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.

Let’s dive in!

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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

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🗞 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

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📲 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

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🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading

Glass.xyz’s Dayo Adeosun on 7 income streams for artists.

Dada @dayoadeosun10

Video is the most valuable type of content in the world, but 97% of creators earn less than a burger flipper. Here’s 7 income streams you can build today if you’re a starving artist:

Do you agree?

NFT God @NFT_GOD

The next Joe Rogan will be a Twitter Spaces host Social audio is going to change everything If you're not building Spaces skills (moderating, public speaking) you're falling behind Challenge: talk on stage TODAY Bonus points: host a space Stay 5 steps ahead of the competition

Variant Fund’s Spencer Noon on consumer tokens.

Spencer Noon @spencernoon

My updated thinking on web3 consumer tokens:

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🎙 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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