Weekly Recap By Crypto Gucci #103

Top NFT News of the Week

Meta launches the ability to post Ethereum, Polygon, and Flow NFTs on Facebook and Instagram

Eminem and Snoop Dogg do a BAYC Otherside performance at the MTV VMAs

A Coinbase user paid 119.2 ETH ($185,000) to get beer with Bill Murray, winning an NFT charity auction that will include a painting of the date.

OpenSea announces it will only support Ethereum Proof of Stake after the Merge and will not support any hard forks

Ticketmaster chooses Dapper Labs Flow Blockchain for NFT Tickets

Stats

Over 45% of OpenSea’s traffic comes from mobile devices

Polygon was the 3rd biggest blockchain in NFT Sales Volume in a 24 hour period

30 day volume on Sudoswap is nearing 2x the volume on LooksRare

NFT News

Dr. Bombay x Bruce x Ape Editions drop goes live

• RTFKT CloneX forging goes live
• Art Block announces Art Blocks Engine
• Nifty Gateway introduces Publishers
• OthersideMeta releases prequel Otherside trailer
• a16z announces they are investing $50M in PROOF
• World of Women capacitors transformations go live
• Hermes reveals plans for Metaverse Fashion Shows
• BLACKPINK wins the MTV VMA for Best Metaverse Performance

Pudgy Penguins introduce Pudgy Penguins Children’s Book

• Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace
• SushiSwap announces AI NFT Competition
• VERITE x ZORA billboard spotted in the wild
• NFTfi goes over $250 million in total loan volume
• a16z announces The Can’t Be Evil NFT Licenses
• Animoca Brands receives $100M investment from Temasek
• Parallel opens PDV faucet for users to claim a free Parallel card
• Bored Ape member @lior_eth announces Mutant Hounds project

Polygon is now on Seaport

• Nansen adds Latest Mints table
• RTFKT announces Murakami Drop collection
• Animoca Brands participates in the Swapkiki seed round
• Gods Unchained Mortals, Daily Play and Earn is live
• Season 1 of The Real Metaverse has officially started
• Alchemy announces new improvements to their NFT API
• KINETIC introduces the first multi-chain NFT aggregator
• MONOLITH Gallery announces they are a beta partner of the new Nifty Gateway Publishes Platform

NFT London announces NFT Tickets featuring XCOPY art for NFT London 2022

• Arc8 announces Cool Cats merchandise
• @evbuilds announces XCOPY Remix Contest
• @jubbishjay drops Everything to Lose on SuperRare
• PleasrDAO is looking to hire a Head of Marketing
• @jennifer_sutto relesaes 7 things you missed in the NFT space in the last week
• Deca presents the inaugural exhibit of the Tezos Permanent Art Collection
• Avastars announces the ability to own a 3D Avatar counterpart for all holders
• Proof of Beauty celebrates the Merge by launching the second installment in the EPICS project

AdamBombSquad x Cool Cats merch starts arriving

• FRAAM3 launches new GM NFT templates
• Illustramanda Fenix collection goes live and sells out
• Internet Game announces GameStopNFT wallet integration
• SLIMESHOP by Slime Sunday is dropping 9/8 on OpenSea
• @punk6529 announces the 6529 Curation Competition on Deca
• Limit Break raises $200M over two rounds to build Web 3 MMO games
• Obscura announces the launch of the Obscura Museum in partnership w/ @OM100m by @punk6529
• @ap3father sets up a charity competition between Crypto Punks and Bored Apes to benefit a Children’s Hospital

Formula 1 registers 2 new trademarks relating to NFTs and the metaverse

• Noun Cats go live
• You can now get advice from a Bored Ape on Cameo
• @dipanjan_photos is now on SuperRare
• @ZenAcademy launches on Instagram
• Zapper adds Lil Nouns DAO to their DAO page
• Come Together by @kristophershinn is now live on SuperRare
• SquiggleDAO is hiring new positions
• @mattmedved is now on SuperRare
• Twitter shuts down Degod’s Twitter account
• @ClaireSilver12 does takeover of @ProfessorJun_’s account
• GameStopNFT releases v0.8.0
• Don’t Wake Me Up by @billydeee_ sold for 15 ETH
• FingerprintsDAO does member spotlight on @iamDCinvestor
• Vinnie Hager signs with United Talent
• @PXhita drops A history of cryptoart on Nifty Gateway
• @backseats_eth writes a smart contract with a function to gift NFTs to people
• Internet Game mint for season 2 goes live
• Chimpers partners with Probably Something to trial their Lifeboat creator platform

Sales of the Week

Bored Ape #6588 sold for 769.9 ETH

arbolito2 by manoloide sold for 180 ETH

Bored Ape #4673 sold for 109 ETH

Otherdeed #77336 sold for 99 ETH

CloneX #18049 sold for 99 ETH

Noun #425 sold for 64.7 ETH

@MattKaneArtist Gazers 362 sold for 44.4 ETH

Articles and Threads

@dgntec releases NFTs, DeFi, and Real Estate

• @Cooopahtroopa releases This Week in Music NFTs
• @redlion_news releases Redlion Gazette #103
• @BCheque1 releases Paper 32: How Nike Is Killing Their NFT Competition
• @levychain releases Sunday TL;DR Issue #51
• @daniel_eckler releases AI Art 101
• @NFTInnovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #50
• @forefront__ releases Newsletter Edition 103
• @0xQuits shows off new NFT scam going around

@RtClick_Save releases Get Liked Or Die Tryin

• @Coinbase_NFT releases recap of everything they announced in August
• @badte_eth releases thread on decentralized IP
• Framework Ventures releases navigating Web3 Compensation: A Framework Report
• @0xAlec releases The Future of On-Chain Gaming
• @WPeaster releases A new way to sell metaverse land
• Vogue Singapore releases article on Women leading the charge in NFTs
• RTFKT releases all you need to know about CloneX Forging SZN 1
• @redlion_news releases $260 Million and Counting: What have the Top 10 Brands built with NFT Sales
• @nft137 releases How Swoops NFTs Are Revolutionizing the Sports Fan Experience

Twitter Spaces

World of Women The Time is Wow - Capacitors Season 1

Right Click Save Time On The Blockchain

Grateful Show #38 w/ @GratefulApe_eth @beast_eth @BARRELXNFT @Ape4249 & @beijingdou

Grateful Show #39 w/ @GratefulApe_eth @beast_eth @Ape4249, @tinoforbidden @mutant_cartel & @lior_eth

OpenSea NFT Pirate Radio w/ @NoPattern @fwbtweets & @nounsdao

Podcasts

Overpriced JPEGs Recap #34 w/ @carlypreilly & @Zeneca_33

NFT Catcher Podcast Episode 85 w/ @jennifer_sutto @NFTicket & myself

Mint How To Quit Working For Coinbase and Build Your Own NFT Marketplace w/ @levychain & @tbtstl

The Delphi Podcast DeeZe vs Soby – $50,000 NFT Collection Challenge EP 3 w/ @PiersKicks @deezefi & @sobyfi