Discord has become the hub for communities of all kinds. For Web3 communities, it's the go-to spot for everything from sharing alpha and discussing new projects to getting support for products, marketplaces, and devtools. If you’re into Web3 and use Discord, you've likely noticed the proliferation of Discord bots designed to manage communities, track crypto prices, and alert communities about NFT and DeFi activity. However, many of these bots come with a hefty price tag or require coding skills to integrate.

From Velodrome’s innovative platform for trading future DeFi yield to Farcaster's fresh take on decentralized social media, the Optimism ecosystem is alive with innovation. With major players like Coinbase and Sony building their L2s — Base and Soneium, respectively — on the OP Stack, Optimism is hot. Total value locked (TVL) on Optimism Mainnet has soared past $500 million, with around 570,000 daily transactions. 

Base Name Service (BNS) is the primary naming service on the Base network, simplifying how users link memorable names like "bob.base" to blockchain identifiers such as crypto wallet addresses. As BNS domains grew in popularity, managing the increasing number of domain registrations, renewals, and transfers became challenging. The team turned to Dispatchfor efficient domain activity monitoring and real-time updates.

Between proposal creation and execution, delegation, permissions changes, voting, and treasury spending, staying on top of DAO governance activities can be a constant struggle. This guide will show you a few ways you can automatically monitor and communicate real-time updates for critical governance-related activity — whether to your team, or your community.

We're excited to announce that Dispatch, our powerful Web3 alerting and automation platform, has joined Caldera’s appchain ecosystem. This integration brings no-code  smart contract and wallet monitoring to developers and projects building on Caldera's high-performance appchains. More than alerting, Dispatch can help teams discover product insights and potential malicious activity — automatically, and with just a few clicks.

ETHDenver 2024 witnessed an impressive turnout from the Web3 community. What began as a modest hackathon has become one of the most prominent Web3 conferences. This time, it wasn't just developers immersed in their laptops; the event attracted artists, designers, Web3 enthusiasts, influential politicians, and large and small companies. Even with the recent crypto market ups and downs, the vibe at ETHDenver was buzzing with excitement as the Web3 community rallied together, united in pushing toward the future.