All About Affordable NFTs

Whatch What Whales Are Watching | Project: Fewocious Paint Drop

Theme:  What are whales watching? 

https://www.whalestats.com/analysis-of-the-top-100-eth-wallets 

• What is a whale? 
  • Whalestats tracks up to 5000 of the largest Ethereum wallets (the "whales"), who are worth an average of $11,029,129 and hodl an average of 7,666 ETH, 6 tokens, and 1 NFT.
• The whales are still doing stuff
• Be careful following single moves because they have a larger tolerance/bankroll for risk… 
• Is it even a good idea to follow?

• Project: Fewocious Paint Drop

• https://opensea.io/collection/fewoworld-paint?search[sortAscending]=true&search[sortBy]=PRICE&search[stringTraits][0][name]=Paint%20Quantity&search[stringTraits][0][values][0]=2&search[stringTraits][0][values][1]=3&search[stringTraits][0][values][2]=5&search[stringTraits][0][values][3]=4&search[stringTraits][0][values][4]=10&search[toggles][0]=BUY_NOW 

• NFT News

• • Three Arrows Significant NFT Collection Seized by Liquidators
  • Celebs paying up for NFT promos? Kim Kardashian to Pay $1.26 Million Fine for Illegally Shilling Ethereum Token - Decrypt 
  • NFT Artist Beeple Warns Discord Members of Wallet Drainer Exploit - Decrypt
  • Cool Cats Group secures strategic investment from Animoca Brands, building on gaming partnership 
  • Artist in ‘MetaBirkin’ NFT Trademark Case Denied Early Appeal 
  • ‘Ethereum Killer’ Solana Suffers Another Major Outage - Decrypt 
  • Solana NFT Sales Volume Is On The Rise 

IMAGE: DALLE2  whale fireworks

 

Burn NFTs not Art - Can Physical Art Be Transformed? | Project: $BANK

Theme: Can Physical Artwork be Fully Transformed into NFTs?

• Millionaire Martin Mobarak probed for torching $10 M Frida Kahlo painting in NFT stunt
• NFTs from art and the burning question of their physical origins
• Banksy Works to be Released as NFTs on MakersPlace 

• Project: Bankless DAO token (again)

• • • Clear conversation on the podcast about an NFT they want to launch during bear market. Mentioned in Gary Vee podcast recently

• NFT News

• • 'Apple Must Be Stopped' as Web2 Firm Launches 30% NFT Tax: Epic Games CEO - Decrypt 
  • Art Blocks Fidenza Creator Sells $17M of Ethereum NFTs Amid Market Slump - Decrypt & NFT platform X2Y2 hits back at blacklist by Tyler Hobbs' QQL 
  • All Facebook and Instagram users in the US can now share NFTs, cross-post between both apps | TechCrunch 
  • Crypto's First Fantasy NFT Trading League
  • Generative Project Art Blocks Is Evolving: Here’s How

 

Image credit: DALLE2 Frida on fire 

Are NFTs the future for sports collectibles? | Project: Grails II by PROOF

Theme: Are NFTs the future for sports collectibles?

• Topic discussed in recent SuperRare editorial Nothing but net worth: Sports collectibles cross over to the blockchain - SuperRare Magazine 
• Most expensive sports card sales ever have occurred this year, well after the introduction of sports NFTs
  • T206 Honus Wagner Sells for Record $7.25 Million - Aug 4, 2022
  • 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card sells for $12.6 million, shattering record - Aug 28, 2022 
• TopShot soared then crashed, MLB & Topps have made poor attempts, NFL All Day & Draftkings Reignmakers getting some traction as games - not collectibles

• Project:

• https://opensea.io/collection/proof-grails?search[sortAscending]=true&search[sortBy]=UNIT_PRICE&utm_source=wgmi.io 

• • • Grails II by PROOF 

• NFT News

• • OpenSea announces support for Layer 2 network Arbitrum 
  • Ethereum Name Service says it has regained control of ‘eth.link’ domain name
  • Sam's Anchor Cafe raises $300k+ with inaugural Bootleggers NFTs
  • Universal Studios planning Halloween-themed NFT scavenger hunts
  • Pudgy Penguins Lil Pudgys Get Their Own Physical Toys Licensed 

Tiger Woods, Tom Brady and the PGA Tour team up in new NFT platform deal 

 

Image from DALLE2 Cards on fire.

