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A single job listing on LinkedIn led Disney to make headlines and go viral across Web3 Twitter last week.
The Walt Disney Company posted a job description for a corporate attorney who will provide legal advice and support for global NFT products. The move is the latest in a series of announcements from the entertainment giant showing they are bullish — even in the bear — on the role Web3 will play in their strategy moving forward.
The irony of Disney — and thousands of companies — relying on a Web2 giant like LinkedIn to find a critical employee to lead their Web3 efforts doesn’t escape us. But it also opens up a lot of questions about how all of us — whether we work in Web3 or not — will get hired and find jobs in the future.
The promise of the blockchain creating a smarter way for us to store and share our digital identity will have massive implications on not only how we will apply for jobs, but how recruiters will find talent in the first place. More and more people will turn their resumes into NFTs. And meeting a potential boss in the metaverse rather than a Zoom call may become common.
Should we fear these technological advancements? No. We just need to learn the best way to use it to our advantage.
Bitcoin outperforms? As the global stock market continues to fall off an inflated U.S. dollar, Bitcoin experienced a 4.4% gain and Ether was up as much as 5.5%. The disconnect between crypto and the wider market is testing theories that the two are intimately connected.
Walmart’s metaverse bet. The retail giant is experimenting with ways to reach younger shoppers via two gaming experiences on Roblox. The move comes after Walmart filed for a series of metaverse-related trademarks last year.
Sharing NFTs. In a win for NFT creators and collectors, all Facebook and Instagram users in the U.S. can now connect their wallets and share their NFTs. Check out the latest NFT we posted on our Instagram!
Christie’s 3.0. The famed auction house — which reached $7 billion in sales last year — is going big into Web3 with a new virtual gallery to explore and purchase NFT art for sale.
Kim pays up. After The SEC charged Kim Kardashian for promoting a cryptocurrency without disclosing that she had been paid, the reality TV star has agreed to a $1.26 million settlement. Kardashian was a part of a group of celebrities who hyped up EthereumMax tokens last year, only for the price to plummet 98% within a month.
Robinhood’s new wallet. The popular stock trading platform launched a non-custodial wallet on Polygon that features gasless swaps, meaning users do not have to pay network fees when exchanging crypto assets.
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Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz is keeping close tabs on Web3 as it stands to disrupt the events industry as we know it. “We're in the very early days of figuring out what problems actually need to be solved,” she told BFF.
BFF Co-Founder Brit Morin sat down with Moonbirds’ Kevin Rose and fellow Founding BFF Mila Kunis on her podcast First In Line. They discussed why Web3 just doesn’t have big investors, it’s also a game-changing chance for women and non-binary individuals to get in early where they are typically left out.
Unstoppable Domains SVP Sandy Carter shares with Coindesk why women should have a blockchain-based identity and how to empower Web3 women leaders and builders who are struggling.
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