MySpace execs raise $32M, BAYC nets $26M, Dj Dot celebrates 42Ξ in music NFT sales + more
Bear market who? Here's what went down this week in the web3 creator economy.
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I publish ‘Mint TLDR,’ every Sunday, covering my favorite weekly headlines from the web3 creator economy.
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🌐 Top Creators of the Week
Beeple announces ‘BEEPLE STUDIOS.’ 👉 READ
Green Ring’s genesis Sound.xyz drop hits 100k on Spotify. 👉 READ
UFO Club reflects on selling out 2,250 writing NFTs. 👉 READ
Dot clears 42Ξ in 2022 selling music NFTs. 👉 READ
Bankless introduces a collectible drop every Monday. 👉 READ
Bradley Freeman on the difficulty of building a social media app. 👉 READ
@marty’s vacation® ‘classic whip’ explodes on tiktok. 👉 READ
🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs
Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Sewer Pass NFTs net over $26M. 👉 READ
Catalog announces a new class of artist-curators. 👉 READ
Rarible announces marketplace builder for Polygon NFTs. 👉 READ
Mask Network to host a creator economy hackathon. 👉 READ
Highlight’s drops 1/1 NFT auction feature and collector insights. 👉 READ
Crypto Twitter criticizes National Geographic’s NFTs. 👉 READ
Bello releases a new onboarding experience. 👉 READ
📲 Web3 Social by Lens Protocol
MySpace execs raise $32M for web3 social platform Plai Labs. 👉 READ
Creators can now token gate their stream on Lens Protocol. 👉 READ
Mask Network raises $5M from DWF Labs. 👉 READ
Backdrop releases DM feature. 👉 READ
🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading
Glass.xyz’s Dayo Adeosun on 7 income streams for artists.
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Variant Fund’s Spencer Noon on consumer tokens.
🎙 Podcast Recap
Monday | Shorts | Roberto Nickson: Where Media Intersects With Web3. LISTEN
Tuesday | Unpacking the Future of Tokenized Media and NFTs for Content Creators. LISTEN
Wednesday | Shorts | Lucas Campbell: Lessons Learned from the OP Airdrop to Apply to the Next Project. LISTEN
Thursday | How Web3 is Changing the Landscape of Social Media Monetization. LISTEN
Friday | Shorts | Farokh: Best Practices for Creators and Companies Using Crypto to Monetize Their Audience. LISTEN
Saturday | Shorts | Lucas Campbell: Content Remixing. LISTEN
Sunday | Shorts | Aidan Musnitzky: Exciting New Ideas for Spinamp. LISTEN
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