# NFT survival 🧬

*Author: William M. Peaster*
*Published: Jun 24, 2022*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/de/nft-survival-*

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Dear Bankless Nation,

The NFT ecosystem has experienced a burst of new expansions, new products, and new acquisitions in recent days.

That’s the difference between “this cycle” and “last cycle.”

In early 2018 when crypto activity levels jumped off a cliff, there were hardly any NFTs or NFT projects to actually use at the time, and interest dropped off acutely.

Fast forward to today, though, and there’s a seemingly endless stream of NFT, DeFi, and DAO projects arriving every day that are worth exploring.

To be sure, this new reality is not enough to *totally *shield the young cryptoeconomy from rough macro conditions or irresponsible, massively overleveraged crypto firms, but it’s *something*. And it’s something we didn’t have before. Don’t get lost in the past, I say, and have a great weekend, too.

-WMP

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## 🛒 NFT News & Platforms
- **1confirmation **unveiled a new [$100M NFT fund](https://twitter.com/NTmoney/status/1539564622533066753?s=20&t=yoFUqSNQ-kPcyberbzSyKQ).
- **ClubNFT** launched its [Backup Tool](https://twitter.com/artnome/status/1539244182207864833), a new resource for backing up NFT metadata.
- **Ledger**, the hardware wallet maker, is launching a [platform for curated NFT drops](https://market.ledger.com/).
- **LooksRare** rolled out a conditional listing feature:

> [](https://twitter.com/LooksRare/status/1539957437729742848)

- **MoonPay **launched its NFT minting service [HyperMint](https://www.theblock.co/post/153119/moonpay-officially-launches-utility-nft-minting-service-hypermint).

## 🏆 Digital Collectibles
- **CryptoPunk 8531**, a rare zombie punk, resold for 825 ETH:

> [](https://twitter.com/cryptopunksbot/status/1539738034807214082)

- **Doodles **announced the ambitious Doodles 2 expansion effort:

> [](https://twitter.com/doodles/status/1539444678642352129)

- **Doodles **also brought on [Pharrell Williams](https://twitter.com/Pharrell/status/1539427990668382210) as chief brand officer.
- **Noah Davis** is leaving Christie’s next month to become the [brand lead for CryptoPunks](https://twitter.com/NonFungibleNoah/status/1538584141419143168) at Yuga Labs.
- **The Vogu** project will be [launch creators](https://twitter.com/the_vogu/status/1539404125171073024?t=Cm-xIZD72iw9_YRSNgcelw&s=09) on the upcoming GameStopNFT marketplace.

## 🎨 Art
- **Archipelago**, a new marketplace designed for Art Blocks users, is [now live](https://twitter.com/archipelago_art/status/1538949046005600257?s=20&t=yoFUqSNQ-kPcyberbzSyKQ).
- **Gucci **purchased $25k worth of RARE tokens [to join SuperRareDAO](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/23/gucci-invests-25k-in-nft-marketplace-superrare-to-start-digital-art-vault/?s=09) and launch the “Vault Art Space” exhibition.

## 🎮 NFT Gaming
- **Axie Infinity **introduced [The Creator Academy](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1538907540477595650?t=9tKeb6KYQJWLpZ9OJ24_hg&s=09).
- **Axie Classic** Season 21 has [concluded](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1540258437052846080)!
- **Forgotten Runes Wizard’s Cult **and **Bisonic **released the first [playable demo of Forgotten Runiverse](https://www.theblock.co/post/152764/forgotten-runes-wizards-cult-launches-create-to-earn-metaverse-demo), an upcoming massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).

## 💽 Music
- **Spores**, a new tool for remixing music NFTs, is live and seriously fun:

> [](https://twitter.com/SporesDAO/status/1539692399676362752)

- **Coopahtroopa.eth **published [This Week in Music NFTs - June 20th](https://thisweekinmusicnfts.substack.com/p/this-week-in-music-nfts-june-20).

## 🌐 Virtual Worlds
- **The Sandbox **is partnering with TIME Magazine’s TIMEPieces initiative to [build a virtual TIME Square](https://sandboxgame.medium.com/time-is-partering-with-the-sandbox-to-build-time-square-in-the-metaverse-6cd361e3e5f0) location.
- **Decentraland **revealed [the judges](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1539654862312722432) of its 2022 Game jam event.

## 💎 DeFi x NFTs
- **Uniswap **acquired NFT marketplace aggregator [Genie](https://twitter.com/uniswap/status/1539306956002820096) — watch this week’s [State of the Nation episode](https://youtu.be/9fqJzS08pPc) on Bankless featuring Uniswap creator Hayden Adams to learn more about the announcement.
- **ParaSwap** released an [NFT P2P mobile trading app](https://paraswap.medium.com/paraswap-launches-the-first-nft-p2p-mobile-trading-app-on-ios-b46d77ebd0c0).

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### **Action steps**
- 🧐 Catch up on my other write-ups from this week: 

**[The Arbitrum Odyssey begins](https://bankless.ghost.io/arbitrum-odyssey-begins-)**

- **[NFT marketplace acquisitions](https://bankless.ghost.io/nft-marketplace-acquisitions-)**

- **[Top 10 best browser crypto wallets](https://bankless.ghost.io/crypto-wallets-browser/)**