Weekly Recap By Crypto Gucci #109

Top NFT News of the Week

Bored Ape creator Yuga Labs faces SEC probe

Formula One files 8 NFT & metaverse trademarks for F1

Alien Punk #635 was listed for 8,088 ETH

Manifold announces Gallery, zero fee marketplace for creators

The CFO of OpenSea steps down

Stats

OpenSea has done $169M volume so far in October

X2Y2’s volume has exceeded LooksRare almost every day the past 3 months

Blockchain games and metaverse projects have raised $7 billion so far in 2022

NFT News

Anthony Hopkin’s Eternal NFT Collection goes live on Open Sea

• Meebits are entering The Sandbox
• Azuki introduces the Azuki Collectors Profile
• MetaStreet secures $10M for NFT Loans in the metaverse
• Beeple is building a physical studio to bring NFTs into the real world
• Dallas elementary school uses NFTs are rewards in the classroom
• Cool Cats sales volumes spikes 200% following Animoca Brands partnership
• CryptoPunks announces work has begun on the CryptoPunks.App restoration project

Yuga Labs pledges $1M to support education and arts initiatives in Miami

• Fewocious drops Canvas
• CryptoPunk #6915 receives bid of 1200 ETH
• RTFKT x RIMOWA side quest is coming soon
• Yuga Labs creates an official Instagram account
• The Sandbox shows sneak peak of BAYC inside Sandbox
• Microsoft partners with Meta to bring Office 365 apps to the metaverse
• Mark Zuckerberg says an Open Interoperable Metaverse is better for everyone

Bored Jobs and Ape Beverages announce open casting call to get your Bored Ape put on their next can

• CNN shuts down NFT vault
• Foundation introduces Drops
• Draft kings x SupDucks drops Slycrocs
• Bored and Hungry celebrates 6 month anniversary
• Dabber Labs imposes near-complete ban on Russian users
• Steve Aoki launches Halloween fashion collab with Deadfellaz
• NFTPerp introduces a perpetuals futures DEX that allows users to trade NFTs without owning them

Snoop Dogg is creating a new way of experiencing music videos

• sound.xyz introduces Sound Season 4
• Imaginary Ones NFT charity auction goes live
• Hair Stylist uses NFTs as currerncy in his salon
• DeGods announces 0% royalties on its collection
• Worldwide Webb teases Rugbusterz coming this fall
• CAMPUS to lead NFT integration for Nissan Heisman House
• Graviton’s NFT Display is now live on Android & Android TV

Doodles announces DoodlePutt is coming to Miami on 12/2

• @jennifer_sutto releases NFT weekly recap
• Collection.xyz launches the first liquidity incentive protocol
• Players can now upload custom avatars to Nifty Island
• Cryptex Finance announces plan to launch NFT Index Token
• New York Cares non-profit highlights using web3 with NFT fundraise
• Sothebysverse hosts new NFT collection in collab with 3D NFT artist @blakeathryn
• NFT Embed makes NFTs + wallet connect compatible with Medium, Wordpress, Webflow, and all embeddable websites

Avalanche NFTs go live on OpenSea

• look at us, we’re in love by @0xTjo sold for 38 ETH
• @0xKofi introduces Sudoswap.vision
• FTX lists TreasureDAO MAGIC spot market
• @GratefulApe_eth creates Grateful Show Guests Twitter list
• Veve drops Spider-Man Miles Morales digital collectibles
• CyberBrokers releases new roadmap
• The Metaverse Spectrum announces the METAVERSE 100
• OUTER by @kristophershinn goes live on Foundation
• Disruption by @deekaymotion goes live on a building in London
• NFT Now is looking to hire for new roles
• @BoredClint & @Mealsandeals team up with Pier 17 and 0x.17 gallery to curate their own Art Show

Sales of the Week

CryptoPunk #8958 sold for 333 ETH

Azuki #5558 sold for 200 ETH

Bored Ape #3942 sold for 140 ETH

Fidenza #283 sold for 125 ETH

Noun #469 sold for 60.1 ETH

Chromie Squiggle #6057 sold for 19.99 ETH

Articles and Threads

@tsalikhov releases NFT photography: deep dive into the $50M category

@Helloimmorgan releases Why We Are Entering an NFT Bull Market

@VirtualElena releases Virtual Society, Blockchains, and The Metaverse

@ohhshiny releases thread on Blockchain Gaming

Forefront releases Newsletter Edition 109

@stephanminkj introduces Seaport Order Attributions

@nft137 releases Using NFTs As Collateral: We Asked @franklinisbored

@Cooopahtroopa releases This Week in Music NFTs

SuperRare releases How is cryptoart different from other NFTs

@a16zcrypto releases Building Partnerships with NFT Projects and Communities

Nft Now releases Pplpleasr’s Two-Year Journey to NFT Stardom Highlights the Importance of Humility

@allenjosephaj releases What to do after you’ve learned Web3 development

@NFTInnovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #55

@iamSemui summarizes notes from the opening session of the UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative META-511

Twitter Spaces

Rug Radio GM NFTs w/ Lacoste

TheFirstMint This Week in NFTs

Grateful Show #56

Podcasts

Mint S618: The Creator’s Ultimate Guide to Web3 Social with Lens Protocol

NFT Catcher Podcast Episode 95

Two Bored Apes Episode 55

Ngmi Podcast: Creating Content in Web3, Building Rug Radio, & more