Dear Bankless Nation,

Minting’s the future.

This week, two enlightening NFT essays caught my eye.

The first, Minting Is the Native Business Model for Web3 (and maybe AI too) by Fred Wilson, explores how minting can empower people to monetize and control their data, reshaping the creator-consumer dynamic in crypto and AI spaces.

The second, Mintellectual Property by Zora’s Dee Goens, champions minting as a strategy for creators and brands to protect and monetize their content in this brave new world of AI-generated media.

I recommend reading both of these great write-ups, as they underscore minting's potential to redefine digital ownership in the years ahead. Let's dive into this week's NFT news inspired by these ideas! ✌️

-WMP

This week in NFTs…

📰 General news

• ENS Vision rebranded to Vision.
• Holograph is preparing to launch its V2 protocol.
• Juicebox is hosting an NFT-based fundraiser for Tornado Cash devs’ legal defense.
• Magic Eden intro’d Non-Fungible DAO and $NFT and its new rewards system.
• Rabby, an Ethereum wallet, started its points system.
• Rainbow added support for custom networks and RPCs.
• Rarible launched Rari Chain, an L3 built on Arbitrum.
• Tensor unveiled a price lock feature.
• Xverse rolled out support for +30 exotic satoshi categories.
• Zora introduced follows and a new Canvas feature.

🎨 Cryptoart & music

• Art Blocks uploaded p5js 1.0.0 fully onchain.
• BasePaint started a sponsored gas program with CyberWallet.
• Catalog is launching a new internet radio offering.
• Christie’s kicked off its Creating Connections: Digital Art for Connectivity curated sale.

🏆 Digital collectibles

• 1337 Skulls is launching a new Zeros collection on Bitcoin.
• Commoners completed its mint atop uncommon sats.
• Courtyard released a revamped website.
• CyberBrokers intro’d Paradise Lost, a new production house.
• Mochimons, a collection by the artist behind the Pudgy Penguins art, launched on Base.
• Pudgy Penguins sold +750,000 toys in 2023.
• Quantum Cats auctioned their genesis cat for 6.28 BTC via Sotheby’s.

📱 Onchain social

• Ethereum Follow Protocol unveiled 8 new launch partners.
• Farcaster intro’d Frames, which can turn casts into interactive apps.
• Warpcast added support for NFT-gated group chats.
• Zapper launched profit and loss leaderboards for NFTs.

🎮 Decentralized gaming

• Aavegotchi published its latest dev update.
• Axie Infinity launched its Homeland beta.
• Endless Clouds is bringing Treeverse and Capsule Heroes to Immutable.
• Parallel is preparing for the Planetfall Prime Event, which will distribute 60k $PRIME tokens.
• Pirate Nation unveiled a procedurally-generated Exploration mode.
• Speedtracer kicked off its public mint.
• Tyson Battistella intro’d CYTO, a cellular evolution game on Zora.

🪙 NFTfi

• Arcade added support for Wasabi tokens as collateral.
• Blast welcomed a series of new projects, including Bloom, Insrt, and Particle.
• Gondi set a new record for the longest-term NFT loan, i.e. 5 years.
• Uniswap added shortcuts to its wallet.
• Wasabi Protocol added trading pairs for CryptoPunks and Mfers.

🌐 Virtual worlds

• Decentraland is hosting its Wellness Week event.