NFT Review 90 - From MMA to Amazon, NFTs dominate
NFT Review 90 - From MMA to Amazon, NFTs dominate
Apple accepts Axie Infinity, new Yuga Labs blog series, Ordinals creates surge on DOGE & LTC, and more.
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Dear NFT enthusiast,
The last week in NFTs was a vivid testament to the ever-growing cultural infiltration of this unique technology, demonstrating its potent influence across diverse realms. In the exciting world of sports, NFTs scored a significant victory. The Professional Fighters League (PFL) announced their adoption of NFT tickets, facilitated by Ripple’s XRP Ledger, thus offering fans not just a gateway to exhilarating bouts, but also exclusive experiences that enhance value.
Concurrently, we saw Pudgy Penguins, a trendy NFT collection on Ethereum, explode onto the scene on Amazon with their new "Phygital" Toy Collection & Experience. With a whopping 20,000 toys sold in merely two days, they outsold legacy brands and topped Amazon's sales charts.
These developments serve as a powerful testament to the transformative potential of NFTs, revolutionizing our engagement with sports, entertainment, and commerce, pushing the boundaries of digital culture, and reshaping societal norms. Here's to further exploration and a continued spirit of curiosity.
Thank you for reading and have a great week(end).
— NFT Review
📬 NFT News from Kusama & Polkadot
RMRK artist advocate Magusz hosted a Twitter Space to talk about the new Singular art contest, EVM launch, and more.
Singular launched an Open Call for Art in anticipation of its EVM release.
RMRK published new explainer videos.
RMRK unveiled its new and improved website.
Bruno was also on the DeFi Download Podcast to discuss RMRK’s NFT 2.0 standard and Singular.
RPG Evrloot released a new Bi-weekly dev journal wherein they revealed information about their 2023 growth strategy, migration updates, game development updates, and more.
MetaDojo, a designer of NFT 3D spaces, announced a partnership with The Beauty Lab Collective, owner of many New Zealand leading beauty and health care brands, to bring the Metaverse to traditional businesses.
Raresama announced that new updates are live, including seamless navigation with quick chain switching and sensitive content warnings for applicable collections.
🗞 NFT News from Ethereum and Beyond
Influencer served settlement demand via NFT following $7 million token presale.
Bankrupt crypto hedge fund 3AC’s NFT auction fetches $2.5 million.
NFT marketplace NFTrade enables cross-chain purchases on multiple networks.
Ordinals sends LTC and DOGE network activity surging for 3 straight weeks while also hitting a new milestone on Bitcoin.
‘Inferno Drainer’ scam as a service has stolen $5.9M since March: Report.
Secret Service owns crypto, loves blockchain and has an NFT collection: Reddit AMA.
Ubisoft’s Rabbids invade Reddit as free NFTs.
Magic Eden will pay you to buy and sell Solana NFTs.
Why the Professional Bowlers Association is putting bowling awards on-chain with Avalanche NFTs.
NFT lending platform Blend surges past 100,000 ETH in total volume.
Farcaster now supports likes and replies directly on NFTs.
Nouns DAO approved the creation of Nounish Friends mini-figurines.
Deadfellaz just unveiled Streamingfellaz, an extension that lets users stream video in the form of their fav Deadfellaz avatar.
Yuga Labs revealed the art for its HV-MTL collection.
SHL0MS released the Basilisk Registry, a Zora open edition that allows minters to “register” as an AI supporter or AI adversary.
Sound opened up is price and drop formats.
Apple’s App Store is now allowing a lite version of Axie Infinity starting in Asia and Latin America.
Army of Tactics, which is being developed by founders of the popular Clash of Clans mobile game, is a new web3 game coming soon.
Illuvium launched the private beta of its Overworld game.
Mavis Market, the first generalized NFT marketplace on Ronin, is now live.
Yuga Labs introduced a Legends of the Mara blog series.
Blur added support for borrowing against Bored Apes and “Buy Now Pay Later” support for Mutant Apes on Blend.
Ethlizards on redeploying an NFT collection.
Scott Sunarto on World Engine, a rollup-based solution for onchain games.
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!