How We’re Outperforming Bitcoin

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Vicktoria Klich
November 01, 2024

GMGM and welcome to the 🎣 w3.catch.of-the-week, your all-time high in Web3 Insights of the week.

The Bitcoin ETF inflows are back to soaking up all bitcoins from the exchanges at record speed - but how much longer will this be possible?

Today's episode is less about Bitcoin and more about other crypto tokens, how your AI agent autonomously makes money for you, surprising numbers and events you can't miss. LFG! 😎

✅ Events, you should attend
🚀 We’re ready to launch
💌 Your invitation for XMAS
🤯 Crypto x AI - WTF is going on?
🫵 Web3 Job Opportunity
📈 Based Numbers
🇦🇹 A new w3.hub?
🎙️ New pod with a Bitcoin OG

Here are five events that will make you forget how gray Berlin is in winter:

🥂 Ledger Anniversary Party - 11th Nov.

😈 Blockdaemon, Bitbond, & BISON - 14th Nov.

🦖 Dyno Winter Bash - 16th Nov.

💖 w3.community XMAS Party - 5th Dec.

fade at your own risk ;)

We’re Ready to Outperform Bitcoin

After months of work with Julius Nagel and Philipp Beer, it’s incredibly exciting to see w3.wave going live today — our liquid token fund with a unique, Germany-based setup.

It all began with a shared vision between Julius and Philipp: Taking our liquid crypto strategy and creating a secure, scalable fund framework for European investors.

Why? To offer a well-structured, transparent investment vehicle that allows investors to access this fast evolving asset class with confidence.

Today, they are extremely proud to have found a solution in Germany:

💧 100% Liquid Portfolio: Targeting venture-like returns without long lock-up periods. Our liquid strategy allows for active portfolio management, while our open-ended structure gives investors full flexibility, with only a 1-year minimum holding period.

📈 Proven Track Record: Over 10 years of crypto investment expertise and a track record of outperforming Bitcoin, with early entries into leading projects like Ethereum and Solana.

📑 Tax Efficiency: Structured to offer 0% tax on trading proceeds before distribution, giving investors a compliant, tax-efficient way to invest in crypto.

💶 €3 Million Partner Commitment: Our founding team has committed €3 million of their own capital, underscoring our confidence and alignment with investors’ success.

We are excited launch w3.wave (as part of w3.fund) in the current market environment and to offer an innovative way for investors to gain exposure to this market, right out of Germany.

Web3 Berliners Get a XMAS Party

We warmly invite our community to celebrate the festive season with us with mulled wine and cookies. Let's remember the moments we are grateful for and toast our successes 💖.

🤶🏽 Mark your calendars: December 05 from 6:30pm

We are looking for Co-Hosts

👉🏽 This is your opportunity to share their joy with the community and co-host this evening.

Get in touch with us, if you’d like to become a co-host.

We look forward to ending the year with lots of fun, close friends and delicious treats 💖.

State of Crypto x AI

Times are intense on Twitter, there is chaos, euphoria and a rising power: The Time of AI Agents 🤖

It seems like no one has a life outside their desk anymore and is locked in 24/7 - But what's really going on, and should you have FOMO?

Two weeks ago, Marc Andreessen of a16z set off a new hype wave. Since then, many big players have jumped on the bandwagon.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong asked Truth Terminal (the AI account behind the $GOAT token) if he could help create an autonomous wallet.

Shortly after, Coinbase launched a framework to create a "BasedAgent" (AI Agent) in under 3 minutes, capable of performing swaps, trades, and smart contract interactions autonomously.

Bankless also dropped a deep dive on AI agents, introducing the Virtuals Protocol.

Virtuals Protocol is building the co-ownership layer for AI Agents in gaming and entertainment. Their AI Agent @luna_virtuals has 500K+ TikTok fans!

Just in: AI Funds

Forget a16z and Marc Andreessen; it's time for ai16z and Marc Aindressen...

ai16z is a decentralized AI-driven investment fund on the Solana blockchain, made possible by the new platform daos.fun.

As an "AI Investment DAO," ai16z uses AI Agents to gather market information, analyze community consensus, and automatically execute token trades both on-chain and off-chain.

How does that work?

  • Combines AI trading strategies with decentralized governance through tokenization

  • Offers investors more transparent and trustworthy investment opportunities

  • Holders of at least 100 ai16z tokens can interact with the AI agent to influence trading decisions

As we witness this trend, it's clear that AI is not just creating content autonomously anymore - it's now earning money autonomously too.

Your Job at w3.group

I'll keep it short: We are looking for a full-time event manager with at least 2 years of experience.

Do you want to make a significant contribution to the growth of the Web3 community? Then support us and become an essential part of the w3-team.

Based Numbers

The big winner alongside all Bitcoin holders is Coinbase, the custodian of 17 out of 20 Crypto ETFs. CEO Brian Armstrong published the Q3 earnings this week.

Not only is the Coinbase company recording rising numbers, but its Ethereum Layer2 solution Base is also growing at a record pace.

In the following chart you can see how they are outperforming the other Layer2s in terms of transactions.

Base also leads among the Layer2s with the highest revenue of $67.08 million and a profit of $53.61 million. But Starknet has the highest profit margin at 88.1%, while Base has a profit margin of 77.3%.

Shoutout to Lorenz from w3.hub, who together with his team at Growthepie provides us with the best analytics for Ethereum Layer2s.

w3.hub is Coming to Vienna

The w3.hub is a community space we created with our members, event hosts, guests, and supporters. It's become a key place for Web3 fans and innovators in Berlin to meet.

Web3 is global, and we want to help grow the DACH ecosystem by connecting people and encouraging teamwork.

Our goals:

  • Build a community that wants a physical space to connect, work, and host events.

  • Welcome established Vienna-based Web3 players interested in collaborating on innovative ideas and use cases to make onchain culture accessible to all.

Create a digital art gallery like https://www.frameit.art/ where artists and collectors can showcase and interact with onchain art in a user-friendly virtual space.

If you're into Web3 in Vienna and this sounds exciting, we'd love to hear from you! Sign up below to let us know if you need a workplace, event space, or just want to attend meetups.

The Combination of Web3, XR & AI

Wolfgang started working with Bitcoin and blockchain about 10 years ago and saw the potential for companies to support trust-based cooperation.

Today, the Fraunhofer Institute offers workshops, prototyping and consulting for companies on blockchain applications, e.g. digital certificates, tokenization of products, tracking of CO2 footprint.

Get Wolfgang's view on the current state of emerging technologies, their biggest challenges and what he would like to see in the future.

🗓️ November 15, 2024 10:00 AM

Web3 by Night with Jägermeister & w3.hub

🗓️ November 8, 2024 6:30 PM

Ledger 10 Year Anniversary Tour

🗓️ November 7, 2024 7:00 PM

Looking for collaborations or an entry into the Web3 Community?

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Don't miss out on any news, updates, & vibes anymore. Discord is so yesterday. Let's meet on Telegram.