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Azuki’s Aesthetic Agitation ❓

Dear Bankless Nation,

Azuki released its 3rd NFT collection this week. 

When the art revealed, many folks were shocked as it’s essentially identical to the original Azuki collection. 

Many went into the drop expecting Pokemon-like companions set in the Azuki universe. Instead, the Azuki supply seemingly just ballooned from 10k NFTs to 30k NFTs with no warning. 

Some better framing and communication would’ve gone a long way here, so the episode’s a stark reminder that transparency and clear expectations are the best ways to maintain trust in the world of NFTs. 

We’ll see how Azuki recovers from here. In the meantime thanks for reading everyone, let’s get to this week’s roundup. Have a great weekend ✌️

-WMP

📊 The big picture

Over the past week, the floor-based market cap of the NFT space grew from 7.62 million ETH to 7.91 million ETH for a 3.8% gain. 

🔝 7D top collections by volume

📰 General news

🏆 Digital collectibles

🎨 Cryptoart & music

🎮 Decentralized gaming

🌐 Virtual worlds

🪙 NFTfi

🎆 Mint spotlight: Rainbow Zorb Energy

Another Zorb Network free mint opportunity, this week via the Rainbow wallet team. If you’re looking to do some pioneering on the new NFT L2, grabbing onchain memorabilia like this is easy and something you can always point back to, i.e. “I was there.” Plus holding this special edition Zorb (a.k.a. Zora’s mascot) will unlock a special edition Rainbow app icon 🌈

🙇 New insightful threads to level up your web3 knowledge!

1. Hunter Solaire on the Ether mint 🔥

2. MetaStreet on how to airdrop farm in NFTfi 🪙  

3. tycoon.eth on how to prove you own an NFT onchain ✅ 

✨ My NFT tool of the week: Mirror’s Writing NFTs 2.0

Mirror is a web3 publishing platform. Think Medium, but on a combo of Ethereum + Optimism + Arweave. Take note, because this week Mirror just unveiled a series of new updates that doubled down on its Writing NFT experience, like a new custom covers functionality, open editions, and secondary markets. If you’re interested in publishing more of your writings as NFTs for posterity, then be sure to check these new additions out. 

😜 The Azuki Elementals reveal just caused quite a stir…

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Not financial or tax advice. This newsletter is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This newsletter is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research.

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