Weekly Recap By Crypto Gucci #93

Welcome back to another edition of This Week In NFTs. Your weekly guide to the best alpha in the NFT ecosystem.

Top NFT News of the Week

Eminem & SnoopDogg premiere new music video at Ape Fest

TIME partners with The Sandbox to build TIME Square in the metaverse. TIME Square will be used as a virtual hub for art and commerce curated by TIMEPieces.

Pharrell is now a Board Member & Chief Brand Officer for Doodles

eBay acquires NFT marketplace KnownOrigin

Shopify adds NFT-Gated Option for Online Retailers

NFT News

SuperRare announces Gucci Vault Art Space

• @NonFungibleNoah is named CryptoPunks Brand Lead for Yuga Labs
• MoonPay launches new NFT platform in partnership with Fox & Universal Pictures
• Ukraine sells donated CryptoPunk #5364 for 90 ETH to support the country
• Cool Cats teams up with Shopify to release merch
• Nft Now unveils the inaugural NFT100 list

Snoop Dogg files NFT trademark applications

• Doodles announces Doodles 2 is coming soon
• Bentley Motors announces NFT drop coming in September
• BitGo and Parallel Finance launch 1st NFT custody platform for US institutions
• NHL and NHLPA partner on official NFT licensing deal
• Coinbase NFT announces Multi-wallet support

CryptoPunks celebrates their 5th anniversary

• 1confirmation launches $100M NFT fund
• ParaSwap releases the 1st NFT P2P mobile trading app on iOS
• LooksRare Conditional Listings are live
• @deekaymotion shows behind the scene look of how his NFTs are made
• PUMA sees NFTs as an extension of physical products

Binance announces NFT partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo

• Yuga Labs takes legal action against Ryder Ripps
• @Dario_Desiena MINDDS 2.0 Public Sale goes live
• An 18 year old rakes in $700k selling Bored Ape toys
• Astaria raises $8M in seed funding to provide instant liquidity for NFTs
• Feature introduces The world’s first metaverse-enabled streaming device

Ledger announces Ledger Market NFT platform

• Illuvium shows off Overworld gameplay footage
• Deca introduces Decagon
• LondonDAO collects @MarsMaiers piece for the LondonDAO Museum of Digital Art
• @mwiederrecht is dropping an Artblocks Curated project 6/29
• Doodles Duplicator rarities are now revealed
• Magic Eden raises $130M in a Series B with a $1.6B valuation
• Archipelago’s Marketplace goes live
• Yuga Labs NFT owners have unlocked $100M+ in liquidity on NFTfi
• GameStopNFT browser extension wallet goes over 60K downloads
• Exodia Introduces the Exodia Emblems

NFT NYC

NFT NYC goes live in New York City

Eminem and Snoop Dogg reveal BAYC cover for their new song, From The D 2 The LBC

• Snoop Dogg & Eminem drop ApeFest merch
• Jimmy Fallon and Beeple were spotted at ApeFest
• The new gold MAYC Mega Mutant was revealed at ApeFest
• Lil Baby, Future, Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Snoop Dogg perform at ApeFest
• Cool NFT mural was spotted on 100 Delancey St NYC
• Fair.xyz introduces Doop Snogg at NFT NYC
• @andr3w & @tobylasso go climbing with @DrifterShoots in NYC
• @itsmechase shows off Doodles live minting experience
• @osf_nft hosts first ever Rekt Show
• The Shillr billboard van makes its way around New York
• @anloremi & @SuperRareMika curate the SuperRare Digital Identity Gallery
• The Hume Collective announces collab with OpenSea

Sales of the Week

121 CryptoPunks were sold in a 24 hour period

CryptoPunk #8531 sold for 825 ETH

• CryptoPunk #2964 sold for 444 ETH
• CryptoPunk #6634 sold for 350 ETH
• Bored Ape #8522 sold for 233.33 ETH
• CryptoPunk #8713 sold 230 ETH

The Bored Ape x Rolling Stone Curtis Bored in a Hammock 1/1 NFT sold for 42,106 APE ($181K)

Noun #346 sold for 150 ETH

Chromie Squiggle #45 sold for 100 ETH

The Bored Ape x Rolling Stone Mutant Motorcycle Curtis 1/1 NFT sold for 22,696 APE ($99K)

DriferShoots Where My Vans Go #19 resold for 40 ETH

• Childhood Wonder by @GrantYun2 was bought by @krybharat for 33 ETH
• 9 Heads by @killeracid was bought by @jabdoteth for 18.69 ETH
• Woman on Cliff by @aylaelmoussa was bought by @Artifaction2 for 10 ETH
• Polychromatic City by @diogosampaioART sold for 5 ETH
• Head Case by @catdirtyart sold for 2.5 ETH

Articles and Threads

• Redlion News releases Redline Gazette 93
• @WPeaster releases 77th Bankless Metaversal
• @CryptoGarga releases Punks, art, and other news
• @dunleavy89 releases Immutable X - GameFi Gasoline on Messari Crypto
• @ddotgg releases NFT NYC Media Thread
• @KyleSamani releases Beyond Verticalization of NFT Marketplaces
• Forefront releases Issue 93
• @NFTInnovation releases NFT Innovation Digest #40
• Bankless releases new This week in Decentralized Arts

Twitter Spaces

RugRadio GM NFTs “Hungover Edition” w/ @farokh @osf_nft & @greatmando_nft

• Grateful Show #20: NFT NYC Edition w/ @GratefulApe_eth & @beast_eth

Podcasts

Bankless Investing In The Chainsmokers w/ @RyanSAdams @TrustlessState & @TheChainsmokers

• Nft Now What the Music Industry Needs to Know About NFTs w/ @mattmedved @samhysell @LuisANavia & @Cooopahtroopa
• Defiant News NFT Projects That Will Make it Through the Bear w/ @CamiRusso & @gmoneyNFT
• The Blockcrunch Why the Metaverse Is Inevitable Ep 202 w/ @Jasononchoi & Ahad of Webaverse
• OverpricedJPEGS TikTok Star to Web3 Gaming Entrepreneur w/ @carlypreilly & @justmaiko