NessGraphics $2.2M raise, Kevin Rose hacked for $1.1M in NFTs, Amazon to enter web3 + more
Is the bull waking up? 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
NessGraphics open edition raises $2.2M in one hour. 👉 READ
Kevin Rose of Moonbirds hacked for $1.1M+ worth of NFTs. 👉 READ
Trump NFTs sales spike as Facebook & Instagram unban him. 👉 READ
Jack Butcher’s ‘Checks’ challenges the way people view NFTs. 👉 READ
Farokh is trying to make Rug Radio the first Web3 media empire. 👉 READ
Avila Brothers, Snoop Dogg and Billy Ray Cyrus metaverse drop. 👉 READ
Marvel artist Sean Chen enters web3 with comic book series. 👉 READ
VÉRITÉ shares the logic behind her first Sound.xyz drop. 👉 READ
Daniel Allan & Showtime collab with ‘Pre-Save Drop’ feature. 👉 READ
Karma.wav celebrates his first music NFT drop of 2023. 👉 READ
🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs
Bright Moments partners with Artblocks for a NFT drop. 👉 READ
Duncan & Griffin Cockfoster depart from Nifty Gateway. 👉 READ
Sound.xyz introduces open editions pilot with 7+ creators. 👉 READ
Amazon is coming to Web3. 👉 READ
Win $5k designing Nike NFT sneakers. 👉 READ
Socialstack rebrands to ValuesCo and raises $2.7M Seed round. 👉 READ
VenturePunk launches a holder snapshot tool for ERC-1155s. 👉 READ
Over 2k people register for the presale of Kits Season 1. 👉 READ
Decent’s new way to monetize your onchain identity, ‘Rentables.’ 👉 READ
📲 Web3 Social by Lens Protocol
Lensta can monetize content on Lens via mobile app. 👉 READ
Aave Protocol V3 is now live on the Ethereum market. 👉 READ
DMs are now available on Orb via XMTP. 👉 READ
Farcaster launches in the IOS App store. 👉 READ
🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading
BAYC’s Dookey Dash encounters heat across Crypto Twitter.
There's a key difference between web2 and web3 media.
🎙 Podcast Recap
Monday | Shorts | Roberto Nickson: Are You Bullish on Web3 Social? LISTEN
Tuesday | TK’s Web3 Music Journey: From Passion to Profession. LISTEN
Wednesday | Shorts | Michael Blau: Origin Story of x0r. LISTEN
Thursday | Decoding the Intersection of Skating and DAOs with Gami of GnarsDAO. LISTEN
Friday | Shorts | TK: Eternal Garden. LISTEN
Saturday | Shorts | Lucas Campbell: Splitting Tokenized Content. LISTEN
Sunday | Shorts | Farokh: The Last 12 Months of the Bear Market. LISTEN
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