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
Minecraft bans NFTs and NFT integrations within their game
LG files trademark application for TVs that can issue NFTs
Gutter Cat Gang is airing an commerical on ESPN throughout @thetournamanet
U.S. Government Officials must now publicly declare NFT holdings
TIME magazine drops new metaverse cover
NFT News
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says Epic Games won’t follow Minecraft in NFT ban
Moonbirds Oddities reveal goes live
NFTX announces new Yield App for NFT farming
Christies launches venture fund to support Web3
Gatorade’s Game Changers NFT collection goes live
Dubai plans to create 40K Metaverse Jobs
Showtime introduces Claim Notifications
Square Enix announces Final Fantasy 7 NFT project
OpenSea introduces the Solana launchpad
Deca announces L30 & some surprises
Metamundo launches 3D NFT Marketplace
Yield Guild Games partners with My Pet Hooligan
GALLERY presents The Unofficial 3AC Collection
McLauren drops design sketch to all MSO LAB NFT holders
RTFKT x Nike releases AR hoodie
The Hume Collective Genesis drops goes live
@DefiNft introduces new ERC721i token standard
Sudoswap releases New UI for Bulk Collection Offers
LinkedIn founder launches Solana NFT collection
DALLE-2 by @ClaireSilver12 opens for commercial usage
GameStop NFT shows off the Illuvium Illuvitar reveal trailer
Nifty Gateway launches new mobile app
The Boring Ape Chronicles turns 1 year old
Foundation does artist spotlight on @kikillo
@killeracid dropes KLLRACIDPEPE series 8
Cadbury World launches Gems NFT collection on Polygon
@Macro_Hacks announces the first ever NFT Financialization hackathon
ApeCoin AIP-70, which provides APE to develop the Bored Ape Gazette into a 24 hour news site, goes live
Zapper V2 goes live
Bushidos unveils partnership with The Sandbox
Punks Comic Apes Out on the Town mint goes live
NFT137 does 1/1 Artist Spotlight on @Mrfiretruckman
ZenAcademy is brining back the 12 Days of Zenmas
Chimpers announces the DOJO will open its doors on 7/26 at 12PM EST
@PREMINT_NFT now allows Twitter and Discord accounts to log you in after your wallet is connected
Public mint for @lukeymcgarry’s Petabytes goes live and sells out
@punk6529 wins auction for WALKING THE RED CARPET by @rakesh_pulapa
@martingrasser is releasing Squares generative art project on Art Blocks 7/20
@DarrenSRS announces the first community-owned building is live in @OM100m, the Nude Art Collective
@SummerbluessArt drops The Beast in Me on Foundation
@MichaelRusakov creates awesome animation of @HappyBuddha99’s Ape
@TonyBabel drops Shroom & Doom on SuperRare
NFT Plazas acquires MagNFT
@alexgedevani puts together list of 250+ projects across different NFT verticals
Sales of the Week
Otherdeed for Otherside #84242 with Koda #5197 sold for 395.29 ETH
Fidenza #767 sold for 143 ETH
Noun #370 sold for 120.69 ETH
DrifterShoots Where My Vans Go #124 sold for 100 ETH
❤🔥.eth sold for 100 ETH
Articles and Threads
@shvembldr tells his story about how it is a crime to be an artist in Latvia
@redlion_news releases Redlion Gazette #97
@swombat releases What are NFTs
@Cooopahtroopa releases new This Week in Music NFTs
@DCLBlogger dives into metaverse giant Improbable
@redlion_news releases Everything You Need to Know About NFTs in 2022
@NFTInnovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #44
@Kaloh_nft releases Art Blocks Curated Market Update
@WPeaster releases the 81st Bankless Metaversal
@shaman4646 releases thread on how a scammer was caught by his mom
@LeftClickSave releases thread on investing in People (& yourself) vs hype
@erubes1 shares his favorite art and connecting with other from 10+ years of traveling the world
@sillytuna releases Solving NFT access list, minting, and holiday problems with ENS
Messari Crypto releases thread on Art Blocks
NFT Worlds releases The Future Of NFT Worlds
@atareh releases thread on how Yugalabs is using storytelling to keep Otherdeed holders engaged
@Degentraland releases The Ultimate OthersideMeta Thread
@PuffYatty breaks down the Otherside light paper
@ObiWanBenoni releases thread on insights into Cool Cats lore
Forefront releases Forefront Newsletter Issue 97
@AndrewSteinwold releases Could 3AC crash the NFT market
@Wpeaster releases NFT Drop Styles
Delphi Digital releases The Future of (Crypto) Gaming
@punk6529 releases Some Things I Am Learning Minting NFTs
Twitter Spaces
Rug Radio GM NFTs @ClaireSilver12 Origin Story w/ @farokh @greatmando_nft & @osf_nft
The Digital Fashion Revolution w/ @ljin18 & @danidoesnotxist
Chimpers Founders AMA w/ @TimpersHD @NFT1nsight & @PunkHot10
Podcasts
The Delphi Podcast Metaverse Musings w/ @pierskicks & @KentwByers
The Afropolitan Podcast Understanding NFTs w/ @DeezeFi
NFTCatcherPod Web3 Cybersecurity Special Episode 73 w/ @jennifer_sutto & @SimonartOnline
Zima Red Web3 Polymath: Investing, Building, Learning, Teaching w/ @AndrewSteinwold & @0xf00bar
Bored Chili Podcast Sneak Peak Into The Web3 World In Hong Kong w/ @veratheape & @taipeicity_eth
Show Me The Crypto Becoming A Musician In Web3 w/ @imdanielallan
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