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@waleswoosh summarized a Discord AMA session held by Dust Labs founder Frank in an early morning Twitter thread that was later retweeted by the official y00ts Twitter account today.
❗ The Details
In the AMA, Frank hit on a number of upcoming initiatives within the Dust Labs ecosystem, most notably:
- y00tpoints, the rewards program for y00ts holders, is one of the team's current priorities. Earned through staking a y00ts NFT, y00tpoints will soon be redeemable for rewards, which will "not be merch, but dope sh*t that no one expects," according to Frank.
- y00ts will receive a forthcoming art upgrade, but the rumor that states holders will be able to purchase certain traits using y00tpoints is not true.
- Operation MHL (which stands for Maximizing Holder Liquidity) is another focus for the project. Frank plans to provide y00ts holders with access to "top tier tools and individuals in web3 who will educate and enable them to make a bag in the space."
- To help solve for the low liquidity in the Polygon NFT ecosystem, Frank mentions that "several team are working on solutions" that will soon enable y00ts to be purchased with mainnet ETH.
🔜 What's Next?
The above items are all expected to happen in Q2, and Frank expects June in particular to be a big month for the team.
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"We gonna be the #1 and #2 projects in the f*cking world" - Frank
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Forgotten Rune Wizard's Cult dropped a massive update on the development of the Forgotten Runiverse and an update on the global distribution deal for its upcoming comic book series.
The Deets
- Unique city architecture and expandable neighborhoods
- Diverse battle scenes for landmarks, dungeons, and regions
- Varied enemies, skills, and status effects in battles
- Rewards include customizable decorations for player houses
- Economy design and whitepaper still in progress
The Details
Cities in the game have received a refreshing update, with each one now boasting unique architecture and a variety of explorable neighborhoods. Neighborhoods act as self-contained instances within larger cities, allowing for continuous growth and expansion as new content is released, keeping cities relevant to gameplay experiences.
The team has also made impressive progress on the game's battle scenes, with unique visuals for every landmark, dungeon, and region. Alongside these scenes, new enemy types have been introduced, each belonging to a "family" with aligned traits across basic, elite, and boss enemies. Skills used in battles now feature unique artwork and can inflict status effects depending on their type and strength.
As players achieve victories in battles, they can earn rewards that allow them to craft and customize their house decorations. To obtain the most impressive rewards, players need to delve deep into the game's dungeons.
Behind the scenes, the level design and programming team have been testing and defining collision for objects and environments, while the design team is refining the game's economy in preparation for the release of a whitepaper.
❗Why It Matters
Despite building since early 2021, Forgotten Runes has been overshadowed by many other "more shiny" projects in the NFT space. This update provides a glimpse of the major ambitions of the project as well as the potential its IP and lore hold. While many may be aware of the sums thrown at Yuga Labs, it's easy to forget that Forgotten Runes has also raised a massive warchest to tackle its roadmap.
📊 By the Numbers
The Forgotten Runes Wizard's Cult holds a floor price of 0.8 ETH and has been pretty stable in that range, though down 13 percent over the past 30 days.
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Knights of Degen, a sports-focused web3 community, is inviting players to embark on quests and challenges while earning rewards and discovering treasures according to its newly dropped Purple Paper.
The Deets
- Built on Knights of Degen NFTs and powered by DegenDAO and $DGEN token
- Players create a Degen Identity, can participate in multiple rewarding initiatives
- $DGEN token fuels the ecosystem with governance, utility, and rewards
- Multiple verticals to participate in, including Degen Commerce, Degen Media, and Degen Sports Collective
- Opportunity to stake Knights NFTs starting tomorrow.
The Details
The Degen Kingdom is a unique gaming ecosystem that combines fantasy sports, NFTs, and blockchain technology. Built upon the lore of the Knights of Degen NFTs, the ecosystem is powered by the DegenDAO and the $DGEN token. Players create a Degen Identity to participate in Bet2Earn tournaments, fantasy leagues, and more. By purchasing a Knight, users unlock the full range of features the Knights of Degen App has to offer.
