Animoca Brands-Backed Game ‘Wreck League’ Puts Bored Apes Into the Storyline
The new game, launching in the next few weeks, will allow players to assemble giant robotic characters using collectible NFT parts.
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Reddit Returns With New NFTs and Crypto Twitter Leaves Threads on Read
Reddit launched Gen 4 of its NFT Collectible Avatars while Amazon expanded its blockchain tools. Also, crypto influencers shared thoughts on Threads and indicated that they aren’t ready to leave Twitter just yet.
Meta Aims to Recharge Lagging Horizon Worlds Metaverse With New In-House Game Studio
The struggling platform reported losses of $3.7 billion in the second quarter, though CEO Mark Zuckerberg remains “fully committed” to the metaverse and AI.
Yuga Labs Hopes to Rile Up Its Bored Apes With Latest Otherside Demo
The Web3 company has been laser-focused on building out its Otherside metaverse this past year. The latest live demo in Los Angeles hopes to revive interest among its forgotten Bored Ape community.
Suku May Beat Musk to Crypto Twitter Payment Adoption
Last week, Web3 wallet Suku teamed up with Polygon to release a free open-edition NFT collection – during which users minted over 50,000 NFTs on Twitter.
Reddit Brings In Good Karma With Gen 4 Collectible NFT Avatars
The latest release of colorful interpretations of the platform’s “Snoo” character is titled “Retro Reimagined.”
OpenSea’s New Deal, McNuggets Land in the Metaverse
This week, OpenSea introduced “Deals,” allowing NFT collectors to trade directly with one another and McDonald’s launched McNugget Land in The Sandbox, inviting users to interact with pixelated nuggets and play mini-games.
Tokenized Collectibles Platform Americana Is Bringing High-End Physical Items On-Chain
Backed by Alexis Ohanian and OpenSea, the newly-launched platform has created blockchain-based solutions for several pain points associated with buying and selling high-end physical collectibles.
Google Plays Nice With NFTs, Starbucks Puts Ex-MLB Star’s NFT Project on Deck
This week, Google made a big shift in their policy towards NFTs, allowing apps in the Google Play store to include the ability to buy, sell or earn tokenized assets. Meanwhile, Starbucks Odyssey, the brand’s Web3 loyalty program, announced their next Stamp would be “designed by Aku,” the NFT character launched by former LA Dodgers player-turned-artist Micah Johnson. In other news, Snoop Doog and a16z-backed decentralized music venture Sound announced a $20 million funding round and we got another “phygital” sneaker drop.
Hip-Hop Collab Teams PUMA, Roc Nation and Legitimate for Sneaker Release
The three models of sneakers celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop and each one has an NFC chip owners can scan to access exclusive music content.