☕️ Mint TLDR - Sunday Recap #20
Juicy NFT, Social Token, and DAO news for the week of 01/17 🎉
What’s up Mint nation - happy Sunday! :)
Every Sunday, we’ll be issuing MINT TLDR, where we focus on our favorite stories around NFTs, social tokens, and DAOs.
You will find the coolest stories and biggest headlines here and easily digestible for you to enjoy with your morning coffee.
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👇 Let’s dive in!👇
💎 NFTs
Adidas is launching its second collection with Prada. Collection of 3000 NFTs features user-generated and creator-owned art, in collaboration with digital artist Zachlie Berman. 👉 Read More
Twitter Blue users can now verify their NFTs to use on their profile pictures! 👉 Read More
Meta is thinking about not only supporting NFTs but launching its own marketplace. 👉 Read More
OpenSea acquired Dharma Labs to help them scale their engineering, product, and customer support and welcomed a new CTO, co-Founder & CEO of Dharma Labs, Nadav Hollander. 👉 Read More
Ozzy Osbourne’s project CryptoBatz sold out quickly. 👉 Read More
Publisher of The Sandbox Game and investor in OpenSea and Axie Infinity, Animoca Brands is valued at $5 billion after raising $359 million. 👉 Read More
🚀 Social Tokens
Check out “The Social (Token) Network: Rally, Friends With Benefits and the Future of Branding” from Jeff Wilser. 👉 Read More
Have you heard of Jump? It’s the self-claimed first “tokenized community for marketing and advertising professionals.” 👉 Read More
Short-video app Chingari’s social token GARI’s 24h trading volume crossed $100 million. 👉 Read More
🌐 DAOs
Here are “7 Crucial Tips For Creators To Build a Successful DAO and Turn Their Audience Into A Billion-Dollar Community” by Coinvise. 👉 Read More
EnterDAO is the first metaverse land renting marketplace. 👉 Read More
CaféteriaDAO is a curated community for people passionate about food, structured as a DAO. If you are into this, there’s an application to join. 👉 Read More
You heard of DAOs; how about SubDAOs? Check out this article by Frogmonkee where they dive into the smaller, autonomous working groups and projects within a larger DAO. 👉 Read More
A comprehensive guide to finding a job in Web3 by Mason Nystrom. 👉 Read More
Play It Forward is a DAO that aims to educate people and make play-to-earn more accessible. 👉 Read More
Drip is a new web3 protocol built by RadicleDAO, which will allow people to generate continuous income using subscriptions and NFT memberships. 👉 Read More
🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading
👹 Savage of the Week
Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard (which had big issues and sexual harassment lawsuits this year due to its toxic environment) for an eye-staking $70 billion. This move is seen as Microsoft’s race in the metaverse. BigTech knows metaverse is coming, and they want a (big) part of it. Again, $70 👏🏼 billion 👏🏼 dollars.👏🏼
🎙 Podcast Recap
Tuesday | Spartan Daggenhurst of The FilmDAO on Who Needs NFTs More: Hollywood Or Independent Filmmakers? 👉 WATCH | LISTEN | READ
Thursday | Colombian DJ & producer Charlie Crown on Music Crowdfunding Mechanics 👉 WATCH | LISTEN | READ
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