Doodles raises $54M, Starbucks Enters Web3, Mint Songs Winds Down, Pro-skaters embrace NounsDAO + more

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

gm Mint nation - happy Sunday! If you’re new here, welcome. You’re receiving this newsletter because you likely subscribed on my site adamlevy.io or reserved a Season 6 NFT.

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

Let’s dive in!👇

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🌐 Top Creators of the Week

• Blackdave highlights the affordability of supporting artists. 👉 READ

• Tale of Us displays artist’s NFTs at a Brooklyn concert. 👉 READ

• Harrison $FIRST releases ‘fortyseven’ on Sound. 👉 READ

• SuperRare and ELLE announce ‘D3SIGN CAPSULE’ in Paris. 👉 READ

• Brenna drops ‘Home’ music video NFT on Glass. 👉 READ

• IBN INGLOR releases membership NFTs with BTS access. 👉 READ

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🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

• Starbucks and Polygon announce NFT partnership. 👉 READ

• Doodles raises $54M with FTX and Seven Seven Six. 👉 READ

• Gaming community FaZe Clan enters the metaverse. 👉 READ

• Northzone raises $1B to invest in innovative Web3 companies. 👉 READ

• One-of-one music NFT platform Catalog teases their protocol. 👉 READ

• Arpeggi Labs releases ‘Clips’ feature for uploading any audio. 👉 READ

• NounsDAO and GnarsDAO partner fund pro-athletes. 👉 READ

• KaliDAO releases ‘Wrappr’ as a solution for incorporation. 👉 READ

• RELICSxyz raises $1.1M from CoopRecords & Palm Tree Crew. 👉 READ

• Zora introduces ‘Allowlist for Creator Toolkit’. 👉 READ

• Mint Songs winds down. 👉 READ

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🌱 Web3 Social by Lens Protocol

• AAVE CEO shares Lens insights after 500,000 collects. 👉 READ

• MetaFi raises $3M to bring social trading to the metaverse. 👉 READ

• Goldsky raises $20M for Web3 social infrastructure. 👉 READ

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🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading

Ethereum successfully merged to proof of stake!

vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin

And we finalized! Happy merge all. This is a big moment for the Ethereum ecosystem. Everyone who helped make the merge happen should feel very proud today.

NounsDAO got a new look.

nounish ⌐◨-◨ @nounish

Watch how @gnars_dao is changing the way extreme athletes are funded via @nounsdao ⌐◨-◨ x 🤘

Catalog.works Co-founder Jeremy Stern on more ways to help web3-native music artists.

jeremy ⎄ @jzstern

we will have failed musicians if the *only* way for them to be "successful" in web3 is to launch a social token or provide utility to their collectors

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🎙 Podcast Recap

• Monday | Shorts - Anatoly Yakovenko: Why aren't Apple and Google taking web3 seriously? LISTEN

• Tuesday |🎙 Rantum’s Mental Model for Analyzing Blockchain Data. LISTEN | WATCH | READ | THREAD

• Wednesday | Shorts - Rantum: Community Interoperability in Web3 LISTEN

• Thursday |🎙 Tools for Executing Airdrops with Coinvise. LISTEN | WATCH | READ | THREAD

• Friday | Shorts | Jenil Thakker: The Evolution of Airdrops. LISTEN

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Disclaimer: Investing in NFTs has inherent risks, including technical risk, human error, platform failure, and more. This newsletter is strictly educational, and nothing we offer is financial advice. We are not professionals or licensed advisors.gm Mint nation - happy Sunday! If you’re new here, welcome.