This week, we have:

• A chain for local city development on DevNTell Builders Series.

• Multi-chain tokenization on DevNTell.

• An EthGlobal hackathon.

Community Wins

Congratulations to @crypdoughdoteth for successfully flying the D_D flag at Web3 Summit in Berlin. 👏👏

Lilypad Facts:

On Lilypad, when you build a model, you retain ownership and control of it.

Here's how to quickstart your journey on Lilypad: Consider looking into Lilypad if you haven’t.

This week on the DevNTell Builder Series, ​Trez, the founder of Locale Network, will be on the show. Locale Network is an ecosystem on L3 Data Networks called City-Chain, which focuses on Economic development through DePIN, DeFi, and Smart City services.

​Viewers of this DevNTell will see Trez give an exciting talk around the history of community cooperatives, parallel currencies, and their vision to bridge Web3 liquidity to local communities for a modern spin on age-old economic development models.

Register here.

​In this week's episode of DevNTell, Trevor Miller, founder of BitBadges, will be a guest. BitBadges offers tokenization-as-a-service and gating-as-a-service with tools for you to build multi-chain dApps!

​Viewers of this DevNTell will see Trevor give us an overview of BitBadges and all the latest features for you to build your next multi-chain dApp.

Register here to learn about BitBadges and how to get started.

DevNTell is brought to you by our friends at Arbitrum

Get started today by exploring Arbitrum’s comprehensive docs and tutorials to help you get started with launching your next DApp today!

From July 25 to August 6, 1inch invites developers worldwide to compete for $525,000 in bounties by enhancing interoperability in Web3. Build the next DeFi unicorn, based on innovative solutions that connect networks, bring operations onchain, and offer a new level of user experience.

Sign up on the Unite DeFi website if interested.

Last week was a busy one on DevNTell as we had the Builders and our normal DevNTell series. In the Builder’s series edition, Ryan and Eric, co-founders of ChainCraft, sat down with Narb to talk about ChainCraft. ChainCraft is an innovative platform that revolutionizes game development by integrating blockchain technology and artificial intelligence.

Viewers saw Ryan and Eric demonstrate how ChainCraft enables anyone to create games through AI chat, convert them into blockchain assets, and compete with other players for cryptocurrency. If you're interested in making games using AI chat, you can rewatch the episode on our Spotify Podcast—Mint the Builders series on ChainCraft on Pods Media here. 

Rong Kai, CEO of Reactive Network, also sat down with Narb to discuss Reactive Network. Reactive Network is an EVM-compatible execution layer that allows developers to create dApps using reactive contracts.

Viewers saw Rong give us a deep dive into how Reactive Network is redefining Web3 automation, which includes exploring event-driven smart contracts, securing AI integration, and the future of decentralized infrastructure.

Rewatch the episode on Spotify and also mint on Pods Media to own a portion of history.

Disclaimer: Please do your due diligence about a role posted here.

• @megabyte0x is actively searching for a new role in crypto.  He was the co-founder of @0rbitco (acquired), worked with @0xaarc, @biconomy @hyperlaneindia and @thegraphindia, and more as a freelancer. Won multiple hacks: megabyte0x.xyz/builds. 

• @crlfq on the D_D Discord is looking for a Degen DeFi Developer. Send a message on X if interested. 

• D_D member @hyperalchemy is searching for interesting projects to collaborate with. Project manager with over 15 years of experience and technical background. DMs are open.

• Pear Protocol is scaling and hiring for the post of a Senior Backend Engineer. See the application details on this

This proposal is requesting:

• 9,000 USDC for the July-Sept Quarter to renew the Coordination/Marketing Role that Billyjitsu and marketing, led by Narbs, are currently managing.

• 40,000 USDC, over time, for the investments team. This will be used to earn yield over time while analyzing risk factors for the DAO. 

The full $40,000 will not be taken all at once, but will be strategically pulled when opportunities arise that meet certain risk criteria. The goal for the stables is to achieve at least an 8% return on assets used, which would equate to a $3,200 return over 365 days. All funds would be returned. The request for a large amount is now primarily for access when opportunities arise, and having to make multiple proposals can result in lost opportunities.

