# Yuletide NFT Roundup 🎄

*Author: William M. Peaster*
*Published: Dec 22, 2023*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/yuletide-nft-roundup*

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Dear Bankless Nation,

*Happy holidays!*

This is, of course, the last Metaversal post before Christmas this year—I’ll be picking things back up with the next issue on Thursday, December 28th.

In the meantime, I wish you all a joyful and relaxing holiday season filled with warmth and cheer. I deeply appreciated your readership throughout the bear, you’re all permanently on my Nice List!

For now, let’s close out the week strong—time for your latest weekly NFT roundup. Thanks for reading everyone, until next time ✌️

-WMP

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# **This week in NFTs…**
![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fsubstack-post-media-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2fdb4f77df-f272-41ae-83d1-28c65c850cf6_6912x3456.png)
### **📰 General news**
- **ENS **passed [control of its root system to ENS DAO](https://twitter.com/nicksdjohnson/status/1737092990307295539).
- **Etherscan** added [support for refreshing NFT metadata](https://twitter.com/etherscan/status/1738147084153553342).
- **Frame**, the upcoming NFT L2, [unveiled $FRAME airdrop plans](https://twitter.com/frame_xyz/status/1737146524541538658).
- **Mirror** intro’d [Protocol Rewards](https://twitter.com/viamirror/status/1737125733317607895).
- **Phantom** added [Bitcoin support](https://twitter.com/phantom/status/1737533324011127244).
- **Privy **unveiled [global wallets](https://twitter.com/privy_io/status/1737128525818380704).
- **WalletConnect** announced plans [for a decentralized messaging network](https://twitter.com/WalletConnect/status/1737512117551407593).
- **Xai**, an Arbitrum-powered L3, is [conducting an airdrop next week](https://twitter.com/XAI_GAMES/status/1738094526554857515).
- **Zora** kicked off [creator referrals](https://twitter.com/ourZORA/status/1737156904877764868), rolled out [instant withdrawals](https://twitter.com/tbtstl/status/1737234158555148519), activated [bridge-less minting](https://twitter.com/ourZORA/status/1737543442627272763?s=20), and launched [payment splits](https://twitter.com/ourZORA/status/1737880774333120700).

### **🎨 Cryptoart & music**
- **Atrium **has paid out [+$2.6M to artists to date](https://twitter.com/AtriumNft/status/1737868661028000254).
- **BasePaint **has facilitated [+220 ETH volume over the past four months](https://twitter.com/zherring/status/1737163260581785871).
- **Pob Studio** announced [Ethverse](https://twitter.com/prrfbeauty/status/1737915762915049829), a new hub for exploring your Ethereum history.
- **Sound **intro’d [Protocol Rewards](https://twitter.com/soundxyz_/status/1737880521815068967?s=20).
- **Sotheby’s Metaverse **announced its [latest curated group of long-form generative artists](https://twitter.com/Sothebysverse/status/1735769839329808608).

### **🏆 Digital collectibles**
- **Moonbirds **was [at the center of acquisition rumors this week](https://twitter.com/LuckyTraderHQ/status/1737504519439708286).
- **Smolbrains **holders just received [a community-created $SMOL airdrop](https://twitter.com/Tyler_Did_It/status/1737956165131063671).
- **Yuga Labs **intro’d a [new optimized CryptoPunks wrapper contract](https://twitter.com/0xQuit/status/1737556089254875231).

### **📱 Crypto social**
- **Orb**, a Lens app, just added [support for shared community wallets](https://twitter.com/StaniKulechov/status/1736850642914709624).
- **MadFi**, another Lens app, unveiled a [Zora Mint open action](https://twitter.com/imthatcarlos/status/1737871209428042000).

### **🎮 Decentralized gaming**
- **Axie Infinity **launched its [highly-anticipated Parts Evolution system](https://twitter.com/AxieInfinity/status/1737314034460889134).
- **EthXY**, a new MMORPG on Base, [released its app](https://twitter.com/ethxy/status/1738255221682549149).
- **Gods Unchained** returned to [the Epic Games Store](https://twitter.com/GodsUnchained/status/1737226410442326451).
- **Nouns DAO** is voting on [renewing the Nouns Esports team](https://twitter.com/nounsesports/status/1737188000100917460).
- **Parallel **conducted its [2023 Holiday Airdrop event](https://twitter.com/ParallelTCG/status/1737938935718814179).

### **🪙 NFTfi**
- **Arcade **added a [Uniswap integration](https://twitter.com/Arcade_xyz/status/1737570877993050389).
- **MetaStreet** just facilitated a [250 ETH loan against a Zombie CryptoPunk](https://twitter.com/metastreetxyz/status/1736455776313680288).
- **Uniswap **crossed [$1B worth of swaps in its mobile app](https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1737183767905603959) and [published its 2023 Recap](https://twitter.com/Uniswap/status/1737875525644038194).

### **🌐 Virtual worlds**
- **Nifty Island **is launching a [Play-to-Aidrop (P2A) campaign around its upcoming $ISLAND token](https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island/status/1737558987019587770).
- **VIPE **rolled out [VIPE Rooms.](https://twitter.com/vipeio/status/1737879588875759955)