We would like to start this weekly update with a big and humble “Thank You!” to everybody that has showed us support on the journey so far. We are very happy to announce that we have reached a new milestone of 6000 followers on Twitter. We are over the moon and so proud to be part of this amazing community that keeps on pushing further and harder.

So, let’s dive in and see what’s happened in the ecosystem this week.

I. Arweave Network

Open Web Foundry Final Community Spotlight

What an amazing week it has been in the ecosystem with the Open Web Foundry (OWF) showcasing many new projects. Our own Pierre will be reporting on all these awesome new projects soon, so stay tuned! Be sure not to miss the final OWF Community spotlight event today at 6 pm CET.

🚨 a final peek at the newest projects on the #permaweb!

Community Spotlight #6 at 6pm CET / 12pm ET tomorrow ⏰

tune in here 👉 https://t.co/jmXV4MVwF3 pic.twitter.com/pGOML8abbf

— Open Web Foundry 🐘 (@OpenWebFoundry) March 10, 2022

Arweave x Polygon Hackaton has ended

Good luck to all entrants for the Arweave x Polygon hackathon – at AN, we’re excited to see the new innovations after judging is complete. We first reported on the hackathon here, if you want to see what it is all about, and get a taste for what a hackathon can entail.

⏰ The submission deadline is in 2 days for the @ArweaveTeam x @0xPolygon hackathon!

$15k prize pool for the best #permaweb apps with #polygon and #arweave using @BundlrNetwork 🛠🧑‍💻

Submit your project here 👇https://t.co/wtR7IvsAgW pic.twitter.com/EMbCLvYfQK

— Arweave Team (@ArweaveTeam) March 8, 2022

II. Arweave Ecosystem

Verto partners with Arweave Team and Bundlr Network

Verto Exchange partner up with the Arweave core team and Bundlr Network to offer free uploads of 100kB or less to Arweave’s Permaweb via the ArConnect browser extension wallet. 

1/ We’re pumped to announce our collaboration with @BundlrNetwork and @ArweaveTeam on a new way to submit transactions to the permaweb.

In short: developers can now make ArConnect transactions FREE.

Read on to learn more! 👇 pic.twitter.com/tpJA9dhbix

— Verto (@vertoexchange) March 7, 2022

Sarchophagus’s leadership conversations go public

The Sarcophagus team has moved all the conversations they would normally be making between themselves to a public Discord server so anyone can see the developments and give their own ideas. As well as joining in on Discord, you can listen to the DAO’s past team calls on permacast here.

We have now moved our #dev and leadership chats to a public channel. See what's happening with the team!https://t.co/gwnMyg91D1

Join our Discord community to keep up with news and developments in the community!https://t.co/YnvSTFHVY8

— Sarcophagus 𓂀 (@sarcophagusio) March 10, 2022

Arbitrum integrates Bundlr Network

This is allowing Arbitrum users to seamlessly store their data on the Arweave Permaweb – a huge unlock for the ecosystem, since Arbitrum has over 440,000 unique addresses. 

Users can now utilize @BundlrNetwork to store their data on @ArweaveTeam! 🎉

Learn more below. 👇 https://t.co/oCkH9BCLZM

— Arbitrum (💙,🧡) (@arbitrum) March 8, 2022

SO-FAR launches an NFT marketplace backed by Arweave storage

SO-FAR, a new fine arts NFT marketplace launches on Solana utilising Metaplex. The platform hosts all assets and metadata on Arweave by default.

🌀ＬＡＵＮＣＨＩＮＧ ＴＯＭＯＲＲＯＷ 🌀

SO-FAR is a new media collective for Web3 and the first curated NFT marketplace for fine and new media artists on @solana, built on @metaplex.

Our first drop 𝙉𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮 by @Sinofuturism whitelist is fully reserved! pic.twitter.com/7LuPvoOgWI

— ＳＯ－ＦＡＲ (🏛️,🏛️) (@sofarxyz) March 8, 2022

RedStone launches RedStone Academy to teach web3

RedStone Finance launches its RedStone Academy that is focused on helping people of all backgrounds jump in to learn how to develop their own SmartWeave smart contracts on Arweave using the RedStone SmartWeave SDK. 

1/ Have you ever thought about writing your first #SmartWeave contract but didn't know where to start? 🤷‍♂️

Welcome to https://t.co/dJt7MSGB4S, where everyone can become #Arweave ninja 🥷

Learn more about #Permaweb and write your first RedStone Contract – Details below 👇 pic.twitter.com/8CPX69azpJ

— redstone.finance (@redstone_defi) March 7, 2022

Akord raises $2.3 million in an investment round to further their development

Social vault platform Akord has raised a $2.3m seed round to build an Arweave-backed permanent storage solution for digital heritage. Backers include Maven11, D1 and Arweave. Also on the list is SevenX ventures – a fund with vast ecosystem experience and a portfolio that includes ArDrive, Koii, everFinance and Spheron.

1/ 📢Announcement: We’re thrilled to announce that we closed $2.3m round including investments from @Maven11Capital , @d1ventures , @SevenXVentures and @ArweaveTeam 🥳🤝

The funding gives us the resources to market our secure and permanent storage and collaboration service🚀💥

— Akord (@AkordTeam) March 7, 2022

Creators using Manifold.xyz are now able to get a better overview of stats on the dashboard

Manifold users can now dive deeper into their sales analytics across multiple platforms including Foundation and OpenSea.

Collector Stats now in Manifold Studio 📊

Creators! You can view information about your top and newest collectors of your NFTs across your @manifoldxyz contracts and common marketplaces including @foundation, @SuperRare, @opensea, and @rarible.

1/ More on Collector Stats 👇 pic.twitter.com/WmJlalzPce

— manifold.xyz (マ,マ) (@manifoldxyz) March 8, 2022

III. ICYMI

• Canadian Truckers and the Blockchain: Without Arweave, News is Ephemeral 
• Pianity Raises $6.5m To Further NFT and Blockchain Music Industry Fusion 
• Inside The Struggle of Qubit’s $90M Heist Victims

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