Polygon teases zkEVM, Daniel Allan Sells 1,000 NFTs, Minecraft bans NFTs + more

Here's what went down this week in the web3 creator economy.

Levy.eth

Jul 24, 2022

gm Mint nation - happy Sunday! If you’re new here, welcome. 😁

Every Sunday, we publish ‘Mint TLDR,’ covering our favorite stories in the web3 creator economy this week.

Let’s dive in!👇

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💎 NFTs

Daniel Allan’s ‘Glass House’ sells 1,000 music NFTs in 48 hrs. 👉 READ
Minecraft bans NFTs. 👉 READ
Cadbury Chocolates enters the Web3 space with artist collabs. 👉 READ
WAGMI United purchases Crawley Town Football Club 👉 READ
DJ Magazine MixMag releases a piece on music NFTs. 👉 READ
Fintech Times on the relationship between sports and NFTs. 👉 READ
Web3 aggregator Zapper introduces V2. 👉 READ
Coinbase executive accused of insider trading. 👉 READ
GameStop’s NFT market beats Coinbase in their opening week. 👉 READ
Bonfire on creator self-sovereignty using smart contracts. 👉 READ
LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman turns DALL-E AI art into Solana NFTs. 👉 READ
NFTs are coming for Budweiser’s loyalty perks programs. 👉 READ
Shark Week releases 12 NFTs. 👉 READ
Final Fantasy NFTs are coming to Polkadot. 👉 READ
Cool ways Mariah Carey & other musicians have used NFTs. 👉 READ
KIA America incorporates NFTs with QR code project. 👉 READ

🚀 Social Tokens

Socialstack launches $350K grant fund for social tokens. 👉 READ
$APE up 22% after BAYC demos Otherside metaverse. 👉 READ
3 trends to watch as the SocialFi era dawns. 👉 READ
Audius now allows you to tip your favorite artists in $AUDIO. 👉 READ
DeSo published a piece on the importance of social tokens. 👉 READ

🌐 DAOs

Animoca Brands launches DAO to develop metaverse standards. 👉 READ
Snapshot adds 'Shielded Voting' to eliminate voter apathy. 👉 READ
TechCrunch: “Get ready for a lot of dead DAOs”. 👉 READ
EthCC 5 recap: How DAOs can combat hostile takeovers. 👉 READ
Jess Sloss of Seed Club on why DAO ‘bounties suck.’ 👉 READ

pet3rpan @pet3rpan_

It is 2022, welcome to DAOs

👹 Savage of the Week

This week’s savage has to be Polygon with their announcement of the first zkEVM coming to mainnet in less than 100 days.

Polygon - MATIC 💜 @0xPolygon

We are proud to announce a giant leap forward for Ethereum scaling and ZK innovation. Introducing Polygon #zkEVM, the first EVM-equivalent ZK L2. Today we’re releasing a complete implementation, fully open-source, and we’re just getting started. [1/6]

🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading

SabinXYZ @SabinXYZ

1/ A creator economy revolution is coming. All powered by NFTs and crypto rails. Monopolies like Twitter, Youtube, Meta are all terrified by the uprise of NFTs and web3. But why does Mark Zuckerberg care about our JPEGs? One word: Incentives. 🧵👇

Brendan Gahan @brendangahan

TikTok unleashed influencer inflation within the creator economy. The number of creators with 1 million+ followers is: ✳️ 39K on TikTok ✳️ 32.8K on YouTube ✳️ 23K on Instagram

Cointelegraph @Cointelegraph

This is how the creator economy changed over the years.

buff.lyThe creator economy: How we arrived there and why we need its Web3 upgradeCreativity is the natural order of life. It has led us to a new economic paradigm that is now known as the creator economy. What were the steps on the way, and what’s next?

🎙 Podcast Recap

Tuesday | Jenil Thakker on Understanding Membership NFTs👉 WATCH | LISTEN
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