An NFT Weekly Recap: 10/17–10/23 by Metaverse HQ
Monday/Tuesday 10/17
Autumn is in full swing as sports across globe kick off and this year more NFT projects are looking to capitalize than ever. NBA Top Shot’s Series 4 roadmap was released to skeptic optimism from fans. Meanwhile SoRare began the beta for their own fantasy basketball platform with a series of exciting auctions for player cards to use in contests.Volume was on the quieter side with very few projects seeing significant action outside of r0gs p0lls trading 200E across secondary markets. Opensea daily volume dipped again and closed the day at $9 million while ETH also took a slight hit and closed the day at $1300.
News:
- Hot on the heels of their successful Soccer NFT platform, SoRare opened their NBA NFT marketplace today in anticipation for the beginning of the NBA season. Currently all cards must be acquired via auction as they do not support pack openings at this time. https://twitter.com/SorareNBA/status/1582378206090231809
- NBA Top Shot released their roadmap for Series 4. In it they addressed collector concern due to oversupply and the introduction of more challenge types that should see a significant amount of excess moments burned during the season. https://twitter.com/nbatopshot/status/1582391814551916546
- The World of Women team announced that holders of WoW and WoWG’s can claim their ticket to the WoW Galactic Glamour event which will take place in Miami, Florida during the upcoming Art Basel exhibition. https://twitter.com/worldofwomennft/status/1582419271111835648
- Continuing their form after a slew of partnerships, Deadfellaz announced today that they are partnering with Sandbox to bring Deadfellaz avatars into their game. Deadfellz avatars are expected to go live on October 19. https://twitter.com/TheSandboxGame/status/1582280143850307586
- Due to some negative feedback recently faced, Opensea announced they will be retooling their native rarity tool, OpenRarity. Opensea users have expressed the rarity doesn’t match other tool’s rarity which has led to confusion when buying some NFTs. https://luckytrader.com/news/open-rarity-changes-to-be-discussed-thursday
Notable Mints:
- r0g p0ll, a project that gained traction over the past week via Twitter, stealth minted this morning at .005E. It minted out very quickly and saw sales on secondary from .015E — .04E before leveling off at .023E. The 10k collection ended the day with 2200 unique holders on 200E traded volume.. https://www.gem.xyz/collection/r0g-p0ll/
Wednesday 10/19
It was BLUR day, as the marketplace aggregator surprised the broader NFT landscape with an activity based airdrop, bringing a much needed stimmy to us “Bear Market” survivors. Nyolings continue to see steady floor movement as prices cruised through the .2E range, while this weeks Art Blocks Curated drop was another W for those that minted. DigiDaiGaku also saw a 200E sale on #1632. Opensea volume checked in just over $8 Million with ETH still holding above the $1250 range.
News:
- Happy BLUR day to all of MVHQ — the all-in-one aggregator and portfolio tool officially launched its marketplace today and airdropped care packages to all users based on marketplace activity over the past 6 months. Big shout out to MVHQ marketing team for spearheading BLUR from day 1 and bringing the cook home for everyone in MVHQ. Also see the writeup in # field reports from @ silvaserger on the details surrounding the airdrop.
- NFT Grifter, Beanie, made a surprise appearance on a Twitter Space event hosted by notable influencer @shillin_villian. This marked Beanies first appearance in months and one of the first since he was publicly doxed and called out for numerous rugs and foul play. https://twitter.com/ShiLLin_ViLLian/status/1582914505365131265?s=20&t=UcmCRtAmAQn-EWIWq0bUag
- Moonbirds announces a partnership with Infinite Objects for their upcoming Gold Nest reward. The collab will bring an animated digital frame to life in a free claim for all Gold Nest holders. https://twitter.com/moonbirds/status/1582840254473478144?s=20&t=wNHGUPYBg7v_EaDBaqYckg
- BAYC announces a merch collab with McBess and The Dudes that is set to launch on 10/26. The merch will be open to BAYC and MAYC holders with $APE being the only accepted form of payment. https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC/status/1582763964769136642?s=20&t=Jh2nwPlEkLfIDBV5gDTU2g
- Castaways teases a special airdrop for its top 10,000 players with more details coming in a Town Hall next week. https://twitter.com/castaways_gg/status/1582858549251960832?s=20&t=Szsotl9ouauxTxmA4csU4g
- OpenSea introduces a new analytics tabs for users which can be found on project collection pages https://opensea.io/collection/primitives-by-aranda-lasch/analytics
- Draftkings Reignmakers announced that all packs can now be purchased with a 10% discount. https://marketplace.draftkings.com/drops
- Bicycle Playing Cards also announced that the long time playing card company will be making BAYC themed Decks with plans to collab with other Ape holders. https://twitter.com/bicyclecards/status/1582795682447908870?s=20&t=517OLSfx9VyEJZ9Dn5udvg
Notable Mints:
- Art Blocks Curated: Primitives by Studio Aranda/Lasch sold out at in the .69E range and quickly caught traction with sales over 1E. Floors remained above .9E for most of the day and are currently sitting back in the .7E range on over 200E volume. https://opensea.io/collection/primitives-by-aranda-lasch
- Infamous sold out its 5555 supply collection at a .025 mint price. The collection saw over 200E in volume and currently sees its floor sitting at a cozy .08E. https://blur.io/collection/infamous-official
Thursday 10/20
Several successful mints with a little bit of news helped propel an overall positive day in MVHQ and around the space as a whole. X2Y2 launched new projects for its lending protocol while Top Shot sought to win back fan favor with an updated roadmap. Meanwhile the mints of the day, primarily Degenheim (.18E) and Non NFT (1.7E) provided wins for community members within MVHQ and around the space as a whole. Opensea stayed steady with $10 million in secondary volume on the day while ETH took a dip to end the day at $1285.
