# An NFT Spring 🌱

*Author: William M. Peaster*
*Published: Jan 19, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/an-nft-spring*

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Dear Bankless Nation,

*The NFT ecosystem is entering a new spring*.

All around us, creativity and opportunity are blooming. There are new collections, games, tools, airdrops, and beyond sprouting in every direction.

That said, try making a list of 3-5 things from this week’s news roundup that interest you most and then go explore them deeper in the coming days. My list looks like so right now:

- ***Explore the Nifty Island open beta***
- ***Set up my Bountycaster account***
- ***Check out Gallery’s new features***
- ***Try Party’s new group chats***
- ***Update my Ronin wallet***
Make this process a routine, each week put some time into learning about and trying new things around NFTs to level up your experience and opportunities. Sow the seeds now for the harvests to come!

What’s your list look like, what’re you exploring this week? Let me know down in the comments! In the meantime, let’s catch you up with the latest Metaversal roundup ✌️

-WMP

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# **This week in NFTs…**
![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f8d9047f1-1258-4b94-af93-cc22e1e8dab6_1600x800-png.jpg)
### **📰 General news**
- **Blast **launched its [L2 testnet](https://twitter.com/Blast_L2/status/1747321109492724207).
- **Bonfire** unveiled its [2.0 platform](https://twitter.com/bonfire_tweets/status/1748075449568108931).
- **NFT Price Floor **published its [2023 retro report](https://twitter.com/nftpricefloor/status/1746200852405121142).

### **🎨 Cryptoart & music**
- **BasePaint** passed [+100k canvas mints](https://twitter.com/zherring/status/1748000299925524681).
- **BasePaintBot **added [support for 1-year subscriptions](https://twitter.com/backseats_eth/status/1747329270693724406).
- **Gallery** rolled out a [series of new features](https://twitter.com/GALLERY/status/1748126900252287297).
- **Outland** published [an essay on Mathcastles's Zero Suite release](https://twitter.com/outland_art/status/1748052622203093025).
- **SHL0MS** released a new work, [∞](https://twitter.com/SHL0MS/status/1747717514409501019).
- **The Yellow Collective**, a new group focused on supporting creatives around Nouns and the Superchain, [launched on Base](https://twitter.com/thenounsquare/status/1748098005616537915).
- **Zora **creators have collectively earned [+555 ETH via protocol rewards so far](https://twitter.com/ourZORA/status/1747356077283274835).

### **🏆 Digital collectibles**
- **Bitcoin Pizza Ninjas **raised [45 BTC through its collection drop](https://twitter.com/Ordinal_News/status/1748179038684745832).
- **CryptoPunks** relaunched the [CryptoPunks721 system](https://twitter.com/cryptopunksnfts/status/1748074020849733965).
- **CryptoUndeads** concluded its [art reveal](https://twitter.com/cryptoundeads/status/1748092404157276280).
- **Little Swag World**, a PFP collection created with AI, [dropped on Solana](https://twitter.com/supermetalx/status/1746560154034733357).
- **Pooly NFT **minters may [soon be receiving airdrops](https://twitter.com/PoolyNFT/status/1747320836892340666).
- **Donald Trump** announced a [new Bitcoin NFT trading card collection](https://twitter.com/CollectTrump/status/1748054959843622941).
- **Nakamigos** released the [Crypto Trading Cards collection](https://twitter.com/Nakamigos/status/1748181451680395337).
- **Pudgy Penguins** temporarily [passed a +20 ETH floor](https://twitter.com/punk9059/status/1747997820261368109).
- **The Shadows**, a new Ordinals collection, [opened claims for holders](https://twitter.com/dotta/status/1746962749802901652).
- **Quantum Cats** is publishing [its mint details today](https://twitter.com/QuantumCatsXYZ/status/1748121717308899722).

### **📱 Onchain social**
- **Bountycaster** added [support for user services posts](https://twitter.com/ljxie/status/1747648080248213568).
- **Ethereum Follow Protocol** unveiled [seven new launch partners](https://twitter.com/BrantlyMillegan/status/1748448524830638259).
- **Farcaster **dropped an NFT [to commemorate its Giraffe update](https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x1a0a48ec).
- **Hey**, formerly Lenster, [added support for tipping](https://twitter.com/yogicodes/status/1747599554499743878).
- **Party **intro'd [private group chats](https://twitter.com/prtyDAO/status/1747321607335395386).

### **🎮 Decentralized gaming**
- **Aavegotchi **opened [registrations for its Gotchi Battler tournament](https://twitter.com/aavegotchi/status/1746964019032838397).
- **Apeiron** announced its [$ANIMA airdrop campaign](https://twitter.com/ApeironNFT/status/1747193795975004267).
- **Axie Infinity **launched [Origins Season 7](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1747516573865431106).
- **BattlePlan** notched [+300k battles in its first week](https://twitter.com/pixelvault_/status/1747383008200679430).
- **Cool Cats** is bringing its [new Match Quest game to Immutable](https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1748390681910116856).
- **LooksRare **saw its onchain games [pass +10k ETH in volume](https://twitter.com/LooksRare/status/1746182396272165268).
- **Nifty Island **launched its [open beta](https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island/status/1748064365251584053) and [Play-to-Airdrop campaign](https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island/status/1746996228754194442).
- **Ronin** intro'd the [latest Ronin Wallet update](https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network/status/1748182802179428772).

### **🪙 NFTfi**
- **NFTfi.com **launched a [bug bounty program for its upcoming refinancing feature](https://twitter.com/immunefi/status/1747687670359191788).
- **Uniswap **is the [top burner of ETH over the past month](https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1747989511970132289).

### **🌐 Virtual worlds**
- **Decentraland **launched an [open call for its Art Week 2024 event](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1747371889679302882).
- **Upstreet** is onboarding [all Webaverse Genesis Pass holders to The Street](https://twitter.com/upstreetai/status/1746421210777624610).