Weekly Recap By Crypto Gucci #102

Top NFT News of the Week

Eminem and Snoop Dogg are set to perform an BAYC Otherside themed show at the MTV Video Music Awards tonight

GET READY… @Eminem and @SnoopDogg are bringing “From the D 2 The LBC” to the #VMAs stage for a world premiere performance!!!

The party starts THIS SUNDAY at 8p on MTV 🚀 ✨ pic.twitter.com/n62XmmFWaF
— MTV (@MTV) August 25, 2022

Don’t Panic by XCOPY sold for 500 ETH ($805,895)

Miley Cyrus files Web3 trademarks

Miley Cyrus is preparing for the metaverse.

Miley's company just filed a new trademark application claiming that she will offer "MILEY CYRUS"-branded virtual goods such as:

1. Clothing
2. Jewelry
3. Sports Equipment
4. Toys#MileyCyrus pic.twitter.com/vLyZ4wZIOJ
— Josh Gerben (@JoshGerben) August 22, 2022

The Sandbox Season 3 goes live

⚡️⚡️ .@TheSandboxGame Season 3 launch date is August 24th

The entire season will run until November 2, the pass draw will begin on November 4, and the results will be announced on November 5.

Details: 👇 https://t.co/J6BEG2M7nQ
— P2E Secret Hub (@P2E_SecretHub) August 19, 2022

Reddit airdrops Polygon based NFT Avatars to community users

Are you an avid Reddit user? If you have enough karma, you might have a free Polygon NFT headed your way. https://t.co/BW9DHhpwEi
— Decrypt (@decryptmedia) August 25, 2022

NFT News

Pudgy Penguins #6873 sold for 400 ETH ($632,000)

Pudgy Penguin #6873 just sold for 400 ETH ($632K) 🐧 pic.twitter.com/9hQxahYZEv
— nft now 💭 (@nftnow) August 22, 2022

looksrare.eth sold for 18 ETH
PUMA’s Nitropass goes live
RECUR launches Hello Kitty NFT collection
Sotheby’s and Metagolden launch NFT Jewelry
Uniswap is in talks with 7 NFT lending protocols
@DrifterShoots teases plans for First Day Out
Decentraland’s Metaverse Art Week goes live
Pudgy Penguins introduces the Pudgy Penguins Advisory Board

M&M’S & Kingship release and sell out limited edition packs of M&Ms

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">SOLD OUT. That was fast 👀 Shop our other two limited edition packs on <a href="https://t.co/vZJH2d5sdx">https://t.co/vZJH2d5sdx</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KINGSHIPxMMS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KINGSHIPxMMS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/therealkingship?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@therealkingship</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BoredApeYC</a> <a href="https://t.co/MGhxxbGvcI">pic.twitter.com/MGhxxbGvcI</a></p>— M&M'S (@mmschocolate) <a href="https://twitter.com/mmschocolate/status/1562483133861093377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Rainbow announces Hide NFTs feature
GameStopNFT drops Betty Boop NFTs
NFTfi partners with Gnosis Safe & Bootnode
PROOF Grails Season II Artist Reveal goes live
Autograph introduces signature experiences, starting with Tom Brady
NFL ALL DAY is dropping Odell Beckham’s iconic one handed catch on 9/1
McDonalds files DMCA claim, so all Fast Food Frens were delisted by OpenSea
NFT Genius announces $150M valuation after securing $10.5M Series A led by Dapper Labs

Jen Stark releases Cosmic Cuties Collection

I did a thing ✨🙃🎨 Cosmic Cuties Collection minted with @manifoldxyz https://t.co/OGmr3QdZse pic.twitter.com/vWiY13ohro
— Jen Stark is at Burning Man (@Jen_Stark) August 23, 2022

