Pplpleasr raises $6.9M, ConstitutionDAO is back, Blockparty CTO charged with fraud + more
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!
🌐 Top Creators of the Week
Pplpleasr’s Shibuya NFT video platform raises $6.9M from a16z. 👉 READ
Black Dave to drop new single ‘Lavender’ with DROPLINK. 👉 READ
3LAU and Steve Aoki reveal CryptoPunks-inspired music NFTs. 👉 READ
Author Tim Ferriss tops NFT sales charts with 'Cockpunch.’ 👉 READ
Four Bored Ape-inspired musicians hope to go platinum. 👉 READ
Tyler Hobbs reveals a new 1/1 NFT titled ‘Days Fade.’ 👉 READ
Art Angels and SuperRare collab on holiday NFTs. 👉 READ
Legendary artist Kaws is dropping his first digital collectible. 👉 READ
🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs
Blockparty Co-Founder and CTO charged with fraud. 👉 READ
Bello integrates a web3 social dashboard ft. Lens Protocol. 👉 READ
Rarible launches Polygon integration. 👉 READ
OpenSea partners with multiple marketplaces to establish CORI. 👉 READ
Number of mints on Sound.xyz doubled in the last two months. 👉 READ
A DAO is trying to buy the US Constitution again. 👉 READ
Warner Music Group to release Polygon NFTs. 👉 READ
Public Pressures’ first music NFT project brings in $2M. 👉 READ
Bankless sells-out 3rd edition of Podcast NFTs. 👉 READ
Opera Crypto Browser unlocks instant NFT publishing. 👉 READ
Aave acquires NFT mobile game Sonar for Lens integration. 👉 READ
Justin Bieber, The Weeknd, and other celebs sued for NFT scam. 👉 READ
Metagood raises $5M for an NFT-focused social impact startup. 👉 READ
NF3 raises $1.65M for NFT swaps & financing marketplace. 👉 READ
Minting of Reddit Avatars hit a record high over the weekend. 👉 READ
Manifold’s new feature improves creator royalty management. 👉 READ
Metaplex & Magic Eden tensions heat up over Solana NFTs. 👉 READ
Starbucks opens up web3 loyalty program to first beta testers. 👉 READ
This DAO is donating 100Ξ to crypto sleuth ZachXBT. 👉 READ
POAP integrates .lens sign-in / send features via mobile app. 👉 READ
🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading
This week’s debate: should music NFT aggregators index songs without paying artists per stream?
BlockchainBrett weighs in on the debate. Open distribution = better monetization.
Web3 social is heating up.
Blur.io UX/UI bug causes a user to lose 70Ξ.
Instagram heightens their interest in NFTs with scheduled Twitter Spaces.
🎙 Podcast Recap
Monday | Shorts | Reo Cragun: The Current State of Music x Crypto. LISTEN
Tuesday | Dawson Botsford and the Acquisition of Earnifi’s $150M Airdrop Tool. LISTEN
Wednesday | Shorts | BlockchainBrett: Creating Through the Bear Market. LISTEN
Thursday | Shorts | Dawson: Getting Acquired By Bankless. LISTEN
Friday | Shorts | TYCHO: What Does Open-Source Mean in TYCHO's Community? LISTEN
Saturday | Shorts | Aaron Mcdonald: Taking Web3 Mainstream LISTEN
Sunday | Shorts | Joe Vezzani: Common Pitfalls While Using Data to Make Decisions LISTEN
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