☕️ Mint TLDR - Sunday Recap #25
Juicy NFT, Social Token, and DAO news for the week of 02/21 🎉
gm Mint nation - I hope you are having a nice Sunday. This week has been so difficult to understand and live through. The unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine is horrific and scary. If you have the means to provide support to Ukrainians, we encourage it. 🙏🏼 I’m sending prayers to the people fighting for their lives and homes right now. My heart goes out to them. ❤️️
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We’ve curated the top headlines of the week in an easily digestible format for you to enjoy with your Sunday coffee.
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💎 NFTs
A group of NFT/web3 artists and creators came together to form RELI3F, a humanitarian aid initiative for Ukraine. They raised $1 million in 30 seconds. 👉 Read More
You know we love music NFTs here at Mint. The current season focuses specifically on it & I have a personal interest in the industry. I believe the music industry doesn’t serve artists, and that web3 can help. Check out the “Case for Music NFTs” by Noctemn. 👉 Read More
Sotheby’s held a single-lot sale of 104 CryptoPunks carrying the estimate of $20-$30M, the highest-valued estimate for a digital art ever offered at auction. “Punk It!” was supposed to be a landmark event, however, the lot had been withdrawn in the last minute. 👉 Read More
Crypto exchange FTX US is branching to gaming with a new venture to help gaming studios integrate blockchain and NFTs into their games. 👉 Read More
In a step towards collaboration, artists can now set on-chain and public splits and credits for their tracks on Sound.xyz. 👉 Read More
🚀 Social Tokens
Grammy-winning producer and writer DJ White Shadow launched his own social token $DJWS via Rally. 👉 Read More
World’s most famous streetball player The Professor launched $CROSS via Roll to connect with his fans and give them exclusive benefits. 👉 Read More
Miami Heat player Duncan Robinson announced the launch of $DBO, his own personal social token on Rally. Holders will get to have exclusive access to limited edition merch, private in-person events, secret episodes of The Long Shot podcast, and more. 👉 Read More
Hip-Hop legend Jim Jones created his own social token called $CapoCoin. 👉 Read More
🌐 DAOs
The feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot helped form UkraineDAO on Thursday to assist Ukrainians as the country is being attacked by the Russian government. PleasrDAO, FreeRossDAO, and Trippy Labs joined the effort. 👉 Read More
Padawan DAO, which focused on getting funding to students so that they can attend crypto events, lost around half of its budget due to risky management. 👉 Read More
Read “How the 'Big Short DAO' Bet Against the Crypto Market and Won,” an article about crypto trader GiganticRebirth by Tracy Wang 👉 Read More
Andrew Yang stopped by the ETHDenver conference and hackathon to pitch his latest project: Lobby3 DAO. The DAO describes itself as “Web3 community designed to give the people a stronger voice in Washington, D.C.” 👉 Read More
BanklessDAO published, “A Love Letter to DAOs.” 👉 Read More
Asgard DAO launched to bring metaverse, NFTs and DeFi under one roof. The founder Kiran Dommeti said the pandemic accelerated the adoption of the metaverse. 👉 Read More
A DAO is trying to raise $4 billion USD to buy the Broncos. Even if they fail, BuyTheBroncos DAO hopes to raise at least 25% of the funds needed and work with other investors to get to the $4 billion USD price tag. 👉 Read More
🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading
🎙 Podcast Recap
Tuesday | MintSongs co-founder founders Dwight Torculas and Garrett Hughes on Redefining Music Metadata and Decentralizing Spotify with Mint Songs 👉 WATCH | LISTEN | READ
Thursday | MintFund and Quixotic co-founder Mark Dawson on How To Get Free Money To Mint Your First Music NFT 👉 WATCH | LISTEN | READ
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