Read the full proposal and make your contributions.

🚀 Founders: Scale Your Web3 or AI Product Faster.

D_D Ventures partners with bold builders, reshaping the future of decentralized tech and AI. We help early-stage teams like yours:

• Build smarter with Web3 and AI infrastructure expertise.

• Grow globally with proven strategies to amplify your reach.

👉 Got vision? Let’s talk.

Contact us today to elevate your product to category leadership.

The development of the first DAO’s hybrid cloud for blockchains and DApp solutions is underway.

Join the waitlist here.

The D_D Academy is a sub-section of Developer DAO tasked with creating educational content for public goods. Are you interested in contributing educational content or development work to the Academy and being rewarded?

Join the Academy sync and find out how you can contribute. Reach out to @piablo.eth to learn how you can contribute as the Academy syncs are back and better. 

Delegate your ARIO tokens to our Arweave gateway, as we will share 10% of the rewards with you.

You can delegate your ARIO tokens here.

If you don’t have ARIO tokens yet, visit the ar.io website to learn how to obtain them.

• An X thread on a glamsterdam proposal ranker on forkcast by @wolovim. Your take on the post is appreciated. 

• Check out BLS Lab,  a cryptography toolkit developed by D_D member @chispasss that enables users to visualize BLS signatures & aggregation, try hashing algorithms (sha-256, keccak-256, etc), compute Solidity function selectors, and see how secret sharing works in real time.

ArcadiaFi - Rekt

ArcadiaFi suffered a $3.6 million exploit due to an unchecked swapData parameter in its Rebalancer contract, which allowed an attacker to inject malicious calls during a protocol pause cooldown. The attacker leveraged flash loans to bypass security checks and drain funds while emergency safeguards were disabled.

The hack underscores how over-reliance on fragmented audits and rigid permission systems can create catastrophic blind spots, as four prior audits missed this vulnerability, and the protocol’s own pause mechanism was weaponized against it.

BigONE - Rekt

BigONE suffered a $27 million supply chain attack where hackers compromised its production servers to rewrite risk controls and withdrawal logic, turning internal systems into an unauthorized ATM without stealing private keys.

An Exclusive Interview with Roman Storm on Tornado Cash & DOJ Court Case

In this exclusive interview, Roman Storm, Co-founder of Tornado Cash, discusses his upcoming federal trial where he faces charges of conspiracy to launder money, evading sanctions, and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. These crimes could lead to over 40 years in prison. Get all the details on Tornado Cash, events that led up to his arrest, legal and financial challenges, and his message to President Trump. 

The Eco-Friendly Rug Pull

Rowan Energy’s "eco-friendly" blockchain project was exposed as a $132 million rug pull after researchers uncovered a hidden mint function in its private blockchain, enabling founder David Duckworth to create 400 million ghost tokens while simultaneously defrauding homeowners with non-functional "SmartMiner" hardware.

The scam weaponized green energy ideals to conceal a decade-long pattern of fraud, proving that sustainability claims and "private" blockchains can be exploited to bypass scrutiny, with victims losing funds to both digital tokens and physical devices.

Defend your Smart Contract with LISA

L.I.S.A, an acronym for LLM-based Intelligent Security Analyser, is an AI-powered security platform that utilizes the power of LLMs to perform smart contract security analysis, provide code insights and offer security recommendations. 

Amazon targets vibe-coding chaos with new ‘Kiro’ AI software development tool

Amazon's new AI tool "Kiro" tackles the maintenance chaos of AI-generated "vibe coding" by autonomously creating and updating technical documentation, project plans, and test suites in real-time as code evolves.

Unlike basic AI coding assistants, Kiro deploys autonomous agents to enforce alignment between specifications and implementation, thereby bridging prototype code to production-ready systems while reducing tech debt.

Crypto Industry Reaches Milestone With Passage of First Major Bill

Solana’s Pump.fun Nets $600M as PUMP Token ICO Sells out in 12 Minutes

This week, we have:

• A chain for local city development on DevNTell Builders Series.

