Dear HackerNoon Nation,
Bitcoin needs
Logan Paul is flailing from
Nouns DAO’s
Many NFT collections are experiencing
Ah, to be back in the swing of things…
https://twitter.com/4n6_nerd/status/1611198983149621248?s=20&t=qZo8WCVeC6cXDGCNo1Qeng&embedable=true
Indeed, 2023 just began, yet so much has already happened in the NFT ecosystem across these first days of the new year — it’s a lot to keep up with!
Toward that end, here’s your latest Metaversal Friday recap, so let’s catch you up now on the big NFT highlights from this past week. Thanks for reading everyone, and have a great weekend ✌️
-WMP
📣 General NFT News
-
Blur is launching its $BLUR token at the
end of this month . -
Foundation is releasing a new creator tool, Worlds:
-
ENS and Coinbase teamed up to give Coinbase app users the ability to link their
cb.id names to their mobile wallets . -
LooksRare released its
Edition Zero merch drop denominated in $LOOKS. -
Nouns DAO appeared in this year’s Rose Parade festivities:
https://twitter.com/punk4156/status/1609786359744720899?s=20&t=AshsWCAvIFlEswXNyRiD7w&embedable=true
- OpenSea added support for
onchain metadata updates .
🏆 Digital Collectibles
- Doodles 2 will feature
gasless customization . - SBF appears to have purchased
millions of dollars’ worth of Solana collectibles that now belong to FTX creditors. - Zeneca introduced
ZenChests , NFTs that are burnable for the upcoming Zen PFP on a 1:1 basis.
🎨 Cryptoart
-
Feral File, an art platform,
secured its users’ crypto funds amid theclosure of Wyre . -
JPG launched its second NFT TCR, the
Conceptual Art Canon . -
Kjetil Golid, the acclaimed generative artist, auctioned 10 works from his new EXPANSE series:
https://twitter.com/kGolid/status/1609649668165705741?s=20&t=ua_O6UAZQ5HBpivJCNvmfw&embedable=true
- numo.eth, a mainstay in the CC0 NFT scene, unveiled the
Pixel Art Doodles (PAD) project. - 0xTechno released
Toys .
🎮 Decentralized Gaming
-
Axie Infinity launched the ability to
buy, sell, and equip Axie accessories . -
Illuvium opened up downloads for the
Illuvium: Zero alpha . -
Treeverse, a mobile MMORPG, launched pre-alpha gameplay:
💽 Music NFTs
- Coopahtroopa introduced the
Web3 Manager Launchpad for music managers and publishedThis Week in Music NFTs - Jan. 2 .
🌐 Virtual Worlds
-
MetaKey held a NYE Party at the One Times Square site in Decentraland:
💎 DeFi x NFTs
- Astaria, an NFT-collateralized lending market,
opened up its repos . - Otherdeed plots are currently the
most commonly liquidated NFTs in the NFTfi sector. - Papr is another
new NFT lending project to track.