Nike x EA Sports / Partnership — Nike Virtual Studios and EA Sports announced a partnership aiming to “enhance and personalize the virtual sports experience for fans all over the world”. The collaboration seeks to create immersive experiences and new levels of customization using Nike’s .Swoosh NFTs within the EA Sports ecosystem — more
Mercedes Benz / Fingerprints DAO — Mercedes Benz's web3 division, Mercedes-Benz NXT, is partnering with Fingerprints DAO and Dutch artist Harm van den Dorpel to launch a generative NFT collection named "Maschine”. The Ethereum-based collection features 1,000 pieces reflecting themes of velocity and perception, to be released on June 7th — more
ANA Japanese Airline / NFT Marketplace — ANA, Japan's largest airline, announced plans to launch an aviation-themed NFT marketplace. The first collection features aerial photos by Luke Ozawa, with six NFTs bundled with the original film, starting at 100,000 yen (~$715). This initiative is thought to be part of a broader push to increase customer engagement through a web3 loyalty program — more
Prada / Timecapsule NFT Collection — Prada's Timecapsule NFT Collection enters its second year with a summer-themed drop coming up later this month featuring an upcycled floral-pattern tank top. In addition to the physical item, purchasers receive an NFT which grants access to Prada’s Crypted NFT community — more
Spinamp / $1.2M Raised — Spinamp, a platform that enables users to listen and collect web3 music on mobile and web, raises round led by Palm Tree Crew Crypto, with participation from Coop Records, Archetype, NoiseDAO (🤝), Fire Eyes DAO, 1kx, and others — more
Magic Labs / $52M Raised — Magic, a crypto wallet-as-a-service provider, raises strategic round led by PayPal Ventures, with participation from Cherubic, Synchrony, KX, Northzone, and Volt Capital. Magic has now raised a total of more than $80M — more
Transak / $20M Raised — Transak, a web3 payments and onboarding infrastructure provider, raises Series A round led by CE Innovation Capital, with participation from SBI Ven Capital, Sygnum, Azimut, Third Kind Venture Capital, UOB Venture Management, Signum Capital, Animoca, Axelar (🤝), The LAO, and others — more
CAA is betting that this rapping metaverse rabbit is the future of music / Zachary Petit x Fast Company — “A bear with glowing eyes mixes tracks in an ambient recording studio as “Angelbaby,” a leopard-patterned rabbit with a septum piercing, bobs his head to the beat. Framed portraits of Bored Apes hang on a wall. Angelbaby appears to be in a good mood. The virtual rapper and singer has reason to celebrate: He’s just been signed by the mega talent agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA).” — more
Web3 Social Networks: The Case For and Against Financialized Approaches / Li Jin — “I see two main approaches to building in web3 social: asset-first or ideology-first. In Issue 1 of our Variant newsletter last week, I championed the asset-first approach. But I like to think through all sides of an argument, and I think there is also an alternate path for web3 social networks to be successful. So below, I try to make the case for and the case against financializing web3 social networks.” — more
Big Tech’s Biggest Bets (Or What It Takes to Build a Billion User Platform) / Matthew Ball — “More than ever, our economy runs on ecosystems. Not just broad partnerships, large commercial deals, or expansive networks, but ecosystems. It’s to our collective interest that there’s maximum competition at the foundational platform layer and every application and service layer, too.” — more
SuperRare (🤝) / New Token Mechanic — SuperRare Labs introduced $RARE Staking, a new token mechanic building on bonding curves and curation markets. The system introduces two new concepts to solve the problems of reputation and discovery in the NFT space: Rarity Pools and Staked Lists. A Staked List is generated when a user stakes in one or more Rarity Pools. This list is an on-chain reference of all the wallets that the user supports and vouches for, creating a universally observable ranking system — more
Squiggle DAO / ‘SquigSig’ — Squiggle hodlers can now register their email signatures with the introduction of SquigSig — a verification feature designed by Squiggle DAO that aims to promote and acknowledge Squiggle ownership. Currently, SquigSig is available to all Squiggle hodlers, but the team may offer the ability for Squiggle DAO members to rent a DAO squiggle to use as their signature — more
For Emmie / Open Edition — “For Emmie” is a mint to raise support for Emmie Sperandeo. Emmie has dedicated her life to documenting and storytelling the West. After a tragic accident, she now needs our help in her long road back to recovery. Let’s do this for Emmie.” Open edition on Manifold, 0.011 ETH, open for ~4 days — more
FEWOCiOUS / FEWO NFT Drop — Digital artist FEWOCiOUS introduced a new 20k 'FEWO' NFT collection. The collection will be embodied as Frankensteins, Humanoids, and Misunderstoods as part of ‘FewoWorld.' Launching on August 21-25, the NFTs will be available to PAiNT NFT hodlers for free, at a discounted rate for other FEWOCiOUS holders, and at a standard price for the general public — more
Doodle x CAMP / Partnership — Doodles is entering the physical retail space with its first retail and entertainment experience in collaboration with family-oriented CAMP stores across major U.S. cities. The partnership aims to usher in a new chapter for Doodles, integrating IRL and digital experiences, introducing new audiences to their digital collector experience, 'The Stoodio' — more
Ryan Koopman x Alice Wexell x Botto / Ensemble (🤝): Seeds of Inspiration — “In Seeds of Inspiration Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell share artifacts captured from their travels through abandoned buildings across Europe, sharing the inspiration for their nature-filled renditions of these environments, most recently with Botto.” Artifacts to be released on 06/07/2023 — more
Various Artists / Feral File: In/Visible — “Curated by Linda Dounia Rebeiz, In/Visible presents new work by ten Black artists that explore AI as a means to be known and seen, to tell their stories, and to hold space for humanity.” Dropping June 12th, each of the 10 artworks has 50 editions, priced at 0.015 ETH — more
Eko33 / Art Blocks (🤝): Neural Sediments — “Looking at one Neural Sediment will deliver you a first broad impression; however, looking at it for a longer time will yield a never-ending and much more nuanced and delicate observation. Like Alberto Burri’s Cracks series, some things not obvious to the eye become real over time. Each Neural Sediment opens itself to the viewer in a unique way. The more you look at it, the more you can decipher it.” Minting June 7th, 10:00am PT — more
Hannah van Well / Thread on ODDs by Tribute Brand (🤝) — more
Tribute Brand (🤝) / ODDs x Chromie Squiggle Origins — more
Derek Edws / glitch x Gallery (🤝) — more
Tim Sweeney / “Wild Metaverse Commentary from BasedAF (🤝)” — more
Elon Musk / “Nice”, 9dcc (🤝) LFG — more
Digitized / Featured #05 x Bright Moments (🤝) — more
friendtech / ‘Your Home for Social Speculation on Arbitrum’ — more
Skillet / Bid and Loan Aggregator for NFTs — more
Matt Wolfe / Nvidia Keynote: Real-time AI in Video Games — more
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