News:
- X2Y2 today launched four new collections including Moonbirds and Azuki Beans among others, to their NFT Lending platform. The platform is a peer-to-peer service that connects users to agree on loan amount, interest rate, and other factors before lending the NFT for an ETH loan. https://twitter.com/the_x2y2/status/1583070962555097089
- Hot on the heels of Blurs big airdrop announcement, Mintify announced a raise of $1.6 million to develop a trading platform and terminal for pro traders. https://twitter.com/evanvar/status/1583068055411855361?s=20&t=xEDdo7awQybRC4SmBX81gw
- Warner Brothers teased they will be releasing a series of NFTs geared around The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings. https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1583145284628254721?s=20&t=FLqc6yJKYGLmZQA8TR55uw
- 10KTF made a discord announcement today delaying the redemption period for the physical Kagami and Comfy Hoodie physicals. No other timetable was given at this time for NFT redemption. https://luckytrader.com/nft/10ktf-kagami/news/10-ktf-kagami-token-redemption-delayed
- Everyone’s first love, Top Shot, published a press release today detailing changes coming to their Series 4 drops. Of note pack drops will be a different experience with the introduction of RSVPs and guaranteed higher tier rarities in certain packs. https://blog.nbatopshot.com/posts/nba-top-shot-packs-drops-2022-23?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=content_nbats_s4-roadmap&utm_content=series-4-roadmap&utm_term=announcement
- 10KTF and WAGMI-san teased the addition of three new collections to the 10KTF crafting ecosystem. Deadfellaz, Chimpers, and Renga were shown in sneak peeks on body armor that accompanied tweets from WAGMI-san reflecting on the current storyline. https://twitter.com/10KTFshop/status/1583231587847737345
Notable Mints:
- Degenheim minted it’s main collection of 7777 NFTs this morning at .08E each after a rocky start and a delay. They minted out in their second phase of WL, despite having seemingly removed some of their collaboration whitelisted addresses, causing uproar within the community. The collection currently holds a floor of .18E with 700E vol. Traded on secondary, while amassing 4800 unique holders. https://www.gem.xyz/collection/degenheim-nft/
- Non NFTS, a collaboration between Moxarra, neurocolor, and XCopy, stealth minted today after being dropped in the XCopy discord. MVHQ missed the mint but was able to find it early on secondary, where many members were able to trade into momentum and secure big wins. Congrats MVHQ! The 666 collection minted at .1E before quickly running to 2E on secondary and pulling back to settle at 1.7E currently. The collection has 250E traded on secondary. https://www.gem.xyz/collection/non-nft/
Weekend Recap 10/21–10/23
Weekend volume hit a new local low with closings under $8 million for both Saturday and Sunday, but that still didn’t stop a relative buzz in the air with some pockets of activity. StreetMachine led the charge with its much anticipated reveal on almost 500E in volume. A big congrats to the Ramble Rouser himself RyanH for pulling a super sexy 1/1.
Starcatchers also saw nice action on rumors of a potential buyout or leadership change, while OtherDeeds find themselves treading some water after a large dump occurred when LooksRare changed its listing rewards. Lastly, a big congratulations to JJ for pulling down a huge $20,000 payday playing Reignmakers on Sunday. ETH ping-ponged as prices briefly touched under $1300 only to bounce back into its current $1330 range.
News:
- Azuki held its Golden Skateboard Auction and awarded eight skateboards to the highest bidders, making them the most expensive skateboards ever purchased. The top bid was awarded to Dingaling and will receive the Dragon Emblem Skateboard for a cool 309E. https://twitter.com/AzukiOfficial/status/1584010430703620098?s=20&t=594EiLcCpZQ4ZQBQTZudUA
- Nickelodeon announces Season 2 of its NFTs with Zime and Real Monsters packs dropping on November 7th for $50 each. The launch will be open to all RECUR pass and Season 1 NFT holders. https://twitter.com/nickelodeon_nft/status/1583473964327714816?s=20&t=YmbdSUOJP9ke8wNqojZJfw
- VeeFriends and Rolling Loud, a hip-hop music festival, announce a partnership. The festival plans to launch its NFT project called LoudPunx which will act as the first set of lifetime collectible memberships to their music festivals. https://twitter.com/veefriends/status/1583506959604789251?s=20&t=YmbdSUOJP9ke8wNqojZJfw
- Coinbase NFT has partnered up with the New York Knicks to create a collection of 1/1 NFTs. https://twitter.com/Coinbase_NFT/status/1583529317803651072?s=20&t=1_PT_V2f1DtIewIFFvzfdA
- BLUR has officially taken over Gem and Sudoswap marketplaces to become the largest NFT aggregator by volume. https://twitter.com/blur_io/status/1583608757690372096?s=20&t=qfvFCzqI3DA9nZQVuyBsKg
- Opensea launches a new educational hub for users with its Learn Center https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1583512331895853056?s=20&t=G-r4Qm22I-oQ_0_hPi0NmA
- The 10KTF Kagami Redemption is now open for all eligible holders to claim their tokens. Claim window will be open through 10/31. https://twitter.com/10KTFshop/status/1583609747944587264?s=20&t=4D1p3dpXfkXo1O0q-vCKhA
- 3Landers have launched new merchandise, open to the public but with a 15% discount for all holders. https://twitter.com/3LandersNFT/status/1583518686735761408?s=20&t=NNjrKpExUUFZEBv86NhO1A
- Degenheim announces that the project will refund those who were on their Allowlist but were unable to mint. https://twitter.com/degenheim/status/1583834632583516161?s=20&t=594EiLcCpZQ4ZQBQTZudUA