Welcome to The College.xyz Effect
This is our first edition, and we're kicking it off the right way, by getting you up to speed on everything happening right now and everything coming next. Short and sweet.
College.xyz is the bridge between student talent and the companies shaping Web3. We connect students across 70+ university blockchain clubs to real opportunities, real people, and real projects. Built by students, for students.
A Quick TL;DR
SIGN UP with your .edu email now: the Leaderboard drops next week.
Aave vs. Morpho bounty is live: make your case and get paid.
Base Batches info session TODAY: find out how to get a flight to SF.
Office Hours April 15th with Professor Nemil Dalal, Visiting Partner at YC.
Looking for Web3 internships and jobs? We got you.
HERE’S WHAT IS LIVE!
SIGN UP at College.xyz
Log in with your .edu email and build your profile. Next week we're dropping the Leaderboard, where the most active students get rewarded for what they complete and contribute. Get your profile set up before it goes live.
Open BOUNTIES
Get paid to build. Kicking things off with a good one:
Aave vs. Morpho — Long/Short Analysis You're a portfolio manager at a delta neutral crypto hedge fund. Pick a side, long one, short the other. Both tokens are sitting at ~$1.7B FDV. Write a 2-3 page investment memo and make the call with conviction.
1st: $500 / 2nd: $200 / 3rd: $50.
This is just the start. A massive uptick in bounties across dev, research, marketing, and more is coming very soon. Keep your eye out!
All bounties can be found at college.xyz/bounties
Base is for STUDENTS!
Base is flying students out to SF for their international accelerator program, Base Batches. Spots are competitive, and TODAY we're breaking it all down with the team. How to get in, what they're actually looking for, and everything in between.
TUNE IN HERE: https://x.com/i/spaces/1qGoNeBlYWzKv/peek
Events and Opportunities
Office Hours with Professor Nemil Dalal: Nemil Dalal is a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator and has been building in crypto for over 10 years. He founded CryptoFin, one of the earliest DeFi protocols, which was acquired by Coinbase. He then spent 7 years at Coinbase leading developer products, asset integrations, and stablecoins, including helping grow USDC to $1B in market cap and launching the Coinbase Developer Platform, reporting directly to the CEO.
Now he's taking questions from students. If you're thinking about building in Web3, breaking into the industry, or just want real talk from someone who's actually done it, this is the room to be in.
Grab your spot here: Luma HERE.
Internships and Jobs: Check out the latest Web3 opportunities at college.xyz/careers and FOLLOW @internatxyz on X for updates dropped regularly!
That's edition one of The College.xyz Effect. We built this to close the gap between where you are and where the industry is heading. Every bounty, every event, every opportunity we drop is a step toward that.
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- The College.xyz Team