams
♻️ Follow the end to end plastics supply chain from initial investment and finance, to production and final country of impact
🕹️ Inside the industry of video game cheating-as-a-service
⭐ Contra releases their first annual State of Independence report of insights on how independents are redefining the future of work
💾 50 of the Internet's greatest moments so far
👾 Game engines that enable NFTs and other crypto economics are on a fundraising tear
🛍️ Brands want to fight back against Amazon through 3rd party consignment
🎧 Interview w/ Jonny Shipes of Cinematic Music Group (Joey Bada$$, Nipsey Hussle, Big K.R.I.T.) on building the Supreme of music
🖼️ The irrational mystery of the golden ratio
👟 Communities fight against sneaker resellers
🍭 The psychology to what sneaker colors you choose to wear
🎞️ Her story inspired A24's latest movie, but Zola shares her own story
🍚 Helping define what Asian American music is
🔉 Sound design in software and where Slack notifications go from here
👺 Anonymous targets Elon Musk for trolling
🐦 India's love-hate story with Twitter
📺 Deep dive into the growing Retailtainment movement
📱 A quick guide to social media in rap
🍌 Turn unsolicited dick pics into NFTs
🕹️ Products
Cala - Build an end-to-end fashion house, remotely
Gasmoney.xyz - Enable fans to donate "gas money" w/ crypto
Beyond - Discover content curated by real people
Statmuse - AI-powered search sports stats and soon stats on anything
Whatnot - Live shopping for collector communities
Ghost Knowledge - Request essays you want to read from people who write or don't write
Nouns - Generate pixel NFT avatars
Historico - Find out what happened today in history
Poparazzi - Instagram but your friends are paparazzi
Only You by Spotify - Understand your strange listening habits
Forte - Building end-to-end solution for token-based game economies and NFTs
Blitmap - Create one-of-a-kind NFT artworks, fusion style
Foundation Devices - Next-gen hardware wallet to securely store your Bitcoin
The Drivers Cooperative - Driver-owned ridehailing cooperative in New York City
Instructables - DIY Ikea furniture hacking
🎧Music
Isaiah Rashad - Headshots (4r da locals) Visualizer
Destiny Rogers - West Like ft. Kalan.FrFr
No Rome - 1:45AM ft. Bearface
L'Impératrice — Peur des filles
Saint Lyor - Gossip
Paranoid 1966 - Dime si te quedas
Show Me The Body - Arcanum
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