# New Year, New NFTs 🎇

*Author: William M. Peaster*
*Published: Jan 5, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/new-year-new-nfts*

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Dear Bankless Nation,

*Crypto has a way of rewarding the curious*.

The NFT space was reminded of that dynamic once again this week when scaling project Dymension announced [DYM airdrop allocations](https://medium.com/@dymension/genesis-rolldrop-the-first-rolldrop-season-219c8b5ea16e) for holders of Pudgy Penguins (Ethereum), Mad Lads (Solana), and Bad Kids (Cosmos).

That’s just one recent example, but it highlights how going wide across the NFT frontier is poised to be increasingly rewarding for the crypto curious in this new bull market.

I say explore this frontier, have fun, and collect and mint some stuff you like. The chips can fall where they may after that. Knowledge is its own reward here, always, but other rewards are likely, too.

You’ll need your starter tools, of course. Your Ethereum + L2s wallet can be your home base. For Bitcoin NFTs, consider the [Xverse](https://www.xverse.app/) wallet. For Solana, [Phantom](https://phantom.app/). For Cosmos chains, [Keplr](https://www.keplr.app/).

In the meantime, though, let’s get you up to speed on the latest happenings here—time for your latest weekly NFT 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-2f78cb2d3a-cb2b-459b-b0dc-cdd37f296b9c_1600x800.png)
### **📰 General news**
- **Bitcoin **faced a [potential BRC-20 indexer schism](https://twitter.com/BobBodily/status/1742219431307092039), though a split [was averted](https://twitter.com/domodata/status/1742960147540922515).
- **Casey Rodarmor**, the creator of Ordinals, unveiled [the latest update of the ord block explorer and indexer](https://twitter.com/rodarmor/status/1742277637849088426).
- **ENS** reached [+2 million names registered](https://twitter.com/ensdomains/status/1742270007839728048).
- **House of Nouns** launched [its V2 platform](https://twitter.com/houseofnouns/status/1742311088728023483).
- **Less Fees & Gas **airdropped $LFG, a Solana token, [to Ethereum users](https://twitter.com/LessFnGas/status/1741860806218670442).
- **Ordinals** underwent its [Jubilee upgrade](https://twitter.com/xverseApp/status/1743028781969993858), an optimization that “blesses” what would have otherwise been “cursed” inscriptions going forward.
- **The Nouns Square **published the [2023 Nouns DAO Wrap-Up](https://twitter.com/thenounsquare/status/1743009239608500523).

### **🎨 Cryptoart & music**
- **Mathcastles **deployed its [Terraforms V2 release](https://twitter.com/flashrekt/status/1741880114059624521), featuring [Antenna mode](https://twitter.com/0x113d/status/1741177710963986853), and its latest artwork, the zk-based [Angelus](https://twitter.com/imgdotart/status/1742207509593456797).
- **Sound** upped its [curator rewards](https://twitter.com/soundxyz_/status/1742946701370110266).

### **🏆 Digital collectibles**
- **Emblem Vault **launched the [Emblem Vault SDK](https://twitter.com/EmblemVault/status/1742294515640414492).
- **Jack Butcher** announced giveaways of a [special series of inscribed Checks](https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1742911337288569196), slated for Feb. 8th.
- **NodeMonkes**, a new Bitcoin NFT collection, has [surged to a 0.28 BTC floor](https://twitter.com/nodemonkes/status/1742781247565234402).
- **Rektguy **holders are being [given equity in Rekt Brands Inc](https://twitter.com/osf_rekt/status/1741792462723494240).
- **Yaypegs** has been [offered up for sale](https://twitter.com/yaypegs/status/1742675190348132421).

### **📱 Onchain social**
- **Bountycaster **streamlined [support for Base payments](https://twitter.com/ljxie/status/1743073837451739372).
- **Buttrfly **added support for [minting Sound tracks](https://twitter.com/buttrfly_app/status/1741855615645778103).
- **Farcaster**, in collaboration with Coinbase Wallet, is temporarily [offering free sign-ups](https://twitter.com/dwr/status/1742677092985381036).

### **🎮 Decentralized gaming**
- **Axie Infinity **added the [Parts Evolution system to Axie Origins](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1742437457306738820).
- **Cartridge **proposed the creation of a [custom L3 rollup for Realms World](https://twitter.com/lordOfAFew/status/1742867760848470386).
- **Parallel **kicked off [Season 6 gameplay](https://twitter.com/ParallelTCG/status/1741611579823517766), with the title’s closed beta now having notched [over 725,000 matches](https://twitter.com/templecrash/status/1742498300740157466?) to date.
- **Pixels **launched its [Play-to-Airdrop 2.0 campaign](https://twitter.com/pixels_online/status/1743146063991914933).
- **Ronin **reached [+1 million monthly active addresses](https://twitter.com/Jihoz_Axie/status/1742326504711725485).
- **Sky Strife** begins its [Season 0.1 gameplay next week](https://twitter.com/skystrifeHQ/status/1742918263435039035).
- **WASD** published [5 Onchain Games to Try](https://twitter.com/WASD_0x/status/1742662770137670127) and [Guide to Onchain Solana Gaming](https://twitter.com/WASD_0x/status/1743042158050041862).

### **🪙 NFTfi**
- **NFTfi.com** facilitated [+150 loans against Rektguys last month](https://twitter.com/NFTfi/status/1743293982635868447).
- **Uniswap **notched a new [all-time high volume record on Arbitrum](https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1742938949205868815).

### **🌐 Virtual worlds**
- **Decentraland **unveiled a [series of new build templates](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1743322682534297653).
- **Midjourney** is angling for a holodeck, i.e. real-time “open world” visuals, [by the end of the year](https://twitter.com/nickfloats/status/1742643438934426004).
- **VIPE **saw its VRM marketplace [grow to +250,000 avatars in 2023](https://twitter.com/vipeio/status/1740791078196797721).