XCOPYART 500Ξ Sale, M&Ms Enter Web3, Snoop Dogg and Eminem bring NFTs to VMAs + 30 more headlines
Here's what went down in the web3 creator economy this week.
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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
XCOPYART sells NFT artwork for 500Ξ on SuperRare. 👉 READ
Snoop Dogg and Eminem to Bring Bored Ape NFTs to VMAs. 👉 READ
HiFi Labs introduces a cohort program for Web3 musicians. 👉 APPLY
Alec King sells 45 editions of ‘Peanut Butter Cherry’. 👉 READ
Miley Cyrus enters Web3 with NFT patents and trademarks. 👉 READ
Iness.eth releases NFT self-portrait on anti-censorship. 👉 READ
Daniel Allan was ft. in Billboard as Web3’s breakout artist. 👉 READ
Muse NFT album sales to be chart eligible in the UK. 👉 READ
KarmaVioletta to drop on Sound on 8/29. 👉 READ
🗞 Headlines: NFTs, Social Tokens, DAOs
Mars M&Ms and Kingfish team up to release BAYC candy. 👉 READ
Netflix is testing ‘NFT Ratings’ on hit series. 👉 READ
Developer DAO launches $CODE on Coinvise. 👉 READ
Autograph launches NFT fan club with access to Tom Brady. 👉 READ
Telegram CEO begins exploring Web3 features to the app. 👉 READ
Pudgy Penguins recording massive NFT sale of 400Ξ. 👉 READ
Web3 discord alternative Comm raises $5M seed round. 👉 READ
NYFW NFTs unlock invitations and products. 👉 READ
Chingari introduces ‘Creator Cuts’ as a video NFT marketplace. 👉 READ
Afterpay implements ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ with NFTs. 👉 READ
OrangeDAO raises $80M with help from Algorand and NEAR. 👉 READ
📖 Weekend Reading
Austin Hurwitz on a framework for leaving NFT projects. 👉 READ
Jason Levin on how to build an un-forkable web3 brand. 👉 READ
Vivian Wu on NFTs and her conflicting views in the world. 👉 READ
Stu_Anon on a deep dive into Nouns’ treasury spending. 👉 READ
🌱 Web3 Social by Lens Protocol
Solana social projects team up for cross-chain messaging. 👉 READ
MatchboxDAO raises $7.5M for an on-chain game platform. 👉 READ
ReadyPlayerME raises $54M in Series B with a16z. 👉 READ
$NCT has been added to Lens allowing carbon credits. 👉 READ
Lens adds ‘dispatcher feature’ removing signatures to collect. 👉 READ
👹 Savage of the Week
ZachXBT is Savage of the Week after revealing Cameron Redman as the alleged person responsible for the hacked NFT Twitter accounts over the past few months.
🐦 Twitter Threads Worth Reading
Big W for FVCKRENDER. Artists and Collectors are coming together.
An interesting perspective from Jack Dorsey on the state of Twitter.
🎙 Podcast Recap
Monday | Shorts: David Greenstein - What Makes One Artist More Valuable Than The Other In Web3. LISTEN
Tuesday |🎙 Crypto Creator Economy Roundtable with Megan Lightcap of Slow Ventures. LISTEN | WATCH | READ | THREAD
Wednesday | Shorts: Megan Lightcap - My Point of View on Social Tokens. LISTEN
Thursday |🎙 From Importing Tiles to Creating Art Blocks: This is Erick Calderon. LISTEN | WATCH | READ | THREAD
Friday | Shorts: A Deep Dive into The Art Blocks Curation Strategy. LISTEN
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