Instagram rolls out NFTs to 100 Countries, Mija sells 100 music NFTs, Gucci accepts $APE + more

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

gm Mint nation - happy Sunday! If you’re new here, welcome. 😁

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

Let’s dive in!👇

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🌐 Top Creators of the Week

• Fahad Karim sells out “Alan Ki Aankhen” collection. 👉 READ

• Harrison First sells out first music NFT on sound.xyz. 👉 READ

• Harrison First lists 200 shares of his song BAMBAM. 👉 READ

• J’von’s new single ‘Book’ raises 1.25Ξ. 👉 READ

• Daniel Allan mints 25 free editions of ‘Chasing Paradise.’ 👉 READ

• Maya Man debuts newest curated NFT collection on Art Blocks 👉 READ

• Mija sells out 100 music NFTs ahead of Miami concert. 👉 READ

• Damian Hirst is burning paintings in newest NFT project. 👉 READ

• ItsReuben NFT receives of 25Ξ offer in SuperRare auction. 👉 READ

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🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

• Bello🍄 data analytics for creators announces private beta. Join waitlist.

  levy.eth (🍄,🔍) | Mint Podcast @levychain

  Introducing Bello 🍄 (@bellosights) A no-code blockchain analytics tool that teaches you more about your collectors and their on-chain behavior through a simple search. It's helped me strategically grow my audience and monetize my creatorship, and today it can help you too.🧵

  

• Coca-cola introduces NFTs on Polygon. 👉 READ

• Zora marketplace introduces on-chain SVG files. 👉 READ

• Tiffany & Co sells $12.5M worth of CryptoPunk pendants. 👉 READ

• Prada fashion week welcomes NFT time capsule collection. 👉 READ

• Nemus is selling pieces of the Amazon as NFTs. 👉 READ

• Thousands of free NFTs claimed on web3 Instagram Showtime. 👉 READ

• Muse announces their next album will be released as an NFT. 👉 READ

• Jay Chou and PSG team up to sell NFTs for charity. 👉 READ

• Nomad-Bridge hacked, losing $190M in a security exploit. 👉 READ

• Moonbirds makes all their NFTs public domain. 👉 READ

• Meta's NFT outreach powers 38% rally in $FLOW token. 👉 READ

• Netgear joins Super Rare DAO to develop NFT art licensing. 👉 READ

• Lawsuit Filed Against OpenSea over its ‘Stolen’ NFT Policy. 👉 READ

• Magic Eden announces Ethereum NFTs to platform. 👉 READ

• Drexel and MAPay team up to democratize healthcare. 👉 READ

• NFT Tech and Sony partner to create sports NFTs. 👉 READ

• Tinder owner ghosts metaverse and in-app currencies. 👉 READ

• Gucci announces they will begin accepting $APE.  👉 READ

• Google AI reimagines the BAYC collection.  👉 READ

• Fyli and UBS raise $20M for female founders.  👉 READ

• Opinion: How NFTs and DAOs will benefit social tokens. 👉 READ

• Starbucks making plans to enter Web3 through coffee NFTs. 👉 READ

• First half of 2022 reveals $2.7B spent minting NFTs.  👉 READ

• 1 of 1 Music NFT Catalog reveals new strategies for curation. 👉 READ

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👹 Savage of the Week

Instagram expanded its NFT feature to 100 new countries this week.

Crypto-Gucci.eth ᵍᵐ🦇🔊 @CryptoGucci

#NFTs are now live on Instagram!!

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🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading

musicben.eth 🎧 @_Kaspar__

What's the best model for music NFTs? Let's take a look ↓

Saint Rain explains their experience releasing music on sound.xyz

Saint Rien ⭕️🥀👁‍🗨🌐⭕️ GLASS DROP SOLD OUT 🥀 @SaintRien

I just started rolling out my @soundxyz_ drop in a way I haven't seen done before and it's a huge artistic experiment 🧵

Charlie Crown on 7 podcasts that helped raise money.

charliecrown.eth @itscharliecrown

7 podcast episodes that helped me crowdfund 3.88 ETH (over $10k at the time) for the release of my single 'Just Say It' using @viamirror a thread 🧵🧵

DeSo @desoprotocol

Creators should be making money on every single piece of content they create. To this day, the majority of web2 creators are still earning 0 dollars while putting content out every day. However, web3 fixes this 👇

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🎙 Podcast Recap

• Tuesday | SHORT: a16z’s Nass: Understanding the Ownership Layer for All Audio Files. 👉 LISTEN

• Thursday | SHORT: How Crypto Fixes Music Discovery. 👉 LISTEN

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