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

Dear Bankless Nation, 

Twitter is exploring NFTs further. TIME Magazine’s NFT drop sold out in seconds. Snoop Dogg is apparently a huge NFT collector. China just banned crypto … again. 

Another regular week in NFT Land, right? 😄

Drama, excitement, and intrigue abounds, so just remember to keep on top of your rest and relaxation so you can stay fresh for the future. Us creatives and builders are running a marathon here after all, not a sprint!

erin | sigh.eth @erinbeess

go drink some water and take a deep breath :) this space is overwhelming for everyone, and it's important to rest.

12:58 AM ∙ Sep 24, 2021

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Thanks kindly for reading, stay creative, and have a great weekend per usual ✌️

-WMP

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🏆 Digital Collectibles

• Huge Chromie Squiggle sales this week: “Perfect Spectrum” Squiggle #7583 sold for 922.5 ETH (an ATH for the collection) and “Full Spectrum” Squiggle #2855 sold for 420 ETH. 

• Loomdart acquired CrypToadz #3661, one of the rarest in the collection, for 125 ETH. 

• SharkDAO, which already owns Nouns #2, #5, #15, and #33, added shark-headed Noun #47 to its collection 🦈

SharkDAO @sharkdao

Gm!! Art by @Goldypix

1:41 PM ∙ Sep 24, 2021

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• Interested in building your own NFT collectibles project? These resources from MyCrypto and manifold.xyz co-founder richerd will help.

🎨 Cryptoart

• Collector Bharat Krymo acquired Hackatao’s HACK of a BEAR - The Scientist for 48.6 ETH. 

SuperRare Bot 💎 @SuperRareBot

💎 HACK of a BEAR - The Scientist 💎 ✨ Artwork by @Hackatao 💰 Sold to @krybharat for 48.6 ETH ($150,168.17) SuperRare.co/artwork-v2/hac… $RARE #cryptoart #NFT

10:46 AM ∙ Sep 23, 2021

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• Artist Matt DesLauriers is releasing the generative art series Meridian through Art Blocks on Tuesday, Sept. 28th. 

Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl

"Meridian" will be released next Tuesday, September 28, 5pm UK time (11am CT) on @artblocks_io. See below for some details about the launch of the artwork, and some planned print executions: → mattdesl.substack.com/p/notes-on-mer… #generative

11:36 AM ∙ Sep 24, 2021

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🎮 NFT Games

• Global fantasy ⚽ game Sorare raised $680M in its Series B fundraise.

• Aavegotchi has now notched +1.5M transactions on Polygon.

• Axie Infinity just updated its breeding fee policies.

Axie Infinity🦇🔊 @AxieInfinity

In 24 hours we will update the breeding fee! • The AXS cost per breed has been reduce from 2 AXS to 1 AXS. • The SLP costs per breed have been increased (details in article). Read more 👇 axie.substack.com/p/breedingadju…

axie.substack.comBreeding Fee Adjustment & Axie EconomicsIn 24 hours, we will update the Axie breeding fee! The AXS cost per breed has been reduced from 2 AXS to 1 AXS. The SLP costs per breed have been increased to the following: The growth of the Axie Infinity community has been incredible, thanks to each and every one of your contributions. We value yo…

2:41 AM ∙ Sep 23, 2021

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🌐 Virtual Worlds

• Cryptovoxels creator Ben Nolan is hosting an AMA on Reddit next week!

• jin over at Webaverse is cooking up some crazy cool interoperability functionalities ...

Webaverse @webaverse

Test of a @cryptovoxels parcel loading directly into the virtual world from a connected web3 wallet! #NFTs #threejs #gamedev

6:48 PM ∙ Sep 21, 2021

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• Remember how I mentioned Snoop Dogg earlier? He’s also going metaversal with The Sandbox. 

Snoop Dogg @SnoopDogg

I’m entering the #metaverse with @TheSandboxGame !! #TSBxSnoopDogg #NFT sandbox.game/en/snoopdogg/

4:25 PM ∙ Sep 23, 2021

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🛒 NFT News & Platforms

• Fortune and artist pplpleasr donated 209 ETH to four orgs supporting journalism and the freedom of the press.

• Polygon-based NFT project Ethlings is shuttering operations. 

• Earlier this year I interviewed the PunkBodies and ZENFT Garden Society for Metaversal, so where are they now? PunkBodies is releasing its V2 system this weekend and ZENFT just entered into a collab with Metakey. 

💎 DeFi x NFTs

• Sushiswap’s coming NFT platform, Shoyu, will be curated out of the gate: 10 artists featured per week for the first 10 weeks. (Speaking of Shoyu, the project just teased its upcoming VR world).

• Yearn founder Andre Cronje launched open-source and fee-less NFT marketplace Artion on the Fantom blockchain, with plans for rollouts on chains like Ethereum, Arbitrum, and beyond on the slate.

Action steps

• 📺 Watch “How OG Crypto Artist Rhea Myers Sold a Never-Seen Artwork at Sotheby's” by Unchained Podcast

• 📺 Watch “Defining the Metaverse” by Bankless

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