ICYMI| This week at Ocean 🌊

🤝 PARTNERSHIP| SmartPlaces and Ocean are collaborating to unlock data monetization for users within the Web3 social interaction app developed by @smartees_io! 🌊 🐙

#theyearofadoption

📰 Ocean was featured in the @RolandBerger 'The Rise of the Crypto Economy' report that highlights how governments and corporates can benefit from the rise of Web3 and data sharing.

@PierreSamaties @FerozSanaulla

🪙 3 NEW OCEAN LISTINGS:

1️⃣@Hoo_exchange - with OCEAN/USDT trading pair
2️⃣@Phemex_official - with OCEAN/USDT trading pair
3️⃣@VirgoCX - with OCEAN/CAD trading pair

🔊New #VotDE episode | @udbhav_tiwari, Public Policy Advisor @mozilla, is taking on the subject of #DataGovernance across continents and what it means for internet users, in a discussion with host @dikshadutta in the latest episode podcast of Voices of the Data Economy! 🌊 https://t.co/MGRFL2cUAy

👉 The Phoenix Guild/@PhoenixGuildHQ is a project that aims at increasing women developer participation in the Ocean Ecosystem. Their proposal developed on how there is a need to build a more inclusive product, which can be achieved by onboarding more women developers to Web3.

As part of the 1st grant–3K USD, they will onboard 100 women to Web3 by conducting sessions on blockchain basics, introduction to Ocean Protocol and basic tooling setup (integration with wallet, hardhat, NFT Marketplace etc.) for tech and non-tech women.

To find out more about their deliverables and what they wish to achieve, make sure to go through their proposal here:

https://t.co/7VTkuEsF09

🗣️Are you a data enthusiast with an idea that is bound to help unleash the data and grow the Ocean #ecosystem? Are you looking for funding to implement your project? You should definitely apply for a grant within Round 14 of @OceanDAO_, which has 200K OCEAN available.

DDL: Feb 1

PARTNERSHIP| Ocean has entered into a strategic collaboration with @dimitratech to unlock data for AI and business innovation amongst 100 million small farmers globally!

The focus is to help farmers improve operations and deliver higher yields.

#theyearofadoption https://t.co/nc3KNxIRmh

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1485599039341338624?t=yOSi2fab5Y6PsZdoRca7mw&s=19

5th exchange in January 🪙
OCEAN has now been listed on @VauldOfficial!

OCEAN token holders can trade in the OCEAN/USDT and OCEAN/INR pairs in addition to borrowing and depositing their OCEAN!

Find out more: https://t.co/OCF37yKmDT

#theyearofadoption

MEDIA| Ocean's latest collaboration with @dimitratech has been covered by @YahooNews 👀

Leveraging Ocean technology, the partnership aims to deliver technology to help farmers around the globe improve operations.

Read the full article here:

https://t.co/5q644mS9jo

How can Ocean's Web3 capabilities support sustainable solutions for nature's preservation? What are the potential use cases?

Join Ocean co-founder @trentmc0 as he discusses Ocean's tech stack with participants at the @sovereignnature 2022 hackathon!

📅 25th Jan @ 4:30 PM GMT

🏅10K OCEAN will be awarded at the hackathon to the project that enables the representation of non-human life and establishes governance models to break the cycle of human domination over nature.

Find out more at: https://t.co/Ay9FYZtKeT

🐙@OceanDAO_ Round 13 grant recipients: today, 23:59 GMT, is the deadline for you to submit your funding proposals!

Go through the Request Grant Guidelines here: https://t.co/88POsnAJg7

Are datatokens and NFT's encouraging the adoption of a New Data Economy? How does Ocean's architecture accelerate it?🌊

Catch Ocean co-founder @BrucePon and VP of Engineering @alexcos20 discuss this and more at @TechCircus_'s Web 3.0 Conference!

