On-chain games 🕹️

Dear Bankless Nation,

My read of the week? “The Future of On-Chain Gaming” by Volt Capital’s Alec Chen.

It’s a short and insightful read about how on-chain multiplayer gaming, while nascent, is on the verge of working at scale.

I totally agree! With infra improving quickly and gas fees trending toward zero, I think it’s only a matter of time until we start seeing the first complex on-chain gaming blockbusters.

Those titles may still be years away, sure. Yet the seeds for them are being sown today, so keep your eyes peeled on the on-chain gaming scene accordingly. For now, let’s get you caught up on the past week in NFTs — have a great weekend everyone ✌️

-WMP

📣 General NFT News

• LooksRare added an NFT Quicklook feature:

• Meta expanded support for NFTs on Instagram and Facebook.
• OpenSea introduced Polygon support for its new Seaport protocol.
• PROOF Collective raised a $50M Series A round.
• Quixotic, an NFT marketplace on Optimism, introduced OP OG NFTs.

🏆 Digital Collectibles

• Moonbirds Mythics, a 20k Moonbirds expansion collection, is coming early next year:

• HyperLoot launched the HyperLoot Foundation.

🎨 Cryptoart

• Art Blocks unveiled Art Blocks Engine, a generative art system for events, sports, and beyond.
• SuperRare is considering a multi-list platform model for further decentralization.
• Hyype, an NFT lore project, added support for oncyber and GALLERY exhibitions.

🎮 Decentralized Gaming

• Axie Infinity saw one of its Genesis Plots resell for +166 ETH.
• Aavegotchi published its August Update report.
• Internet Game, a web3 mini-game battle royale, launched.

💽 Music NFTs

• Arpeggi rolled out support for uploading samples.
• Catalog launched its 1st curation cycle.
• Songcamp introduced the Present Material record store, which was built on Zora.

🌐 Virtual Worlds

• Decentraland is hosting a permanent collection of Frida Kahlo’s art.
• Hyperfly introduced custom avatars:

💎 DeFi x NFTs

• Based Ghouls shuttered the project’s v0 Ghoul Pool on sudoswap:

• JPEG’d, an NFT lending protocol, introduced a Trait Boost system.
• Kinetic, the first multi-chain NFT aggregator, is preparing to launch.
• NFTX now has subgraphs live on The Graph.
• sudoswap announced its SUDO token distribution plans.
• Uniswap V3 positions on Polygon have facilitated considerable NFT volume over the past month:

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