All About Affordable NFTs

Theme:  Solana based NFTs - The FTX risk 

CoinDesk previously reported that a copy of Alameda's balance sheet shows the firm held $292 million of “unlocked SOL,” $863 million of “locked SOL” and $41 million of “SOL collateral.”

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Value of the network and the coin

• Project: Degen Score Beacon

• NFT News

• • Nike dotSwoosh will sell NFT shoes starting 'under $50' 
  • CryptoPunks Come to Art Museums as Yuga Labs Begins Donating Ethereum NFTs - Decrypt 
  • NON-NFT Summit
  • Steve Jobs’ Birkenstocks Sell For $200k, and Come With an NFT 
  • New Magic Mirror Tool Mirrors Optimism NFTs to Ethereum Mainnet
  • Yuga Labs acquires 10KFT and WENEW LabsRolex Files Trademarks For Entering The Metaverse and NFTs
  • FEWOCiOUS NFT Artwork ‘Growing Pains’ To Auction AT Christie’s  

Theme: Not your keys, not your NFTs - Good Side of NFT

• FTX is another case of a custodial account blowing up
• Self-custody is extremely important to crypto, including NFTs
• Are networks that allow nft lending centralized and safe?
• Backup NFTs on ClubNFT.com 

• Project: Market PsycholOGy by Coldie

• NFT News

• • Desperate FTX customers may have exploited NFT-linked loophole to recover funds before bankruptcy filing | Fortune 
  • Coachella NFT Collection Goes Missing As Crypto Exchange FTX Implodes 
  • As FTX Crashes Crypto Market, CryptoPunks NFT Flip Bored Apes Again
  • Chain CEO Deepak.eth Is Selling His NFT Portfolio Due To FTX Failing
  • NFT Artist Beeple Denies Metaplex Deal Rumours
  • Sony begins exploring Web3 and NFTs
  • NFT Art Gallery Art Blocks to host second annual open house this weekend    

 

Theme: Insta NFTS - rise of #Ownies?  | Project: Amber Vitoria

 

• Minting functionality is coming on Polygon
• Instagram becomes an NFT marketplace | NFT CULTURE | Web3 Culture NFTs & Crypto Art | Platforms and Projects 
• Instagram brought us #selfies why not brand NFTs as #Ownies? 

 

• Project: https://opensea.io/collection/ambervittoria 

• NFT News

• • The Block: Goblin Sax DAO to offer instant NFT-backed loans 
  • The Block: Dapper Labs' Feldman: 'A difficult day' as company lays off 22% of staff 
  • Damien Hirst Takes Another Spin on the Blockchain - NFT Plazas 
  • SuperRare NFT Marketplace Launches RarePass for Exclusive Curated Art Drops 
  • https://dappradar.com/blog/chromie-squiggles-highest-eth-floor-price-ever 

 

Theme: The Reddit branding lesson

• Digital Collectibles vs NFTs
• Everything You Need to Know About Reddit NFTs - DraftKings Nation 

 

• NFT News

• • Art Gobblers Generates $12.35m in Sales in One Day 
  • Stepn’s New Solana, Ethereum NFT Marketplace Bucks Anti-Royalties Trend - Decrypt 
  • The Block: NFL crypto video game kick off draws closer 
  • The Block: MetaMask partners with NFTBank for improved NFT price tracking 

OpenSea Now Auto-Detects and Blocks Stolen NFTs, Disables Scam Links - Decrypt

Theme: Asset-backed NFTs

• What happens when ETH goes up? 
• Show off what’s in your closet
• https://blockbar.com/ 
• https://fanz.com/ 
• https://propy.com/
• https://www.roofstock.com/ 
• https://stockx.com/lp/nfts/ 
• Wen  https://rallyrd.com/ 
• Evinco 
• Wait, are these just gift cards??? A  USD $845.39 Bn in 2022
  • Global Gift Card Market (2022 to 2027) - by Card Type, End-user and Geography - ResearchAndMarkets.com   

Project: monkey shoulder: https://opensea.io/collection/blockbar 

• NFT News

• • • X2Y2 Dives Into NFT Lending With 0% Fees - The Defiant 

• LooksRare Reduces Creator Fees to Zero as Competition Hots Up  

• The Block: Judge denies former OpenSea employee's motion to dismiss fraud case 

• • • Meta's Metaverse Division Loses Nearly $3.7B in Q3 - Blockworks 

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• • Could Paypal Be Opening A New NFT Marketplace?  
  • Art Blocks Presents Erick Calderon’s Project: Friendship Bracelets 
  • Aptos Is Luring Away Solana NFT Traders and Creators—Will It Last? - Decrypt 
• Friendship Bracelets 

 

Theme: Would we buy it again?