.earth releases The Nomad Collection
VeeFriends announces Iconic Spectacular Surprise
Hook Protocol releases new marketplace experience
Spectral raises $23M to help create on-chain web3 credit scores
Reputation based NFTs are coming to Aave via Orange Protocol
X2Y2 announces buyers can now choose the amount royalties they can contribute to projects
@DeezeFi, @sergitosergito, and @straybits1 of NEON DAO share their visions for the metaverse
Museum of Crypto Art launches Webaverse world mocaROOMs curated by members of the community

Taco Bell to host a metaverse wedding soon

i love Taco Bell and the metaverse

but this? who is doing this 😭 pic.twitter.com/urVZNpRgQh
— GOFUNKEYOURSELF 💥👾 (@goFUNKEyourself) August 25, 2022

The 12 days of Zenmas goes live
Aelin announces NFT Gated Pools
Tycho launches Web3 Community on Polygon
Influence announces Test-to-Earn Phase 2 coming August 29th
Enter The Shack NFT collection by Bill Murray goes live on 8/30
Beijing announces 2 year Metaverse innovation and development plan
UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative announces first on-chain university
Capital Records signs AI rapper FN Meka, then severs ties due to backlash

Ready Player Me and a16z announce $56 million Series B

Ready Player Me x @a16z

We’ve closed a $56M Series B funding round led by @Tocelot from @a16z GAMES FUND ONE and @cdixon from @a16z crypto!https://t.co/YeVo5Xfl7b
— Ready Player Me (@readyplayerme) August 23, 2022

@RareboyApp releases Cool Cat NFT wallpapers
@jennifer_sutto releases Weekly NFT Updates
@vhils1 announces LAYERS 2.0 is coming soon
@brynnalisephoto releases new Simply Composed series on SuperRare
@andrewhong5297 releases Full data guide on Sudoswap
Bobby Hundreds drops 6 lessons on growing brands and communities
Chimpers partners with Probably Something to trial their Lifeboat creator platform
@CRyanSchadel throws out first pitch at the Braves game repping his BAYC hat

Sales of the Week

CryptoPunk #7641 sold for 244 ETH

sold for 244 ETH

Bored Ape #2909 sold for 80,000 APE

sold for 80,000 APE

Kevin Rose buys Squiggle #7046 for 150 ETH

for 150 ETH

Noun #418 sold for 77.4 ETH

sold for 77.4 ETH

self. by @RikOostenbroek sold 33 ETH

sold 33 ETH

Articles and Threads

@Wpeaster releases How to get liquidity on your NFTs

NFTs are a multi-billion dollar asset class.

But getting liquidity on them is difficult.

You either sell it or hold it - there's no in between.

The solution? @sudoswap

If you're bag holding NFTs, check out this guide out from @WPeaster

👇https://t.co/0l0gl3PtvN
— bankless.eth (@BanklessHQ) August 23, 2022

@WPeaster releases the 86th Bankless Metaversal

@redlion_news releases Redlion Gazette Issue 102

@nftnow releaes Ghxsts: The Ultimate Guide

@levychain releases Sunday TL;DR

@Cooopahtroopa releases This Week in Music NFTs

@eshita releases The NFT Effect on the Music Industry

@spencernoon relases OurNetwork #134

@0xminion releases thread on the NFTfi ecosystem

NFT Now releases How a Breakdancing Med Student Sold $2+ Million in Fine Art NFTs

In the past year, @GrantYun2 has become a favorite of both artists and collectors everywhere.https://t.co/CRDHamuD0R
— nft now 💭 (@nftnow) August 25, 2022

NFT Innovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #49

@punk9059 releases thread about the BendDAO situation

@0xAtticKnight releases The Future of Web3 Social Media

@wedoalittlepod releases We Do A Little Podcast

Forefront releases Newsletter Edition 102

Zerion releases 5 tools for making profitable NFT trades

@0xgokhan releases This Week in Writing & NFTs #5

@DeFi Planet releases NFTfi 101: The Beginner’s Guide to NFT Lending