NFT Review 92 - Puma's metaverse & Coinbase's stand

Bitcoin NFTs on Binance, PoolTogether pulls through, new Snopp Dogg NFTs, and more.

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Jun 16, 2023

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Dear NFT enthusiast,

Last week, Puma took a daring leap into the web3 space with the launch of Black Station, a 3D metaverse experience. This digital dimension, available to Puma Pass NFT holders, not only serves as an exploration space but also hosts exclusive product drops. The venture showcases a unique way for brands to engage customers and strengthen brand loyalty using NFTs, giving us a glimpse of the potential transformations in retail and customer service sectors.

Meanwhile, the 'Stand with Crypto' campaign by Coinbase is becoming a beacon for the crypto community. With over 140,830 NFTs minted to date, this initiative signifies the industry's united front in advocating for sensible regulatory policies. Amidst ongoing legal battles with the US SEC, this movement emphasizes the collective effort required to influence laws and policies, further highlighting the power of unity in catalyzing change.

These developments, each unique in its approach, shed light on the multifaceted utility of NFTs and how different entities leverage them. We are excited to see what the future holds, especially with the dawn of advanced NFTs on Moonbeam, Polkadot’s most-active EVM blockchain.

Thank you for reading and have a great week.

— NFT Review

📬 NFT News from Kusama & Polkadot

GBM Auction hosted a Twitter Space with founders of Singular NFT marketplace and Evrloot (RPG on RMRK).
NFT platform Enjin forks Polkadot parachain Efinity to new mainnet.
Subsocial on-chain chat program implements Ethereum usernames, Polygon donations.
RMRK founder Bruno Škvorc will be speaking at ETHMilan 2023 in October.
Evrloot announced that gamers can now migrate their Souls from Kusama to Moonbeam following RMRK and Singular’s launch on Moonbeam.
Moonbeam is hosting a Twitter Space featuring conversations with various NFT builders in its ecosystem.
- Moonbeam will also be hosting a new webinar on Navigating the Web3 Era of Gaming on 22nd June.
Singular has integrated Squid Router to enable cross-chain token swaps directly in the marketplace.
Snake Soldiers announced that users can claim their gems on the website and trade them on Singular.
Here are some interesting NFT projects on Moonbeam you should check out ahead of its upcoming webinar:
- ZooDAO - a cross-community NFT Battle experience powered by DeFi yields.
- The Damned Pirates Society - an RPG similar to Evrloot that is live on Moonbeam and Arbitrum

🗞 NFT News from Ethereum and Beyond

US federal court dismisses lawsuit against DeFi platform PoolTogether. The DeFi community funded the protocol’s legal defense through a $1.4 million nonfungible token sale in 2022.
Puma launches 3D Web3 experience.
ApeCoin DAO board member Yat Siu answers community concerns on ApeCoin DAO salary payouts.
Snoop Dogg NFT passport lets fans tour with the rapper in digital form.
Kraken NFT marketplace exits its beta phase.
Coinbase’s ‘Stand with Crypto’ NFT campaign gains community support after SEC sues Binance and Coinbase.
Adidas reveals sneaker collab with NFT artist Fewocious.
Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar's tequila brand launches NFT loyalty program.
Foodmasku dishes out edible masks on Ethereum.
Binance announces support for Bitcoin NFTs in its marketplace.

Illuvium announces a partnership with GameStop to issue 20,000 limited edition NFTs.

Music NFT marketplace Spinamp raises a $1.2M funding round.
Argus Labs raises $10M to build the World Engine, an SDK optimized for on-chain games.

HyperPlay raises a $12M Series A to build their multichain Web3 game launcher.

SudoSwap launches their V2.
Immutable published a thread on their product roadmap.

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!