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Weekly Roundup: Return of the ‘Punks, Optimism’s art contest, Ubisoft news, & more!
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
Dune added support for Zora Network analytics.
Frame, a new NFT L2, launched its V1 public testnet.
Holograph added a “Buy on Secondary” functionality.
Nouns DAO will see its The Rise of Blus movie premiere next week.
Reservoir activated cross-chain NFT buys and mints.
Warpcast, a Farcaster app, added support for minting NFTs directly in-feed.
🏆 Digital collectibles
Ad Age highlighted Cool Cats upcoming Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade appearance.
Courtyard is launching free Pokémon drops for its Web3 Week of Thanks campaign.
CryptoPunks saw its collection floor price return to +$100k USD.
Gordon Goner bought a zombie CryptoPunk for 600 ETH along with many other high-end NFT PFPs.
Pudgy Penguins is prepping a Nounish Pudgy Penguin toy collection per the passing of Nouns DAO Proposal 325 earlier this year.
🎨 Cryptoart & music
Gallery launched support for Zora Network.
JPG is winding down. (My two gwei)
Optimism announced the We ❤️ The Art contest, featuring 1M OP tokens in prizes.
Manifold intro’d GET-PHYSICAL, i.e. digital pop-up shops for physical goods, with the first drop in collaboration with FVCKRENDER.
numo.eth, one of cryptoart’s foremost pixel specialists, announced Teddies on Vacation, a new PFP collection.
Sound rolled out free music uploads and added listening parties.
🎮 Decentralized gaming
Axie Infinity started its Origins Season 6 Final Era gameplay.
Gods Unchained intro’d improvements to its crafting system.
Illuvium is beginning its Beta 3: PVP later this month.
Immutable and Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab are partnering up on a new Web3 gaming experience.
Pixels just launched a big infra update, new items, and more.
Primodium released its latest gameplay update.
Roblox CEO David Baszucki noted the possibility of adding NFTs to Roblox.
Ronin Name Service (RNS) is hosting a public sale for Ronin domains next week.
🌐 Virtual worlds
Decentraland announced the 1st-ever Decentraland Community Summit.
VIPE intro’d VIPE Rooms, i.e. personalized virtual spaces.
🪙 NFTfi
Arcade launch support for transferring NFTfi.com loans to Arcade.
NFTfi.com has experienced a flurry of recent ‘Punks activity.
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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.
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