Travis Barker NFTs, BlockbusterDAO fails, CyberConnect $500k grant + more
Here's what went down in the web3 creator economy this week, 7/4 🎉
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Every Sunday, we issue ‘Mint TLDR,’ where we focus on our favorite weekly stories in the web3 creator economy.
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Let’s dive in!👇
💎 NFTs
BAYC’s issues first demo test of Otherside metaverse. 👉 READ
Archipelago introduces new generative art NFT marketplace. 👉 READ
Reddit to launch a new NFT-based avatar marketplace. 👉 READ
Travis barker among others to launch NFTs with LimeWire. 👉 READ
Fascinating visualization of loot bags using AI DALL·E 2. 👉 READ
Nothing announces ‘phone (1)’ NFT drop. 👉 READ
Water and Music reveal 76 page Music Metaverse report. 👉 READ
New trend: NFTs are being sold for ‘peanuts.’ 👉 READ
NFTs are coming to YouTube says CEO. 👉 READ
RTFKT to give holders full commercial rights and 3D files. 👉 READ
Instagram killer Showtime introduces Free NFTs feature. 👉 READ
🚀 Social Tokens
Why utility tokens may drive the next adoption cycle. 👉 READ
Raoul Pal launches Web3 company to tokenize pop culture. 👉 READ
Seems as if ‘something2Earn’ business models are taking over. 👉 READ
🌐 DAOs
BlockbusterDAO unsuccessful with purchasing Blockbuster. 👉 READ
Jess Sloss challenges how DAOs are ‘supposed to be.’ 👉 READ
Anon user discovers a bug for minting $10T of USN stablecoin. 👉 READ
SSV DAO to distribute $10M in grants for staking projects. 👉 READ
Opinion: the importance of ecosystem DAOs in web3. 👉 READ
📱 Web3 Social presented by CyberConnect
CyberConnect unveils $500k grant funding for social projects. 👉 READ
Web3 Use Cases by Packy McCormick. 👉 READ
Mask Network’s Bonfire Union announces $42M fund. 👉 READ
NFT app GALLERY introduces a social feed. 👉 READ
The Verge on why social networks won’t stop pushing NFTs. 👉 READ
👹 Savage of the Week
000.eth sold for 300 ETH, becoming the second-highest ENS name sale.
🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading
🎙 Podcast Recap
Tuesday | Fun Ways To Use Membership NFTs ft. IBN INGLOR 👉 WATCH | LISTEN | READ
Thursday | 2 Important Tips for Music Artists Entering Web3 👉 WATCH | LISTEN
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Your author of almost one year (time really flies🪰) aleyna.eth (me!) will be taking some time off. It’s been my pleasure writing about creator economy news, and scrapping Twitter for DAO and social token news every week for you. While teaching and informing you on what happens, I learned a lot myself as well.
I have been publishing two newsletters per week (this one right here, and NFTimes every Monday) for about a year. I had an idea I’ve been meaning to build since the start of this year, so I’m going to work on that for a bit, and see where it goes. I’ll still be writing NFTimes, so feel free to subscribe here to receive NFT news from various industries, and follow me on Twitter to reach out with questions or inquiries. Love you all 💖 Keep in touch.
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