The $DGEN token serves as the backbone of the ecosystem, providing governance, utility, and rewards for players. It can be used for in-game transactions, staking, and earning rewards. Developers can also leverage the token's liquidity and community to bootstrap new activities and games.
Beyond gaming, the Degen Kingdom offers multiple verticals for users to engage in, such as Degen Commerce (merchandise and products), Degen Media (podcasts, shows, and articles), and the Degen Sports Collective (digital art collection and trading). These verticals provide additional value and opportunities for members to earn rewards and enhance their Degen Identity.
❗Why It Matters
Knights of Degen has been fiercely committed to its core demographic, sports fans and fantasy sports enthusiasts that have embraced the "degen" mentality. Its Purple Paper represents a significant step forward in the convergence of those ideals and blockchain technology, enhancing its Bet2Earm product and formalizing the DegenDAO and $DGEN token. The brand has already engaged in innovative initiatives like its March Madness Brackets NFTs and bolstering its ecosystem infrastructure should allow it to continue building stickiness with KoD members.
🔜 What's Next
More details on the unfolding lore are expected next week.
🎬 Take Action
To begin your journey in the Degen Kingdom, follow these steps:
- Read the Purple Paper
- Download the Knights of Degen App (iOS or Android)
- Create an account and customize your Degen Identity
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DeGods officially made the transition to Ethereum last night, beginning with an announcement at 9:30 PM ET. As of Saturday morning, over 5,000 DeGods had already made the journey from Solana to Ethereum.
❗ Why It Matters
Long considered the premier Solana NFT project, DeGods are leaving their home in a move that follows y00ts migration to Polygon earlier this week. There has been a lot of debate over where the DeGods collection will rank among Ethereum NFTs post-bridge, with popular opinion settling somewhere around the Azuki tier. DeGods has not disappointed in their first few hours on Ethereum.
🔎The Details
- Dust Labs is covering all gas fees related to the migration through 9:30 PM ET tonight.
- On April 3, a "Paper Hands Bridge Tax" will go into effect on the original Solana collection. Those who do not bridge to Ethereum will face a royalty fee of 33.3% should they choose to sell their DeGod NFT on Solana. DeGods on Ethereum will have a royalty fee of only 0.33%.
- One lucky DeGods holder who migrates their NFT within the first 24 hours will win a BTC DeGod.
- The first DeGod sold on Ethereum went for 11.1 ETH.
🔢 By The Numbers
The project's floor price on Ethereum currently sits at 10.4 ETH (or $19,000 USD), trailing Azuki by around 3.5 ETH. The floor price on Solana on Magic Eden sits around the same range, at 939 SOL, or $18,780.
⚡ Take Action
- DeGods holders can migrate from Solana to Ethereum here: https://degods.com/migration
- Keep an eye out for project founder Frank to join Blur founder Pacman on a Twitter Spaces today.
🎤 Community Feedback
It took me 76 seconds to send off my @DeGodsNFT to migration. Seamless and entertaining. Thank you @frankdegods and @kevindegods and all the chads on the team@glxtchtheworld
DraftKings announced major news ahead of The Masters next week, with the debut of its Approach Set which will drop beginning on April 4.
🔎The Details
The Approach Set will join Genesis, Starter, Prize and Booster as the fifth set in the Reignmakers PGA TOUR product. It will consists of three types of packs: the 2023 Approach Stinger LEGENDARY Packs, 2023 Approach Bump and Run ELITE Packs, and 2023 Approach Flop Shot RARE Packs. The first packs in the Approach Set will drop next week, running from Tuesday to Thursday. These drops will repeat over each of the next five events, and collectors who hold a Greens Pass will gain preferred access to Approach Set drops. All golfers will have cards minted in the Approach Set, but editions will be released only when the golfer appears in the current week's field.
