Friends With Benefits x PYUSD x Solana presents the FWB Winter Bazaar 2024: a 72-hour e-market with curated goods from the extended Friends With Benefits community. Our physi-digital subcultural economy is made possible by the accelerating advancements in emerging technologies like trusted stablecoins and increasingly efficient layer one infrastructure.

Calling All Creators

You make things. Beautiful things. Weird things. Things that make people stop doomscrolling.

We’re interested in stocking all kinds of bespoke goods that represent the broad range of our community’s tastes and talents—especially things that make great gifts. Think zines, hand-poured candles, one-of-a-kind garments, bespoke roasted coffee.

What We’re Looking For

Handcrafted goods that tell a story

Wearables that make a statement

Objects that spark joy and/or confusion

Anything made with intention and care

Why Vend With Us?

Tap into FWB’s community of cultural collectors and tastemakers

Seamless transactions via PYUSD on Solana with real time settlement

72 hours of focused promotion for your goods

Zero platform fees (yes, really!)

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Ready to join the bazaar?

Applications are open until 11:59pm EST on 11/11.

STORY RESERVED SPOTS

Genesis IP is a campaign to celebrate Story’s mainnet launch in Q1 2025, with a curated lineup of stand out creatives who will be among the first to register their IP and activate on the newly minted L1 blockchain.

Expect social features of participating creators on Story’s Twitter leading up to mainnet launch in Q1, after which work will be showcased in ecosystem apps. Apps range from artwork remixing, to apparel creation, to storytelling, and more.

Story has reserved 3 Genesis IP spots for FWB community creators – a chance to tap into their launch momentum, marketing support, and new Story distribution channels. Is this you? Apply below.

MEMBERS — SUBMIT YOUR CONTENT FOR FWB AMPLIFICATION

Based on results from the Member Survey, we’re stoked to amplify our member’s projects. If you are 1) an FWB member, and 2) you have a project or announcement you want amplified, submit your a) already posted content for amplification to FWB’s owned socials and/or b) content for a newsletter highlight. Submit here!

TOKEN MIGRATION UPDATE

Crypto is a rapidly evolving industry, with tools advancing in efficiency and scalability everyday. It’s incredibly exciting, and it’s exactly why we proposed updating the FWB token ecosystem from ETH Mainnet to Base L2. As many of you know Uniswap is close to launching a more proven V4. After careful consideration, we are postponing opening the migration to align with the launch of Uniswap V4 in order to set the pair once. We’re still targeting Q4, but the exact date is still to come.

⧞ ELSEWHERE ⧞

Moo Deng @ DevCon with LUKSO, Dora, FWB, & Offline Protocol

Join us on November 10th as we take a pre-Devcon excursion to meet with the one and only Moo Deng. RSVP must be approved!

ADD CULTURE TO YOUR TECH STACK WITH FWB

Friends With Benefits is a new type of cultural institution driving the adoption of emerging tech. Forged on the internet, FWB is a group of 5,500+ global members with a combined, cross-channel audience of 100K+ cultural producers, emerging tech builders, and early adopters. We partner with infrastructure companies, consumer brands, protocols, and communities to build user adoption strategies, craft cultural positioning, and deploy product launches.

What We Do: 

• Content & experiential marketing

• Solving cold start problem

• User acquisition & retention

• Community building

• Strategic advisory

How We Do It:

• URL → IRL Activations

• FWB FEST

• Incubators

• Strategic rollouts & marketing campaigns

• Thought leadership

Our Edge:

• Solving the Cold Start Problem: Our crypto-native community are the right first adopters paired with a custom rollout plan to drive early traction.

• Beyond crypto: We help you break out of the web3 bubble, ensuring your product resonates with a broader audience.

• A Community of Culturalists: Partner with us to access a global network eager to bring your vision to life and drive cultural relevance.

• Solutions for Newly Funded Companies: Our tailored approach maximizes your investment, delivering impactful results for your growing business.

More Than A Social Network

FWB was founded as a new kind of social network. Four years later, our network has evolved to produce cultural go-to-market solutions leveraging our 5,500+ global membership and wider emerging tech ecosystem.