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

Dear Bankless Nation,

What an incredibly busy week for the NFT ecosystem it’s been!

With all the hustle and bustle lately it can be seriously hard to keep up with everything that’s been going on.

Don’t feel overwhelmed: keep focusing on the things that interest you, chip away at the work and learning you have in front of you, and you’ll do just fine.

Reading the Metaversal weekly recap every Friday helps too, of course 😄 Have a great weekend everyone.

-WMP

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🏆 Digital Collectibles

• CryptoPunk creators Larva Labs launched Meebits, a 3D voxel project centered around avatars for the metaverse. The ensuing buzz pushed Meebits to the top of the NFT ecosystem’s 7-day trade volume chart on the week. 

  

• Speaking of other chart toppers, the new Bored Ape Yacht Club project has seen over 3.5k ETH in volume since launching last week 🦍 

• Meet CryptoPunk DAO, a new coordination community for Punk holders. 

• Minting for Avastars Gen1 Series 5 is live!

• Gary Vaynerchuk launched VeeFriends, a series of 10,255 unique characters that grant holders unique perks and admission to VeeCon. 

🎨 Cryptoart

• Art auction house Sotheby’s is holding its second NFT auction, “Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale.”

Sotheby's @Sothebys

Announcing 'Natively Digital: A Curated NFT Sale'–an online sale that brings together a group survey of the leading NFT artists. Open for bidding from 3-10 June, the auction features the rare Alien CryptoPunk #7523 from the collection of @sillytuna & more bit.ly/3xVghvw

May 6th 2021

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• Cryptoart marketplace SuperRare is hiring for a handful of positions!

• Nifty Gateway has now facilitated over $300M worth of sales to date. 

• Generative cryptoart platform Art Blocks is launching a newsletter to help users keep up to date with all the things happening around the project.  

🕹️ Blockchain Games

• Axie Infinity’s new Ronin sidechain has experienced a major surge in activity since launching.

Axie Infinity @AxieInfinity

Ronin's made an immediate impact 👀 📈 Weekly volume up 152% to $5.13M 📈 Weekly traders up 60.47% to 4,254 📈 Weekly sales up 170.07% to 13,544 Still lots to do! BUT ITS WORKING Stats from @DappRadar

May 7th 2021

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• Fantasy global ⚽ game Sorare added Brazilian club Atlético Mineiro to its ranks. 

• Round 1 of Aavegotchi Rarity Farming ended this week, giving way to Round 2.

gldnxross.eth @gldnXross

#playtoearn reached an all new scale with the first round of Rarity Farming concluding this week. 5000 @aavegotchi in each of three categories earned a total of 350k $GHST! With farming open til June, here's the synopsis of the week and how to participate:

May 7th 2021

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🌐 Virtual Worlds

• Cryptovoxels has several notable releases in the pipeline for next week!

Cryptovoxels @cryptovoxels

I’m really excited about what we’re shipping over the next few weeks. Matic wearables. Oculus quest. Android. Drag and drop uploading. 😬😍😍😇

May 7th 2021

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• Ethereum software company ConsenSys commissioned the VoxelArchitects crew to build an HQ in Decentraland. Beautifully done, I think.

ConsenSys @Consensys

If you want to check out the ConsenSys HQ, the entrance at the -13, 92 plot in @decentraland

May 1st 2021

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• Virtual gaming world project The Sandbox is hiring animators.

• Etheria, Ethereum’s first NFT project, is getting modernized. 

Etheria @etheria_feed

Hypothetical 4-for-1 and 9-for-1 "stock split" maps for the forthcoming modernized (i.e. 721) Etheria. Join our Discord here: discord.gg/PJ3hGAayzn

May 7th 2021

🛒 NFT Platforms

• OpenSea has a new feature, collection collaborations 🙏

• eCommerce giant eBay is exploring adding support for NFTs!

💎 DeFi x NFTs

• Uniwap V3 launched, and with it a new paradigm: Uniwap liquidity provider (LP) positions are now represented as totally on-chain NFTs. 

Uniswap Labs 🦄 @Uniswap

4/ 🖼️ LP positions are now NFTs! 🎨 NFTs will appear as unique on-chain generated art based on the properties of your position ✨ Look out for rare sparkles!

May 5th 2021

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• Visor Finance, an NFT Smart Vault project centered around Uniswap V3 LP NFTs, released its V2 Vaults system. 

• NFTX updated its bulk-mode UI.

NFTX 🦧🕳 @NFTX_

Updated bulk-mode UI for mega whales like @pranksyNFT 🐳

May 6th 2021

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Action steps

• 📰 Read “You Are NFTs’ Fifth Estate” by Metaversal

• 📰 Read “The Biggest Week Yet for NFTs?” by Metaversal

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