Gucci Enters the Metaverse, Jim Carrey Sells NFTs, Goerli Testnet Live + 30 more headlines

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

Levy.eth

Aug 14, 2022

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‘Mint TLDR,’ is published every Sunday and covers my favorite weekly headlines from the web3 creator economy.

Let’s dive in!👇

🌐 Top Creators of the Week

Jim Carrey mints second NFT collection on SuperRare. 👉 READ
Alexander23 sells out his second song on sound.xyz 👉 READ
The Weeknd buys 40Ξ worth of FVCKRENDER NFTs. 👉 READ
Danny Greene joins Yuga Labs as Meebits brand lead. 👉 READ
FVCKRENDER announces new NFT perfume collection. 👉 READ
Guy Bourdin’s legacy lives on in Vogue’s NFT collection. 👉 READ
Gucci and SuperRare debut digital gallery in the metaverse. 👉 READ
Mutant Ape Yacht Club reaches a new record sale of 2300Ξ. 👉 READ
Coopahtroopa announces NFT Music Launch Pad. 👉 READ
Denis Nazarov on why collecting is the new like. 👉 READ
Zeneca on creator royalties in NFTs. 👉 READ

🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

Tornado Cash blacklisted by US Dept. of Treasury. 👉 READ
Alleged Tornado Cash developer arrested in Amsterdam. 👉 READ
Virtual real estate prices are down 85% from their peaks. 👉 READ
UPENN’s first NFT honors mRNA research. 👉 READ
Starkware’s tech can mint 60M NFTs in one transaction. 👉 READ
Czech Royal Family preserves family heirlooms through NFTs. 👉 READ
Samsung announces NFTs with the sale of their phones. 👉 READ
Pinata raises $18M Seed Round led by Greylock and Pantera. 👉 READ
Reddit and FTX partner up to enable crypto payments. 👉 READ
A16Z led a $20M Seed Round for CreatorDAO. 👉 READ
Magic Eden teases NFT marketplace for ApeCoin holders. 👉 READ
OpeanSea and FWB commission $100K for NFT artists. 👉 READ
NFL and Dapper Labs are selling Super Bowl Ring NFTs. 👉 READ
OpenSea backs NFT minting platform Fair.xyz in $4.5M round. 👉 READ
Netflix K-Drama announces NFT project with Polygon. 👉 READ
Fractional Art and Parallel NFT introduce Parasets. 👉 READ
Nike and Rtfkt use NFCs to link NFTs to physical garments. 👉 READ
World Table Tennis announces plans to release event NFTs. 👉 READ

👹 Savage of the Week

Ethereum’s third and final testnet merge successfully goes live on Goerli!

Next up: Ethereum Merge

vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin

The terminal total difficulty has been set to 58750000000000000000000. This means the ethereum PoW network now has a (roughly) fixed number of hashes left to mine. bordel.wtf predicts the merge will happen around Sep 15, though the exact date depends on hashrate.

🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading

Cobie vs. Spencer Noon vs. @Cooopahtroopa vs. David Greenstein debating music NFTs

Spencer Noon @spencernoon

Hot take 🌶️ Artist streaming royalties = rent seeking behavior It makes no sense for artists to make $ every time a song is played when streams are just radio advertisements for their personal brands The future is: ✅ Free content ✅ Maximize distribution ✅ Monetize via web3

Vitalik Buterin on stealth addresses for ERC721s.

vitalik.eth @VitalikButerin

Idea: stealth addresses for ERC721s. A low-tech approach to add a significant amount of privacy to the NFT ecosystem. So you would be able to eg. send an NFT to vitalik.eth without anyone except me (the new owner) being able to see who the new owner is.

ethresear.chERC721 Extension for zk-SNARKsI feel like you can accomplish this with much lighter-weight technology. Just use regular stealth addresses: Every user has a private key p (and corresponding private key P = G * p) To send to a recipient, first generate a new one-time secret key s (with corresponding public key S = G * s), and p…

Tim Ferris Announces Open Source Insider Trading Policy

Tim Ferriss @tferriss

I began diving into the Wild West of NFTs a few years ago. For me, NFTs were a convenient, muggle-friendly onramp for learning about new technologies. It was also an excuse to break out the pencils and screw around again. 👇 (1/5)

🎙 Podcast Recap

Tuesday | The Role of NFT Curated Registries in the Web3 Creator Economy 👉 LISTEN | WATCH | READ
Wednesday | Shorts: MP: Why Do We Need Decentralized Token Curated Registries? 👉 LISTEN
Thursday | Creator Economy on Solana, Data, Web3 Mobile, Crypto Retail Stores, and More. 👉 LISTEN | WATCH | READ
Friday | Shorts: Anatoly Yakovenko: How Creators Should Use On-Chain Data To Build Communities 👉 LISTEN

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