Metaversal is a Bankless newsletter for weekly level-ups on NFTs, virtual worlds, & collectibles

Dear Bankless Nation, 

The compass. The printing press. The telephone. The internet. Now, Ethereum and the programmable “culture lego” possibilities that NFTs open up. Possibilities we’ve only just begun to imagine. 

I don’t mean to be fatalist and suggest that all we’re working for here is inevitable. In fact, there’s much work and much struggle ahead. What I do mean is that from my vantage, Web3 looks like the latest major cultural blossoming in the great arc of human progress. 

That said, now’s the time for dreaming. Here’s the weird new frontier, the one we saw coming and didn’t see coming at the same time. And we need all the dreamers we can get. 

clon @cloncast

Even when the road gets rough, never stop believing in yourself 💙

November 7th 2021

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Thanks for reading everyone, be well and have a great weekend ✌️

-WMP

P.S. Dive into this week’s NFT news and culture with Carly Reilly, the host of the new Bankless NFT podcast Overpriced JPEGs!

🎙 RECAP - November 12th, 2021

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🏆 Digital Collectibles

• Check out Kingship, a new supergroup of 4 Bored Apes backed by Universal Music.

  Mike DAOdas @mdudas

  “Universal Music, the home to top-selling musicians like Drake and Taylor Swift, is working with collector ⁦@j1mmyeth⁩ to convert four of his NFTs into a band called Kingship. Kingship consists of four… ⁦@BoredApeYC⁩” Bloomberg - Are you a robot?bloomberg.com

  November 12th 2021

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• Cool Cats are coming to Coinbase NFT 😺

• DAOPunks won Hyype’s Alpha Race #2!

• The Blitmap universe is growing. 

• The Nouns DAO project reached its 100th Noun this week 🎉

  

🎨 Cryptoart

• Generative art dapp Art Blocks is generating $1M to charity to celebrate its 1st birthday 🎉

• The SuperRare community approves adding Space Race curation parameters.

• Andrew Price, a.k.a the “Blender Guru,” auctioned Late night commute on Foundation. 

• Check out Birthblock, an NFT project that mints art based on your first Ethereum transaction.

Linda Xie @ljxie

Minted my first Birthblock created by @BrennerSpear which is NFT art based on data from your first transaction on Ethereum (the older the wallet, the more rings there are). I love the idea of NFTs displaying earned attributes birthblock.art

November 11th 2021

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🎮 NFT Games

• Want to keep up to date on Axie Infinity Esports developments? Follow the NFT game’s new dedicated Esports Twitter. Also, check out the new Ronin Mobile Wallet.

• Zynga hires VP of blockchain gaming.

🌐 Virtual Worlds

• The open metaverse will be built on open-source projects. 

• Decentraland DAO approved patron level support for the Blender Development Fund!

jin @dankvr

The @decentraland DAO poll voted yes to patron level support for funding Blender Development, meaning the DCL logo would sit at the top next to these giants 🤯 - governance.decentraland.org/proposal/?id=8… - fund.blender.org

November 11th 2021

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🛒 NFT News & Platforms

• Twitter Crypto is a new team that will be exploring dapps, NFTs, and more. 

• NFT media protocol Mirror has facilitated ~6k ETH in crowdfunds to date!

• Per ConsenSys’s Web3 Report Q3 2021, over +500k Ethereum wallets have bought or sold an NFT this year. 

• The founder of Tezos NFT platform Hic et Nunc shuttered the platform, though the works minted there will live on because of the blockchain. 

💎 DeFi x NFTs

• Upstart NFT lending protocol JPEG’d is now live on Ethereum’s Kovan testnet.

• Genie now supports batch listing NFTs for sale on OpenSea.

• L2-centric yield farming on Sushiswap? Check ✅

Immutable | $IMX | We're Hiring!👇 @Immutable

gm👋The WETH/IMX farming is live on @SushiSwap. 🥢 Search for $IMX when you visit: app.sushi.com/farm For support, you can reach out to the SushiSwap team at discord.com/invite/CD2YdZz…

November 10th 2021

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Action steps

• 👀 Subscribe to the new Bankless NFT podcast Overpriced JPEGs!

• 🕹️ Read Axie Infinity’s Katana Surge by Metaversal

• ⛓️ Read The Arbitrum NFT Scene by Metaversal

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Not financial or tax advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This newsletter is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

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