• Retroactive grading of our projects. 
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YmmUbz4ru4qovrbxv44zREyQGQIg8Fvsdck9fotzfnk/edit#gid=0 

This is a fraud:  https://opensea.io/collection/meta-valorant-mint-pass-originals 

• Project: Anything on the buy list? 

• NFT News

• • • Apple blocks using NFTs to avoid App Store fees

• New NFT Marketplace Blur Closes in on OpenSea in 24-Hour Trade Volume

• X2Y2 Blocks New NFT Marketplace Blur from Using Its Listings - NFTgators  

• • The Block: Azuki NFT project sets record for eight most expensive skateboards ever sold 
  • Rimowa Luggage Enters the Metaverse With Nike RTFKT NFT Suitcases | HYPEBEAST 

Twitter Will Allow Users to Buy and Sell NFTs Through Tweets - Decrypt

Theme: Will NFT Fees Trend Towards 0% 

• Royalty fees have been treated very differently by NFT marketplaces, with some recent significant changes
• Marketplace fees have also been scrutinized on platforms like OpenSea which take 2.5%
• As marketplace competition grows, will fees go lower in efforts to gain market share?

• Project: Ledger Pass 

• NFT News

• • The Block: South Carolina house sold as NFT for $175,000
  • Four U.S. states order a metaverse casino to halt sale of NFTs 
  • NFT marketplace Rarible launches its NFT aggregator 
  • NFL Players Become Deadfellaz Zombies in DraftKings Fantasy NFT Collab - Decrypt 
  • Magic Eden Is Moving To Optional Royalty Payments 

Theme: NFTs are Growing Up 

• NFT technology is being taken more seriously by government & business entities
• Guidelines from government will allow more businesses to enter with more clarity around tax laws
• Companies like Reddit have demonstrated widespread adoption as NFT tech becomes more normalized

• Project: Space of Dust Odyssey by Scott Carr

• NFT News

• • Reddit Users Created 3 Million Crypto Wallets to Scoop Up Polygon NFTs - Decrypt 
  • Beeple Gives Back to the Community with IRL Studio and Gallery Space 
  • IRS 2022 Tax Guidelines to Treat NFTs as Stablecoins, Cryptocurrencies 
  • The Block: NFT marketplace Blur to airdrop tokens to users as it goes live 
  • Shopify users get their hands on Tezos NFTs with new partnership
  • How BlockBar’s NFT Drop Paves the Way for Direct-to-Consumer Sales

Theme: OpenSea adds NFT analytics to collection pages

https://opensea.io/collection/akutars/analytics 

• Project: Qwerty by Tara Donavan

• NFT News

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  • Gabe Leydon's Limit Break plans $6.5M Super Bowl ad for NFT game | VentureBeat 
  • Five Charged In France Over 'Bored Ape' NFT Theft | Barron's 
  • Solana’s DeGods NFT Project Updates to 0% Royalties & Y00ts and DeGods Artist Leaves The Team To Focus On 1:1s 
  • Solana Network Woes Exacerbated by NFT Airdrop Malware Threat 
  • ENS Introduces Wrapper to Allow Sub Domains of .eth Names
  • Uniswap Just Raised $165 Million to Build NFT Aggregator, Here's What For 
  • DefiLlama founder moves to NFT lending to tackle liquidity constraints

Theme: Are NFTs best fit as a luxury?

Luxury Outpaces Other Industries With NFT Drops, New Study Finds | Jing Daily 

• Project: FewoWorld: Canvas 

• NFT News

• • CNN Ends NFT Vault effectively rugging collectors 
  • College quarterback's NIL compensation nears $4 million amid new NFT partnership 
  • Vin Scully NFTs Included With Dodgers Tickets To Games 1 & 2 Of NLDS 
  • Formula 1 Dives Deeper into NFTs and Crypto 
  • OpenSea CFO leaves less than one year after joining 
  • OpenSea Adds Avalanche NFT Support - Decrypt
  • SEC Investigates Web3 Top Dogs Yuga Labs