This week on our VTJ Community Slack group, Shobhit asked whether we run any of our Vancouver Tech Morning Coffee events outside of downtown Vancouver. We donโ€™t run many right now โ€” but Iโ€™ve been thinking about how we can make it happen! Is that something youโ€™d find useful? Let me know at [email protected], or shoot me a DM on our VTJ Community Slack.

(Oh - and if you havenโ€™t already, be like Shobhit and join the VTJ Slack group!)

Now onto todayโ€™s briefing. Itโ€™s 1,112 words: a four-minute read.

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P.S. That coffee weโ€™re talking about? The next meetup is on Tuesday from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. in Gastown at The Coffee Bar (10 Water Street). Itโ€™s free โ€” you just have to register.

P.P.S. If youโ€™re not already a VTJ member, youโ€™re missing out on our VTJ Summer Social on Wednesday, as well as Mondayโ€™s cheatsheet on whoโ€™s been selected for BC Techโ€™s inaugural Hall of Fame. Fix that right here, right now, for only $8.25 a month.

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The Web3 company maintains that it is well-capitalized, despite the ongoing โ€œcrypto winter.โ€

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