Headline News - Litecoin Gets Its First NFTS, Spotify Pushes NFT Integration, Coinbase Announces ‘Base’ and Judge Rules That Emoji’s Are Deemed Financial Advice
Mutant Ape Yacht Club tops the 7-day volume charts. Bored Ape Yacht Club sits in second, Otherdeed For Otherside is in third, Azuki is in fourth and CLONE-X is in fifth.
Jack Butcher’s collections continue to attract a huge amount of capital, with Checks - VV Edition, Checks - VV Originals and opepen Edition seeing a combined trading volume of over 52K ETH.
Over the past week, the Moonbirds floor experienced a 30% reduction compared to the recent local high on February 16th. This certainly wasn’t helped by the cancellation of their upcoming Proof Of Conference event in May, which ruffled feathers amongst the community. The floor has recovered slightly, and now sits at 6.3ETH.
Total marketplace volume has been over the $100 million mark for most of the week, with the exception of Friday, where we saw a close of around $86 million. Blur continues to dominate proceedings, often seeing over three times more volume than OpenSea.
The crypto markets took a hit over the past 24hrs as key inflation indicators rattled the markets. ETH is down 5.5% on the week, holding just above $1,600USD.
Two day ago we were introduced to Base, a new Ethereum Layer 2 protocol, incubated by Coinbase and built on the open-source OP Stack. They’ve gone out of their way to let us know they have “no plans to issue a new network token” by including it in their Twitter bio.
In other news, Spotify integrate NFT technology through experimenting with token-gated Playlists, whilst Litecoin gets its first NFTs after a developer forked Bitcoin Ordinals. Blur released details on new Loyalty rewards, artifacts from the Titanic are set to be tokenized, and apparently, Emojis count as financial advice, according to a United States District Court judge for the Southern District of New York.
For full articles on all the above and much, much more, head into the sections below and click on the relevant links.
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Curated News - the biggest stories of the past week
BIGGEST NFT Sale: Fidenza #157 - 390ETH
Coinbase Announce ‘Base’, an Ethereum L2, Incubated By Coinbase
Spotify's Token-Gated Playlists a 'Powerful' Benefit for NFT Projects
Emojis Count As Financial Advice And Have Legal Consequences, Judge Rules
Peloton’s Robin Arzón Is Building a Web3 Community Around Working Out
Electronic Arts Founder Trip Hawkins Is Now Making NFT Games
NFTs Are a 'Trojan Horse' for Crypto Adoption: NFT Factory President
Titanic Artifacts To Be Tokenized As NFTs In New Partnership
Blur Releases Details On Loyalty Scores For Season 2 Airdrop Rewards
ZachXBT, Our Favourite Online Sleuth, Exposes Scammer Known As Chards
Friendsies 'Rug Pull' NFT Holders - Could the Community Take Over?
Proof Collective Cancels Conference, Ruffling Moonbird's NFT Holders
Ubisoft Continues Web3 Push With Rabbids NFTs in The Sandbox
Crypto.com Partners With Over 50 Artists For Humanitarian Efforts In Turkey
Uniswap Traders Can Now Buy NFTs With UNI, SHIB Or Any Ethereum Token
Liquidators to Sell ‘Certain’ NFTs From Bankrupt Three Arrows Capital
Solana Soared Double-digits As Helium Network Announces Merge Date
Educational: How to buy and sell NFTs on Polygon
Educational: ZenAcademy’s 30 Days Of NFTs - Entry Level NFT Course
A word from our Founder: Welcome to ZenAcademy! and why to join
Project news & things we’re keeping an eye on
DeGods and y00ts Are Leaving Solana—Here’s How It’s Going to Work
0N1 Force Bought Out By Group Including Former Binance, YGG Execs
LinksDAO Likely To Put In ‘compelling offer’ To Buy Scottish Golf Course
Danny Cole launches Creature World Fashion Label during NYFW
Kevin Rose Tweets Regarding Transparency Around Product Releases & Updates
Sotheby’s to Auction Neal Stepheson’s ‘Snow Crash’ Manuscript and Digital Collectibles
MakersPlace Takes NFTs To The Next Level With New Phygitals Category
Art Blocks Announces New Features Impacting Creator Royalties
BAYC Announces ‘Dookey Dash: Toad Mode’ Is live For Sewer Pass Holders
Coinbase Drops Free Ethereum NFT via Zora to Mark Base Network Launch
Pudgy Penguins Partner With Retail Monster For Upcoming Pudgy Toyline
Retro-Style Ethereum NFT Metaverse Game Worldwide Webb Raises $10M
Wolf Game Announced A Series Of Updates To Improve User Experience
Talking Point - Memes & The Memes By 6529
Memes have become a ubiquitous part of our online culture, and show no signs of slowing down. They are essentially bits of cultural information that are spread virally, often online, in the form of images, videos, or text. Memes offer a way for people to share humorous or satirical commentary on current events, social trends, and other topics.
The origins of the word "meme" can be traced back to the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, who first used the term in his 1976 book "The Selfish Gene". Dawkins defined a meme as a unit of cultural information that is passed from one individual to another through imitation. This concept has since been expanded and applied to the world of online culture.
Memes have become a central aspect of internet culture, often spreading quickly through social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit. With web3 being the latest evolution of the internet, it’s already full of memes, and these form an important part of the ecosystems identity.
Through NFTs, we can turn memes into valuable digital assets, like we’ve already seen with the Doge dog photos. And of course, we can create communities around memes, with collections like rektguy and mfers being great examples of this.
