Dear HackerNoon Nation,
Itās that time of year again!
Like many people, youāre probably already starting to get holiday gift ideas together for the loved ones in your life.
Maybe you have a relative or close friend whoās curious about NFTs, and you want to help them dive in deeper. Where to begin?
Here, my recommended starter combo would be a little bit of ETH, a Ledger hardware wallet, and an inexpensive NFT for playing around with. Keep it simple, right?
The ETH + Ledger will help them get straight into self-custody and prepare for their first transactions and mints.
The NFT (of which there are many you can buy for less than 0.01Ī each on OpenSea) will give them a low-stakes digital collectible they can practice viewing, listing, and so forth.
Youāve still got plenty of time to get your gift plans in order, though! For now, letās catch you up on notable NFT headlines from this week. Thanks for reading everyone āļø
-WMP
š£ General NFT News
- BanklessĀ introduced the Bankless Market for its digital collectibles releases:
- ENS DAOĀ voted for aĀ
new endowment fund manager .
- Genie, the NFT marketplace aggregator, is stillĀ
planning an airdrop .
- Linagee Name Registrar, the first NFT project on Ethereum, has anĀ
updated resolver contract .
- Magic Eden, the popular Solana NFT marketplace,Ā
added support for Polygon .
- Quix, the first NFT marketplace on the Optimism L2, is transitioning toĀ
being open source .
š Digital Collectibles
- ApeCoin DAOĀ launched aĀ
bespoke marketplace Ā for Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs.
- DoodlesĀ saw aĀ
Devil Rainbow Puke Doodle Ā sell for 50 ETH, the highest Doodle sale in five months.
- MoonbirdsĀ migratedĀ
on-chain .
šØ Cryptoart
- Art of this Millenium (AOTM)Ā gallery launched and announced itsĀ
initial roster of artists .
- Nick KruderĀ releasedĀ
Zibaldone , a generative and collaborative glyph-based series, on Foundation.
- Vinnie HagarĀ is releasing a digital collectibles drop through Instagram:
š® Decentralized Gaming
- Axie InfinityĀ just kicked off theĀ
Saigon testnet Ā for the Ronin sidechain.-
Axie Origins: Season 2Ā is introducingĀ
new gameplay mechanics , too.
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- AavegotchiDAOĀ voted to create a new foundation that will haveĀ
9 multisig signers/directors .
- Castaways, an island survival sandbox game, said users that donāt honor the projectās royaltiesĀ
wonāt receive future airdrops .
- FoliaĀ announcedĀ
Straylight Protocol , a generative on-chain multiplayer game by Paul Seidler ofĀterra0 .
- The Beacon, a free-to-play MMORPG on Arbitrum, launched its prototype:
š½ Music NFTs
- CatalogĀ just welcomed itsĀ
latest musician arrivals .
š Virtual Worlds
- DecentralandDAOĀ introducedĀ
Technical AMA Sessions .
- LandVault, a metaverse infrastructure project, added support forĀ
Otherside and NFT Worlds Ā parcels.
- VoxelsĀ is holding a Black Friday sale onĀ
three hard-to-get parcels .
š DeFi x NFTs
- UniswapĀ is running aĀ
$3M bug bounty program .
Weekly Action Steps
- š Read
Building Back Better with OP Stack Ā inĀ Bankless
- š£ļø Watch Was 2021 a Gigantic Ponzi? onĀ Bankless
- š± Watch Coordination Mechanisms with Griff Green onĀ Green Pill
- š Catch up on my write-ups from this week: