Welcome back to another edition of This Week In NFTs. Your weekly guide to the best alpha in the NFT ecosystem
Top NFT News of the Week
Snapchat is exploring using NFTs as filters
OpenSea lays off 20% of their workforce
The OthersideMeta First Trip tech demo goes live
Netflix partners with Candy Digital to release Stranger Things NFTs
NFL expands ticket stub NFTs to over 100 games for 2022 Season
NFT News
Animoca Brands, the company behind The Sandbox & OthersideMeta, completes $75M raises at an $5.9B valuation to invest in blockchain games
Bill Murray buys Cool Cat #8413
The UK now allows lawsuits to be served via NFTs
The Kingship NFT mint goes live on OpenSea
The Sandbox is teaming up with Playboy to create a Playboy MetaMansion social game
Old Navy is selling an Bored Ape t-shirt
Oncyber Portals are now live
Alethea AI announces Pudgy Penguins are officially available for fusion
TIME Studios goes into production w/ @NelvanaEnt on two new animated series
The Sandbox announces Tony Hawk is building the biggest skatepark in the metaverse on The Sandbox
The @nounddao community approves funding Ethereum public goods with 500 ETH to @ProtocolGuild
Pudgy Penguins is partnering with PMI to make Pudgy Toys
Proof acquires Divergence
@rleshner places two 2,200 ETH bids on 2 different Crypto Punks
Etihad Airways introduces EY-ZERO1 NFT collection coming July 21
Shanghai plans to cultivate an $52B Metaverse Industry by 2025
Toonstar and Hot Topic are partnering to offer NFT sales and exclusive Web3 opportunities to community members
GameStop NFT drops new wallpapers
Ronin releases wallet update
DrifterShoots Where My Vans Go floor is at 53 ETH
The Hume Collective genesis mint goes live on 7/20
Watchtower introduces the all new Watchtower
Immutable will be minting 100,000 NFTs gas free to every ApeCoin holder
NFCastle announces an free-entry NFT exhibition at the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague Castle on October 8-18
@timepieces is looking to hire an UX/UI designer
@jenkinsthevalet WriteList mint goes live
Korean fintech giant, Dynamu, to create 10,000 Web3 jobs with 385M investment
@Wpeaster creates Three Shadows exhibition on JPG
Axie Infinity Lunacian Summer goes live
Wilder World Our Moto Genesis NFT claim ends July 19
@Zeneca_33 introduces the ZenAcademy Ethical Trading Policy
Chimpers introduces the Dojo
Coinvise introduces NFT Memberships
LooksRare is looking to hire new roles
Gutter Cat Gang Gutter Pigeons are now on NFTfi
CryptoArte turns 4 years old
@thesarahshow drops Magnetic Infinity
Pause by the burrow public sale goes live
Solana NFTs are now on Rarible
@_wanderloots announces release of Begin, Again on Foundation
sound.xyz announces Sound Season 3
@fallinginsand creates Bored Ape #3679 sand sculpture for @veratheape
Framework Ventures announces the launch of the Framework Tent
Sales of the Week
CryptoPunk #4156 sold for 2691 ETH
CryptoPunk #4464 sold for 2,500 ETH
CryptoPunk #6137 sold for 350 ETH
CryptoPunk #7901 sold for 260 ETH
Bored Ape #4066 sold for 180 ETH
Ringers #818 sold for 169 ETH
Fidenza #589 sold for 150 ETH
Otherdeed for Otherside #46309 sold for 150 ETH
Noun #373 sold for 130 ETH
88MPH In Soho by @GuidoDisalle sold for 55 ETH
Gas Station by @GrantYun2 sold for 33 ETH
Articles and Threads
CNBC releases How 99 year old publisher Time is leading legacy media into the NFT future
@redlion_news releases Gazette #96
@nft137 releases OneOf Makes NFTs More Accessible
@dennnnnnnnny releases NFTs: an artist’s perspective on @ArtBasel
@benlakoff releases NFTs with Fungible tokens for a more dynamic governance structure
@AndrewSteinwold releases Most popular NFT trader has made over $30M
@Cooopahtroopa releases new This Week in Music NFTs
@kelxyz releases Understanding Vitality’s Role in NFT Communities
CoinStats releases How to Make Money in The Metaverse
@MetaPortal_DAO releases Game Monetization Part I
@Degentraland releases thread on Decentralized Metaverses
@greatmando_nft releases 7 ways to make yourself a better NFT investor
@tropoFarmer releases thread on how he reorganized his wallet to mitigate risk
@NFTInnovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #43
Twitter Spaces
OpenSea NFT Pirate Radio w/ @fwbtweets @tmw_buidls @whatthefurr & @nopattern
Rug Radio Music Mondays #020 w/ @LindseyByrnes @_jeffnicholas @meanmugg & @vegagenesisTM
Chimpers Founders AMA w/ @TimpersHD @NFT1nsight & @PunkHot10
Good Minds Mondays - NFTs x DeFi w/ members from m @NFTX_ @FloorDAO & @arcade_xyz
Podcasts
Show Me The Crypto The Evolution Of Music In Web3 w/ @cooopahtroopa
Zima Red Playing The Great Crypto Game w/ @AndrewSteinwold & @Jiran_z
OverpricedJPEGs w/ @amandacassatt & @carlypreilly
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