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Avant Arte marketplace and Yuga Labs collaborate to release two limited edition prints bringing 10,000 CryptoPunks into the physical world. Elsewhere, Pfizer-backed decentralized organization VitaDAO, launches biotech company Matrix Bio. Hong Kong explores potential digital currency, e-HKD, while crypto infrastructure MoonPay introduces a new feature called Swaps.

CryptoPunks, the iconic NFT project that jumpstarted the NFT art movement, is releasing an official book this winter detailing its impact on decentralized digital art collecting. Partnering with Yuga Labs and Zak Group, the book explores the 10,000 Ethereum avatars’ artwork and their significance on the industry.

“Matt Kane, celebrated digital artist and software developer, has reshaped the creative industry through blockchain technology, using it to put forth innovative digital artwork. His work dips into understanding identity through art, marking a dramatic transformation in the digital art space and the unbounded potential of blockchain.”

“Yuga Labs’ CEO Daniel Alegre critiques Meta’s interpretation of the ‘metaverse,’ which he believes fell short of user expectations. He highlights platforms like World of Warcraft and Fortnite that successfully built engaging metaverses, compared to Meta’s unremarkable Horizon Worlds. Alegre explains the importance of user community input in shaping successful metaverse projects and the divergent, evolving roles of nonfungible tokens (NFTs).”

“Influencers Ricky “FaZe Banks” Bengston, Nordan “FaZe Rain” Shat, and Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag are leveraging Friend.tech, a social token platform on the Base network. The platform enables users to trade “keys” tied to their Twitter accounts for exclusive access to group chats, earning a percent of sale in ETH. The platform has seen 1.1 million keys traded in over 935,000 transactions.”

“A recent report shows a 41% fall in NFT trading volume in Q2 of 2023, indicating a possible dwindle in interest. Despite this downturn, Polygon NFTs have shone. The aviation industry is also exploring blockchain, with Etihad Airways planning a Web3 loyalty program. While downturns can bring uncertainty, they also promise evolution and future possibilities in the digital realm.”

“Beeple, famed for creating an NFT that fetched $69 million, made his first profile-picture (PFP) NFT purchase—CryptoPunk #4593—for about $208,463. Highlighting the intricate dance of digital asset ownership, art, identity, and, increasingly, history, this acquisition holds a compelling narrative for the future of digital asset ownership and blockchain technology’s evolution.”

Yuga Labs, known for nurturing the Bored Ape Yacht Club phenomenon, plans to acquire Roar Studios, aiming to enhance social experiences in its Otherside metaverse. With Roar’s technology and leadership, Yuga Labs seeks to become a convergence point for its intellectual properties, fostering creativity, social interaction, and introducing grand live demonstrations.

Yuga Labs, parent company of The Bored Ape Yacht Club, is creating a gamified virtual universe that integrates its NFT brands. Amid skepticism resulting from a declining NFT market, the firm is seeking to ease fears through “short-term experiences” and demo sessions in its ambitious metaverse project, Otherside, which managed a trading volume of $1.1 billion since April 2022.

“Web3 infrastructure firm Co:Create is launching an application on Shopify, utilizing Ethereum sidechain Polygon, to allow enterprises to implement blockchain-powered loyalty and rewards programs. This approach leverages non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and gamified experiences for deeper brand-customer engagement and digital ownership rights.”

“Interactive Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are changing the game for sports memorabilia, with digital-first approach providing accessibility to fans worldwide. Partnerships between sports icons, digital artists and sports organizations give birth to unique blends of sports data and digital art, while still questioning how to effectively display digital art.”

“Blue-chip nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have emerged as high value crypto assets, mirroring blue-chip stocks. Successful investment requires deep market knowledge, due diligence, and careful maneuvering. Risks include potential fraud, uncertain legislation, and intellectual property violations; mitigated by research, diversification, and market awareness.”

The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) initiated a unique recruitment campaign by launching an NFT collection to attract crypto and Web3 experts. The campaign featured a “blockchain challenge,” emphasizing the importance of staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and attracting young talents in the intelligence sector.

Web3 game developers should focus on creating games, characters, and intellectual property that people love, minting NFTs based on these rather than inventing technical use cases. NFT value is derived from association with artists, brands or assets; therefore, brand building should be prioritised over utility building.

Kraken is set to launch its NFT Marketplace on the Polygon network, featuring over 250 collections and zero trading fees. The integration aims to ensure ultra-fast and efficient performance in the NFT space, attracting artists and enthusiasts.

Nike’s NFT platform, “.Swoosh,” integrates with EA Sports games, while GameStop partners with Web3 gaming project Illuvium for an NFT collection called Illuvitars. These developments show NFTs’ growing impact across industries and their potential to transform how we interact with digital assets. However, risks and skepticism around emerging technologies remain.

0xDEAFBEEF’s unique NFT project “Entropy” features generative audiovisual art that degrades in quality every time it’s traded, challenging the concept of permanence in digital art. This intriguing twist raises questions about an NFT’s value and the impact of ownership history on collectibility.

Multichain NFT protocol Holograph unveils “KilroyPunk,” blending “blue chip” NFTs with iconic memes. The collaboration with California-based artist Eric Elms explores rich visual and conceptual history of NFT art while adopting a multichain approach to digital collectibles, supporting Ethereum, Polygon, Avalanche, BNB Chain, and Optimism. This advancement addresses issues such as high gas fees and asset limitations in single blockchains.

The inaugural MetaCannes Festival highlights the Film3 movement, which utilizes Web3 technologies to empower minorities and underrepresented voices in the traditional film industry. By embracing decentralized financing methods like NFTs, Film3 aims to give more power to creators throughout a movie’s lifecycle, revolutionizing the way we experience cinema.

In a recent interview, entrepreneur and crypto enthusiast Gary Vaynerchuk discussed the current state of the NFT market, comparing it to collectible sports cards and stuffed animals. Despite concerns like market oversaturation and regulatory uncertainty, Vaynerchuk remains optimistic about the future of NFTs, as the technology’s application extends to art, sports, and entertainment industries.

NFT marketplace Blur introduced Blend, a lending platform that has reached over 100,000 ETH ($181 million) in total volume in just 17 days. Blend allows users to take out Ethereum loans using NFTs as collateral, contributing to the emerging “NFTfi” niche and further boosting Blur’s prominence.

The ApeCoin DAO community approved AIP-209, launching an Accelerator to support the incubation of projects using ApeCoin tokens. Aiming to strengthen the ApeCoin ecosystem, Ape Accelerator involves the community as initiators, voters, and participants, focusing on projects to improve the value of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection and other ApeCoin-utilizing initiatives.