Metaversal is a Bankless newsletter for weekly level-ups on NFTs, virtual worlds, & collectibles
Dear Bankless Nation,
Memecoins here, memecoins there, memecoins everywhere 😵💫
No kidding, amid the ongoing memecoin boom on Ethereum around 21% of the total ETH burned to date has come from over just the past seven days alone!
That said, yes, a good bit of the air has been sucked out of the room for NFTs right now as a tremendous amount of attention has rotated to the shiny new things on the blockchain.
We’ll see how long this craze lasts. For now though, let’s get you caught up on the past week in NFTs. Have a great weekend everyone!✌️
-WMP
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This week the market cap of NFTs dropped from 8.09 million ETH to 7.86 million ETH, or $14.93B USD, for a decline of nearly 3%. The outflow here’s hardly surprising considering how memecoins like $PEPE and $TURBO have been dominating the cryptoeconomy’s attention cycles — and trading action — in recent days.
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Treasure welcomed Spark Defense, a hero-driven MOBA defense game, to its ecosystem.
This week artist and data scientist Chainleft dropped Chaos Roads, an innovative, fully onchain NFT collection that uses the Ethereum Virtual Machine to create “runtime art” that consists of visual paintings, music, and poetry all at once. The series has achieved a number of technical firsts, and it also employed an unprecedented technique for extremely efficient onchain storage. Take note, then, because this approach and technique will be emulated by more projects going forward!
1. Elena on the rise and fall of $WSB.
2. Jack Butcher on the format of the new Opepen drops.
3. MetaStreet on the design of the upcoming MetaStreet v2 protocol.
4. TylerD on Sports Illustrated’s new NFT ticketing solution on Polygon.
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William M. Peaster is a professional writer and creator of Metaversal—a Bankless newsletter focused on the emergence of NFTs in the cryptoeconomy. He’s also recently been contributing content to Bankless, JPG, and beyond!
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