Aleksei ◱ ◱ (@solimir) • Hey
Crypto enthusiast and NFT collector
Publications
- OpenSea Launches OpenSea Pro
[OpenSea Launches OpenSea Pro, Courting Professional NFT Traders](https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/04/04/opensea-launches-opensea-pro-courting-professional-nft-traders/)
As part of the launch, marketplace fees will return to the main OpenSea platform at 2.5%, while Pro users will have zero fees.
- Unique Buyers Per Day
- Vitalik Buterin Has an NFT Collection? Quadratic Funding Drop Pulls In Millions
[Vitalik Buterin Has an NFT Collection? Quadratic Funding Drop Pulls In Millions - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/123003/vitalik-buterin-nft-collection-quadratic-funding-drop-pulls-millions)
Surprised NFT traders are flocking to the project, which includes hand-signed documents from the Ethereum creator.
- TSM and Avalanche to Bring Web3 Features to 30 Million Gamers
[TSM and Avalanche to Bring Web3 Features to 30 Million Gamers](https://medium.com/avalancheavax/tsm-and-avalanche-to-bring-web3-features-to-30-million-gamers-cd73bd00d7d9)
Professional esports leader TSM and competitive gaming app Blitz will leverage Avalanche’s industry leading blockchain technology.
- Animoca-backed Forkast Labs creates S&P 500 of NFTs
[Animoca-backed Forkast Labs creates S&P 500 of NFTs](https://www.theblock.co/post/217290/animoca-backed-forkast-labs-creates-sp-500-of-nfts)
The Forkast 500 NFT will be the flagship index, powered by billions of on-chain data points indexed, organized and updated in real-time.
- NFTs: Amazon to launch its platform on April 24
[NFTs: Amazon to launch its platform on April 24](https://en.thebigwhale.io/article/nfts-amazon-lancera-sa-plateforme-le-24-avril)
Exclusive. The American giant is getting ready to sell NFTs on its website. About fifteen collections will be available from the launch.
- Ethereum NFT Marketplace Monthly Volume
- Decentralized music platform Audius names Sirius XM/Pandora exec as chief business officer
[Decentralized music platform Audius names Sirius XM/Pandora exec as chief business officer](https://www.theblock.co/post/216323/decentralized-music-platform-audius-names-sirius-xm-pandora-exec-as-chief-business-officer)
In the newly created position, Ranasinghe will oversee the company’s relationship with the music industry, take a lead role on innovation and develop reporting, analytics, and other tools to help make artists, labels and rightsholders successful.
- Figment Capital seeks $50 million for second venture fund: source
[Figment Capital seeks $50 million for second venture fund: source](https://www.theblock.co/post/216243/figment-capital-seeks-50-million-for-second-venture-fund-source)
Figment Capital, a crypto investment firm and a subsidiary of staking infrastructure provider Figment, is launching its second fund.
- Game Engine Unity Adds Verified Web3 Toolbox for MetaMask, Solana, Dapper Labs
[Game Engine Unity Adds Verified Web3 Toolbox for MetaMask, Solana, Dapper Labs - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/122404/game-engine-unity-adds-verified-web3-toolbox-for-metamask-solana-dapper-labs)
The 3D gaming tech company is highlighting Web3 tools to encourage adoption by its massive game developer community.
- Fujitsu and Mitsubishi look to create Japanese 'metaverse economic zone'
[Fujitsu and Mitsubishi look to create Japanese 'metaverse economic zone'](https://www.theblock.co/post/215318/fujitsu-and-mitsubishi-look-to-create-japanese-metaverse-economic-zone)
Mizuho will provide infrastructure for "metaverse coins" and Mitsubishi will give capacity for "web3-type metaverse financial functions."
- Electronic Arts Founder Trip Hawkins Is Now Making NFT Games
[Electronic Arts Founder Trip Hawkins Is Now Making NFT Games - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/122119/electronic-arts-trip-hawkins-nft-games)
EA founder Trip Hawkins has joined Games for a Living to help create NFT and token-fueled video games, starting with Elemental Raiders.
- Coinbase Drops Free Ethereum NFT via Zora to Mark Base Network Launch
The free NFT has become Ethereum's biggest gas guzzler with 24,000+ editions minted, and flippers are already finding eager buyers.
[Coinbase Drops Free Ethereum NFT via Zora to Mark Base Network Launch - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/122034/coinbase-free-ethereum-nft-base)
The free NFT has become Ethereum's biggest gas guzzler with 24,000+ editions minted, and flippers are already finding eager buyers.
- Web3 Music Streaming Platform Audius Integrates TikTok
[Web3 Music Streaming Platform Audius Integrates TikTok](https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/02/23/web3-music-streaming-platform-audius-integrates-tiktok/)
Audius users can sign up for the application with their TikTok profiles and use the streaming service’s songs in their videos on the social-media platform.
