# Dean's Letter Issue #4

> Empowering Solana's Power Users ⚡️

**Published by:** [Dean's Letter](https://paragraph.com/@deans-letter/)
**Published on:** 2023-05-01
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@deans-letter/deans-letter-issue-4

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Network-at-a-glance📊Source(s): Artemis.xyz, and DeFillama.com. The Grape Vine 🍇Solana Labs is developing a ChatGPT plugin that will allow users to search the Solana blockchain using OpenAI's conversational chatbot technology. The plugin will enable users to perform various tasks, including checking wallet balances, transferring tokens, and purchasing NFTs: Decrypt @decryptmedia ChatGPT Solana Labs A tool is being prepared to integrate the language model, making it easier for users to interact with the Solana Blockchain. decrypt.co Solana Labs Preps ChatGPT Plugin for Real-Time Blockchain Analysis - Decrypt The new tool will make it easier to interact with the Solana blockchain, including checking balances and enabling NFT purchases. 347 12:01 PM • Apr 27, 2023 Underdog protocol co-founder, Tony, demonstrates how to create a compressed NFT in less than 5 minutes: compressed cookies t◎nÿ ⬇️🐶🧋🤏🏽 @tonyplasencia3 Create Compressed NFTs in less than 5mins using @BackAnUnderdog 36 11:41 PM • Apr 27, 2023 Solana Foundation announces a $1m fund for small-scale grants exploring the intersection of Solana and AI: Solana Foundation @SolanaFndn 1/ Today, the Solana Foundation announces a $1m fund for small-scale grants exploring the intersection of the @Solana blockchain and AI. The grants range from $5k to $25k, and both new and existing projects are eligible. Learn more 706 5:58 PM • Apr 25, 2023 The Solana Foundation has teamed up with Mastercard to advance its Mastercard Crypto Credential initiative, which aims to establish a framework of standard practices and infrastructure for verifying trusted interactions between Web2 and Web3: Solana Foundation @SolanaFndn The Solana Foundation is excited to work with @Mastercard on tools to verify trusted interactions and help secure interactions between web2 and web3 apps. This is a positive step forward in enabling trust in trustless environments for consumers, businesses, and the greater… Mastercard News @MastercardNews At #Consensus23, we announced how we are instilling trust in the blockchain ecosystem through Mastercard Crypto Credential. With crypto wallet providers @Bit2Me_Global, @LiriumAG , @MercadoBitcoin and @UpholdInc and public blockchain network organizations @AptosLabs,… 1,360 1:42 PM • Apr 28, 2023 Parott Finance's "DAO" treasury hostage situation: CM (9,5) @CollinM11 Today I bring you the sad story of @gopartyparrot / $PRT "DAO": a project with one of the biggest IDO's on SOL at 85m. But has now turned into a hostage situation where "the boss" is holding the treasury over its community's head. Let's dive in 72 1:45 PM • Apr 25, 2023 Magic Eden vows to redeem itself to SOL community: tiff @bytheophana part of growing up is learning to take an L the sooner we can accept an L, the sooner we can rebuild the reality check is staring us straight in the face. Magic Eden needs to prove itself to be worthy of SOL's community we'll do it thru our actions this time, not just words 399 8:39 AM • Apr 27, 2023 Soju helps rectify falsified claims regarding Tulip Finance's integrity: Soju | Ferum @0xSoju .@TulipProtocol launched in Feb 2021 (or smth), one of the first DeFi dApps, right after @RaydiumProtocol and Serum. They wrote Rust code before Anchor was a thing, without any of the infrastructure, support and tooling/docs we see today. They achieved $1B in TVL at one point. 188 2:05 AM • Apr 28, 2023 Dean's List Updates🦍 Happy new month ❤️ I hope y'all had a great weekend! We have 3 active feedbacks currently. As part of our grant agreement, we’ll be reviewing; Underdog Protocol- hackathonSplitwave- hackathon we have a week from now to round this up and it’s advisable to make your inputs in the respective Discord channels if you would like to be included in the payouts. We'll also. be conducting another round of feedback on: Zignaly AppInterested in joining Dean's List? Learn More Here:https://www.deanslist.servicesDean's List - Web3 Power ExpertsCITIZEN UPDATE: The minting of the interim token has been completed and the new token will be sent to all participants as the next step. We are now in Phase 3 as outlined in our announcement. Read the full announcement The Dean's List DAO is looking for talented and passionate individuals to become one of us.Purchase a Membership:https://coinablepay.comDeans List

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