Podcast NFTs sell out, POAP partners with WNBA, Reo Cragun airdrop + 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.

Testing a new format today, let’s dive in!👇

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🎙 Are Podcast NFTs GMI?

I sold out 33 podcast NFTs in less than 24 hours! Such a wild feeling!!

Thank you if you collected. I’m so grateful for your support.

Please DM me if you collected; this is the start of something new.

levy.eth | Mint Podcast @levychain

yoooo we sold out in less than 24 hrs!! Thank you to everyone who collected!❤️🙌 Podcast NFTs gmi. 🫡

levy.eth | Mint Podcast @levychain

Mint Season 3 was a pivotal moment for the podcast. It was the first time I saw noticeable growth in my content. S3's most listened to episode featured @web3brett on music NFTs - the inspiration behind Season 4's iconic theme. I just minted our episode as 33 editions. 🧵

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🌐 Top Creators of the Week

• Reo Cragun shows appreciation to his Music NFT collectors. 👉 READ

• Iman Europe sells out ‘stay solid.’ music NFT drop. 👉 READ

• DEEGAN drops his first music NFT on Sound.xyz, sells out. 👉 READ

• bloody white raises 1.75Ξ for his new single ‘pomegranate.’ 👉 READ

• TK and wavWRLD mint first live concerts on Glass.xyz. 👉 COLLECT

• Saint Rien sells out his second music video across 11 NFTs. 👉 READ

• NoiseDAO collects Daniel Allan’s new 1/1 for 5Ξ. 👉 READ

• Bryan Brinkman sells "Traffic Jams” for 16Ξ to Pak. 👉 READ

• William Mapan’s art blocks piece ‘Anticyclone 726’ sells for 15Ξ. 👉 READ

• Coinbase teases part 1 of their new NFT movie ‘Degen Trilogy.’ 👉 READ

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🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

• POAP teams up with the WNBA. 👉 READ

• Mirror introduces Web3 subscriptions. 👉 READ

• Royal.io pays first round of royalties to NFT collectors. 👉 READ

• Unstoppable Domains raises $65M at $1B 🦄 valuation. 👉 READ

• Swaraj Projekt helps indie musicians through NFTs. 👉 READ

• OneOf puts Biggie Smalls on the blockchain. 👉 READ

• Epic Games announces they will not ban NFTs. 👉 READ

• Nic Carter on endstate and the importance of NFT utility. 👉 READ

• RabbitHole releases NFT Quests to connect artists. 👉 READ

• Gary Vaynerchuk’s Vee Friends raises $50M led by a16z. 👉 READ

• Miami city announces NFT Project with Visa and Salesforce. 👉 READ

• Web3 social platform DSCVR raises $9M by Polychain Capital. 👉 READ

• The vision behind Coindesk’s Social Token $DESK. 👉 READ

• Zigazoo raises $17M to build a web3 social network for kids. 👉 READ

• Forefront’s web3 creator residency is live in action. 👉 READ

• Illuma raises $2.5M to support DAO building. 👉 READ

• Recap of what happened in Lil Nouns DAO this week. 👉 READ

• Applications for Seed Club’s 5th cohort open tomorrow. 👉 READ

• Flow Blockchain launches CAST DAO. 👉 READ

• AaveDAO votes yes for overcollateralized stablecoin $GHO. 👉 READ

• MetaFactory teases a preview of their new operating system. 👉 READ

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👹 Savage of the Week

Investor Nick Tomaino buys Cryptopunk #4156 for $3.3M.

Nick Tomaino @NTmoney

Recently bought Cryptopunk #4156 for $3.31M Here’s why:

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🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading

Coinvise @CoinviseCo

Don't confuse an audience with a community. An audience: • Has little in common • Don't form friendships • Rarely contribute A community: • Has mutual goals • Engage daily • Put in some work The former provides instant rewards. The latter unlocks true innovation.

Spotify announces earnings further prove the bad business model.

Ted Gioia @tedgioia

Spotify announced earnings today, bragging that it now has 433 million users. But it's still losing $15 million per week, and margins are getting worse, not better. The ugly truth is that the streaming business model still hasn't proven its financial viability after 15 years.

Shrek music rights sold for $888K.

Neeraj K. Agrawal @NeerajKA

someone bought the rights to the music used in the shrek movies for $888k. they earn money any time someone watches the movie and from themed rides etc. or when a scene from shrek is used in other media like “i am legend” it made $78k last year auctions.royaltyexchange.com/orderbook/asse…

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🎙 Podcast Recap

• Tuesday | Cooper Turley: Creating Better Opportunities for Web3 Fans👉 LISTEN

• Thursday | Are Podcast NFTs GMI? 👉 LISTEN

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