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Lightning⚡️Ventures Thunderstruck 5.17.24

Lightning⚡️Ventures Thunderstruck 5.17.24

All the happs from the Lightning⚡️Ventures gang

Tristan Hillerich
May 17, 2024

Happy Friday to the world’s largest Bitcoin-focused investing network! We have another weekly rundown of all our portfolio company updates! Updates are always happening, we make it easy for you to never miss any!

Portfolio News n’ Stuff!

🟧 PlebLab has a jam-packed month of May! Starting with Hack’n Tell today May 17th. But that’s not it, they have many other upcoming events scheduled in May:

Open Hackerspace Day: Every Tuesday come meet the Bitcoin builders, innovators, and developers of Austin!
Bitcoin Project Day: Every Sunday, the doors are open where Bitcoin founders can present their projects or startups!
CASCDR Launch Party: The Co-Founders of CASCDR, Jim and Luke are bringing some announcements and celebrating the launch of CASCDR!
NOSTRDEVS XIII: This Saturday, May 18th get the latest in Nostr news, updates projects, and progress. There will be a discussion around Nostr implementation possibilities and will end with some Nostr hacking!

Summer is here and they have also released PlebLab Summer Merch. Use code “SUMMER21” to save 10% on your order.

🟧 JAN3 and Liquid Network have officially launched capital markets in El Salvador.

🟧 The Bitcoin Company is offering more Bitcoin back gift cards purchased from Dick’s Sporting Goods, Nike, Lululemon, and NFL Shop for the next 5 days!

🟧 Start9 now supports the updated FreeGPT-2 version 2.37.124 on the Marketplace. This version offers support for llama3 and many llama3-based models, additional language support (including Polish and Turkish), and an improved admin panel.

🟧 Orange Pill App has had a huge spike in new users over the last couple of days! They also posted they were 2 signups away from making a new 2024 daily all-time high!

New user trends

🟧 OrdinalsBot has hinted they will be releasing a Runes Launchpad soon.

🟧 Zaprite is going to be sponsoring the Bitcoin Conference Ireland 2024 as the official payments partner! The event is on Saturday, May 25th!

🟧 CrowdHealth dropped KNOWLEDGE on what to do if you go to the ER.

What to do when.....you go to the ER.
Don't get taken by the hospitals. Make sure you are prepared in the case you have to go to the ER.
— CrowdHealth (@JoinCrowdHealth)
6:40 PM • May 14, 2024