Yale Blockchain Club Newsletter

We hope you enjoyed your Spring Break! In this newsletter, you will find details about some blockchain news and opportunities!

Table of Contents

• Register & Volunteer for Yale Blockchain Conference

• Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Career Fair

• Growth Lead at Zellic

• Current Blockchain News

• Free Blockchain Courses

• Follow us on our Socials!

Register & Volunteer for the Yale Blockchain Conference!

Yale Blockchain Club is hosting its first ever Yale Blockchain Conference on April 6th, 2024, with notable speakers including the Commissioner of SEC, Mark Uyeda and CoinFund President, Chris Perkins as well as others from Paradigm, a16z, Gauntlet, Digital Currency Group, BlockTower, M13, and many more!

Don’t forget to get your tickets: Yale Blockchain Conference 2024 - Splash (splashthat.com)

We are also looking for volunteers for Front Desk Support, Ushers, Cleanup, and Tech Support. Volunteers gain free access to the conference and a copy of Read Write Own by Chris Dixon, a Partner at a16z!

Sign up to volunteer here: https://forms.gle/AasFpiUQ8Dzf8fZT6

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Career Fair

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) is an industry lead organization aiming to accelerate the adoption of the Ethereum blockchain in the business world. It’s board members serve as prominent figures in the blockchain space, such as Yorke Rhodes who is the co-founder of blockchain at Microsoft.

EEA is holding a career day in NYC to connect Web3 companies with students.

Learn more and sign up here: EEA Career Fair · Luma

Also, check out similar upcoming events: Careers Event - Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (entethalliance.org)

Growth Lead at Zellic

Zellic is a security research firm with deep expertise in blockchain security. Among others, their clients include Mysten Labs, LayerZero, and StarkWare. They also have a dedicated zero-knowledge cryptography team, and work closely with projects like Scroll, Axiom, and Succinct Labs.

Learn more about the position and apply here: Growth Lead (notion.site)

The Role

• Act as a force multiplier, helping the Head of Growth execute the company’s priorities on a given day while working on medium-term initiatives

• Have a finger on the pulse for industry developments in DeFi, and identify key decision makers in emerging and established protocols

• Conduct market research to discover growth opportunities in new ecosystems and to position Zellic effectively

• Expand and nurture our client portfolio and network of partners — VCs, angel investors, founders, L1/L2 foundations, market makers, accelerators, etc.

• Expand and nurture our client portfolio and network of partners — VCs, angel investors, founders, L1/L2 foundations, market makers, accelerators, etc.

• Independently—and with the support of the sales team—close high-value clients

• Travel, from time to time, to key industry events and conferences

Who You Are

• Work closely with a cross-functional team of highly-motivated individuals who value critical thinking and relentless execution

• A fast-paced learning environment with significant opportunity for personal growth and career development

• We have a transparent, flat culture

• Profitable and cash flow positive with a management team grounded in reality, not narratives

• Fully remote role (the Zellic team is 100% remote)
  

Current Blockchain News

Read about some of the latest news in the blockchain sphere!

• Binance announced a Word of the Day Game giving 500,000 Binance points to participants during the Bitcoin Halving event

  • Word of the Day | Learn Crypto and Earn Binance Points! | Binance

• OKX announced the listing of Venom Network’s token, VENOM, on its spot market, allowing users to trade VENOM against USDT

  • OKX to list Venom (VENOM) for spot trading | OKX

• Honduras denounced the ICSID Convention due to alleged procedural mismanagement in a case against Honduras

  • Honduras Denounces the ICSID Convention | Latin America notes (hsfnotes.com)

• SEC postponed its verdict on Hashdex and Ark 21Shares’ spot Ethereum ETF applications until May 2024

  • SEC Postpones Ethereum ETF Decision Amid Regulatory Scrutiny - Blockchain.News

Free Online Blockchain Courses

YBC has collaborated with The Blockchain Academy to offer our members free online blockchain courses. You can go at your leisurely pace and they are purely optional.

Here is how you get access:

• Go to the registration form at this link (https://on360.io/yale-blockchain-club-registration-form/)

• Type in this case-sensitive access code when you register: YaleBC-web3

• You can either use this login page or the registration page to go to your portal!

Interested in writing for our blog?

Any topic that is blockchain-related is welcome! Check out our blog here to see what they are like. (https://www.yaleblockchainclub.com/blog)

Apply here and submit a previous writing sample. (https://forms.gle/Tpoj4h2tcMy3xc6a9)

Please direct questions to [email protected]

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