📅 26 Jan https://t.co/SS7yD2sozk

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1485932626225811459?t=8VEBqGUIU1zWSKEK-DbtJA&s=19

Great news! Ocean has been featured as a "pioneer" in the paper on "Decentralised Autonomous Organisations as Data Trusts", recently published on @SSRN by @kelsiemvn🌊

The paper offers a deep dive into how principles of data trusts apply to DAOs as data governance structures 🏊‍♀️ https://t.co/XsEmKOxUBG

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1485946110699278336?t=RRiNaAwaQ1wva_xb_BvjYg&s=19

"Collecting data, structuring it, and making it usable is crucial today.” Hartmut Müller, Vice President IT Technology & Cross Functions at Daimler AG shares his view on technology and data sovereign Europe.

Dive into the whole interview here:

https://t.co/U5KHMUhoD4

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1486293559234154502?t=LL3q3eepjr5Nz561kJiZug&s=19

🌊 @beincrypto has joined the series of news outlets highlighting Ocean's role in the crypto space to solve real-world problems 🚀

In its latest article on projects leading a crypto revolution, Ocean is positioned as a "blockchain-centric digital creator"! https://t.co/2HZQXzhMFh

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1486309521966628866?t=jTGvMSWax-Ff3jU_eMkaxA&s=19

The Gaia-X Standard was born out of the need to come up with a robust plan that helps secure and protect the data, to take an enormous leap towards #independence and #sovereignty.

Find out about @gaiax_aisbl from the video here: https://t.co/n8hR1VXPAe

@franzbonf

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1486322342003638274?t=yCm8eA_CNBK-oyd5DPsT8w&s=19

"Data Localization is worrisome – it is much easier to get access when data is physically located in your country".

🔊Explore the topic of #DataGovernance in the latest episode of Ocean's podcast #VotDE featuring @udbhav_tiwari, Public Policy Advisor @mozilla! https://t.co/wWpOqPwTu5

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1486338587738386435?t=T8Ei9gkSTRygc3Q6T2p0Wg&s=19

ALGA, the first datatoken wallet, developed by @realdatawhale with grants from @OceanDAO, is all set to launch in February 🚀

#theyearofadoption #dapps #OceanMarket

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1486348851892355076?t=V9waG6ic5X5NSSN1ITzfkw&s=19

Aspiring writers, have you sent in your submissions yet?👀✍️

The @sovereignnature's #Web3 creative writing competition is underway so send in your write-ups and you could get a chance to have your work minted into an #NFT by @Unique_NFTchain!

⏲️Deadline: March 15

Oceaners in Romania!🇷🇴 You can catch Ocean Co-Founder @BrucePon in @CryptopiaFilm, one of the most important documentaries on crypto @ TVR1📺 @tvrplus. @TorstenHQ

Find out more at https://t.co/QZlBdmywpW

ICYMI| This week at Ocean 🌊

✅Ocean partnered with @dimitratech. 100 million small farmers globally will share and monetize their data on Ocean Market by 2025.

✅ OCEAN got listed on @VauldOfficial in OCEAN/USDT

MEDIA|📺

✅Ocean's partnership with Dimitra was covered by +10 publications - @foodanddrinktec, @cryptodailyuk, @TodayCrypto, @CryptoWinkle, @TodayCrowdFund, @TodayCrypto, @YahooNews, and many more.

✅@beincrypto highlighted Ocean's crucial role in the crypto space

✅Ocean was branded "pioneer" in a paper on "Decentralised Autonomous Organisations as Data Trusts", published on @SSRN

EVENTS| 📅

✅Ocean co-founder @BrucePon and VP of Engineering @alexcos20 discussed datatokens, NFT's, and Ocean's architecture at @TechCircus_'s Web 3.0 Conference

#theyearofadoption https://t.co/YTfDtdKKno

Calling all aspiring developers| There is still time to submit your proposals!✍️

@OceanDAO_ Round 14 is underway for projects that will grow the Ocean ecosystem and contribute to a #NewDataEconomy!🌊

💰200K OCEAN
📅 DDL: Feb 1 @ 23:59 GMT

More info at: https://t.co/pqBzsmczm1

NEWS| @BigchainDB, co-founder of Ocean Protocol, wins 3 of the first EU-wide tenders for Gaia-X Federation Services, contributing significantly to the development of a decentralised European data infrastructure. https://t.co/mggnz2H8PI

https://twitter.com/oceanprotocol/status/1488090075380465667?t=pSJSSzu9ECdPZwXoMKW3Xg&s=19