# Metaversal Is Leveling Up 🧑‍🚀️

*Author: William M. Peaster*
*Published: Mar 30, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/metaversal-is-leveling-up*

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Over the next couple of months, I’ll be leveling up the Metaversal experience.  

The first part of the revamp kicks off next Thursday, April 4th, when I’ll migrate the newsletter from Substack into [Bankless.com](https://www.bankless.com/).

At that point, your Substack subscription will evolve into a Bankless account, and you’ll start receiving Metaversal emails from **team@bankless.com**. 

This aesthetic and technical rebrand will pave the way for me to start the 2nd phase of the revamp, introducing new types of content and new types of experiences around Metaversal, that I’ll activate in the weeks ahead. 

The goal? Make this the best onchain culture newsletter in all of crypto! 

I’m currently brainstorming new modules to roll out—e.g. “AI Advice,” “Farcaster Finds,” “Game of the Week,” “Metaverse Meets,” “NFT Tool Tips,” etc.—so if you have thoughts on things you’d like to see hit harder in this newsletter, I’m all ears at **william@bankless.com**. 

It’ll be the same great Metaversal you know and love, just bigger and better, so be on the lookout for the start of the evolution next Thursday. In the meantime, let’s get you caught up on the past week in NFTs per usual! 👇

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# **This week in NFTs…**

### **📰 General news**
- **Bello** unveiled [ENS-friendly searches](https://twitter.com/bellosights/status/1772694591894069355).
- **Metaplex** announced [Core, a new optimized NFT standard for Solana](https://twitter.com/metaplex/status/1772286538933768379).
- **Phantom **added [support for rare sats](https://twitter.com/phantom/status/1772682032411296142).
- **Wayfinder**, the new omnichain AI agents tool, [is deploying Command Prompt Key NFTs next week to kickstart its governance](https://twitter.com/AIWayfinder/status/1772276547702902803).

### **🎨 Cryptoart & music**
- **Amber Vittoria** dropped [*Moods*](https://twitter.com/Highlight_xyz/status/1772686477270397187)[ on Highlight today](https://twitter.com/base/status/1773758833573159329).
- **BasePaint **added [support for minting on Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, and Zora](https://twitter.com/basepaint_xyz/status/1772305530855338183?s=20).
- **Rarible** added [support for Base](https://twitter.com/rarible/status/1772987024212942956).
- **Zora** unveiled [ERC-20 minting](https://twitter.com/ourZORA/status/1773097913205555567?t=R7ENkEuLIdy-vtSPnXxldA&s=35).

### **🏆 Digital collectibles**
- **Azuki** is partnering [with Arbitrum to create AnimeChain](https://twitter.com/animecoin/status/1772971822100717983).
- **Bitcoin Puppet #2332**, arguably the most iconic of the collection, [sold for 4.2069 BTC](https://twitter.com/runetoshi21/status/1771451593772155012?t=iWqkVMxECohkcgmep5X2Bg&s=35). 
- **Bitcoin Puppets** reached [a new ATH floor of 0.31 BTC](https://twitter.com/BCheque1/status/1772547651688378775).
- **Nansen **launched [a Pudgy World dashboard](https://twitter.com/nansen_ai/status/1773002242028970385?t=b1-M4Ijbh2Xw8Cke6jFecQ&s=35).
- **Primitives**, a new generative pixel art collection, [launched on Base](https://twitter.com/gmhuntergm/status/1772280880246985071).

### **📱 Onchain social**
- **Drakula** intro’d [the $DEGEN Onchain Creator Fund](https://twitter.com/AlexMasmej/status/1772713956576301450).
- **Phi **announced [Phi Protocol, a credential layer for onchain identity](https://twitter.com/phi_xyz/status/1772579451450392959?t=XH2GIG-6bExr3lMQrxgogQ&s=35).
- **Privy** added [support for Farcaster](https://twitter.com/privy_io/status/1772692150423044476?s=20).

### **🎮 Decentralized gaming**
- **Axie Infinity** updated [the app.axie website](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1773252907099631940).
- **Crypto: The Game **has lined up custom challenges with [Lens](https://twitter.com/cryptothegame_/status/1773386605161754846?s=20), [Uniswap](https://twitter.com/cryptothegame_/status/1773023014692770207?t=MMciyhcrXfg7biptYDN3GA&s=35), and more for Season 2.
- **Del Complex** intro’d [Brain Worms, an onchain parasite game coming on Base](https://twitter.com/DelComplex/status/1772273850765455361).
- **MUD**, an onchain framework for Autonomous Worlds, [released its v2 system](https://twitter.com/mud_dev/status/1772347863751696597).
- **Parallel **rolled out [the Parallel Shop on Base](https://twitter.com/ParallelTCG/status/1772739754116706503).
- **Parallel Studios** raised [$35M in a new funding round](https://twitter.com/ParallelTCG/status/1773157742095511889).

### **🪙 NFTfi **
- **Astaria** reached [$1M TVL](https://twitter.com/AstariaXYZ/status/1773383721208701196?t=79jS1YQ_DSp6zwvMCLnq6A&s=35).
- **Blast **recovered [$97M from the Munchables exploit](https://twitter.com/PacmanBlur/status/1772871466935013701).
- **Gondi** facilitated [a 600k USDC loan against Zombie ‘Punk #6784](https://twitter.com/gondixyz/status/1771904449923227836?t=B07umlLv2v20HUm0V-owhg&s=35).
- **sartoshi **unveiled [a $mfer airdrop to the mfers ecosystem](https://twitter.com/sartoshi_rip/status/1773752521263395042).
- **SquiggleDAO** borrowed [1M USDC against 11 Chromie Squiggles on Zharta](https://twitter.com/ZhartaFinance/status/1772673105514619273).

### **🌐 Virtual worlds**
- **Decentraland** kicked off [the 5th annual Decentraland Art Week event](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1772549068947915120).
- **Nifty Island** unveiled [its Play-to-Airdrop Wave 2](https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island/status/1772675382258417914)