Tim Ferriss Free NFTs, Barbie enters Web3, Damien Hirst burns 1,000 paintings + more

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

Oct 16, 2022

gm Mint nation - happy Sunday! If you’re new here, welcome. You’re receiving this newsletter because you likely subscribed on my site adamlevy.io or reserved a Season 6 NFT.

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

SoundOfFractures and Sound host Web3 music talent. 👉 READ
Greg Isenberg releases free mint of new project ‘Pencil Case’. 👉 READ
Tim Ferriss sees huge subscriptions after releasing free NFT. 👉 READ
Damien Hirst burns 1,000 paintings for his NFT project. 👉 READ
Investinstockz set to release music video NFT on Glass. 👉 READ

🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs

Nifty Gateway introduces curated collector drops. 👉 READ
World Scouting launches NFT badge at Jota-Joti with POAP. 👉 READ
0xSplits announces new contract ‘Waterfalls: Tiered Payouts’. 👉 READ
Barbie and Balmain team up for NFT project on MintNFT. 👉 READ
Liverpool FC and Meta partner up to create LFC digital appearal . 👉 READ
Limitbreak buys $6.5M Super Bowl commercial spot for NFTs. 👉 READ
Pinestreet Labs raises $6M to make Web3 wallets safer. 👉 READ
Otterspace raises $3.7M led by Cherry Ventures to help DAOs. 👉 READ

🌱 Web3 Social by Lens Protocol

Interoperability will onboard the next billion users in Web3. 👉 READ
Lens creator Bytes featuring yours truly! 👉 READ
Polygon tests zkEVM with Lens and Aave among first to join. 👉 READ
Phaver release new soulbound token to bring Web2 rep to Web3. 👉 READ
CyberConnect releases Link3 handbook for organizations. 👉 READ

🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading

DevCon welcomed a killer Web3 Music Event co-hosted by CoopRecords and Mint.

Mija @hi_mija

📎 @Cooopahtroopa @Saldasoro @levychain

Are Video NFTs preparing to have their moment?

Sam Sends @sam_sends

✨ @rae_isla just hit 100 SOL on her video ✨ * the floor is up 9x from mint * 29 secondary sales * 30 unique collectors this is just the beginning

Looking at a switch from Platforms to Protocols for Web3 Music.

abelow @AbelowRob

Are protocols the killer app for web3 music? 🧵

Did you catch the recent Unstoppable Domain Podcast? 👀

rafa0 @rafathebuilder

Absolutely gold from @levychain on the Unstoppable Podcast. Link ->

🎙 Podcast Recap

Monday | Shorts | Erick Calderon: The Importance of Having NFTs Fully On-Chain. LISTEN
Tuesday | 🎙 The Creator’s Ultimate Guide to Web3 Social with Lens Protocol. LISTEN | WATCH | READ | THREAD
Wednesday | Shorts | Stani Kulechov: How Creators Make Money On Lens Protocol. LISTEN
Thursday | 🎙 Paradigm Placed A Multi-Million Dollar Bet On n.xyz And Here's Why. LISTEN | WATCH | READ
Friday | Shorts | Sridhar Ramaswamy: Web2 Search Versus Web3 Search. LISTEN

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