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
Eminem & SnoopDogg premiere new music video at Ape Fest
TIME partners with The Sandbox to build TIME Square in the metaverse. TIME Square will be used as a virtual hub for art and commerce curated by TIMEPieces
Pharrell is now a Board Member & Chief Brand Officer for Doodles
eBay acquires NFT marketplace KnownOrigin
Shopify adds NFT-Gated Option for Online Retailers
NFT News
SuperRare announces Gucci Vault Art Space
@NonFungibleNoah is named CryptoPunks Brand Lead for Yuga Labs
MoonPay launches new NFT platform in partnership with Fox & Universal Pictures
Ukraine sells donated CryptoPunk #5364 for 90 ETH to support the country
Cool Cats teams up with Shopify to release merch
Nft Now unveils the inaugural NFT100 list
Snoop Dogg files NFT trademark applications
Doodles announces Doodles 2 is coming soon
Bentley Motors announces NFT drop coming in September
BitGo and Parallel Finance launch 1st NFT custody platform for US institutions
NHL and NHLPA partner on official NFT licensing deal
Coinbase NFT announces Multi-wallet support
CryptoPunks celebrates their 5th anniversary
1confirmation launches $100M NFT fund
ParaSwap releases the 1st NFT P2P mobile trading app on iOS
LooksRare Conditional Listings are live
@deekaymotion shows behind the scene look of how his NFTs are made
Binance announces NFT partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo
Yuga Labs takes legal action against Ryder Ripps
@Dario_Desiena MINDDS 2.0 Public Sale goes live
An 18 year old rakes in $700k selling Bored Ape toys
Astaria raises $8M in seed funding to provide instant liquidity for NFTs
Feature introduces The world’s first metaverse-enabled streaming device
Ledger announces Ledger Market NFT platform
Illuvium shows off Overworld gameplay footage
Deca introduces Decagon
LondonDAO collects @MarsMaiers piece for the LondonDAO Museum of Digital Art
@mwiederrecht is dropping an Artblocks Curated project 6/29
Doodles Duplicator rarities are now revealed
Magic Eden raises $130M in a Series B with a $1.6B valuation
Archipelago’s Marketplace goes live
Yuga Labs NFT owners have unlocked $100M+ in liquidity on NFTfi
GameStopNFT browser extension wallet goes over 60K downloads
Exodia Introduces the Exodia Emblems
NFT NYC
NFT NYC goes live in New York City
NFT protesters show up with “God Hates NFTs” signs
Eminem and Snoop Dogg reveal BAYC cover for their new song, From The D 2 The LBC
Snoop Dogg & Eminem drop ApeFest merch
Jimmy Fallon and Beeple were spotted at ApeFest
The new gold MAYC Mega Mutant was revealed at ApeFest
Lil Baby, Future, Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg perform at ApeFest
Fair.xyz introduces Doop Snogg at NFT NYC
@andr3w & @tobylasso go climbing with @DrifterShoots in NYC
@itsmechase shows off Doodles live minting experience
@osf_nft hosts first ever Rekt Show
The Shillr billboard van makes its way around New York
@anloremi & @SuperRareMika curate the SuperRare Digital Identity Gallery
The Hume Collective announces collab with OpenSea
Sales of the Week
121 CryptoPunks were sold in a 24 hour period
CryptoPunk #8531 sold for 825 ETH
CryptoPunk #2964 sold for 444 ETH
CryptoPunk #6634 sold for 350 ETH
Bored Ape #8522 sold for 233.33 ETH
CryptoPunk #8713 sold 230 ETH
The Bored Ape x Rolling Stone Curtis Bored in a Hammock 1/1 NFT sold for 42,106 APE ($181K)
Noun #346 sold for 150 ETH
Chromie Squiggle #45 sold for 100 ETH
The Bored Ape x Rolling Stone Mutant Motorcycle Curtis 1/1 NFT sold for 22,696 APE ($99K)
DriferShoots Where My Vans Go #19 resold for 40 ETH
Childhood Wonder by @GrantYun2 was bought by @krybharat for 33 ETH
9 Heads by @killeracid was bought by @jabdoteth for 18.69 ETH
Woman on Cliff by @aylaelmoussa was bought by @Artifaction2 for 10 ETH
Polychromatic City by @diogosampaioART sold for 5 ETH
Head Case by @catdirtyart sold for 2.5 ETH
Articles and Threads
Redlion News releases Redline Gazette 93
@WPeaster releases 77th Bankless Metaversal
@CryptoGarga releases Punks, art, and other news
@dunleavy89 releases Immutable X - GameFi Gasoline on Messari Crypto
@ddotgg releases NFT NYC Media Thread
@KyleSamani releases Beyond Verticalization of NFT Marketplaces
Forefront releases Issue 93
@NFTInnovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #40
Bankless releases new This week in Decentralized Arts
Twitter Spaces
RugRadio GM NFTs “Hungover Edition” w/ @farokh @osf_nft & @greatmando_nft
Grateful Show #20: NFT NYC Edition w/ @GratefulApe_eth & @beast_eth
Podcasts
Bankless Investing In The Chainsmokers w/ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState & @TheChainsmokers
Nft Now What the Music Industry Needs to Know About NFTs w/ @mattmedved @samhysell @LuisANavia & @Cooopahtroopa
Defiant News NFT Projects That Will Make it Through the Bear w/ @CamiRusso & @gmoneyNFT
The Blockcrunch Why the Metaverse Is Inevitable Ep 202 w/ @Jasononchoi & Ahad of Webaverse
OverpricedJPEGS TikTok Star to Web3 Gaming Entrepreneur w/ @carlypreilly & @justmaiko
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