Gm & happy Thursday... & September! Time flies, especially in web3! Good thing we have one last long weekend to soak it all in. This week, we've got the perfect poolside reads and listens to explore!

Make sure to take time to touch grass and decompress away from your screens. Before you know it, you'll be back at the desk...

Here's Your Weekly 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Hot Tip: Set aside 10 min a day to jump in! Even if it’s just scrolling through your newly web3 filled social feeds.

5 Accounts to Follow: fill up your feed

• Womenofweb3co

• CandiceH

• Talia Zoref

• Sandy.blockchain

• Swan Sit

4 Reads: making headlines

• MTV introduces the 'Best Metaverse Performance' award category

• Visa, Mastercard, and Binance are suddenly making Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Cardano, and Tether payments a reality

• World of Women Reveals WoWverse Capacitors NFTs

• Netflix is Using NFTs to Harvest Engagement Data. And TV May Never Be the Same

3 Listens: all ears

This week we're highlighting the Women of Web3 Podcast with Lauren Ingram. Our top three recommendations:

• How can women grow wealth and grow businesses in Web3

• AMA with Lauren Ingram

• Getting 50,000 women into blockchain by 2023

2 Terms to Know: getting technical

• Node- a type of participant in the blockchain network that stores data and contributes to the consensus process to ensure that all new transactions and blocks are valid. Miners act as full nodes, but anyone may also operate a node to monitor the network without contributing computing resources.

• Testnet- smart contract platforms like Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain provide developers a testing environment in which they can deploy and test smart contracts, called a testnet. They are never supposed to have any value and allow application developers or testers to experiment, without having to use real bitcoins.

1 Project to Know: if you're looking for a new job

xCollective- a professional growth community, with a mission to open ~virtual~ doors and help people get paid jobs in web3 by providing coaching, networking & negotiation tips.

xCollective is focused on empowering women and nonbinary individuals to make hiring in Web3, so we're obviously excited about everything they are creating! And they just started minting, so def worth checking out.

What's fashion got to do with it..

Going to New York Fashion Week? You might need a key, like an NFT, to snag your coveted seat this year. And it's going to be good. Say what? Afterpay, an interest-free platform, is launching partnerships with NY-based brands, think Jonathan Simkhai, and selling NFTS to unlock special events, products, and membership access during the week. NFTs were released Tuesday, Aug 30th. Head to keys.nyfw.com to snag your own!

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Written w moxie from The Miss O Cool Girls NFT Team