Are NFTs Just a Lagging Nasdaq? | Project: Quasars

Theme: Wait, Are NFTs just lagging Nasdaq?

• Crypto price tracks the Nasdaq
• NFTs can’t fight the FED rate… 
• NFTs follow Crypto volatility so….
• What would need to happen for this to change?
• NFTs are a luxury good market that will PROBABLY follow cashflow. 

• Project: Quasars by Quantum.art - collect mission patches for potential chance to mint. Premint for Patch 1 open through September 25, 2022 11:59pm PT.

• NFT News

• • NFT: Epic Games debuts its first NFT Game on the marketplace - EconoTimes 
  • Yuga Labs Rumoured To Launch A “Mecha Apes” NFT Collection, Targets $50 million sale
  • Greenpeace Intensifies Campaign Against Bitcoin Following Ethereum's Merge 
  • Tyler Hobbs Launches QQL Website for New NFT Project
  • $31,000 Mutant Ape NFT Awarded To Lucky Winner of MetaWin competition. | Bitcoinist.com 
  • National Lampoon Launches First Web3 Studio, Announces Poison Pill NFT - NFTgators  

Web 2 Media HATES NFTs - why? | Project: Political Campaign ENS Names

Theme: NFTs vs web 2 media: Why the hate?

• • Topic recently covered by NFT Evening in “Tech and Culture” Website Gizmodo Hates NFTs….But Why? 
  • Many digital media companies share their dislike for NFTs in every story, despite being open to other new technologies

• ArtNet: 

• The Boom and the Bust: How NFTs Went the Way of Beanie Babies

• • • Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’ Was a Referendum on NFTs Vs. Traditional Art. The Result? A Resounding Preference for Traditional Art | Artnet News 
  • Gizmodo
    • Starbucks Explains How Its Dumbass NFT Program Works
    • NFT Feet Pics  

• Affordable project: Senate/potential elected reps ETH Addresses 

• NFT News
  • Polygon chosen for Starbucks web3 'odyssey'   
  • NFT mints on Solana have surged to an all-time high 
  • NFT Renting Platform Shuts Down, Citing 'Close to Zero Traction' - Decrypt 
  • A Bored Ape Ethereum NFT Owner is Launching a Real-World Yacht Club
  • This San Diego Car Wash Is Using NFTs to Drive Up Demand 
  • NFT: GameStop introduces NFT trading cards as added perks for its rewards program members - EconoTimes
  • Coinbase Now Lets Users Check Which Politicians Are Crypto-Friendly - Decrypt 
  • GameStop's head of blockchain departs company 

Image credit: DALLe2 openai  - news on fire

 

The future of NFT trading is NOT on OpenSea

Theme: The future of NFT trading is not on OpenSea

• New marketplaces are cutting into OpenSea’s marketshare, as discussed in CoinGecko’s article Market Share of NFT Marketplaces 
• Most marketplace listings are off-chain, i.e on siloed databases that sometimes can be accessed via APIs, many most listings only visible on original listing marketplace
• Aggregators, new apps will emerge

• Affordable project: wait on value projects to drop in price.

• NFT News
  • Last Ethereum Block Before Merge Minted $47K NFT 
  • An NFT minted after The Merge cost $60,000 in transaction fees 
  • Ethereum Energy Usage, Carbon Footprint Down 99.99% After Merge: Report - Decrypt 
  • $70M Art Collection at MoMA To Be Sold, Proceeds Could Fund NFT Buys - Decrypt 
  • Sotheby’s First Single-owner NFT Auction Hosts MaxStealth’s Collection 
  • Kingship Brings out the Big Guns to Lead its Musical Charge 
  • Exclusive: Jim Carrey Secretly Dropped NFTs Under His Web3 Alias 
  • Rantum’s Mental Model for Analyzing Blockchain Data [Podcast] 
  • OpenSea partners with CurioTools, Icy Tools, and Proof Collective to release Open Rarity

 

 

image credit:  macro photo toy ship sinking, DALLE2 OpenAI

5 Tips for New NFT Collectors in this Market | Project: Metawin NFT Lottery

Theme: 5 Tips for New Collectors in this market

• For all 7 of the new people looking to get into NFTs, this is for you.
• Where to start?

