🤯 Wow! What a Week - Here is Everything You Need to Know

GMGM & welcome to the 🎣w3.catch-of-the-week – your Friday Feel-Good Bag that unpacks the hottest Web3 happenings from the past week and filters them down to their real-world impact.

I had actually planned to stop using the word Web3 rollercoaster so often, but let's be honest: What else can you call it?

In case you missed the Bitcoin Spot ETF Drama (I mean- hoooow? 😅), here is the concise summary:

1️⃣ Monday: Garry Gensler (Chairman of the SEC) posts on X: How to invest in Crypto.

2️⃣ Tuesday: The official X account of the SEC posts that all Bitcoin Spot ETFs are accepted.

3️⃣ Tuesday: Garry Gensler posts 10mins later that the SEC account was hacked and it was fake news.

🤓 Reason: The SEC X account did not have two-factor authentication enabled.

🤡 Irony of fate:

4️⃣ On Wednesday evening, the day of days arrived and the SEC (this time officially 😉) accepted all Bitcoin Spot ETF applications.

In today’s episode you’ll learn:

🥽 The biggest Use Cases of the Apple Vision Pro
🤯 Which sectors Siemens will revolutionize with the Industrial Metaverse
💸 About a Major Partnership for X
👀 A Protocol for Media Provenance
🍻 How You can Invest in the First Web3 Brewery

Don’t forget to check out the beautiful Web3 Co-Working Space we’re building in the heart of Berlin. Last Call for the Open House Day next Thursday 👇🏽

🥵 The Apple Vision Pro is Almost here

Let's move on to what I think is very interesting news: Apple's Vision Pro is due to be launched on 2 February 2024 (initially only in the USA 😒). With a hefty price tag of $3,499, this device is set to bring ✨mixed realities✨ into our everyday lives.

Key Features of Apple Vision Pro 📋

Basic Concept: Merges the physical world with digital content, providing a blend of augmented and virtual reality experiences.

User Interface: Offers a fully three-dimensional interface, expanding the workspace for apps beyond traditional constraints.

Input System: Controlled by the user's eyes, hands, and voice, allowing for intuitive and natural interaction with digital content.

Content Integration: Includes immersive entertainment experiences, such as integration with Disney content through a partnership with Walt Disney.

Content Creation: Allows the creation of three-dimensional photos and videos.

Communication: Features spatial FaceTime calls, enhancing the realism and personal touch of virtual communications.

“OK, Vicky, but what are the ✨Potential Use Cases✨?”

Think about…

👉🏽 Virtual meetings on a whole new level.

👉🏽 Training and Simulation in aviation, healthcare & manufacturing.

👉🏽 Interacting with 3D models in real-time.

👉🏽 Remember these Zoom meetings during Covid? Let’s upgrade hybrid education, making it more fun and engaging, thanks to spatial computing.

👉🏽 Real-time assistance which offers real-time guidance in complex environments

In summary, Apple's Vision Pro, with its advanced features and immersive capabilities, could influence various sectors by enhancing user interaction, expanding development possibilities, and revolutionizing virtual communication. I am excited, are you? 👀

🔥 Siemens at CES 2024: Keynote on Industrial Metaverse

• Industrial Metaverse: Siemens' CEO Roland Bush highlighted the fusion of real and digital worlds, describing the "Industrial Metaverse" as a transformative space for problem-solving and innovation, particularly in sectors like manufacturing, energy, and healthcare.

• Digital Twins and AI Integration: Emphasized the use of digital twins, combining them with AI for accurate simulations and decision-making. This approach significantly improves design, production, and operational efficiency across various industries.

• Strategic Collaborations for Advanced Solutions: Announced partnerships with tech giants like AWS and Sony, focusing on immersive engineering and advanced automation solutions.

• Healthcare and Sustainability Focus: Highlighted the application of these technologies in healthcare for enhanced cancer treatment and diagnostics. Also addressed broader sustainability challenges, showing how the industrial metaverse can lead to more efficient and sustainable industrial practices.

👉 Watch the full Keynote here. It’s worth it.

🔥 X's (Formerly Twitter) Latest Developments

• Shopify Partnership: X announces a partnership with Shopify, promising new opportunities for Shopify merchants to expand their customer reach through X's platform.

👉 Elon Musk also said again in a Twitter space (Livestream) this week: “I am open to using Bitcoin as Payment on X”

• End of NFT PFPs: X quietly discontinues the NFT profile picture feature for its subscribers, shifting focus to peer-to-peer payments and AI advancements.

Polygon 🤝 Fox introduced “Verify”

Innovative Authentication: Polygon, in collaboration with Fox, launches “Verify”, a blockchain-based digital media authentication protocol.

Open-Source: Verify is open-source, inviting public collaboration. Since its closed beta in August, Fox tagged over 89,000 pieces from various Fox divisions. It offers commercial opportunities through AI access to verified content.

Efficient and Reliable: Leveraging Polygon's layer-2 technology, Verify offers a cost-effective solution to validate media origins, enhancing trust in digital content.

💰 Get a Tokenized Share of Germanys First NFT Brewery

You guys should now our good friends of Metabrew by now. You probably drank a delicious 🍻 during one of our events already, right?

Well, now you have the chance to actively participate in the company and really own a piece of it:

MetaBrew is one of the first companies ever to conduct a funding round via the platform Tokenize.it (yes, led by the one and only Ethereum OG & THE DAO founder Christoph Jentzsch), which enables the tokenization of GmbH shares.

💃🏼 For MetaBrew, with a community of over 700 NFT holders and a broad network on Web3, this is the ideal approach. From a minimum investment of EUR 4.000, MetaBrew shares can now be acquired by selected investors in a private offering via Tokenize.it.

What exactly does Metabrew do? 👀

Holger Mannweiler and his team want to democratize the beer community and have sold their first Genesis NFT to their loyal community. This means 240 cans of beer per year - guaranteed delivered to your door. After the sale, they took over a real brewery in Bavaria with 100 thousand hectolitres of production capacity and a focus on super tasty beer innovation.

Why GmbH tokens with Tokenize.it? 🤔

As the name already says: Tokenize.it tokenizes GmbH shares.

The great thing is that it makes it easier to onboard significantly more people (or potential community members), as investments can be made even for smaller amounts.

Knowing that they already had a strong community and a broad network, all they needed was a platform that could provide a legally compliant and technically sound participation token.

We have reserved some slots for this round, if you are interested in participating, please contact Holger ([email protected]).

I shared quite a cool LinkedIn Post with a video summarizing the whole vibe on Wednesday. Spread some love and check it out.

👀 Interested to learn more? Then register here for the free webinar from Tokenize.it

📝Add-On: You get as excited as I am while reading this? Tokenize.it is actually hiring a Operations & Compliance Analyst.

💣 The Polygon Network is Booming

⛩ Azuki Partners with Gorō Taniguchi

🎮 ReadyPlayerOne x Futureverse

📸 Sony Digital Birth Certificates

🌎 Yuga announced Otherside Trip 3

💌 Opensea introduces Account Creation by Email

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