Metaversal is a Bankless newsletter for weekly level-ups on NFTs, virtual worlds, & beyond
Dear Bankless Nation,
Many top crypto and NFT projects rallied hard this week, prompting many people to proclaim the start of a new bull cycle!
We’ll see, but I do think it’s true this time.
If nothing else, it’s a welcome surge of excitement after the long, cold crypto winter these past couple of years. And if we’re really turning a corner now, all of us here still in the trenches are well positioned for what craziness may come next.
For now though, just have a great weekend everyone and thanks as always for reading. Here’s your latest NFT roundup! ✌️
-WMP
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This week in NFTs…
📰 General news
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Dune added support for Zora Network analytics.
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Frame, a new NFT L2, launched its V1 public testnet.
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Holograph added a “Buy on Secondary” functionality.
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Nouns DAO will see its The Rise of Blus movie premiere next week.
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Reservoir activated cross-chain NFT buys and mints.
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Warpcast, a Farcaster app, added support for minting NFTs directly in-feed.
🏆 Digital collectibles
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Ad Age highlighted Cool Cats upcoming Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance.
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Courtyard is launching free Pokémon drops for its Web3 Week of Thanks campaign.
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CryptoPunks saw its collection floor price return to +$100k USD.
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Gordon Goner bought a zombie CryptoPunk for 600 ETH along with many other high-end NFT PFPs.
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Pudgy Penguins is prepping a Nounish Pudgy Penguin toy collection per the passing of Nouns DAO Proposal 325 earlier this year.
🎨 Cryptoart & music
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Gallery launched support for Zora Network.
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JPG is winding down. (My two gwei)
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Optimism announced the We ❤️ The Art contest, featuring 1M OP tokens in prizes.
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Manifold intro’d GET-PHYSICAL, i.e. digital pop-up shops for physical goods, with the first drop in collaboration with FVCKRENDER.
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numo.eth, one of cryptoart’s foremost pixel specialists, announced Teddies on Vacation, a new PFP collection.
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Sound rolled out free music uploads and added listening parties.
🎮 Decentralized gaming
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Axie Infinity started its Origins Season 6 Final Era gameplay.
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Gods Unchained intro’d improvements to its crafting system.
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Illuvium is beginning its Beta 3: PVP later this month.
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Immutable and Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab are partnering up on a new Web3 gaming experience.
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Pixels just launched a big infra update, new items, and more.
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Primodium released its latest gameplay update.
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Roblox CEO David Baszucki noted the possibility of adding NFTs to Roblox.
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Ronin Name Service (RNS) is hosting a public sale for Ronin domains next week.
🌐 Virtual worlds
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Decentraland announced the 1st-ever Decentraland Community Summit.
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VIPE intro’d VIPE Rooms, i.e. personalized virtual spaces.
🪙 NFTfi
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Arcade launch support for transferring NFTfi.com loans to Arcade.
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NFTfi.com has experienced a flurry of recent ‘Punks activity.
🏹 Settle, Hunt, Claim, Repeat.
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William M. Peaster is the creator of Metaversal — a Bankless newsletter focused on the emergence of NFTs in the cryptoeconomy. He also serves as a senior writer for the main Bankless newsletter.
A Bankless Citizen ⚑ turned $264 into $6,077 last year. A 22x ROI 🚀 in a bear market!
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