Ever felt overwhelmed by the number of things happening in Web3? Don't have enough time to spend on Twitter to keep up with everything? Don't worry, I got you. Kio’s News is here with all the highlights from last week
Index
Crypto & NFTs
🟡 Magic Eden on Ethereum
🟡 Avalanche joins forces with Shopify
🟡 Play videogames on Bitcoin
🟡 Magic Eden’s reward program
Solana NFTs
🟢 Oogy just published the reveal guide
🟢 Next generation IP will start as NFTs
🟢 What is MonkeDAO?
Web2 corner
🗞️ Elon reveals Twitter secrets’
🗞️ Midjourney’s new describe feature
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🟡 Magic Eden on Ethereum
Solana, Polygon, Bitcoin, and now Ethereum! Magic Eden doesn’t stop expanding and is now targeting the cradle of NFTs. Previously, they were acting as an NFT aggregator for ETH NFTs, but this month you will finally be able to list NFTs on ME as well
Could Magic Eden take over the whole NFT market?
🟡 Avalanche joins forces with Shopify
Shopify partners with Avalanche to bring a Web3 Loyalty Platform to millions of merchants
🟡 Play videogames on Bitcoin
Did you know you could inscribe a full game into an Ordinal? Neither did I, but some people just did it and you can now play videogames on the Bitcoin blockchain
🟡 Magic Eden’s reward program
Magic Eden just introduced Diamonds, their own rewards and loyalty program that will incentivize users to list and bid for NFTs on their platform
🟢 Oogy just published the reveal guide
Tired of the classical wait a couple of months and then revealing a floor NFT? Well, I’m afraid to tell you that won’t change. But at least Oogy is trying to do something different with this one.
Want to improve your chances of getting the rank 1? Buy some ooze and reroll the NFT you got. As simple as that. There are some limitations though. You can only do it twice and the second try will cost 2 ooze, but what’s that compared to getting your forever PFP, right?
🟢 Next generation IP will start as NFTs
That’s what Anatoly said on Twitter
Why though? Because Bastards dropped a medium article with their vision for the project! They are an animation studio at its core and aim to build The Bastards into a leading IP that brings entertainment in all shapes and sizes, including digital collectibles and animated work.
The Bastards aims to execute creative, consistent, immersive digital and real-life experiences, building a community bonded on this common goal with a runway way over one year. Could an animation series be coming as well?
🟢 What is MonkeDAO?
What does it mean to be a monke? In a recent Twitter thread, the DAO highlighted some of their most proud achievements and what it means to be a monke. They are the OG Solana community by excellence. Organically, the DAO and its leadership have fostered one of the most active communities across any blockchain driving value directly to the membership.
Between 2021-2022, the DAO hosted events in over 28 countries, and subsidized local Monke Meetups, paying out over $8,700 to foster in-real-life connections.
Monkes truly are Buildoors and have shipped products to the broader Solana and Web3 ecosystems since their inception, including Jupiter, Orca, ExchangeArt, Sharky, Fractal and more.
They pioneered the Whitelist Collab meta of today with the creation of their Alpha Minters team, Whitelist Opportunity Channel, and Mint Calendar.
And they also take business seriously. Monke Ventures, their investment syndicate, is only available to MonkeDAO Members. The mission of MV is to democratize and redefine access to investments for Monkes
They also support the Solana Ecosystem. From being judges at Solana Hackathons to speaking on panels, and even launching their own staking pool - bolstering the ecosystem and providing direct support to the network
And to top it all off, they’re entrusted by the Solana Foundation, via BuildWithMonkes, to help issue grants to the broader ecosystem.
🗞️ Elon reveals Twitter secrets’
The Twitter recommendation source code was just released and we got very interesting insights. Among them, we found that likes boost your tweets 20 times more than replies or that following much more people than than there are following you damages your reach
🗞️ Midjourney’s new describe feature
Always dreamed about looking at an image and thinking, what would be the prompt needed to make this? You can now ask Midjourney about it and generate new images based on that!