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NFT Market Recap. September 21 - September 27
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TLDR:
Azuki invites you to explore the Ruins
The B-Bots and Seth Green seed a new entertainment IP
Bored & Dangerous book released with custom reader
DigiDaigaku Quests burn Spirits for Heroes
Exosama expands a composable multichain ecosystem
Fortunata World Pass picks up the Free-to-Own torch
New Here avatars help fund a premier web3 documentary
Pixel Vault teases MetaHero game in new trailer
QQL auction begins today at 1PM EST
Reddit Avatars see adoption - and sales as high as 6Ξ
Royal Fools employ goblintown tactics with medieval style
Survive the NFT Winter forces holders to huddle together
News and Notes:
Azuki invites you to explore the Ruins
The overly-anticipated September 23rd announcement revealed the second section of Azuki’s World, the Ruins. While speculative traders were certainly disappointed it wasn’t a fundraising announcement, that may be coming soon. The Block reported that Azuki parent company Chiru Labs is closing in on a $30M raise, although details haven’t been finalized yet. If the calendar in the Alley is to be believed, we can expect more Azuki news on October 14th. And who knows, the Ruins may hold a few secrets that are yet to be discovered.
Bored & Dangerous book released with custom reader
The community-written novel from Jenkins the Valet and the team at Tally Labs went live on Tuesday - holders can read it here. The story was written by best-selling author Neil Strauss and includes dozens of Bored Apes, each licensed by their owner. The book’s release turns the team’s full attention to the launch of Azurbala, the next chapter in their story. B&D holders will need to decide whether to burn their book for an Azur Root, which is then exchanged for an Azurian avatar. Read this ONE37pm interview with Tally Labs founders SAFA and Valet Jones for more.
DigiDaigaku Quests burn Spirits for Heroes
The free-to-own collection opened Quests last week, allowing holders to exchange their Spirits for Heroes after 24 hours. Hero quality is measures by their bloodline, which is determined based on which Digis are used in the Quest. The project implored holders to maintain Royal bloodlines on Twitter, as it will impact future airdrops and quests. According to this Dune dashboard, it appears most are doing so - 96% of heroes generated so far are Royal. Given they are already teasing the next airdrop, expect to hear more from Gabe and the Digi crew sometime soon(ish).
Pixel Vault teases MetaHero game in new trailer
Pixel Vault provided one of the first previews of the crown jewel in their ever-expanding ecosystem - the MetaHero game. While the short trailer doesn’t show much in the way of actual footage, we do now know that the game will be a 3v3 auto-battler. Pixel Vault also recently released an independent marketplace which now houses all their collections including Punks Comics, MetaHeroes and Founder’s DAO tokens.
Reddit Avatars see adoption - and sales as high as 6Ξ
When Reddit first announced they would be creating their own NFT avatars back in July, no one really knew what to expect. They’ve since released a number of different collections, each with a limited supply of different themed avatars - see them all on RedditAvatars, a community-run site that tracks each collection. Things have really picked up over the past week, though, with some avatars selling for as high as 6Ξ with sales above 1Ξ seen fairly consistently. This post summarizes ATH sales for each collection. Reddit avatars are certainly something to keep an eye on, from both a trading and cultural perspective.
Recent Launches:
Exosama expands a composable multichain ecosystem
Exosama is the first extension of the Moonsama ecosystem native to Ethereum. Moonsama is one of the leading NFT projects on Polkadot and act as governance tokens for Raresama, one of the leading marketplaces on Polkadot. Their ecosystem spans EVM-compatible chains using a “multiverse bridge,” allowing users to move their NFTs back and forth between chains. Exosamas can equip all kinds of different cosmetics, changing their metadata as they do so. Check out the Moonsama wiki for more information about Exosama and the wider ecosystem.
Fortunata World Pass picks up the Free-to-Own torch
Led by a team of professional game masters, Fortunata World Pass seeks to bring Dungeons & Dragons to the masses in a Free-to-Own structure. Taking place in the still-forming world of Fortunata, the game is designed to be extremely accessible to new and experienced players alike. While the project is still in its early stages, the first quests in their expansive D&D mod are already playable. We don’t know exactly how the Free-to-Own elements will work, but more information on that may be coming soon.
