Bitget Launches Global Graduate Program to Cultivate the Next Generation of Web3 Talent
Bitget , the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, announced the launch of its first Bitget Graduate Program, an initiative designed to recruit and cultivate the next generation of blockchain and Web3 talent from top global universities. As part of Bitget’s Blockchain4Youth Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, this program aligns with the company’s plans of driving education, innovation, and long-term growth in the blockchain industry.
The Bitget Graduate Program seeks outstanding graduates with a global mindset, a passion for innovation, and a strong drive to explore the future of Web3. The program provides career opportunities across various fields, including operations, product management, marketing, risk & compliance, data management, and engineering, enabling participants to gain hands-on experience in one of the fastest-growing sectors.
Applications are now open on the Bitget official website and will remain available until March 15, 2025. Successful candidates will receive offer letters to join Bitget, with the earliest start date being April 1. Through this program, Bitget plans to hire around 30 exceptional graduates, offering them a structured development program, cross-functional training, and direct mentorship from industry experts. Participants will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain projects and contribute to expanding Web3 applications.
“At Bitget, we believe the future of Web3 lies in the hands of the next generation,” said Vugar Usi Zade, Chief Operating Officer at Bitget. “The Graduate Program is designed to bridge the gap between ambition and opportunity, providing young professionals with a direct pathway to immerse themselves in the blockchain industry. As Web3 adoption accelerates, we are committed to equipping future leaders with the skills and experiences they need to shape the decentralized world.”
Bitget offers a dynamic and diverse workplace, with over 1,800 employees from over 60 countries and a culture that values efficiency, innovation, and collaboration. The program offers competitive compensation, clear career development pathways, and growth opportunities within Bitget.
Launched in May 2023, Blockchain4Youth aligns with Bitget’s commitment to inspiring the next generation to embrace blockchain. With a $10 million pledge over five years, the initiative offers courses, hackathons, and scholarships. By the end of 2024, Bitget had entered over 60 universities, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University College London (UCL), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, National Technological University of Argentina, National Taiwan University, and RMIT University, hosting nearly 100 talks and reaching over 13,000 students.
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Established in 2018, Bitget is the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company. Serving over 100 million users in 150+ countries and regions, the Bitget exchange is committed to helping users trade smarter with its pioneering copy trading feature and other trading solutions, while offering real-time access to Bitcoin price , Ethereum price , and other cryptocurrency prices. Formerly known as BitKeep, Bitget Wallet is a world-class multi-chain crypto wallet that offers an array of comprehensive Web3 solutions and features including wallet functionality, token swap, NFT Marketplace, DApp browser, and more.
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Sonic Kicks Off $1M Mobius Hackathon
Sonic SVM, the first chain extension for Solana, has launched its $1 million Mobius Hackathon, inviting developers to build decentralized applications (dApps) on its gaming-optimized platform.
The event, which begins on February 17 and runs until March 14, aims to accelerate innovation across multiple blockchain verticals, including gaming, decentralized finance (DeFi), and artificial intelligence (AI).
Hackathon Tracks and Judging Criteria
According to a press statement shared with CryptoPotato, the hackathon will feature four distinct tracks: Attention Capital Market, DeFi, AI, and Gaming. Participants in the event will be tasked with creating apps that address specific needs within these categories. This will include content tokenization for social media platforms, yield-generating tools, AI agent aggregators, and high-revenue gaming experiences.
Additionally, a panel of industry experts will evaluate submissions on the basis of their innovation, technical depth, and viability in the real world. The judges will also offer constructive feedback to help the participating teams refine their projects, ensuring they all gain valuable feedback from the experience.
The experts are expected to share updates on social media, promoting standout entries in the hackathon to highlight the potential of Sonic’s ecosystem. Once the competition runs its course, they will assess final submissions and announce winners on April 2, with the $1 million prize pool distributed across the top projects.
Sonic hopes the initiative will help accelerate the growth of its ecosystem, while demonstrating its ability to improve Solana’s scalability via a specialized high-performance layer.
Sonic’s Framework and Recent Milestones
The platform is built on HyperGrid, a horizontal scaling framework for orchestrating Solana rollups. It enables games to launch their own blockchain layers, which lets developers create highly customizable game economies.
Last year, Sonic celebrated the success of its incentivized testnet called “Odyssey,” which saw more than 100,000 wallets connected to it and 17 million transactions performed on it.
The launch of the hackathon comes on the back of reports that apps on Solana had generated 10 times more revenue than their Ethereum counterparts. Over a 24 hour period in mid-February, Solana apps raked in up to $8.4 million, dwarfing Ethereum’s $875,000. The trend was also witnessed in the network’s trading volume, where Solana recorded activity worth $5.39 billion compared to its bigger rival’s $2.14 billion.
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Jupiter and Meteora Deny Any Insider Trading or Financial Misconduct
Meow, founder of Jupiter and co-founder of Meteora, revealed that neither Jupiter nor Meteora committed insider trading or financial malpractice. Jupiter also hired the Fenwick & West law firm to investigate and report on any issues in the company.
Meow maintained that he stood by Ben Chow, the project’s previous lead, and his statement about the company. The company’s founder said that he believed Ben when he said there was no financial inappropriateness in dealing with partners.