• Multi-chain tokenization on DevNTell.

• An EthGlobal hackathon.

Community Wins

Congratulations to @crypdoughdoteth for successfully flying the D_D flag at Web3 Summit in Berlin. 👏👏

Lilypad Facts:

On Lilypad, when you build a model, you retain ownership and control of it.

Here's how to quickstart your journey on Lilypad: Consider looking into Lilypad if you haven’t.

This week on the DevNTell Builder Series, ​Trez, the founder of Locale Network, will be on the show. Locale Network is an ecosystem on L3 Data Networks called City-Chain, which focuses on Economic development through DePIN, DeFi, and Smart City services.

​Viewers of this DevNTell will see Trez give an exciting talk around the history of community cooperatives, parallel currencies, and their vision to bridge Web3 liquidity to local communities for a modern spin on age-old economic development models.

Register here.

​In this week's episode of DevNTell, Trevor Miller, founder of BitBadges, will be a guest. BitBadges offers tokenization-as-a-service and gating-as-a-service with tools for you to build multi-chain dApps!

​Viewers of this DevNTell will see Trevor give us an overview of BitBadges and all the latest features for you to build your next multi-chain dApp.

Register here to learn about BitBadges and how to get started.

DevNTell is brought to you by our friends at Arbitrum

Get started today by exploring Arbitrum’s comprehensive docs and tutorials to help you get started with launching your next DApp today!

From July 25 to August 6, 1inch invites developers worldwide to compete for $525,000 in bounties by enhancing interoperability in Web3. Build the next DeFi unicorn, based on innovative solutions that connect networks, bring operations onchain, and offer a new level of user experience.

Sign up on the Unite DeFi website if interested.

Last week was a busy one on DevNTell as we had the Builders and our normal DevNTell series. In the Builder’s series edition, Ryan and Eric, co-founders of ChainCraft, sat down with Narb to talk about ChainCraft. ChainCraft is an innovative platform that revolutionizes game development by integrating blockchain technology and artificial intelligence.

Viewers saw Ryan and Eric demonstrate how ChainCraft enables anyone to create games through AI chat, convert them into blockchain assets, and compete with other players for cryptocurrency. If you're interested in making games using AI chat, you can rewatch the episode on our Spotify Podcast—Mint the Builders series on ChainCraft on Pods Media here. 

Rong Kai, CEO of Reactive Network, also sat down with Narb to discuss Reactive Network. Reactive Network is an EVM-compatible execution layer that allows developers to create dApps using reactive contracts.

Viewers saw Rong give us a deep dive into how Reactive Network is redefining Web3 automation, which includes exploring event-driven smart contracts, securing AI integration, and the future of decentralized infrastructure.

Rewatch the episode on Spotify and also mint on Pods Media to own a portion of history.

Disclaimer: Please do your due diligence about a role posted here.

• @megabyte0x is actively searching for a new role in crypto.  He was the co-founder of @0rbitco (acquired), worked with @0xaarc, @biconomy @hyperlaneindia and @thegraphindia, and more as a freelancer. Won multiple hacks: megabyte0x.xyz/builds. 

• @crlfq on the D_D Discord is looking for a Degen DeFi Developer. Send a message on X if interested. 

• D_D member @hyperalchemy is searching for interesting projects to collaborate with. Project manager with over 15 years of experience and technical background. DMs are open.

• Pear Protocol is scaling and hiring for the post of a Senior Backend Engineer. See the application details on this

This proposal is requesting:

• 9,000 USDC for the July-Sept Quarter to renew the Coordination/Marketing Role that Billyjitsu and marketing, led by Narbs, are currently managing.

• 40,000 USDC, over time, for the investments team. This will be used to earn yield over time while analyzing risk factors for the DAO. 

The full $40,000 will not be taken all at once, but will be strategically pulled when opportunities arise that meet certain risk criteria. The goal for the stables is to achieve at least an 8% return on assets used, which would equate to a $3,200 return over 365 days. All funds would be returned. The request for a large amount is now primarily for access when opportunities arise, and having to make multiple proposals can result in lost opportunities.