There’s one collection however, which has understood the power of memes better than most. It’s used memes to raise awareness, cultivate a community and generate revenue to help achieve its goals around decentralization, community and self-sovereignty. That collection is The Memes By 6529.
If you’re not fully aware of the project, I take this opportunity to introduce to it. I recently came across an article by the team at nftnow, and it’s a nice introduction to the collection. And through the links included within, you can dig considerably deeper should you wish to. I hope you enjoy it, and I also include a link to the Twitter account of the visionary behind it all, the most notable Punk6529.
Tip Of The Week - NordVPN
It’s critical to keep your data secure and private when browsing the web, and this is especially relevant when stepping into a new and unfamiliar environment, such as the world of web3.
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) can provide you with the necessary peace of mind that you’re surfing securely, especially if you tend to use public Wi-Fi hubs.
NordVPN is one of the most reputable and well-known VPN service providers around. You can see how they compare to other notable players in the space in the chart below.
If you don’t yet have a VPN, you can view their offers by clicking on this link. This is an affiliate link that will generate a commission for ZenAcademy, which we will reinvest back into the community. Enjoy, and stay safe!
ZenAcademy & 333 Club Noticeboard
ZenAcademy Community News
Ryan Carson has recommended ZenAcademy and ZenDaily as a new home to his Daily Dose community as he opts to discontinue the show. We believe the values and mission of both spaces align well: to educate, inform, entertain and cultivate community. Here’s the TL;DR of what to expect in the short-term:
This was announced live on The Daily Dose Space yesterday
For the following two weeks, we will shift the ZenDaily Space to the same time slot as the Daily Dose aired: 10:30am EST
We will use that time to welcome the Daily Dose community and invite anyone who enjoys the show to continue tuning in
We will then move the show back to the current time slot of 3:30pm EST
For a more detailed rundown, ZA members can check out the full announcement here, in our Discord. But more details will be shared in the next ZenDaily show too
ZenAcademy’s Student IDs are here and available for everyone! We’re so excited to have rolled this out, with over 9,250 Student IDs already claimed. This is a FREE access point into our community for anyone wants to join. If you’ve not done so yet, Claim your token here: https://zenacademy.com/enroll. Remember, these are Soulbound NFTs which means that they cannot be sold or transferred out of the wallet that mints them. Also, the supply is unlimited which means that you do not need to rush.
Zeneca’s Office Hours are still open and available throughout March to 333 Club Members. Check this 333 Club announcement for more details.
Our Trivia Events are now open to all Students. You can find all the juicy details by clicking here.
We will soon be token-gating the entire Discord. This shouldn't affect most people, because anyone can now mint a free Student ID and join us. If someone doesn't know how to do that (ie total beginner), please take a look at our FREE ‘30daysofnfts NFT Intro Course’. Here you can learn how to set up a wallet and buy an NFT.
Community member @NiklasPeterson has created a wonderful Figma file for anyone wishing to display their PFP in their student ID. Follow the instructions here (you'll need to click "get a copy" and sign in to Figma on your own end): https://www.figma.com/community/file/1205274415793853767
We're making some changes to the way ‘giveaways’ are run in our Discord community - The net impact of this is that ZA Genesis / ZenChest holders will have increased odds to win a giveaway, OGs will have reduced odds, and Students will have a chance to win. The 333 Club members are unaffected and still have the best chances simply due to the low number of people entering those giveaways.
ZenAcademy - Latest Content Releases
YouTube Video: Episode #71 of Two Bored Apes is now available - BLUR Airdrop, Centre Pompidou and LACMA acquiring NFTs
YouTube Video: Episode #70 of Two Bored Apes is now available - ZenAcademy Student IDs (FREE NFT), Bitcoin NFTs, Dookey Dash Bots
Zeneca Newsletter: Letter 35: Lessons From Poker to Crypto
YouTube Shorts: How To Stay On Top Of All The NFT News
YouTube Shorts: Which NFTs should you buy?
ZenAcademy Regular Events
The ZenDaily Show hosted by Zeneca and Emileevee, every Mon-Fri (at 10:30am EST for the next two weeks only). This space is all about education, information and entertainment. It has a focus on Web3 education, topical perspectives, and being a forum for the ZA community and beyond to join in and discuss what’s going on in the web3 world. Additionally, Zeneca will be doing what he does best: distilling complicated information into easily digestible bites.
Wellness Wednesdays - Hosted by @Kit777 every other Wednesday. Kit talks with one of our highly esteemed members in a Twitter spaces where we pause, take a break and discuss all things related to mental health/wellness and our shared human journey in life.
Artists Corner - Every other Wednesday, hosted by KingInTheCastle, this event takes place in our Discord for our members. Artists take to the mic and share their journey, experiences and knowledge with our community. Hop in the call to learn and have fun.
333 Club’s weekly ‘This Week in NFTs’ Twitter Spaces, each and every Sunday. Follow the 333 Club Twitter page here for more info.
Join Poker Nights via our Discord. Events held weekly, with prizes to be won.
There’s a ‘global-events’ forum in the ZA Discord to help facilitate IRL meet-ups amongst the community. Find more details here.
Don’t forget to keep across the Giveaways Discord channel, with plenty of allowlist spots up for grabs on a regular basis.
Follow RogueRaven on Twitter here: @RogueRavenNFT
Nothing in this or any other ZenCaps publication should be construed as financial or investment advice. The views and opinions expressed in ZenCaps publications do not reflect those of Zeneca or the ZenAcademy.
Always exercise caution within the NFT space and adhere to best practices when it comes to making any investments. There is plenty of potential, but this comes with inherent risks.
Stay safe, and as always, good luck.