Welcome back to another edition of This Week In NFTs. Your weekly guide to the best alpha in the NFT ecosystem.
Top 10 NFT News of the Week
1. Mastercard is bringing its payment network to Web3 and NFTs
2. Epic Games announces partnership with NFT gaming platform GoGalaGames to launch Grit p2e game on the Epic Games Store
This is officially the 1st NFT game integration between a Web2 & Web3 company
3. Salesforce announces the ability to mint and sell NFTs through their NFT cloud
4. Nickelodeon is launching NFTs on Ethereum scaling solution Polygon
5. Mastercard and Tyson Food paid $80K for an 1 month ad in the Decentral Games Metaverse
6. Illuviumio does $72 million NFT land sale on Immutable
7. Snoop Dogg to open an Bored Ape NFT themed restaurant
8. Premier League files NFT trademarks
9. Smilesss teases collab with Steph Curry & Under Armour
10. Jim Carrey drops Sunshower NFT on SuperRare
NFT News
Drifter Shoots Where My Vans Go #83 is on display in Times Square for the whole month of June
Snoop Dogg reps Bored Ape track suit at the MTV Movie & TV Awards
Meta launches Crayta metaverse on Facebook Gaming
BAYC & OtherSide discord groups were hacked resulting in 200 ETH worth of NFTs stolen
Samsung launches Discord to support NFT and Web3 initiatives
GameStopNFT releases V0.2.0 of their wallet
Justin Versano’s Quantum opens physical NFT Gallery in LA to Uplift Other Artists
RTFKT Space Drip Forging goes live
Bored Apes were featured in a Frontier commercial on TV
MoonPay announces they are working to enable NFT commerce with Mastercard
@sartoshi_nft deletes account and drops last art collection ‘end of sartoshi’
Mutant Ape #20438 was sent to a a burn address by @wagdie_eth
Art Blocks announces collaboration with Pace Verso
Tom Sachs: Rocket Factory is giving NikeCraft NFT Holders NikeCraft shoes for free
Coinbase lists $SAND
Phase 3 by Cory Van Lew goes live on Nifty Gateway
Oncyber announces anyone can now upload their own 1/1 space
Chimpers launches Chimpers Art Foundation
RTFKT x Byredo perfume is coming soon
Lacoste teases possible NFT collection
PartyDAO announces $26.4M fundraise led by a16z
Mint Songs V2 is live
Josh Allen launches NFTs with Draft Kings
Bored & Hungry announces merchandise restock
Ticket requests for ApeFest ‘22 go live
Bitwise and Multicoin Capital partner to launch a metaverse index and fund
Redlion Studios Artcode #2 is coming June 15
JPEGd announces Bored Ape and Mutant Ape lending is live
Punks Comic Origin Stories Issue #2 drops next week
Alethea AI Fusion goes live
VaynerNFT is looking to hire new positions
Coinbase NFT releases new features
PROOF is looking to hire a Graphic Designer
@greatmando_nft releases Future of @DegenzNFT + @rektguyNFT
gem.xyz announces Collection Activity
Unstoppable Domains announces partnership with Vision Crypto App
@jenevaNFT creates awesome derivative of @painter_crypto’s Mutant Ape
@JulyTheGinny drops Goblinzzz
The ZORA API Hackathon goes live
Coinbase NFT does NFT Spotlight on @frankynines of SupDucks
SkyMavis is looking to hire a Marketing Coordinator
@moosechildd drops Interplanetary Dreaming on SuperRare
GET Protocol is launching their ticketing marketplace on Immutable
@laIIey builds and releases Radar
@steviepxyz announces Maps of Nothing Art Blocks project is coming 6/13
Floor NFTs announces $8M seed round
Deca now supports all assets on pepe.wtf
@OHNAPIE makes dope @HappyTownNFT derivative of @andr3w’s Cool Cat
@Chief_TDzzl’s 2nd @AxieInfinity music video is live
@ryder_ripps was #1 in Foundation weekly sales volume
Forefront introduces Writers Room
Rara announces the Genesis Reaction Registry
Metakey is testing the AI and combat systems for New Ganymede
@Brainy8469 creates Ape Wallpapers where you can create wallpapers of your Bored Apes
Matt Doogue is now on SuperRare
@ppmctweets releases Pudgy Penguins Stranger Things meme
Sarah Zucker announces partnership on GALLERY
Sales of the Week
Otherdeed for Otherside #8088 sold for 200 ETH
Bored Ape #7725 sold for 189.9 ETH
Bored Ape #4890 sold for 185.69 ETH
Otherdeed for Otherside #95607 sold for 135 ETH
@WahooPunk wins Noun #333 for 117.3 ETH
Azuki #6188 sold for 100 ETH
Meebit #11677 sold for 90 ETH
Fidenza #351 sold for 77 ETH
CryptoPunk #5208 sold for 72 ETH
We are All Going to Die #3077 sold for 69.42 ETH
Articles and Threads
Coopahtroopa releases new This Week in Music NFTs
William Peaster releases 75th Bankless Metaversal
The Milk Road releases thread on Nouns
Redlion News releases Gazette Issue 91
MetaPortal DAO releases Crypto Gaming Roundup #19
@PastryEth releases How to create your own NFT collection from scratch with no coding experience
Nft Now releases How NFTs and Web3 Are Reshaping Storytelling
The Defiant releases What Is the Metaverse and the top projects to follow in 2022
Forefront releases Issue 91
Andrew Steinwold releases Is the bottom in
BanklessDAO releases new Decentralized Arts
Twitter Spaces
ONE37pm Innovating In The Music Industry w/ @SpottieWiFi @erikaleetv @knechtthedot @lilpuccii & @mclaughs21
RugRadio GM NFTs w/ @farokh @osf_nft & @greatmando_nft
ArtTalk Ep08 w/ @404tearzzz & @catdirtyart
Pre-launch vibe sesh w/ @DeezeFi @PopWonderNFT & @homeworkNFT
Podcasts
Mint Season 5 Episode 12 - How Gmoney Created Web3’s Hottest Club Using Free NFTs w/ @levychain & @gmoneyNFT
Overpriced JPEGS Building the Open Metaverse w/ @carlypreilly & @dannygreene
The Defiant Podcast NFT Fashion Blurs Lines Between Creators and Consumers w/ @CamiRusso & @AHoppenbrouwer of @thefabricant
Zima Red Chainmonsters: The Next Gen Web 3 Pokemon Ep 124 w/ @AndrewSteinwold & @CineTekDev
NFTCatcherPod Episode 63 w/ @jennifer_sutto @NFTicket & @Jen_Stark
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