# NFT: New Futures, Together

*Author: William M. Peaster*
*Published: Apr 16, 2021*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/nft-new-futures-together*

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Dear Bankless Nation,

The NFT ecosystem’s time has come.

Are we totally ready for all that entails? No. But does this space have some of the brightest creatives and innovators building in it right now? Yes, and I’ll never bet against that.

Around NFTs there’s absolutely a palpable feeling almost anywhere you look that we’re turning the page culturally and technologically. The energy here is electric because we’re doing meaningful work and we’re doing it together.

Indeed, this week we saw more progress everywhere we looked, more excitement, more passion. And it’s all real. Because we’re a part of something special, and it’s only just beginning.

-WMP

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## 🏆 Digital Collectibles
- Made on behalf of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, **Edward Snowden** released his first NFT *[Stay Free](https://foundation.app/Snowden/stay-free-edward-snowden-2021-24437)* on Foundation.

> [](https://twitter.com/FreedomofPress/status/1382682621117874179)

- The *total supply* of **CryptoPunks** is 10,000, but the accessible supply is certainly lower ...

> [](https://twitter.com/meeseeking/status/1382705495602032647)

## 🎨 Cryptoart
- Jazz artist and saxophonist **Matthew Casey** is releasing his first NFTs through OpenSea on April 19th. Ahead of that Casey sat down with *The Matthew & Rizzle Show* to talk shop 🎷

> [](https://twitter.com/niftytime/status/1383090120966995971)

- The artist **Pak** revealed the [Burn project](https://burn.art/), which will center around people burning NFTs to attain the experimental currency $ASH. Pak’s [Sotheby’s auctions](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-14/sotheby-s-pak-auction-yields-16-8-million-as-nft-art-boom-continues) also just earned the creator nearly $17M.
- **SuperRare** is hosting an AMA with prolific cryptoart collector Colborn Bell ...

> [](https://twitter.com/SuperRare/status/1382815747114668033)

## 🕹️ Blockchain Games
- **Immutable X**, a layer two (L2) scaling solution for NFT games and beyond, has powered over 30,000 trades for under $40 in just over a week since launching!

> [](https://twitter.com/Immutable/status/1383050803162808326)

- Immutable X’s first integration, Ethereum card game **Gods Unchained**, saw its volume explode to over $16M on the week. Looks like [affordable transactions](https://twitter.com/GodsUnchained/status/1380008581718757379) go a long way!
- **Axie Infinity** is gearing up for the Phase 2 rollout of its Ronin sidechain. In the meantime, Axie players can prepare by [downloading the Ronin wallet](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1381821898103787524).
- Global fantasy ⚽ game **Sorare** launched [dynamic tournament rewards](https://twitter.com/SorareHQ/status/1382744955370749957).

## 🌐 Virtual Worlds
- Global labor arbitrage in the metaverse? **Accelerated Capital** wrote a great thread exploring how blockchain gaming guild [Yield Guild](https://twitter.com/accel_capital/status/1382894613527109634) is giving us a glimpse of the future of metaversal work, which will be spread out across digital nations.
- **Epic Games**, the game studio behind Fortnite, Rocket League, and more, just [raised $1B](https://venturebeat.com/2021/04/13/epic-games-raises-1-billlion-to-fund-long-term-metaverse-plans/amp/) around the rallying cry of building out the metaverse.
- **Cryptovoxels** kicked off auctions for [San Francisco](https://twitter.com/cryptovoxels/status/1382105244667047937) parcels this week.
- **Ethermon**, a game built on Decentraland, just got a slate of [new backers](https://ethermon.medium.com/ethermon-completes-strategic-round-to-build-multiverse-ecosystem-676329048b23).
- **The Sandbox** has updated its [Game Maker](https://twitter.com/TheSandboxGame/status/1382975706632650753) system.

## 🛒 NFT Platforms
- **Meme Protocol** released its [V2 system](https://bankless.ghost.io/dont-ignore-i-mean-buy-meme-20) 🍍
- **OpenSea** added support for [interactive NFTs](https://twitter.com/pxlqart/status/1382679722056953862).
- **Cloudfare Stream **[announced](https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-stream-now-supports-nfts/) that now “every video on Stream can be represented with an NFT.”

## 💎 DeFi x NFTs
- **NFTX** just launched the [redemption interface](https://twitter.com/NFTX_/status/1383040002603515909) of its new minting dashboard.
- On **NIFTEX**, a 450 ETH buyout of $HAUT, the fractionalized tokens representing the Agamogenesis Axie, has been offered to $HAUT holders ...

> [](https://twitter.com/NIFTEX/status/1382690317154025475)

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### **Action steps**
- 📰 Read “**[Meet PunkBodies, NFTs Composable with CryptoPunks](https://bankless.ghost.io/meet-punkbodies-nfts-composable-with)**” by Metaversal