☕️ Mint TLDR - Sunday Recap #26
Juicy NFT, Social Token, and DAO news for the week of 02/28 🎉
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Every Sunday, we issue ‘Mint TLDR,’ where we focus on our favorite weekly stories around NFTs, social tokens, and DAOs.
We’ve curated the juiciest headlines of the week in an easily digestible format for you to enjoy with your Sunday coffee.
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💎 NFTs
IdolsNFT launched last week, and is the first staked ETH NFT project. It’s the fairest launch I have ever seen. All of the funds from the raise went to the treasury. Holders of both NFTs and $VIRTUE tokens are in a cycle where by protecting a piece of the network, they get rewarded. Excited to see where this project will go. 👉 Read More
Snowcrash platform on Solana announced partnerships with Sony and Universal Music Group. They are planning a Miles Davis and a Bob Dylan drop. 👉 Read More
Dolly Parton announced her new book, album, NFTs and a livestreamed performance from SXSW to kick off her new “Dollyverse.” 👉 Read More
Dillon Francis Signs Landmark Residency Deal in Exchange for Bored Ape NFT 👉 Read More
Billboard & World of Women partner on NFT magazine covers 👉 Read More
Russian Artist Olive Allen filmed her burning passport to make an NFT to aid Ukraine 👉 Read More
Bob Dylan revealed as a founder of new NFT project 👉 Read More
SEC scrutinizes NFT market over potentially illegal crypto token offerings 👉 Read More
Long Neckie Ladies’ NFT Artist Nyla Hayes signs with CAA. The NFT collection is currently worth nearly $3.4 million 👉 Read More
🚀 Social Tokens
The native social token from Chingari $GARI is listed on the Indian exchange CoinDCX. 👉 Read More
The popular football player from Brazil, Roberto Carlos, announced the launch of his social token $RC3. Fans with $RC3 tokens will have access to exclusive signed merch giveaways, private NFT drops, and other benefits and experiences on Rally. 👉 Read More
Non-crypto natives launch social tokens to engage with the community and fans. 👉 Read More
Basketball Allstar Michael Jordan and his son Jefferey Jordan created a fan engagement platform called HEIR designed to link professional athletes with their fans, provide exclusive access, and host giveaways. They hosted their first NFT drop this week inspired by the NBA legend’s career. 👉 Read More
🌐 DAOs
Ukraine DAO raised 2,258 ETH (around $6.75 million) in an auction that began on February 26 and ended on March 2. 👉 Read More
Solid World DAO is formed by a group of crypto-native people and they are harnessing the power of Web3 to fight climate change. 👉 Read More
DAOs, NFTs, DeFi, decentralized infrastructure identified as key trends by Electric Capital 👉 Read More
How A DAO took aim at an NHL team, and what they learned from failing 👉 Read More
4 reasons why many DAOs might fail 👉 Read More
BitDAO allocates $633 million in funding for Innovative DAOs 👉 Read More
Friends with Benefits: this social club runs on crypto tokens and vibes 👉 Read More
Watch Cointelegraph’s Market Report on which DAOs have the most potential in 2022 👉 Read More
🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading
👹 Savage of the Week
Book reading extraordinaire Tai Lopez launched is controversial NFT drop where many criticized him on his drop mechanics and each NFT’s underlying utility. NFT influencer Farokh called him out on his “rug pull” project to which Tai replied with the following slamdunk tweet. He’s an absolute savage lmao.
🎙 Podcast Recap
Tuesday | NFT Ticket Case Study: Queen George On Growth Hacking Collectors 👉 WATCH | LISTEN | READ
Thursday | Why Cooper Turley Spent 100 ETH on Music NFTs 👉 WATCH | LISTEN | READ
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