Ellie Farrisi

The week following the launch of Sei Labs Sei v2 has been full of announcements, with no signs of slowing down. Phase 2 of the Sei Foundation Airdrop was launched. There was over 27 million SEI tokens available to over 40,000 unique addresses.  Liquid stakers and NFT collectors both eligible, community members have until the start of Phase 3 to confirm their eligibility. OpenSea, the largest Web3 marketplace for NFTs and crypto collectibles was deployed on Sei. Alongside Sei Opensea is leveraging rapid finality and throughput, allowing for buying and selling on all your favourite NFT's on SEI. Sei connected to the wider EVM ecosystem with the first bridge live on Sei v2 through symbiosis_fi  Making the user experience when bridging Sei even more seamless than before. The launch of the Sei x Gitcoin Creator Fund was announced to celebrate the launch of v2. This is a collaboration that looks to support the growth and development of the Sei ecosystem through multiple funding rounds. Sei in collaboration with Revolut the all-in-one finance app trusted by over 40 million users, launched a Crypto Learn campaign This is to educate users on how Sei’s pioneering parallelised EVM enhances speed, security, and developer tools to meet evolving needs.  LayerZero Labs went live on Sei V2, meaning developers on other LayerZero Labs supported networks can now seamlessly deploy their applications on Sei V2. This will allow for developers to build seamless omnichain applications, tokens, and experiences. This is just the beginning of what is to come from Sei Labs Make sure to check out some of the dApps that are already live: https://lnkd.in/dS2keJan

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The Kick Off Round Of The Sei Foundation Creator Fund's $10M Initiative Has Just Complete. With 862.5K $SEI Matched To Support Creators. The kickoff round offered a $250,000 matching pool to support projects building on Sei, utilizing Quadratic Funding (QF) through Gitcoin Grants Stack. This method amplifies the impact of small donations ensuring projects receive a larger share of the matching pool. For the kick off round Sei used an innovative approach to ensure a fair funding distribution pioneered by Gitcoin. The use of Connection-Oriented Cluster-Matching (COCM) addresses some of the limitations of traditional QF. Kick Off Round Metrics: - Total Matching Pool: 862,500 SEI - Total Raised by Crowd: $38,371.68 - Number of Voters: 2,707 - Number of Projects: 63 - Average Donor Contribution: $14.17 The Sei Foundation has partnered with Karma GAP to keep grantees accountable and share their progress with the community. Grantees must use Karma GAP to set milestones and provide updates. To qualify for future rounds, they must share their progress and explain fund usage. Here are the top five projects by total matching funding: - @crossover_xo: 72,029.91 SEI - @s3_labs: 64,288.63 SEI - @fuckersforlife: 59,168.59 SEI - @dobnfts: 55,294.63 SEI - @remosworld: 47,492.54 SEI If you are a creator on Sei make sure to stay tuned for announcements about the next funding round. Join the Sei Community Grants Telegram Group to stay updated and connect with other creators and supporters. Read more:  https://lnkd.in/dGRrF9XH

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"Going forward all episode links will be going to my Dexa page. Dexa is the best way to consume my content by engaging with questions, AI-generated clips and better insights into episodes." Dexa episode page: https://lnkd.in/eHjHQgAX

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