- Spotify Is Testing Token-Enabled Music Playlists
[Spotify Is Testing Token-Enabled Music Playlists](https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/02/23/spotify-is-testing-token-enabled-music-playlists/)
The pilot is currently only available for Android users in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
- BlackRock Starts Metaverse-Themed ETF Despite Waning Investor Interest
[BlackRock Starts Metaverse-Themed ETF Despite Waning Investor Interest](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/22/blackrock-starts-metaverse-themed-etf-despite-waning-investor-interest/)
Meta, Apple and Nvidia are top holdings for the exchange-traded fund.
- Blocto crypto wallet closes Series A round at an $80 million valuation
[Blocto crypto wallet closes Series A round at an $80 million valuation](https://www.theblock.co/post/213890/blocto-crypto-wallet-closes-series-a-round-at-an-80-million-valuation)
Mark Cuban-backed Blocto's previous investors include Animoca Brands, 500 Global and Alameda Research.
- Asiff Hirji steps in as MoonPay president and COO amid top-level reshuffle
[Asiff Hirji steps in as MoonPay president and COO amid top-level reshuffle](https://www.theblock.co/post/213338/asiff-hirji-moonpay-president-coo)
It's unclear what role the company's current COO, Jim Esposito, who joined in July, will now take.
- Arbitrum surpasses Ethereum mainnet in daily transactions 💪💪💪
- Australian Crypto Gaming Firm Immutable Cuts Staff By 11%: Report
[Australian Crypto Gaming Firm Immutable Cuts Staff By 11%: Report](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/22/australian-crypto-gaming-firm-immutable-cuts-staff-by-11-report/)
The CEO blaming the lay-offs on a need to maximise how long its cash reserves will last.
- Lens Protocol growth in the last two weeks has been insane. But still so early.
- Mastercard payments only? That's no longer a problem for crypto natives in Australia and New Zealand
[Mastercard payments only? That's no longer a problem for crypto natives in Australia and New Zealand](https://www.theblock.co/post/213529/mastercard-payments-only-thats-no-longer-a-problem-for-crypto-natives-in-australia-and-new-zealand)
Immersve has partnered with Mastercard to enable consumers in the two countries to spend crypto wherever Mastercard payments are accepted online.
- NFT Royalties —Villan-Speculators or Villan-Marketers? Efficient Marketing Hypothesis (EMH)
[NFT Royalties —Villan-Speculators or Villan-Marketers? Efficient Marketing Hypothesis (EMH)](https://theogoodman.medium.com/nft-royalties-villan-speculators-or-villan-marketers-efficient-marketing-hypothesis-emh-905a783b207d)
In the frenzy of the 2021 bull run countless artists, musicians and creatives were onboarded to various NFT platforms. Some of the…
- Ordinals Litecoin fork took one week and was ‘quite simple,’ says creator
[Ordinals Litecoin fork took one week and was ‘quite simple,’ says creator](https://cointelegraph.com/news/ordinals-litecoin-fork-took-one-week-and-was-quite-simple-says-creator)
An Australian developer that forked the Bitcoin Ordinals protocol to Litecoin and minted the first ever Ordinal on the blockchain said he was motivated to create the fork because of a monetary bounty posted on Twitter.
- Proof Collective Cancels Conference, Ruffling Moonbirds NFT Holders
[Proof Collective Cancels Conference, Ruffling Moonbirds NFT Holders - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/121769/proof-cancels-conference-moonbirds-nft)
Some Moonbirds holders aren’t accepting Proof CEO Kevin Rose’s apologies as they unstake their NFTs following news of the canceled event.
- Layer 2 Community Grants Winners
[Layer 2 Community Grants Winners | Ethereum Foundation Blog](https://blog.ethereum.org/2023/02/14/layer-2-grants-roundup)
- Blur surpasses $100m in nft volume over 24 hours
- New YouTube CEO Is Bullish on Web3 Tech Like NFTs and the Metaverse
[New YouTube CEO Is Bullish on Web3 Tech Like NFTs and the Metaverse - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/121715/new-youtube-ceo-neal-mohan-web3-nfts-metaverse)
Neal Mohan has said that NFTs could enable “creators to build deeper relationships with their fans.”
- This metaverse is reshaping GameFi and Web3 gaming
[This metaverse is reshaping GameFi and Web3 gaming](https://cointelegraph.com/news/this-metaverse-is-reshaping-gamefi-and-web3-gaming)
The Undeads metaverse introduces a player-driven economy based on collecting and trading NFT items while engaging in traditional catchy survival gameplay
- Yield Guild Games raising $75 million venture fund to double down on web3 gaming
[Yield Guild Games raising $75 million venture fund to double down on web3 gaming](https://www.theblock.co/post/212770/yield-guild-games-ygg-ventures-fund-75-million-web3-gaming)
Yield Guild Games (YGG), a top web3 gaming guild based in Asia, is entering the venture capital space and raising $75 million for its first fund.
- OpenSea Drops Fees, Cuts Creator Royalty Protections as Rival Blur Rises
[OpenSea Drops Fees, Cuts Creator Royalty Protections as Rival Blur Rises - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/121638/opensea-drops-fees-royalty-protections-blur-rises)
OpenSea will only mandate an 0.5% royalty fee for projects without on-chain enforcement, but allow sellers to pay more if they choose.
