Building Prediction Markets In Web3 Accelerators

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For this week’s Tuesday episode, we’re sharing an episode I recorded last week in a podcast studio near the Avalanche Summit, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Our guests include Michael Martin, director of Codebase at Ava Labs, and Inertia co-founders Marc Villafuerte, Anish Lathker and Kainoa Kanter. Codebase is an Avalanche-focused web3 accelerator program and Inertia is a community-led predictions market.

We discuss what accelerator programs are like into today’s market, why Inertia chose to build on Avalanche, the state of prediction markets and more.

Marc, Anish and Kainoa really demonstrate what it’s like to operate as young founders in the space, while also navigating through startup and macroeconomic conditions. Meanwhile, Michael shares insights into what type of startups Codebase is interested in supporting and how it “de-emphasizes fundraising support,” among other things. 

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Money and people moves

Top 3 highlights focused on crypto startups that secured funding and industry players who are starting something new.

1. Parker Jay-Pachirat joins Base to help grow its consumer ecosystem

2. Nigeria drops charges against Tigran Gambaryan, Binance’s head of financial crimes compliance unit, “to allow him to get medical treatment outside the country.”

3. Variational, an Arbitrum-focused trading protocol, raised $10.3M in a seed round

Talking points for the road

Crypto-focused headlines or research that caught my eye…and should catch yours, too.

1. Brace yourselves, the massive unlocks are coming (Blockworks)

2. Crypto firm Circle expects the UK to introduce stablecoin laws in 'months, not years' (CNBC)

3. Stripe’s $1.1bn Bridge deal is just the beginning for crypto buyouts. Here are other companies to watch (DL News)

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