Jack Butcher raises 105Ξ in 24 hours, Pomp Podcast removes advertisers, Mutant Ape Planet arrested for $2.9M fraud + more
Here's what went down this week in the web3 creator economy.
gm Mint nation - happy Sunday and happy new year! 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.
Sorry for the delay today, I’m not in LA and got time zones mixed up! 🙏
I publish ‘Mint TLDR,’ every Sunday, covering my favorite weekly headlines from the web3 creator economy.
Let’s dive in!
🚀 Mint Season 7 has arrived
Season 7 is finally live!
The next 20 episodes will span three months and focus on every aspect of "Creating Content Worth Collecting," a tagline that I hope will inspire more creators to shift their focus from algorithmic virality to creating content of collectible quality - myself included.
We’ll highlight conversations around tokenized media like music NFTs, podcast NFTs, writing NFTs, film NFTs, video NFTs, and crypto art.
I hope that by exploring this topic in-depth, we can help more creators understand what makes content valuable to collect and how to create content worth collecting that resonates with their audience.
🌐 Top Creators of the Week
Jack Butcher sells a whopping 105Ξ of ‘Checks’ in 24 hours. 👉 READ
Zack Guzman brainstormed how Mr. Beast could explore new monetization options via a crypto-enabled co-ownership model.
Pussy Riot collab with Rolling Stone on ‘Matriarchy Now.’ 👉 READ
Pomp Podcast removes all advertisements and sponsors. 👉 READ
Daniel Allan reflects on the “wildest year [he’s] ever had.” 👉 READ
Gami introduces ‘Art Haus ⌐◨’ a collective arts patronage. 👉 READ
Cooper Turley announces the Web3 Manager Launchpad. 👉 READ
Messari CEO Ryan Selkis gets suspended from Twitter. 👉 READ
Robin Schmidt reveals ‘BasedAF’ and sells out NFT collection. 👉 READ
🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs
POAP new feature to help battle POAP farmers and bots. 👉 READ
Fake Solana NFTs are being sold on Magic Eden. 👉 READ
Dev of ‘Mutant Ape Planet’ NFTs arrested for $2.9M fraud. 👉 READ
China Box, a new watch-to-earn NFTs project goes live. 👉 READ
Proof’s Moonbirds signs with United Talent Agency. 👉 READ
Explorer Grants offer 10Ξ grant to explore Nouns ecosystem. 👉 READ
📲 Web3 Social
Lens Protocol surpassed 10 million gasless transactions. 👉 READ
What is Zion, the social network built on Bitcoin? 👉 READ
Proof of Humanity is now on Lens. 👉 READ
🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading
Thoughts™ by Jess - the verbiage doesn’t matter.
Tessera’s Andy on his metal model for triumphing web3.
Zeneca on how to find alpha in web3.
CC0 NFTs
🎙 Podcast Recap
Monday | Shorts | Alec King: Publishing Your First NFT. LISTEN
Tuesday | Shorts | Grady: Parallels Between the Crypto and Music Industries. LISTEN
Wednesday | Shorts | William Bailey: Converting Listeners to Collectors. LISTEN
Thursday | Exploring the Future of Media in Web3 with Zack Guzman of Coinage Media. LISTEN
Friday | Shorts | Zack Guzman: Balancing Creating Good Content and Not Getting Lost in NFT Sauce. LISTEN
Saturday | Shorts | Zack Guzman: How Will Web3 Solve the Challenges Media Faces. LISTEN
Sunday | Shorts | Adam Levy: Platforms to Help Kick Off Your Creative Journey in Web3. 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.