# I, NFT adept 🎆

*Author: William M. Peaster*
*Published: Jun 17, 2022*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/i-nft-adept-*

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Dear Bankless Nation,

You’re an on-chain adept. You know the ins and outs, or are beginning to learn the ins and outs, of NFTs and more.

Combine that knowledge with dashes of DeFi know-how, plus some DAO experiences, etc., and what do you get? A 21st-century digital spellcaster of sorts.

Of course, suggesting that we’re magicians is a little bit silly. A little bit romantic. Yet in the NFT ecosystem over the past two years I’ve seen magical things happen time and time again.

Imagine what’s to come, then? Double down into this metaphorical magic early, learn the new paths forward, and stay creative all along the way. For now, have a great weekend and thanks as always for reading.

-WMP

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## 🛒 NFT News & Platforms
- **OpenSea **officially migrated its operations to its newly developed [Seaport Protocol](https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/launching-seaport-saving-the-community-millions-in-fees/):

> [](https://twitter.com/DuneAnalytics/status/1537101255843229698)

- **Context **released [mint.fun](https://twitter.com/context/status/1536762529619120128), an NFT minting aggregator website.
- **Immutable **introduced [Arch](https://immutablex.medium.com/immutable-is-pleased-to-introduce-arch-v1-0-c45531dc3a2), an L1 to L2 bridging system for Ethereum and StarkNet.

## 🏆 Digital Collectibles
- **Bored Ape 7537**, a floor ape rarity-wise, sold for [1,024 ETH](https://twitter.com/dadjudicator/status/1536873308380987392) as part of a marketing stunt by the Chinese social media company Btok.
- **Bored Town**, a CC0 free-to-mint project on the Optimism L2, launched and temporarily brought NFT marketplace Quixotic [to a halt last weekend](https://twitter.com/BoredTownNFT/status/1537306986869469184?t=52xJskqyMpmo34SLkFt-Eg&s=09).
- **Nouns Vision**, a project centered around building luxury physical Nouns glasses, began its public mint:

> [](https://twitter.com/ourZORA/status/1537522339331440641)

- **goblintown.wtf **creators [revealed their identities](https://twitter.com/goblintownwtf/status/1536755431971987457) as the team behind Truth Labs, an NFT studio.

## 🎨 Art
- **Archipelago**, a marketplace specialized for Art Blocks pieces and generative art in general, is going live [on June 20th](https://twitter.com/archipelago_art/status/1536468467896967168?t=hoMEikbF-SMBzH9XHw9Kbw&s=09).
- **Simon de la Rouviere **presented *The Room of Infinite Paintings*, an on-chain CC0 generative art project:

> [](https://twitter.com/un_frontier/status/1537146673176186880)

- **Harm van den Dorpel** airdropped a new series, *Markov’s Dream: Orbs*, to holders of his acclaimed *Mutant Garden Seeders* series:

> [](https://twitter.com/harmvddorpel/status/1536838990044639232)

- **Starry Night Capital**, a cryptoart fund co-managed by two founders of 3AC, consolidated its art NFTs into a new wallet; the move sparked speculation that an OTC deal was being conducted as rumors of 3AC’s insolvency surged this week:

> [](https://twitter.com/kylewaters_/status/1536899375296806917)

## 🎮 NFT Gaming
- **Axie Infinity **launched the [Axie Creator Program](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1537444304460713985?t=WjIpIm6tbEqkZeZokhQ4OQ&s=09).
- **Information Token DAO (IT)** invested in [Joyride](https://twitter.com/gabagooldoteth/status/1537129437443108865?t=6y5eEu4h1z-4nLRDk8nGiA&s=09), a streamlined web3 platform for game creators.
- **Merit Circle DAO** and **Yield Guild Games** (YGG) [agreed to formally part ways](https://medium.com/yield-guild-games/merit-circle-dao-yield-guild-games-joint-statement-628d2e933fcf).
- **Playful Studios**, the team behind *Words With Friends* and beyond, raised $46M to build out its upcoming [Wildcard Alliance](https://venturebeat.com/2022/06/14/playful-studios-unveils-web3-game-and-raises-46m-for-the-wildcard-alliance/) NFT game.

## 💽 Music
- **Arpeggi Labs **created the first open on-chain samples library:

> [](https://twitter.com/arpeggi_labs/status/1537480121858375680)

- **Coopahtroopa.eth** published [This Week in Music NFTs - June 13th](https://thisweekinmusicnfts.substack.com/p/this-week-in-music-nfts-june-13).

## 🌐 Virtual Worlds
- **Decentraland **and **The Sandbox** are hosting around [1k active daily players](https://twitter.com/w0000CE0/status/1537441858271318018?t=bXF2KqMNXFKKnU5eyFRymg&s=09) right now.

## 💎 DeFi x NFTs
- **Stacey Cunningham**, the former president of the New York Stock Exchange, joined Uniswap Labs [as an advisor](https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1537081901839695872) (Uniswap V3 handles liquidity positions as NFTs).

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### **Action steps**
- 📺 Watch **[Cooper Turley talk Music NFTs](https://jpegs.banklesshq.com/p/-38-under-the-hood-of-music-nfts) **on *Overpriced JPEGs*

- 📺 Watch **[Inside Gitcoin Grants Round 14](https://bankless.ghost.io/119-gitcoin-grants-round-14-gr14)** on *Green Pill*

- 🧐 Catch up on my other write-ups from this week: 

**[Welcome to Chainspace](https://bankless.ghost.io/welcome-to-chainspace-)**

- **[NFTs in a bear market ](https://bankless.ghost.io/nfts-in-a-bear-)**

- **[5 steps to starting your crypto career](https://bankless.ghost.io/hire-job-career-crypto/)**