Royal Fools employ goblintown tactics with medieval style
Free mint, ugly-but-good art, strange storytelling through Twitter, no Discord. We’ve seen this strategy a few times. Royal Fools is the latest collection to put its own spin on the tactics that made goblintown a runaway success. According to project advisor Ozark, the team has been working on the project for a few months and have prepared a colorful lore that they hope can gather some attention. Details are scarce, but there’s enough effort here to keep an eye on it.
Other stuff worth a Look:
Critters Cult tops daily volume charts on SOL since minting
Exolienz gives renewed life to the AI avatar mini-meta
Kitaro World gives some funky cat-creatures the Ghibli treatment
Spirit Gates is an anime-ninja storytelling collection
Swoops brings fantasy basketball to the blockchain
Upcoming Launches:
The B-Bots and Seth Green seed a new entertainment IP
Co-founded by actor and Robot Chicken creator Seth Green, The B-Bots give the community control of their IP alongside the tools to use it. Their universe is based around 80s scientist Dyson Lawson and the five Alpha Bots he created. Creators who wish to build in the ecosystem can apply for grants from Globitron, the company behind the project, to build around the Alpha Bots, or can use generative B-Bots, which are all CC0. Seth sat down with gmoney to discuss the project - watch the interview here. The B-Bots mint today at 8PM EST.
New Here avatars help fund a premier web3 documentary
With an extensive cast of community members involved, New Here is creating a storytelling documentary to encapsulate the oral history of cryptoart. The film, directed by Dan Sickles, is currently in production and includes over 90 interviews with cryptoartists and builders from across the world. The proceeds from the sale directly support production of the film and each token provides access to exclusive drops and events. New Here opens for public minting today at 1PM EST.
QQL auction begins today at 1PM EST
The 999-piece collection will be sold in a lowest-price Dutch auction that starts at 50Ξ and decreases at a variable rate over one hour until all pieces are sold or the resting price of 2Ξ is reached. Minters will receive a mint pass which can be used to mint a QQL of their own. Hobbs also announced that QQL minters will receive 2% of the royalties from secondary sales on pieces they create. Hobbs and Wist held a QQL creation contest for a few mint passes over the past week - check out the winning designs here.
Survive the NFT Winter forces holders to huddle together
My friend and fellow The Oner Knicksfan930 has a weird obsession with Emperor Penguins and a less-weird obsession with NFTs. Over the past few months, he has worked on combining the two - Survive the NFT Winter is the result. Each penguin begins as a cold, lonely loser, but are given the opportunity to create or join a huddle. Doing so will cause each penguin to change, slowly shifting its visual appearance based on the size of the huddle and length of stay. Read a bit more in the Medium post here and watch for the mint this Friday.
NFT Market Overview:
While we may break the streak of five consecutive weeks of lower OpenSea volume this week, things are just as meh as they’ve been for months. A stray pump here, a good project there, more volatility in a range for most blue-chips. The fact the whole world feels like it might explode soon doesn’t really help get new people interested in blockchain jpegs, either. Despite this, it’s encouraging to see a number of projects from legitimate players still choosing to make an entrance at this time. We’ll see what the next few weeks bring - there are a few higher-profile mints coming, but crypto as a whole could fall off another cliff by then.
Other Stuff Happened/ing
NFTs:
OpenRarity is live on select collections on OpenSea
Pudgy Penguins announce children’s book character winners
SupDucks team up with DraftKings to create SlyCrocs collection
TreasureDAO completes $3.5M token sale fundraise
General News:
Christie’s introduces on-chain NFT auction house
Disney is hiring transaction lawyer for NFT and DeFi plans - The Block
hi launches first NFT-customizable credit card
Optimism NFTs now supported on OpenSea
Robinhood rolls out Web3 wallet beta on Polygon
Hedz by Matt Furie reached top 10 volume today, under the radar project by the creator of pepe the frog
https://opensea.io/collection/hedz-by-matt-furie
Hedz by Matt Furie reached top 10 volume today, under the radar project by the creator of pepe the frog
https://opensea.io/collection/hedz-by-matt-furie