Read the full proposal and make your contributions.

🚀 Founders: Scale Your Web3 or AI Product Faster.

D_D Ventures partners with bold builders, reshaping the future of decentralized tech and AI. We help early-stage teams like yours:

• Build smarter with Web3 and AI infrastructure expertise.

• Grow globally with proven strategies to amplify your reach.

👉 Got vision? Let’s talk.

Contact us today to elevate your product to category leadership.

The development of the first DAO’s hybrid cloud for blockchains and DApp solutions is underway.

Join the waitlist here.

The D_D Academy is a sub-section of Developer DAO tasked with creating educational content for public goods. Are you interested in contributing educational content or development work to the Academy and being rewarded?

Join the Academy sync and find out how you can contribute. Reach out to @piablo.eth to learn how you can contribute as the Academy syncs are back and better. 

Delegate your ARIO tokens to our Arweave gateway, as we will share 10% of the rewards with you.

You can delegate your ARIO tokens here.

If you don’t have ARIO tokens yet, visit the ar.io website to learn how to obtain them.

• An X thread on a glamsterdam proposal ranker on forkcast by @wolovim. Your take on the post is appreciated. 

• Check out BLS Lab,  a cryptography toolkit developed by D_D member @chispasss that enables users to visualize BLS signatures & aggregation, try hashing algorithms (sha-256, keccak-256, etc), compute Solidity function selectors, and see how secret sharing works in real time.

ArcadiaFi - Rekt

ArcadiaFi suffered a $3.6 million exploit due to an unchecked swapData parameter in its Rebalancer contract, which allowed an attacker to inject malicious calls during a protocol pause cooldown. The attacker leveraged flash loans to bypass security checks and drain funds while emergency safeguards were disabled.

The hack underscores how over-reliance on fragmented audits and rigid permission systems can create catastrophic blind spots, as four prior audits missed this vulnerability, and the protocol’s own pause mechanism was weaponized against it.

BigONE - Rekt

BigONE suffered a $27 million supply chain attack where hackers compromised its production servers to rewrite risk controls and withdrawal logic, turning internal systems into an unauthorized ATM without stealing private keys.

An Exclusive Interview with Roman Storm on Tornado Cash & DOJ Court Case

In this exclusive interview, Roman Storm, Co-founder of Tornado Cash, discusses his upcoming federal trial where he faces charges of conspiracy to launder money, evading sanctions, and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. These crimes could lead to over 40 years in prison. Get all the details on Tornado Cash, events that led up to his arrest, legal and financial challenges, and his message to President Trump. 

The Eco-Friendly Rug Pull

Rowan Energy’s "eco-friendly" blockchain project was exposed as a $132 million rug pull after researchers uncovered a hidden mint function in its private blockchain, enabling founder David Duckworth to create 400 million ghost tokens while simultaneously defrauding homeowners with non-functional "SmartMiner" hardware.

The scam weaponized green energy ideals to conceal a decade-long pattern of fraud, proving that sustainability claims and "private" blockchains can be exploited to bypass scrutiny, with victims losing funds to both digital tokens and physical devices.

Defend your Smart Contract with LISA

L.I.S.A, an acronym for LLM-based Intelligent Security Analyser, is an AI-powered security platform that utilizes the power of LLMs to perform smart contract security analysis, provide code insights and offer security recommendations. 

Amazon targets vibe-coding chaos with new ‘Kiro’ AI software development tool

Amazon's new AI tool "Kiro" tackles the maintenance chaos of AI-generated "vibe coding" by autonomously creating and updating technical documentation, project plans, and test suites in real-time as code evolves.

Unlike basic AI coding assistants, Kiro deploys autonomous agents to enforce alignment between specifications and implementation, thereby bridging prototype code to production-ready systems while reducing tech debt.

Crypto Industry Reaches Milestone With Passage of First Major Bill

Solana’s Pump.fun Nets $600M as PUMP Token ICO Sells out in 12 Minutes