Beeple teases a drop, MusicBen announces Ziggy Ziggy Music, Logan Paul's $1.3M plan for CryptoZoo + more

Here's what went down this week in the web3 creator economy.

Jan 15, 2023

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I publish ‘Mint TLDR,’ every Sunday, covering my favorite weekly headlines from the web3 creator economy.

Let’s dive in!

🌐 Top Creators of the Week

Mayan Warrior, Burning Man icon is driving change with NFTs. 👉 READ
Musicben drops Ziggy Ziggy Music, music discovery in web3. 👉 READ
Noah Kalina’s NFT collection: everyday, 23 years, 8402 photos. 👉 READ
FEWOCIOUS announces his NFT project ‘Fewos.’ 👉 READ
RŌHKI introduces RŌHKI Market. 👉 READ
Beeple teases a new project. 👉 READ
Logan Paul’s $1.3M rewards program plan for CryptoZoo. 👉 READ
PleasrDAO launches its own curated auction house on Zora. 👉 READ
Jack Butcher’s secondary sales cross $1M. 👉 READ
CryptoNovo raises the sum needed to buy his CryptoPunk back. 👉 READ

🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

Yuga Labs Reveals Details for Upcoming BAYC Project Mint. 👉 READ
National Geographic to launch Its debut NFT with Snowcrash. 👉 READ
Twitter to launch new ‘Coins’ feature. 👉 READ
POAP launches its new website. 👉 READ
Crypto Twitter reacts poorly to official 'Game of Thrones' NFTs. 👉 READ
Cointelegraph launches accelerator program for web3 startups. 👉 READ
Macy’s web3 campaign raises $4.8M supporting the youth. 👉 READ
Gitcoin announces $1M 200 grantee alpha funding round. 👉 READ
Top NFT artists are selling out projects on Instagram in seconds. 👉 READ
Tribeca Film Festival will sell VIP passes as NFTs. 👉 READ
ReFi’s impact on NFTs and web3. 👉 READ
SuperRare lays off 30 percent of staff with over hiring claims. 👉 READ

📲 Web3 Social

The Easy Company unveils the first social wallet for web3. 👉 READ
StarStake’s mission to go where no web3 platform has gone. 👉 READ
Token gated publications has launched on the Lens API. 👉 READ

🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading

Roberto Nickson on how to succeed in social media.

rpn.eth (Roberto Nickson) @rpnickson

Social media is a game of attention. The best way to succeed is to understand arbitrage. What it is – and how you can take serious advantage of it in 2023. 🧵↓

Zora’s Jacob Horne on open editions.

jacob @js_horne

To collectors calling open editions a cash grab: don’t collect if you don’t want the art. Expecting to profit immediately off an artists work is the wrong reason to buy and is on you. Why should an artist limit the amount of collectors?

I got to talk about music NFTs on Cointelegraph’s new podcast!

Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph

Ever heard of music NFTs? The Agenda hosts @maddopemadic and @HorusHughes sat down with @levychain and rapper @jkila to discuss how this type of nonfungible token can benefit both artists and fans.

cointelegraph.comMusic NFTs are helping independent creators monetize and build a fanbaseMany believe nonfungible tokens are the future of the music industry, so The Agenda podcast sat down with Adam Levy of Mint and rapper Jay Kila to break it down.

Music NFTs are part of the official UK music chart again this week.

musicben.eth 🎧 @musicben_eth

Music NFTs are part of the official UK music chart this week (again) 👀 This and 5 other big Web3 music stories you might have missed ↓↓

🎙 Podcast Recap

Monday | Shorts | Xcelencia: Are Labels Turning into Creative Hedge Funds? LISTEN
Tuesday | Web3's Impact on Content Creation and the Future of Tokenized Media. LISTEN
Wednesday | Shorts | Zack Guzman: How Will Decentralized Tech Change the Way We Handle IP/Ownership in Web3? LISTEN
Thursday | Exploring Spinamp: The Future of Music Streaming and Mobile Collection. LISTEN
Friday | Shorts | Aidan Musnitzky: Why Should Artists Choose Spinamp? LISTEN
Saturday | Shorts | VÉRITÉ: Three Types of Music NFTs. LISTEN
Sunday | Shorts | Aidan Musnitzky: Will Web3 Fix Today's Major Music Streaming Platforms? LISTEN

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