# NFT Builders Aren't Slowing Down *Author: William M. Peaster* *Published: May 21, 2021* *Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/nft-builders-arent-slowing-down* --- Dear Bankless Nation, Crypto prices may be down this week, but *intrigue *is up around the NFT ecosystem. That’s because we’re still seeing a ton of interesting advances throughout the space, basically in any direction we look. The building hasn’t slowed — if anything its continuing to steadily ramp up across the board. So don’t get too spooked by prices. They go up, they go down, ‘round and ‘round. What you *should *play close attention to are projects’ fundamentals, and many NFT projects’ fundamentals have never been stronger. That’s what really counts now and going forward. -WMP --- ## 🏆 Digital Collectibles - The **biggest CryptoPunk sale **this week? 400 ETH for [Punk #1190](https://larvalabs.com/cryptopunks/details/1190), a rare zombie. [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/public/images/31ed7b25-e5ed-41d5-ad3a-e055572bf4da_1197x401.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f31ed7b25-e5ed-41d5-ad3a-e055572bf4da_1197x401.png) - U.S. financial weekly **Barron’s** is auctioning the covers of its [1st and 100th issues](https://twitter.com/davidchivers/status/1394761125582020612) via SuperRare.  ## 🎨 Cryptoart - In Sotheby’s “**Natively Digital**” curated sale next month, the major auction house will be auctioning off NFT artworks by leading cryptoartists like [Sarah Zucker](https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/natively-digital-a-curated-nft-sale-2/self-transcending), [Matt Kane](https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/natively-digital-a-curated-nft-sale-2/meules-after-claude-monet), [XCOPY](https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/natively-digital-a-curated-nft-sale-2/ngmi), and [Art Blocks’s curated creators](https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/natively-digital-a-curated-nft-sale-2/19-works).  [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/public/images/9e3c1471-817f-49e2-afef-934e9a37493a_800x640.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f9e3c1471-817f-49e2-afef-934e9a37493a_800x640.jpg) - Artist **Stefano Contiero** released his generative art series *[Frammenti](https://artblocks.io/project/72) *as a curated Art Blocks drop today. > [](https://twitter.com/artblockmints/status/1394903700154499075) - **Beeple’s** first work on SuperRare, a collaboration with TIME Magazine called *[TIME: The Future of Business](https://twitter.com/beeple/status/1395777227707531268)*, sold for 126.5 ETH. ## 🕹️ Blockchain Games - You can now purchase **Wrapped Ether** (WETH) directly on [Axie Infinity’s Ronin sidechain](https://purchase.roninchain.com/) via Ramp Network! > [](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1395766056963039234) - This summer global fantasy ⚽ game **Sorare **is launching [Global Nations](https://medium.com/sorare/spend-your-summer-with-sorare-ec6ea422aaaf), a “new international tournament for the Copa America and the Euros.” - **Pixelcraft Studios**, the team behind DeFi-NFT game Aavegotchi, is looking to hire a [Director of Marketing](https://twitter.com/CryptoJobsList/status/1394960521431035905). - The **Guild of Guardians **[NFT Founder Sale](https://twitter.com/GuildOfGuardian/status/1395509502015725570) is kicking off next week. ## 🌐 Virtual Worlds - Metaverse project **Wilder World** revealed it’s building its virtual realm atop NFT scaling solution [Immutable X](https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1395529820768030723). - The **WIP Meetup** crew just held their Season 4 finale event in Cryptovoxels. > [](https://twitter.com/theWIPmeetup/status/1395129875711676417) ## 🛒 NFT Platforms - **OpenSea **launched a “Music” category 🎶 > [](https://twitter.com/opensea/status/1395767147545116680) - NFT social platform **Nifty’s** is looking to hire an NFT curator! > [](https://twitter.com/JordanLyall/status/1395084794090819588) - Ethereum wallet **Rainbow **released [Rainbow Web Profiles](https://rainbow.me/), so users can get the same viewing experience in their browsers that they enjoy from the Rainbow mobile app. > [](https://twitter.com/rainbowdotme/status/1395763227192172544) - **BLING**, a luxury and lifestyle NFT marketplace on Polygon, has [arrived](https://twitter.com/trace_network/status/1395026572508205059). ## 💎 DeFi x NFTs - **Yam Finance** is getting ready to launch [$uPUNKs](https://twitter.com/YamFinance/status/1394772723214159872), a tokenized derivative that tracks the value of the CryptoPunks market, through the coming Yam Synths platform. - NFT fractionalization protocol **Unicly** launched [v2 yield farms](https://www.app.unic.ly/#/farm) around its uTokens, which represent fractionalized NFT collections. - **Uniswap v3 LP NFTs** don’t break Uniswap’s ability to facilitate liquidity mining, [per Paradigm](https://www.paradigm.xyz/2021/05/liquidity-mining-on-uniswap-v3/). - **NFTfi**, a marketplace for NFT collateralized loans, [whitelisted](https://twitter.com/nftfi/status/1394606017212780552) a handful of NFT projects this week including Proof of Beauty, MakersPlace, and Bored Ape Club for loans. --- ### **Action steps** - 📰 Read “**[NFTs, Legitimacy, & New Possibilities](https://bankless.ghost.io/nfts-legitimacy-and-new-possibilities)**” by Metaversal - 📰 Read “**[How to Research NFTs](https://bankless.ghost.io/how-to-research-nft-projects)**” by Metaversal