Blockstars weekly newsletter #20
What happened last week in the world of crypto, Solana and NFTs?
Ever felt overwhelmed by the number of things happening in the crypto, Solana, and NFT ecosystems? Don't have enough time to spend on Twitter to keep up with everything? Don't worry, we got you. The Blockstars newsletter is here with all the highlights from last week, now Christmas-themed!
Index
Crypto and NFTs
General news about cryptocurrencies and NFTs
🟡 Polygon NFTs are now officially on Magic Eden
🟡 Donald Trump launched his own NFT collection
🟡 Kevin O'Leary testifies at Senate hearing and blames Binance for FTX's fall
🟡 Daniel Alegre, president of Activision Blizzard will become the new head of YUGA labs
Solana news
Everything about the Solana blockchain ecosystem
🔵 Discord’s new feature Linked Roles will include Solana wallet integrations, in collaboration with Matrica Labs
🔵 Creator announcements are now available on Magic Eden. The latest news about your favorite projects, directly on their Magic Eden profile
🔵 Magic Eden launched a reward program with discounted fees for the most active traders
🔵 Hacker managed to steal 4.4 million USD from Raydium pools
Solana NFTs
What did your favorite Solana NFT project announce last week?
🟢 You can now buy Beeple's art on Solana
🟢 DeGods season 3 is coming
Blockstars Universe
What has the Blockstars team been doing lately?
🟣 We celebrated the one-year anniversary of our website with our community members, along with their own one-year Blockstars anniversary
Food for thought
The most thought-provoking threads and videos
🟠 What was working for FTX like?
Better be safe than sorry
The most recent NFT scams, hacks and how to avoid them
⚠️ How did someone steal over $1M in NFTs?
Upcoming events
What is Blockstars doing this week?
💠 Tuesday, 20th of December at 6 pm UTC. Gamers & Web3: End of year - What did we learn?
💠 Wednesday, 21st of December at 3 pm UTC. Noticiero Semanal (NFT talk in Spanish)
💠 Thursday, 22nd of December at 8 pm UTC. Deep Dive: End of year wrap-up. Where are our Deep Dives now? (Part 3)
💠 Thursday, 22nd of December at 10 pm UTC: Weekly town hall - End of year round-up + AMA