# Non-fungible pranks

*Author: William M. Peaster*
*Published: Apr 1, 2022*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/non-fungible-pranks*

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Dear Bankless Nation,

Happy April Fool’s Day!

As you can imagine, there’s been a lot of fun pranks around the NFT ecosystem today. My favorite this year was dealt by the Azuki project, which airdropped mysterious NFTs to Azuki holders and then told everyone to refresh the NFTs’ metadata.

> [](https://twitter.com/AzukiOfficial/status/1509948125183676420)

Upon refreshing this morning, the NFTs’ art turned into opened boxes of dust. Ouch! Of course, Azuki won’t leave everyone hanging, there’s surely another refresh event coming. They definitely surprised a few people at first, though!

> [](https://twitter.com/buymoreNFTs/status/1509949219171405824)

The prank is fun, but it’s also a great reminder to always pay attention to how NFT projects [approach metadata](https://bankless.ghost.io/racoon-rugged-society?s=w). There’s no right or wrong way per se, though some avenues are indeed mutable.

Anyways, I hope everyone has a great weekend, and thanks kindly for reading *Metaversal*. Be well and stay creative!

-WMP

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# 🛒 NFT News & Platforms
- **Blur**, an upstart NFT marketplace for pro traders, has [raised $11M](https://mirror.xyz/blurdao.eth/4V0dY_-ob5rBxl664deMASnH2wRsgcrGS20lpdurBa0).
- **Nansen **NFT analytics are [now free](https://twitter.com/nansen_ai/status/1507550123991085057).
- **Opensea **is nearing support [for Solana NFTs](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/29/opensea-closing-in-on-support-for-solana-nfts/).
- **Upshot Analytics**, a new data dashboard for NFT data, is now out as a [beta release](https://mirror.xyz/0x82FE4757D134a56BFC7968A0f0d1635345053104/0s3KRsvDfWDQdiYpv9kD8EEtSJLiouW-8ao9Q0Wd8ZA?s=09).
- **WeChat** starts [suspending NFT accounts](https://twitter.com/SamFish90/status/1509518400296402951).****

## 🏆 Digital Collectibles
- **Azuki** airdropped [Something Official](https://opensea.io/collection/somethingofficial) NFTs to collection holders (x2 each!).
- **Prop House**, an [NFT fundraising project](https://twitter.com/nounsprophouse) centered around Nouns, kicked off this week.

## 🎨 Cryptoart
- **The Museum of Modern Art**, or MoMA, is looking to hire a [web3/NFT specialist](https://twitter.com/KevinBuist/status/1509526117102759944).
- **EDG** is releasing the series *Mazinaw *via Art Blocks Factory:

> [](https://twitter.com/eeedg__/status/1509315824280125444)

## 🎮 NFT Gaming
- **Sky Mavis **has [replaced all of its Ronin validators](https://twitter.com/Ronin_Network/status/1509623711430762499) in the wake of the ~$600M Ronin bridge attack this week, and the NFT gaming studio plans to add more validators soon.
- **Axie Infinity’s **Origin Launch Week festivities [have begun](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1509363012146065415).

## 💽 Music
- **Catalog** now has a dedicated Dune Analytics dashboard courtesy of Richard Chen:

> [](https://twitter.com/richardchen39/status/1509296119557365767)

- **Coopahtroopa.eth** published [This Week in Music NFTs - March 28th](https://thisweekinmusicnfts.mirror.xyz/jXqTNq9jz7po0VY1IzL3bulwQo8LGfEnfQeNDYAf4Iw).

## 🌐 Virtual Worlds
- **Cryptovoxels **faced a [Discord scam attack](https://twitter.com/cryptovoxels/status/1508467082471489537) that cost some of its users their parcels.
- **Decentraland **opened up its [in-world builder](https://twitter.com/decentraland/status/1509607860266799126) to everyone, not just LAND owners.
- **The Sandox **Alpha Season 2 [started yesterday](https://twitter.com/TheSandboxGame/status/1509221441019039751).

## 💎 DeFi x NFTs
- **LooksRare **launched the [LOOKS Compounder](https://docs.looksrare.org/blog/looks-compounder-now-live), which lets LOOKS stakers automatically compound WETH rewards into LOOKS.
- **nftperp**, a perpetual futures DEX where you can short blue-chip NFTs, [is nearing](https://twitter.com/nftperp/status/1508887851924176900).

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### **Action steps**
- 👀 Check out my other Metaversal write-ups from this week: [Analyzing the Ronin bridge hack](https://bankless.ghost.io/analyzing-the-ronin-bridge-hack?s=w) and [A quick guide to Tezos NFTs](https://bankless.ghost.io/a-quick-guide-to-tezos-nfts?s=w)
- ✍️ Read my Mirror tactic, [How to build a web3 publication](https://bankless.ghost.io/how-to-build-a-web3-publication/), in Bankless
- 📺 Watch [Interview with Carlini8](https://jpegs.banklesshq.com/p/-21-the-past-and-future-of-nfts-with?s=w) by Overpriced JPEGs