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Dear Bankless Nation,
The NFT ecosystem is entering a new spring.
All around us, creativity and opportunity are blooming. There are new collections, games, tools, airdrops, and beyond sprouting in every direction.
That said, try making a list of 3-5 things from this week’s news roundup that interest you most and then go explore them deeper in the coming days. My list looks like so right now:
- Explore the
Nifty Island open beta - Set up my Bountycaster account
- Check out Gallery’s new features
- Try Party’s new group chats
- Update my
Ronin wallet
Make this process a routine, each week put some time into learning about and trying new things around NFTs to level up your experience and opportunities. Sow the seeds now for the harvests to come!
What’s your list look like, what’re you exploring this week? Let me know down in the comments! In the meantime, let’s catch you up with the latest Metaversal roundup ✌️
-WMP
This week in NFTs…
📰 General news
Blast launched its L2 testnet.- Bonfire unveiled its 2.0 platform.
- NFT Price Floor published its 2023 retro report.
🎨 Cryptoart & music
- BasePaint passed +100k canvas mints.
- BasePaintBot added support for 1-year subscriptions.
- Gallery rolled out a series of new features.
- Outland published an essay on Mathcastles's Zero Suite release.
- SHL0MS released a new work, ∞.
- The Yellow Collective, a new group focused on supporting creatives around Nouns and the Superchain, launched on Base.
Zora creators have collectively earned +555 ETH via protocol rewards so far.
🏆 Digital collectibles
Bitcoin Pizza Ninjas raised 45 BTC through its collection drop.- CryptoPunks relaunched the CryptoPunks721 system.
- CryptoUndeads concluded its art reveal.
- Little Swag World, a PFP collection created with AI, dropped on Solana.
- Pooly NFT minters may soon be receiving airdrops.
- Donald Trump announced a new Bitcoin NFT trading card collection.
- Nakamigos released the Crypto Trading Cards collection.
- Pudgy Penguins temporarily passed a +20 ETH floor.
- The Shadows, a new
Ordinals collection, opened claims for holders. - Quantum Cats is publishing its mint details today.
📱 Onchain social
- Bountycaster added support for user services posts.
- Ethereum Follow Protocol unveiled seven new launch partners.
Farcaster dropped an NFT to commemorate its Giraffe update.- Hey, formerly Lenster, added support for tipping.
Party intro'd private group chats.
🎮 Decentralized gaming
- Aavegotchi opened registrations for its Gotchi Battler tournament.
- Apeiron announced its $ANIMA airdrop campaign.
- Axie Infinity launched Origins Season 7.
- BattlePlan notched +300k battles in its first week.
- Cool Cats is bringing its new Match Quest game to Immutable.
- LooksRare saw its onchain games pass +10k ETH in volume.
- Nifty Island launched its open beta and Play-to-Airdrop campaign.
- Ronin intro'd the latest Ronin Wallet update.
🪙 NFTfi
- NFTfi.com launched a bug bounty program for its upcoming refinancing feature.
Uniswap is the top burner of ETH over the past month.
🌐 Virtual worlds
- Decentraland launched an open call for its Art Week 2024 event.
- Upstreet is onboarding all Webaverse Genesis Pass holders to The Street.
