- CryptoPunks had the most trading volume on OpenSea in July
- Otherdeed, the Bored Ape Yacht Club land NFT collection, become the fastest NFT collection to reach $1 billion in sales volume in July
The Web3 world this week saw a collaboration between luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. and the CryptoPunks collection, while Solana-focused NFT marketplace Magic Eden added support for Ethereum tokens hours before a major Solana hot wallet hack.
בלאָקוואָרקס ריקיפּס אנדערע נאָוטאַבאַל מעשיות וואָס געכאפט די אויגן פון די וועב3 וואַך.
Muse music goes on-chain
British rock band Muse’s upcoming new album will be released as a limited-edition NFT (non-fungible token) on the Polygon-powered platform Serenade, ווי געמאלדן by The Guardian. “Will of the People” is Muse’s ninth studio album, scheduled to be released on Aug. 26.
Serenade allows music fans to use their Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets to trade and collect NFTs tied to limited edition digital collectibles and digital pressings. Digital pressings, Serenade founder Max Shand explained, “provide full length audio and unique artwork, paired with unlockable rewards and a list of first owners that publicly tie fans to the artists and releases they love.”
“It’s premium vinyl for the web,” ער טוועעטעד.
Back in 2020, Muse also worked with Dapper Lab’s CryptoKitties project to create digital collectibles.
Muse’s NFT-bundled album is the first new format to be added to the UK’s Official Charts Company (OCC) charts in the UK and Australia. And it’s the first release on the OCC where the vendor, in this case Serenade, is approved as a chart return digital retailer, meaning sales on the platform contribute to official numbers.
NFT Worlds takes the ‘N,’ ‘F,’ ‘T’ out of Minecraft
Microsoft-owned Mojang, the game studio behind the massively popular Minecraft, recently באַשלאָסן to ban blockchain technology and NFTs on the title.
The move disrupted NFT and token integrations built by Web3 based game platforms such as NFT Worlds. The team’s associated token, WRLD, immediately tanked about 65%.
NFT Worlds אפגערופן by creating its own game and platform based on many of the core mechanics of Minecraft, and they named it Miecra — having removed the letters that make up “NFT” from the name of its inspiration.
“This is not a rewrite of some open source Minecraft clone, which likely would violate the EULA [end-user license agreement] or still risk legal action, this is entirely from the ground up. This transition will additionally come with a public facing brand identity change that is more player friendly,” tweeted the company, adding, “this is a web2 vs web3 battle.”
The updated WRLD tokenomics white paper אַוטליינז how the startup will incentivize participants to keep playing, while increasing the utility value of their digital assets as they build up reputations as players, creators or builders in the game world.
Source: https://blockworks.co/web3-watch-muse-to-release-nft-album-and-lens-protocol-talks-nfts/