Weekly Recap By Crypto Gucci #98

Top NFT News of the Week

Miami collabs with TIME, Mastercard & Salesforce to sell 5K NFTs on Ethereum

Animoca Brands launches DAO to develop metaverse standards

Meebits teases upcoming utility

TIME drops Into The Metaverse NFT cover by @Micah_Johnson3

Snoop Dogg x Eminem BAYC merch arrives

Stats

OpenSea has done 519 million volume so far in July

There are 5k - 10k new buyers coming into NFTs every day on Ethereum

NFT News

Yuga Labs was threatened with a possible class-action lawsuit for artificially inflating NFTs

• Care Bears NFTs drop on August 3
• a16z is leading a $50M round in VeeFriends
• The Ledger Market Pass NFT goes live
• The Museum of Robotos Art curated by TIMEPieces is coming soon
• The Sandbox has seen a growth of 110% in traders the past 30 days

Variety Magazine features Music Mogul Of The Year NFT King @guyoseary

• Coinbase releases The Degen Trilogy: Part One
• NFT Worlds talks about The Future Of NFT Worlds
• Cool Cats announces the JO collection is coming Q4 2022
• FC Barcelona’s first NFT goes live on the Sotheby’s Metaverse
• @nftembed announces the ability to embed and sell NFTs into your website
• Eminem and Snoop Dogg get VMA nomination for From The D 2 The LBC song featured Bored Apes

Rainbow now supports Polygon, Arbitrum and Optimism NFTs on mainnet

• Bella Hadid announces CY-B3LLA NFTs
• Cool Cats releases Cooltopia documentary
• Usher and Remy Martin are releasing NFTs
• PUNKS Comic Ape Out on the Town mint closes
• Sudoswap shows off new look for their landing page
• BoredJobs teams up with PureArts to license BAYC NFTs

Future headlines Rolling Loud with his Bored Ape

• Chimpers Dojo opens
• Own The Color by @xsullo gets 45 ETH offer
• NFT sales down 24% compared to Q1 2022
• The Hume Collective Hume Genesis goes live
• Lollapalooza teams up with Solana to offer attendees an NFT scavenger hunt
• @NudeYogaGirl & @aylaelmoussa launch the NUDE NEIGHBOURHOOD in the OM museum gallery district

Damien Hirst to burn 4851 physical artworks at Newport Street Gallery in London starting September 9

• Tommy Hilfiger sets up shop in Roblox
• @OHNAPIE was showcased in NFT Mag
• Metacrafters creates online learning platform in the metaverse
• @nounsprophouse announces CrypToadz first ever funding round
• @Macro_Hacks announces the first NFT Financialization Hackathon
• The Answer by @AnymaOfc was bought by @seedphrase for 100 ETH

Meebits billboard spotted in SoHo

• Krapopolis show is incorporating NFTs
• The 333 Club partners with Prysm
• Howling Dog’s Throne by @jordaninglee goes live on SuperRare
• @skitchism drops Summer Tour on Foundation
• Scaredy Cubits go live and sell out
• @bugindreamland drops A Cornfield in July on SuperRare
• Glob Studio NFT creates 3D model of @HollanderAdam’s Ape
• @mpost_io releases v1 of their metaverse dashboard
• Universe.XYZ announces you can now embed NFTs with marketplace functionality in websites, blogs, or publications
• Sound.xyz onboards @sanholobeats
• The Weavers mint is dropping August 3
• Fractional is looking to hire a Product Designer
• @Calvet_arts creates awesome BAYC derivative of @cryptocana’s Ape
• GameStopNFT releases v0.6.0 of GameStop Wallet
• @IkertjeNFT drops Cathartic Prism Drop #2 on Foundation

Sales of the Week

God is typing by @XCOPYART sold for 256.5 ETH

Mutant Ape #5652 sold for 200 ETH

The Alien by @GrantYun2 sold for 136.9 ETH

Meebit #14295 sold for 115 ETH

Noun #389 sold for 103 ETH

i promise i can change by @lphacentaurikid sold for 76.5 ETH

professional degenerate 4 by @osf_nft sold for 59.69 ETH

Driftershoots Call Of The Void sold for 29 ETH

Articles and Threads

WPeaster releases the 82nd Bankless Metaversal

• @redlion_news releases Redline Gazette #98
• @jennifer_sutto releases NFT Weekly Updates
• Welcome to NOR releases How PlayFi Will Save Gaming
• @Cooopahtroopa releases This Week in Music NFTs
• @NardisNarrative releases State of The Sandbox Q2 2022 on Messari Crypto
• @collectivexyz releases deep look into what the Chimpers NFT projects is all about
• @NFT137 releases Behind the Scenes With @spottiewifi

@lalley releases everything you need to know about Art Blocks

• Forefront releases Issue 98
• @Helloimmorgan releases thread on Decentraland announcing they joined the Open Metaverse Alliance
• @NTmoney releases thread on why he recently brought Cryptopunk #4156 for $3.31M
• @azeemk_ releases Music NFTs Breakout Moment
• @NFTInnovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #45
• @rAlph_4_real releases Know Your Punks thread

Twitter Spaces

NFT History w/ @nftnow @jakegallen_ @LeonidasNFT @WRabbit1111 & @adamamcbride

Rug Radio GM NFTs w/ @SuperRareDavid @greatmando_nft @osf_nft @farokh

Chimpers Sunday !ChimpChat w/ @pushin_chimpers @JPEGreg @Bud_Chimp @Ebron85 @jpgPapiii

Celebrating the Into The Metaverse Limited Sale w/ @Micah_Johnson3 @timepieces @KeithGrossman @AkuDreams @LuisANavia @RogerDickerman @JoshBobrowsky @clubb_q @redbeartnft

Podcasts

Overpriced JPEGs The Future of 10k PFPs w/ @carlypreilly & @andr3w

The Scoop A crypto fund that just raised $450M offers bull case for web 3 w/ @FintechFrank @jessewldn & @spencernoon

NFTCatcherPod Episode 75 w/ @jennifer_sutto @NFTicket & @LaManiRojas

STACKS NFT Statistics That Will Help Make You Money w/ @punk9059 & @VentureCoinist

Proof Old Sport: The First Members Only Speakeasy w/ @kevinrose & @addison

NFT Rebels Podcast The Importance Of Vibes In The NFT Space w/ @tropoFarmer & @NFTrebels