Page One #40
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TLDR:
Anomura launches their strategy RPG with Mystery Bowls
Azuki announcement could come later this week
Hedz is the second collection from Pepe creator Matt Furie
Kanpai Pandas sell out as Ice Bagz announces snapshot
Kumaleon is a character-based canvas for generative art
Multibeasts bring inventive licensing abilities to fine art
Nounlets from Tessera make Nouns more accessible
PoSers claim the title of first on-chain avatar post-merge
QQL opens their art generator before mint
RENGA tops weekly volume charts after lackluster start
The Stoics by Gabe Weis rise after reveal
Valhalla brings eSports culture to crypto
News and Notes:
Azuki announcement could come later this week
The Alley on Azuki’s website is full of details ripe for speculation, but none more so than the calendar on the left side of the page. In the image above, taken while visiting the desktop site, October 14th is marked on the calendar. When viewed on mobile devices, though, September 23rd is marked. Traders have certainly noticed the easter egg, as the collection has climbed from ~7Ξ to 11Ξ over the past week. Evidently we may see what they’ve got in store come Friday.
Kanpai Pandas sell out as Ice Bagz announces snapshot
After nearly 5 months, the multi-chain collection minted out on the 19th. While the majority of tokens were minted months ago, a few thousands were still available across other chains. Panda chief Ice Bagz announced there will be a snapshot on the 28th. The slow mint hadn’t stopped the Pandas from partying in the past few months, though, as holders have had the opportunity to win tickets to a variety of events including UFC fights, concerts and football games in Las Vegas.
RENGA tops weekly volume charts after lackluster start
The avatar collection from Dirty Robot and team fell after revealing at the start of the month but received plenty of attention this week. Revealed characters saw ~4,500Ξ in volume while Black Boxes, which briefly reached 3Ξ, traded for over 1,500Ξ this week. ~7,300 Black Boxes have been opened, leaving ~25% of the supply still unrevealed.
The Stoics by Gabe Weis rise after reveal
A digital and mixed-media artist from the San Francisco Bay area, Gabe Weiss has been creating NFT art since early 2021. His pieces blend cubism and collage with stream of consciousness style in bold portraits. The Stoics, which revealed Tuesday afternoon, capture his style in generative form. Interestingly, Gabe chose to reveal the art before revealing the traits, encouraging buyers to forgo rarities in exchange for seeking pieces they actually like (crazy stuff). Traits will reveal today at 10AM EST.
Recent Launches:
Anomura launches their strategy RPG with Mystery Bowls
First announced in April 2022 and backed by Atari and Zed Run developers Virtually Human Studio, Anomura is a P2E strategy RPG that aims to provide players with a fun experience while helping them learn about blockchain and crypto. Each Mystery Bowl contains one Anomura, a crab-like sea creature that will be in-game playable characters. Revealing today, each Anomura is randomly generated on-chain from traits that combine to create over a billion possibilities. Details about the game are still scarce, but that didn’t stop them from rising to a floor of nearly 1Ξ after minting out last week.
Hedz is the second collection from Pepe creator Matt Furie
Hedz features 1,000 hand-drawn 1/1s avatars in Furie’s traditional cartoonish style. The collection, which is currently viewable in full on the website, includes animals, monsters, wizards, pop-culture references and everything in between. It comes just over a year after Furie released his first collection of 100 avatars, Pegz, which reached a floor price over 100Ξ last year. Despite falling victim to sybil attacks, the collection has performed well in the days since it began minting. The reveal date has not yet been announced, as Furie and team are still deciding how to distribute about 100 tokens that have not yet been minted.
Kumaleon is a character-based canvas for generative art
Japanese generative artist Okazz began teaching himself both art and coding at age 25. Since then, he’s produced hundreds of generative pieces but none are more recognizable than Kumaleon, a bear that often acts as a canvas for his generative designs. The Kumaleon collection takes this concept to the next level: each piece features his signature bear in a different generative pattern - but not just one pattern. Each token can be disassembled and reassembled to give Kumaleon a new generative pattern of your choosing.
Multibeasts bring inventive licensing abilities to fine art
Twins Simon and Nikolai Haas, who have created contemporary art that hangs in the MET and worked with artists including Harry Styles and Lady Gaga, took on a new challenge by creating their first NFT collection. Minters took a proprietary personality test which is used to determine each token’s traits, making Beasts uniquely personalized. They have partnered with Remaster, a legal infrastructure protocol, to provide holders with the opportunity to license their Multibeasts in an easy-to-use, enforceable manner.
PoSers claim the title of first on-chain NFT post-merge
PoSers, stylized to emphasize their post-merge birth, are pixelated avatars that draw inspiration from a variety of collections, with notable similarities to Doodles and Unemployables. They market themselves as the first on-chain avatar collection created after the Merge, and while this tagline likely helped fuel the significant amount of volume they saw over the weekend, some took issue with it. While the details are a bit pedantic, the team addressed the situation in a Medium article so everyone can decide for themselves.
Upcoming Launches:
Nounlets from Tessera make Nouns more accessible
The fractionalization company formerly known as Fractional introduced an inventive solution to make the notoriously-expensive Nouns ecosystem more accessible. Nounlets are created by vaulting a Noun, which is then split into 100 fractions, each representing 1% of the delegation rights. Each Nounlet has unique IDs and metadata - they all share the same head, but traits like body, accessory, background and glasses will vary. While there are plenty of sudDAOs in the Nouns orbit, they can be a lot to keep up with. Nounlets expands accessibility to one of the top NFT projects without these responsibilities. A launch date was not specified in the announcement.
QQL opens their art generator before mint on 9-28
The upcoming generative art project from Fidenza creator Tyler Hobbs and Dandelion Wist launched their website on the 19th, allowing visitors to tinker with generations to their heart’s desire. Over 500,000 pieces of artwork with an astounding amount of variety have been generated since the site went live. Mint passes for QQL will be sold in a lowest-price Dutch auction on Archipelago on September 28th. The auction will start at 50Ξ and fall until it sells out or reaches 2Ξ. Hobbs and Wist are giving away three mint passes to those who generate the most beautiful QQLs - details here.
Valhalla brings eSports culture to crypto
With a team of builders hailing from MIT, Google, and Goldman Sachs (to name a few) and community members like Gen.G CEO Arnold Hur, Valhalla hopes to blend authentic gaming culture with crypto communities in new ways. Stacked Studios, the company behind the collection, has already raised a Series A round that includes gaming CEOs, venture capitalists and streetwear entrepreneurs. They’ve already begun curating their allowlist through an application and referral system, which you can read more about here. Follow their socials for more information as its released.
Other Stuff Happened/ing
NFTs:
Arbitrum NFTs are live on OpenSea
Chimpers announce Chimp Run arcade game
Okay Bears signs with IMG in licensing deal
OpenSea is creating an on-site minting service
0xngmi seeks to expand NFT lending service Tubbysea to other collections
PGA Tour is launching an NFT platform with Autograph
General News:
ENS partners with Coinbase to create free Ethereum user IDs
GameFi VC funding is up to nearly $900M in September
Magic Eden introduces MetaShield, tool to disable NFTs that avoid royalties (lol)
Metaversal publishes article on Historical NFTs on first “NFT Day”
MoMA to sell $70M of art to fund extended digital reach
OpenRarity, new rarity service built by IcyTools, OS, Proof, launches