Weekly Recap By Crypto Gucci #96

Top NFT News of the Week

Snapchat is exploring using NFTs as filters

NFT News

Animoca Brands, the company behind The Sandbox & OthersideMeta, completes $75M raises at an $5.9B valuation to invest in blockchain games

• Bill Murray buys Cool Cat #8413
• Nickelodeon NFT PFPs go live
• The UK now allows lawsuits to be served via NFTs
• The Kingship NFT mint goes live on OpenSea
• The Sandbox is teaming up with Playboy to create a Playboy MetaMansion social game

Old Navy is selling an Bored Ape t-shirt

• Oncyber Portals are now live
• Alethea AI announces Pudgy Penguins are officially available for fusion
• TIME Studios goes into production w/ @NelvanaEnt on two new animated series
• The Sandbox announces Tony Hawk is building the biggest skatepark in the metaverse on The Sandbox
• The @nounddao community approves funding Ethereum public goods with 500 ETH to @ProtocolGuild

Pudgy Penguins is partnering with PMI to make Pudgy Toys

• Proof acquires Divergence
• @rleshner places two 2,200 ETH bids on 2 different Crypto Punks
• Etihad Airways introduces EY-ZERO1 NFT collection coming July 21
• Fraam3 introduces a new design experience for your NFTs
• Shanghai plans to cultivate an $52B Metaverse Industry by 2025

Toonstar and Hot Topic are partnering to offer NFT sales and exclusive Web3 opportunities to community members

• GameStop NFT drops new wallpapers
• Ronin releases wallet update
• DrifterShoots Where My Vans Go floor is at 53 ETH
• The Hume Collective genesis mint goes live on 7/20
• Watchtower introduces the all new Watchtower

Immutable will be minting 100,000 NFTs gas free to every ApeCoin holder

• NFCastle announces an free-entry NFT exhibition at the Lobkowicz Palace in Prague Castle on October 8-18
• @timepieces is looking to hire an UX/UI designer
• @jenkinsthevalet WriteList mint goes live
• Korean fintech giant, Dynamu, to create 10,000 Web3 jobs with 385M investment
• @Wpeaster creates Three Shadows exhibition on JPG
• Axie Infinity Lunacian Summer goes live
• Wilder World Our Moto Genesis NFT claim ends July 19
• @Zeneca_33 introduces the ZenAcademy Ethical Trading Policy
• Chimpers introduces the Dojo
• Coinvise introduces NFT Memberships
• LooksRare is looking to hire new roles
• Gutter Cat Gang Gutter Pigeons are now on NFTfi
• CryptoArte turns 4 years old
• @thesarahshow drops Magnetic Infinity
• Pause by the burrow public sale goes live
• Solana NFTs are now on Rarible
• @_wanderloots announces release of Begin, Again on Foundation
• sound.xyz announces Sound Season 3
• @fallinginsand creates Bored Ape #3679 sand sculpture for @veratheape
• Framework Ventures announces the launch of the Framework Tent

Sales of the Week

CryptoPunk #4156 sold for 2691 ETH

CryptoPunk #4464 sold for 2,500 ETH

CryptoPunk #6137 sold for 350 ETH

CryptoPunk #7901 sold for 260 ETH

Bored Ape #4066 sold for 180 ETH

Ringers #818 sold for 169 ETH

Fidenza #589 sold for 150 ETH

Otherdeed for Otherside #46309 sold for 150 ETH

Noun #373 sold for 130 ETH

88MPH In Soho by @GuidoDisalle sold for 55 ETH

Gas Station by @GrantYun2 sold for 33 ETH

Articles and Threads

CNBC releases How 99 year old publisher Time is leading legacy media into the NFT future

• @redlion_news releases Gazette #96
• @nft137 releases OneOf Makes NFTs More Accessible
• @dennnnnnnnny releases NFTs: an artist’s perspective on @ArtBasel
• @benlakoff releases NFTs with Fungible tokens for a more dynamic governance structure
• @AndrewSteinwold releases Most popular NFT trader has made over $30M

@Cooopahtroopa releases new This Week in Music NFTs

• @kelxyz releases Understanding Vitality’s Role in NFT Communities
• CoinStats releases How to Make Money in The Metaverse
• @MetaPortal_DAO releases Game Monetization Part I
• @Degentraland releases thread on Decentralized Metaverses
• @greatmando_nft releases 7 ways to make yourself a better NFT investor
• @tropoFarmer releases thread on how he reorganized his wallet to mitigate risk
• @NFTInnovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #43

Twitter Spaces

OpenSea NFT Pirate Radio w/ @fwbtweets @tmw_buidls @whatthefurr & @nopattern

Rug Radio Music Mondays #020 w/ @LindseyByrnes @_jeffnicholas @meanmugg & @vegagenesisTM

Chimpers Founders AMA w/ @TimpersHD @NFT1nsight & @PunkHot10

Good Minds Mondays - NFTs x DeFi w/ members from m @NFTX_ @FloorDAO & @arcade_xyz

Podcasts

Show Me The Crypto The Evolution Of Music In Web3 w/ @cooopahtroopa

OverpricedJPEGs w/ @amandacassatt & @carlypreilly