Top NFT News of the Week
Spotify adds NFT functionality
Spotify has added NFT functionality
— The NFT SoapBox (@NFTSoapBox) August 18, 2022
If you go to an artistâs page like @steveaoki, youâll see links to his NFT collection right on his profile page. pic.twitter.com/K1xm2akyBV
Anthony Hopkins launches first NFT collection
To Anthony Hopkins, 'NFTs are a blank canvas to create art."
— nft now đ (@nftnow) August 17, 2022
Get ready. It's coming. @AnthonyHopkins https://t.co/mJdDHzf75N
Bored Ape #5383 sold for 777 ETH
Immutable X jumps Solana in daily NFT sales volume
ImmutableX has jumped Solana in daily NFT dollar sales volume, ranking second only to Ethereum.
— Blockworks Research (@blockworksres) August 18, 2022
The volume increase has been led by Gods Unchained, DC Comics, and Illuvium Land. pic.twitter.com/CHjsg7DWmX
The first federally chartered digital asset bank, Anchorage, is now the first U.S. bank to custody CryptoPunks, Bored Apes, & World of Women NFTs
The first federally chartered digital asset bank, @Anchorage is also the first U.S. bank to custody #NFTs: @cryptopunksnfts, #MutantApes, @BoredApeYC & now @worldofwomennft's $WOW.
— Anchorage Digital (@Anchorage) August 19, 2022
Watch this video & click to learn about our institutional NFT custodyâŹïž: https://t.co/jLPL8GdIWc pic.twitter.com/zw5zA4Fw5t
Stats
OpenSea has done $355 million volume so far in August
Weekly Polygon NFT volume was over $902 million
SudoSwap goes over 10K ETH volume
NFT News
Bored Ape Yacht Club goes over 1 million Twitter followers
- SuperPlastic drops vinyl Mutant Apes
- Phantom launches NFT burning feature
- NFL ALL DAY drops first pack and goes live
- @DrifterShoots Bridging The Gap drops on Nifty Gateway
- Nifty Gateway has big announcement coming September 1
- Native listings are now live on the Pudgy Penguins Marketplace
- Paradigm leads $20M round for Fractional as it rebrands to Tessera
The Hundreds drops Cool Cats merch
We're up to something @coolcatsnft đŁđ±đ pic.twitter.com/07iNRppMVa
— The Hundreds (@thehundreds) August 15, 2022
- Pixel Vault introduces PRISM
- emoji & RECURÂ announce NFT drop
- @DrifterShoots drops Foreshadowing on SuperRare
- World of Women shows off the WoWverse
- The Sandbox Alpha Season 3 begins August 24
- Gordon Ramsey announces Hells Kitchen is coming to The Sandbox
- PROOF announces FuturePROOF Meetup in LA coming August 30
Boss Beauties signs with WME to go into film, TV, digital, and gaming
JUST IN! âĄïž
— Boss Beauties (@BossBeautiesNFT) August 17, 2022
Boss Beauties signs with world renowned @WME to push BB and Super BB out into film, TV, digital and gaming. đ Exclusive story on @Variety https://t.co/VmLf2ydH3O pic.twitter.com/krewii3wDB
- Blame Farokh trends on Twitter
- Meditation on GMÂ by @aylaelmoussa goes live
- LooksRare is looking to hire 5 positions
- Velatura by @ClaireSilver12Â drops on Nifty Gateway
- Tycho launches the Tycho Open Source Community
- We Do A Little Podcast by Teressera releases open edition NFT
- LooksRare has helped distribute over $65M in royalities to artists and creators to date
CryptoPunks IP rights agreement is now live
Punks, the IP rights agreement for the CryptoPunks collection is now live and can be found at https://t.co/MMIlA0sp5W. This moment is something weâve promised from day one and weâre looking forward to seeing what the community builds, using the terms as guidance. More details đ§”
— CryptoPunks (@cryptopunksnfts) August 15, 2022
- C0C0DAOÂ goes live
- Showtime releases new Free NFT view
- ZAAP releases sneak peak of their first NFT collections
- Gods Unchained Refer and Earn Program goes live
- @rachstewart_nz drops Enchanted Visions on SuperRare
- GameStopNFT releases wallet version 0.7.0
- The NFT Finance Hackathon goes live
- @0x_catherine releases XCOPY Dune Dashboard
- NFTfi announces partnership with BootNode and Gnosis Safe
Sales of the Week
Bored Ape Kennel Club #8234 sold for 499,998 USDC
Otherdeed for Otherside #25415 w/ Koda #9919 sold for 183 ETH
Noun #411 sold for 76.28 ETH
Mutant Ape #11057 sold for 60 ETH
Where My Vans Go #44 by DrifterShoots sold for 46 ETH
External Gratification by Pop Wonder sold for 10.69 ETH
1/ On Royalties
— 6529 (@punk6529) August 14, 2022
tl;dr
â Royalties are a social convention, not a technical convention
â They are not perfect as structured
â They will behave differently for different types of art
â No-royalty people are mostly self-serving
â Artists need a backup plan in any case
- @Zeneca_33 releases Letter 30: Creator Royalties in NFTs
- Redlion News releases Redlion Gazette #101
- @WPeaster releases 85th Bankless Metaversal
- The Milk Road releases deep dive on Decentral Games
- @TheMetaFactory releases The State of Digital to Physical
- @Cooopahtroopa releases This Week in Music NFTs
Vogue releases article on @gmoneyNFTâs experimental luxury label launch
The #Web3 influencer and investor, @gmoneyNFTâs experimental luxury brand is starting with an NFC-connected black T-shirt that is acquired through an intricate series of #NFTs as the use of digital twins and physical signalling expands. https://t.co/drrgKYvkEr
— Vogue Business (@voguebusiness) August 15, 2022
- @artblocks_io releases Meet the Art Blocks Curation Board
- @andr3w releases Punk 7987 has landed. A thread on the journey
- @corleonescrypto releases Everything you need to know about SudoSwap
- Ocavu releases What are NFTs and why are they becoming a big part of NIL deals
- @wardaddycapital releases deep dive on music NFTs and the web3 music eco for PROOF
Twitter Spaces
Grateful Show #34: Community Building w/ @GratefulApe_eth @beast_eth @Ape4249 @darko_eth @SwoleLuksoBags @MLeeJr @HizzyInc @EthShotGuy @Iam6ix @ThGoodKnight @LoroMasnah @tinoforbidden & myself
BAYC 1 Million Follower Community Celebration w/ @illaDaProducer & @TheMiamiApe
Rug Radio GM NFTs w/ @farokh @greatmando_nft @deezefi
Top Web3 Games to Play Right Now w/ @brycent_
ZenAcademy This Week In NFTs w/ @Zeneca_33 @DancingEddie_ & @The333Club
Podcasts
Full Send Podcast - Bored Ape Founders w/ @GordonGoner & @CryptoGarga
Overpriced JPEGs The Music Industryâs Downfall w/ @carlypreilly & @austin_hurwitz
Mint Where Big Data, DeFi, and NFTs Intersect w/ @levychain & @ASvanevik
NFT Catcher Episode 80 w/ @jennifer_sutto @NFTicket & @ScalyNelson
32 Dreams NFT World #14 w/ @BCheque1 & @Legendary_NFT
