Top NFT News of the Week
Meta launches the ability to post Ethereum, Polygon, and Flow NFTs on Facebook and Instagram
Eminem and Snoop Dogg do a BAYC Otherside performance at the MTV VMAs
A Coinbase user paid 119.2 ETH ($185,000) to get beer with Bill Murray, winning an NFT charity auction that will include a painting of the date.
OpenSea announces it will only support Ethereum Proof of Stake after the Merge and will not support any hard forks
Ticketmaster chooses Dapper Labs Flow Blockchain for NFT Tickets
Stats
Over 45% of OpenSea’s traffic come from mobile devices
Polygon was the 3rd biggest blockchain in NFT Sales Volume in a 24 hour period
30 day volume on Sudoswap is nearing 2x the volume on LooksRare
NFT News
Dr. Bombay x Bruce x Ape Editions drop goes live
RTFKT CloneX forging goes live
Art Block announces Art Blocks Engine
Nifty Gateway introduces Publishers
OthersideMeta releases prequel Otherside trailer
a16z announces they are investing $50M in PROOF
World of Women capacitors transformations go live
Hermes reveals plans for Metaverse Fashion Shows
BLACKPINK wins the MTV VMA for Best Metaverse Performance
Pudgy Penguins introduce Pudgy Penguins Children’s Book
Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace
SushiSwap announces AI NFT Competition
VERITE x ZORA billboard spotted in the wild
NFTfi goes over $250 million in total loan volume
a16z announces The Can’t Be Evil NFT Licenses
Animoca Brands receives $100M investment from Temasek
Parallel opens PDV faucet for users to claim a free Parallel card
Bored Ape member @lior_eth announces Mutant Hounds project
Polygon is now on Seaport
Nansen adds Latest Mints table
RTFKT announces Murakami Drop collection
Animoca Brands participates in the Swapkiki seed round
Gods Unchained Mortals, Daily Play and Earn is live
Season 1 of The Real Metaverse has officially started
Alchemy announces new improvements to their NFT API
KINETIC introduces the first multi-chain NFT aggregator
MONOLITH Gallery announces they are a beta partner of the new Nifty Gateway Publishes Platform
NFT London announces NFT Tickets featuring XCOPY art for NFT London 2022
Arc8 announces Cool Cats merchandise
@evbuilds announces XCOPY Remix Contest
@jubbishjay drops Everything to Lose on SuperRare
PleasrDAO is looking to hire a Head of Marketing
@jennifer_sutto relesaes 7 things you missed in the NFT space in the last week
Deca presents the inaugural exhibit of the Tezos Permanent Art Collection
Avastars announces the ability to own a 3D Avatar counterpart for all holders
Proof of Beauty celebrates the Merge by launching the second installment in the EPICS project
AdamBombSquad x Cool Cats merch starts arriving
FRAAM3 launches new GM NFT templates
Illustramanda Fenix collection goes live and sells out
Internet Game announces GameStopNFT wallet integration
SLIMESHOP by Slime Sunday is dropping 9/8 on OpenSea
@punk6529 announces the 6529 Curation Competition on Deca
Limit Break raises $200M over two rounds to build Web 3 MMO games
Obscura announces the launch of the Obscura Museum in partnership w/ @OM100m by @punk6529
@ap3father sets up a charity competition between Crypto Punks and Bored Apes to benefit a Children’s Hospital
Formula 1 registers 2 new trademarks relating to NFTs and the metaverse
Noun Cats go live
You can now get advice from a Bored Ape on Cameo
@dipanjan_photos is now on SuperRare
@ZenAcademy launches on Instagram
Zapper adds Lil Nouns DAO to their DAO page
Come Together by @kristophershinn is now live on SuperRare
SquiggleDAO is hiring new positions
@mattmedved is now on SuperRare
Twitter shuts down Degod’s Twitter account
@ClaireSilver12 does takeover of @ProfessorJun_’s account
GameStopNFT releases v0.8.0
Don’t Wake Me Up by @billydeee_ sold for 15 ETH
FingerprintsDAO does member spotlight on @iamDCinvestor
Vinnie Hager signs with United Talent
@PXhita drops A history of cryptoart on Nifty Gateway
@backseats_eth writes a smart contract with a function to gift NFTs to people
Internet Game mint for season 2 goes live
Chimpers partners with Probably Something to trial their Lifeboat creator platform
Sales of the Week
Bored Ape #6588 sold for 769.9 ETH
arbolito2 by manoloide sold for 180 ETH
Bored Ape #4673 sold for 109 ETH
Otherdeed #77336 sold for 99 ETH
CloneX #18049 sold for 99 ETH
Noun #425 sold for 64.7 ETH
@MattKaneArtist Gazers 362 sold for 44.4 ETH
Articles and Threads
@dgntec releases NFTs, DeFi, and Real Estate
@Cooopahtroopa releases This Week in Music NFTs
@redlion_news releases Redlion Gazette #103
@BCheque1 releases Paper 32: How Nike Is Killing Their NFT Competition
@levychain releases Sunday TL;DR Issue #51
@daniel_eckler releases AI Art 101
@NFTInnovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #50
@forefront__ releases Newsletter Edition 103
@0xQuits shows off new NFT scam going around
@RtClick_Save releases Get Liked Or Die Tryin
@Coinbase_NFT releases recap of everything they announced in August
@badte_eth releases thread on decentralized IP
Framework Ventures releases navigating Web3 Compensation: A Framework Report
@0xAlec releases The Future of On-Chain Gaming
@WPeaster releases A new way to sell metaverse land
Vogue Singapore releases article on Women leading the charge in NFTs
RTFKT releases all you need to know about CloneX Forging SZN 1
@redlion_news releases $260 Million and Counting: What have the Top 10 Brands built with NFT Sales
@nft137 releases How Swoops NFTs Are Revolutionizing the Sports Fan Experience
Twitter Spaces
World of Women The Time is Wow - Capacitors Season 1
Right Click Save Time On The Blockchain
Grateful Show #38 w/ @GratefulApe_eth @beast_eth @BARRELXNFT @Ape4249 & @beijingdou
Grateful Show #39 w/ @GratefulApe_eth @beast_eth @Ape4249, @tinoforbidden @mutant_cartel & @lior_eth
OpenSea NFT Pirate Radio w/ @NoPattern @fwbtweets & @nounsdao
Podcasts
Overpriced JPEGs Recap #34 w/ @carlypreilly & @Zeneca_33
NFT Catcher Podcast Episode 85 w/ @jennifer_sutto @NFTicket & myself
Mint How To Quit Working For Coinbase and Build Your Own NFT Marketplace w/ @levychain & @tbtstl
The Delphi Podcast DeeZe vs Soby – $50,000 NFT Collection Challenge EP 3 w/ @PiersKicks @deezefi & @sobyfi
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