- Who's Eligible for Stepn's Latest Token Airdrop?
[Who's Eligible for Stepn's Latest Token Airdrop? - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/121611/whos-eligible-stepn-latest-token-airdrop)
The popular "move-to-earn" NFT application STEPN is rolling out another airdrop. But who’s eligible?
- BLUR vs OpenSea Week Volume
- Phi Raises $2M Seed Round ◱ ◱
[Phi Raises $2M Seed Round ◱ ◱](https://medium.com/@phi.xyz/phi-raises-2m-seed-round-65e24d1833fb)
We’re proud to announce that Phi raised a $2M seed round to build a “Social gaming onboarding platform for the web3 ecosystem” led by…
- eBay NFT platform KnownOrigin launches creator smart contract
[eBay NFT platform KnownOrigin launches creator smart contract](https://cointelegraph.com/news/ebay-nft-platform-knownorigin-launches-creator-smart-contract)
The platform was acquired by eBay last June.
- Web3 tooling startup Nefta raises seed round at $32.5 million valuation
[Web3 tooling startup Nefta raises seed round at $32.5 million valuation](https://www.theblock.co/post/212432/web3-tooling-startup-nefta-raises-seed-round-at-32-5-million-valuation)
Nefta, a web3 infrastructure startup focused on gaming and entertainment sectors, raised $5 million in a seed funding round.
- Blur Advises NFT Creators to Block OpenSea in Royalties Battle
[Blur Advises NFT Creators to Block OpenSea in Royalties Battle - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/121450/blur-advises-nft-creators-to-block-opensea-in-royalties-battle)
Riding high on the success of its BLUR token airdrop, the marketplace announced a policy change amounting to open war with its major rival.
- Sony Teams Up With Astar Network for Web3 Incubation Program
[Sony Teams Up With Astar Network for Web3 Incubation Program](https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/02/17/sony-teams-up-with-astar-network-for-web3-incubation-program/)
Sony Network Communications hopes the program will explore "how blockchain technology can solve various problems in their industry."
- What is the Collab.Land token?
The token claim will begin on February 23, 2023
https://wagmi.collab.land/
[Collab.Land | WAGMI](https://wagmi.collab.land/)
Collab.Land
- Hong Kong Successfully Offered Inaugural $100M Tokenized Green Bond
[Hong Kong Successfully Offered Inaugural $100M Tokenized Green Bond](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/02/16/hong-kong-successfully-offered-inaugural-100m-tokenized-green-bond/)
Hong Kong's central bank had been exploring tokenization of green bonds since at least 2021.
- Aura Network raised $4M in Pre-Series A funding round led by Hashed and Coin98
[Aura Network raised $4M in Pre-Series A funding round led by Hashed and Coin98](https://www.theblock.co/post/211621/aura-network-raised-4m-in-pre-series-a-funding-round-led-by-hashed-and-coin98)
Aura Network kicks off 2023 with a $4M fundraising round led by Hashed and Coin98. Against the market backdrop, Aura Network is gathering momentum ready to take over the year ahead.
- BNB Chain Tech Roadmap 2023
[BNB Chain Tech Roadmap 2023](https://binance.org/en/blog/bnb-chain-tech-roadmap-2023/)
2022 saw a massive year of growth and development on BNB Chain across five key pillars: performance, scalability, security, decentralization, and infrastructure. In 2023 we set forth an ambitious agenda of continued growth and development for BNB Chain.
- NFT Marketplace Wars: Blur Tells Users to Ban OpenSea
[NFT Marketplace Wars: Blur Tells Users to Ban OpenSea](https://nftnow.com/news/nft-marketplace-wars-blur-tells-users-to-ban-opensea/)
A new age in the royalty wars is upon us. In a blog post published today, NFT marketplace Blur encourages users to ban OpenSea.
- Napster buys web3 music startup Mint Songs
[Napster buys web3 music startup Mint Songs](https://www.theblock.co/post/211658/napster-buys-web3-music-startup-mint-songs)
Streaming service Napster is buying Mint Songs as it expands its web3 presence.
- Ordinals Gain Momentum With 76,000 NFTs Minted to Bitcoin
[Ordinals Gain Momentum With 76,000 NFTs Minted to Bitcoin - Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/121243/ordinals-gain-momentum-with-76000-nfts-minted-to-bitcoin)
While the community remains divided, Ordinals has taken the Bitcoin ecosystem by storm.
- Siemens issues first digital bond on blockchain
[Siemens issues
first digital bond on blockchain](https://press.siemens.com/global/en/pressrelease/siemens-issues-first-digital-bond-blockchain)
First digital bond on a public blockchain in accordance with Germany’s Electronic Securities Act (eWpG)
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- Solana’s Long-form Generative Art Platform
[Code Canvas | Exchange Art](https://exchange.art/codecanvas/nfts)
Solana’s Long-form Generative Art Platform
- **Yasai Lens Festival**
Campaign Period: **7th Feb 2023 12:00 AM UTC - 21st Feb 2023 12:00 AM UTC**
https://quest.philand.xyz/campaign/lens-yasai
#Yasai