 

1. Use Metamask to get a wallet and protect the key. Load your wallet using CoinBase.
2. Define your budget, but don’t buy, spend +two weeks doing practice (paper bids not real)
3. Participate in a free mint to get the feel. PS borrow a ZED Horse and do some free races
4. Stalk 3 discord groups. 
5. Buy your first affordable NFT. Browse our project list and just see the rise and fall of once popular projects. 

Tracking Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YmmUbz4ru4qovrbxv44zREyQGQIg8Fvsdck9fotzfnk/edit#gid=0 

• Affordable project:  LOL let’s gamble https://metawin.com/ 

• • Does the math work?  Number of entries * price  =  expected value.
  • Things on strings - TY!
• NFT News
  • David Bowie Estate Links Up With Nine Artists for New NFT Project 
  • Reddit NFT avatars selling for a premium on OpenSea 
  • Actor Bill Murray loses $185,000 worth of Ethereum hours after raising funds in NFT auction 
  • Frank DeGods and Y00ts Team Take Time Off After Mint Concerns 
  • Company behind Ethereum Name Service files lawsuit over domain sale 

Midjourney image: a kid’s style drawing of Elon Musk riding a rocket to Mars - @things-on-strings

How many times can we say ETH Merge? | Project: ConsenSys Green NFT Drop

Theme: How many times can we say ETH Merge?

• Will this revive NFT volumes? 
• Can ETH news fight the fed?
• Reminder, ETH volatility bad for NFTs… 
• Be cautious 
• Finally Green

• Affordable project: ConsenSys Marks Ethereum Merge With Green NFTs

 

• NFT News
  • Sorare Takes on NBA Top Shot With Ethereum NFT-Based Fantasy NBA Game - Decrypt 
  • Collect FIFA moments in time with NFT launch at 2022 Qatar World Cup 
  • Crypto.com backs out of Champions League sponsorship deal 
  • MoonCats sold to two Pondercat team members 
  • OpenSea Is In Trouble – NFT Trade Volume Down 99%
  • OpenSea and Fair.xyz's Soulbound 'Minter Token' Honors NFT Innovators 

Are NFTs are a Boys Club? | Project: HugPass

Theme: NFTs are a Boys Club - sadly

• Data on dropping floors of every major female-led project.
• Why this is bad
• When will this change?
• Isn’t this just what happens in real art? And Tech?
• Previously high female-led projects have dropped more than market
  • Boss Beauties - Collection | OpenSea 
  • World of Women - Collection | OpenSea 
  • BFF Friendship Bracelets - Collection | OpenSea 
  • World of Women Galaxy - Collection | OpenSea  
  • WomenRise - Collection | OpenSea 
  • Deadfellaz - Collection | OpenSea 

 

• Affordable project: The HUG Pass - Collection | OpenSea 

• Use this search to find projects 

• https://opensea.io/collection/1989-sisters 

• NFT News
  • Meta Adds Ethereum, Polygon, Flow NFT Cross-Posting Between Facebook and Instagram - Decrypt 
  • OpenSea Adds Polygon Support to Expand Features, Accept MATIC - Decrypt
  • Major NFT Marketplace X2Y2 Changes Royalties Policy, Here's Why It Is Crucial 
  • NFT project Art Blocks launches engine for generative asset creation 
  • Mobile gaming firm Limit Break raises $200 million across two rounds, DigiDaiGaku surges
  • Kevin Rose’s Proof Raises $50M, Plots Token and Moonbirds NFT Expansion 

Why Did Snoop Dogg and Eminem “Perform” as Cartoon Apes at the VMAs? You Might Want to Sit Down

 

 

 

Midjourney image: a very bored ape wearing a sailor hat on a rundown dock,  by Rantum

Why aren’t more mergers happening??? | Project: Finiliar

Theme:  What the M&A?  Why aren’t more mergers happening

• Mooncat hot take someone will acquire 

• NIKE crushed it with RTFKT - will there be a playbook?
• What might make a good acquisition target? 
• Where’s the alpha? Finding teams that have a plan, a brand and an economic engine

 

• Affordable project: Finiliar - Collection | OpenSea 

• NFT News
  • Ticketmaster Just Took a Substantial Step Toward NFT Tickets 
  • Survey finds only 2% of Americans have purchased an NFT - Westfair Communications 
  • A16z Creates NFT Licensing Framework to Standardize Collectors’ Rights - Blockworks
  • Solana NFT Project DeGods Soars Ahead Of Y00ts Launch 
  • https://zed.run/marketplace/borrow  lending and borrowing live on ZED!

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