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Dear NFT enthusiast,

This week, the world was plunged back into the dark age of countries invading other countries. In light of that, it is difficult to act like everything is all rosy. Markets are down and fear is high. What really matters?

Humanity. At the center of our humanity is our freedom. Without it, we are animated ghosts. If Ukraine isn’t free to be a sovereign nation, what does that say of their invaders?  

This isn’t a political newsletter and so we do not claim to have all the facts of this issue. All we know is that the sovereignty of every individual/country must be protected/respected. Without this, we yield to a nightmare of powerful bullies weaponizing the state for their preferences.  

How does all of this relate to NFTs? What’s the point of building a digital world when the physical one (and the values that hold it together) are under attack? In whatever way we can, we should remind ourselves what really matters–our humanity.

Sorry to take your mind to the dark corners of reality. Read on for the NFT news.

Thank you for reading and have a great week.

— NFT Review

📬 NFT News from Kusama & Polkadot

• Karura's 'Bring Your Own Gas' feature now allows users to pay gas fees with $RMRK

Karura - DeFi Hub of Kusama @KaruraNetwork

📢 Karura's 'Bring Your Own Gas' feature now allows users to pay gas fees with $RMRK. Simply select RMRK in: settings > flexible fee 🔥 apps.karura.networkKarura PlatformKarura - The all-in-one DeFi hub of Kusamaapps.karura.network

February 22nd 2022

21 Retweets169 Likes

• Following an integration with Collab Land, Talisman announced that holders of the Spirit Key NFT can now link their Talisman wallet to access a special token-gated channel in its Discord.

• RMTerra released a short film that highlights its partnership with RMRK to reforest the world by planting trees.

• RMRK co-founder Yuri Petusko will be hosting a Q&A call on Tuesday for people who are developing RMRK 2.0 projects.

  YuriNondual @Yuripetusko

  I would like to do a Q&A with artists/devs who are currently building RMRK2 projects ahead of the launch to advise on how to approach their ideas, what is a good platform to do it you think. I should be able to share my screen as well as let users speak or ask questions?

  February 25th 2022

  9 Retweets67 Likes

• Singular Changelog 7 has been released, the last update before the biggest Singular update ever!! In this changelog:

  • New embedded charts by Web3Go

  • Per-account activity

  • Multi-chain reading of RMRK balances

  • Statemine clarification banner

  • Minor UI fixes

• Firefly interviewed EJ, a professional illustrator and one of Singular’s talented artists.

• Yumi created a great thread on the DOs and DON’Ts for success on Singular.

• ChainSafe created a UI to demo Filecoin-Substrate Bridge capabilities, utilizing RMRK to create NFTs.

• Bit Country released a glimpse of its avatar customizer setup.

Bit.Country Metaverse Portal of Polkadot & Kusama @BitDotCountry

Interesting progress made by our Ninja @D_cwm 😀🥳🤡

Daniel (Meta Ninja) @D_cwm

Avatar Customizer Setup - Can't wait to see your avatar. #BitDotCountry #metaverse https://t.co/OpE4yLioys

February 21st 2022

27 Retweets177 Likes

• Damned Pirates Society posted some stats of their NFT-based game on Moonriver.

🗞 NFT News from Ethereum and Beyond

• Puma registers ENS domain, changes name to Puma.eth on Twitter.

• In an interview with CoinTelegraph, Time Studios talked about legacy media and the rise of NFTs.

• Mintable pledges to return NFTs stolen in the OpenSea exploit. It has already recovered three NFTs.

• Harmony launches Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT Passport.

• ‘Off the charts’: Zynga blockchain exec praises P2E gaming talent.

• Dapper Labs launched the UFC Strike NFT marketplace

• Metaversal has partnered with monster story producers Crypt TV to issue NFTs based on characters from the Monster Universe.

• Blockchain community busts alleged $20M NFT drop scam before sale completion.

• New ConsenSys Mesh NFT marketplace pays royalties to creators and collectors.

• Seller 'rugs' $30M CryptoPunks collection minutes before Sotheby’s auction.

• Bored Ape owner files $1M lawsuit against OpenSea over 'stolen' NFT.

• Rug pulls force Solana NFT marketplace Magic Eden to invoke doxing policy for creators.

• 400 Salesforce staff object to its NFT plans.

• Etherscan launched an NFT display UI:

richerd.eth ᵍᵐ (マ,マ) @richerd

Etherscan just quietly launched a built in NFT display viewer into its UI. Feels like the "Chat with Owner" button is going to be a popular feature. etherscan.io/nft/0xe136cee2…

February 16th 2022

269 Retweets1,083 Likes

• Gem, an NFT marketplace aggregator, added a Sweep Mode functionality.

• OpenSea launched OpenSea Ventures, the company’s new investment arm.

• Urbit, behind Urbit IDs, is launching its own layer-two (L2) rollup.  

• x2y2, a new NFT marketplace, began a vampire attack on OpenSea.

• Blitmaps updated its marketplace aggregator to support Blitmaps and Blitnauts.

• CryptoPunk 5822 sold for a record 8k ETH this past weekend:

🏝nathanhead.eth🏝 @NathanHeadPhoto

CRYPTOPUNK 5822 WAS JUST BOUGHT FOR 8000 ETH ($23 MILLION DOLLARS) 🤯 THIS IS THE HIGHEST CRYPTOPUNK SALE BY NEARLY DOUBLE

February 12th 2022

283 Retweets1,966 Likes

• sartoshi, the founder of mfers, published an explainer covering the project’s rise.

sartoshi @sartoshi_nft

what are mfers - here's my answer what are mferslots of mfers been asking ‘what are mfers’ so here’s the backstorymirror.xyz

February 13th 2022

920 Retweets3,378 Likes

• Drift is auctioning a never before seen Where My Vans Go piece through Sotheby’s:

Drift @DrifterShoots

This black history month I will become the youngest African American photographer to be a part of Sothebys. A never before seen “Where My Vans Go” is officially going to be auctioned at the famous auction house February 26th-March 2nd.

February 16th 2022

691 Retweets3,133 Likes

• Sotheby’s is also auctioning off one of the fabled editional claim cards to artist Robbie Barrat’s AI Generated Nude Portrait #7, the work at the center of the “Lost Robbies” story.

• The Axie DAO is growing:

Axie Infinity🦇🔊 @AxieInfinity

We own Axiedao.org! Right now it redirects to Axieinfinity.com. The Axie DAO is growing quickly with over 15 team members so far across community, support, and engineering.

February 17th 2022

240 Retweets1,319 Likes

• Cool Cats is working on bringing its new game elements back online.

• oshi is releasing ample time through Sound today.

• Snoop Dogg is turning historic hip-hop record label Death Row Records into “an NFT label.”

• Cryptovoxels started listing parcels for its new Comet suburb.

• Metakey unveiled its HQ in Decentraland.

• The Sandbox is hosting a Retrograming Game Jam at the end of February. 

• Sushi is considering launching Sushimi, a 10k PFP NFT project. 

That’s all for this week, see you in the next edition! Got some links to share with us, artists to feature, NFTs to sell, jobs to promote, or events to popularize? Get in touch with Bruno or gbaci!