Jupiter distances itself from insider trading allegations
It’s all unravelling so quickly. In the past hour we found out that Jupiter owner Meow is the real owner of Meteora. Ben lied about having no involvement with Libra and other Kelsier launches and was fired from Meteora. Gotta imagine Solana and its execs knew this the whole time. pic.twitter.com/n5F8IC5H3W
— Beanie (@beaniemaxi) February 18, 2025
Meow, the founder of Jupiter, refuted claims that the company was involved in insider trading or financial malpractices. The firm also said that it did not receive any tokens inappropriately.
Jupiter also revealed it hired Fenwick & West to investigate the cases of insider trading and financial misconduct in the company. The 3rd party law firm will also issue a report on the investigation, which they will publish independently.
Jupiter also disclosed that Meteora had been operating as a separate entity from Jupiter for over a year and Ben had been running it without his involvement. Meteora’s co-founder added that Ben had done a great job building up the company’s team. He also said that Ben built the most innovative DEX in the past year and the most active LP community in the world.
Meow shared that Ben, as the project’s lead, had shown a lack of judgement and care about some of the core aspects of the project over the past couple of months. He said it was unacceptable and that Ben had chosen to resign. Meow revealed that Meteora was looking for new leadership moving forward.
Jupiter’s founder acknowledged that Ben had been an extremely helpful and kind participant in the ecosystem for a while. He urged everyone not to jump to conclusions and be as kind to Ben as possible as he seeks to clear his name.
Jupiter claims to be the gold standard in token transparency
Jupiter said that JUP has been the gold standard when it comes to token transparency and token integrity was key from day one. The company also revealed they were the only major protocol to ever account for every token over the course of 3 audits. The firm also added that they have never sold tokens OTC and that every major token use was carefully documented and planned in their audits.
Meow also believes that Jupiter is one of the most non-extractive players in the ecosystem. He said that the company had allowed users to swap tens of billions for free. Jupiter also allowed their partners to make hundreds of millions of dollars in fees with minimal take on their end.
The firm confirmed that their perpetual fees were transparently documented and reported over the last year along with the two best audit partners in the space. It’s also the first time they charged users for swaps at 0.05%-0.1% in their recent Ultra Mode, which the firm said is 10x-20x lower than other main platforms. The protocol also maintained that the vast majority of fees are kept on Solana and invested in jupSOL/JLP. The fees stay in the system other than the amounts used to fund talent acquisition and operating expenses.
“On my end, I have not sold a single JUP, nor do I regularly trade memecoins. I have been offered free tokens many times for marketing, and I’ve always rejected every single one. I diamond hand most of the tokens that I received from investment / advisory in the past prior to Jupiter.” – Meow, founder of Jupiter and co-founder of Meteora.
Meow apologized that they had not held other projects to the same standard as the high standards for token integrity at Jupiter. He also maintained that the way to grow the industry is not simply via more tokens, but through projects that have the same level of token certainty. Meow also believes that the industry will grow through long-term alignment and extreme transparency like they practiced with JUP.
The firm’s founder disclosed that his main goals will be to create permissionless products, operating systems, and ethical standards. He believes his goals can form the new foundation of crypto in the future.
Meow said he wants to make Jupiter the best decentralized platform and build Jupnet as the network to connect everything. He also hopes to take the lessons from the accusations and the robust systems they have built for JUP to define the next major phase in their industry.
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Synthetix Founder: Meme Coin Craze Echoes ICO Bubble, But There’s a Twist
Kain Warwick, the Australian founder of Synthetix and Infinex, said the current meme coin frenzy reminds him of the initial coin offering (ICO) craze of 2017-2018. In a detailed post on X (formerly Twitter), the crypto entrepreneur talked about how similar the two events are, trying to get investors’ attention about market conditions.
Warwick pointed out that both trends, meme tokens and ICOs, came about because of structural inefficiencies in the industry—ICOs did well because of the high barriers of traditional fundraising, while meme coins have risen as a counter to venture capital (VC) manipulation in crypto funding rounds in 2021.
In Warwick’s view, the problem isn’t the meme coins themselves but the lack of control over how they are launched, which leads to a space dominated by bad actors. ICOs, he recalls, were ultimately shut down by regulators, which prevented further damage but also stopped innovation. However, meme coins are unlikely to face the same regulatory crackdown, which makes a unique opportunity for self-regulation possible within the ecosystem.
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One of Warwick’s main worries is that important infrastructure in crypto is being taken over by bad actors. He described a recurring cycle in crypto history:
He argues that with ICOs, paid influencers had a big part in pushing scam projects. Today, the same pattern is showing up with meme coins, where high-follower accounts are being paid to promote contract addresses (CAs), effectively running modern-day pump-and-dump schemes.
Warwick thinks that self-regulation is the only way forward. He suggested that the crypto community—especially in the Solana ecosystem, where meme coins are very common—must tell the difference between real innovation and exploitative schemes.
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He suggested a platform that can track market awareness and offer a structured environment for fairer launches. He mentioned Kaito as a potential candidate, even though he knows that the challenge is convincing influential figures to adopt better practices.
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