⚡ Take Action
The Approach Set will contain the following pack types:
- RARE: $24.99 for 5 cards including 1 guaranteed RARE.
- ELITE: $249.99 for 5 cards including 1 guaranteed ELITE.
- LEGENDARY: $1,499.99 for 5 cards including 2 LEGENDARY.
- REIGNMAKER: Auction only.
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Leading web3 AI generative artist Pindar Van Arman laid out his plans for the near future in a Twitter thread posted last night. Van Arman addresses his vision both for his existing collections and new works.
🔎The Details
- AI Imagined Faced: A 100-edition collection hosted by BrightMoments. This collection will be minted in person, at a location in Tokyo. Minters will also receive a "physical canvas."
- Decoherence: More "occasional limited edition artist grade 4"x6" and 10"x10" giveaways" on an unscheduled basis.
- bitGANs/podGANs/byteGANs: Van Arman says that bitGANs and podGANs are both "done," though podGANs may be involved in future BrainDrops drops. byteGANs, on the other hand, "will be active in multiple ways." Upcoming Crucible events will allow holders to upgrade their NFTs to new types. There will also be more byteGANgs 1/1 auctions in the future.
- qubitGANs: Van Arman described this as his "most anticipated future drop," describing it as a combination of bitGANs with the technical quality of Decoherence. Van Arman adds, "Am digging deep into quantum computers and their significance to do something great with these." The collection will be released during the second half of this year.
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The Notable Pepes ecosystem is expanding, after it was announced last night that the team is launching a companion collection called Potentially Notable Pepes (PNPs).
🔎The Details
PNPs will be used to reward Notable Pepes collectors, and the first NFTs in this new collection have been awarded based on a snapshot taken yesterday around 6:00 PM ET. PNPs is meant as an "extension of the main Notable Pepe collection," focused on memes specifically made for social use, submissions from community art contests and more. There are currently four different PNP NFTs available to claim for Notable Pepes holders whose wallets appeared in the snapshot.
⚡ Take Action
- All Notable Pepes holders are able to claim "Green Beanz Checks" here.
- Holders of 100 or more Pepe Checks can claim "Fake Rothko Checks" here.
- Collectors of 12 or more unique Notable Pepes can claim "Lily Pad Checks" here.
- Complete Notable Pepe set holders can claim "Minimalist Pepe Checks" here.
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y00ts are officially on the move, after the team began the collection's migration to Polygon around 1:20 AM ET this morning.
🔎The Deets
- At the time of posting, 5,772 y00t NFTs held by 897 unique owners have been migrated to Polygon.
- Now denominated in ETH, the Polygon collection has a floor price of 1.93 ETH, with two sales over the first six hours.
⚡ Take Action
- Those interested can migrate their y00t via the project's official website.
- The team recommends using Phantom wallet for the smoothest experience.
- Holders will be gifted $5 by Magic Eden for every unique y00t listed on the platform in wETH over the first 24 hours following migration. If the y00t is sold, an additional $20 USDC will be awarded.
- Watch a demo of the migration process, recorded by @jaypee_sol.
- For instructions on funding a wallet to make purchases on Polygon, refer here.
🎤 Community Quote
The @y00tsNFT bridging to @0xPolygon has been an absolute orchestra from the branding to the smart contracts, and to the communications. The feedback from the community has been really solid. It's rare in web3 for things to go exactly according to plan when it comes to major bridging events. Hats off to @frankdegods and the @dust_labs team, you nailed it.@Tytanic
Mocaverse, the official NFT collection of Animoca Brands, announced the launch of Mocana Odyssey this morning, a program that will be powered by partner experiences involving other projects in Animoca's portfolio.
🔎The Deets
- Users who participate in Odyssey partner experiences will have the opportunity to get rewarded in the form of Moca XPs.
- The launch date and mechanics involving Moca XPs will be clarified later this week, according to the announcement
- Those who "soft stake" their Mocaverse NFTs for two consecutive staking windows will be eligible for rewards. Those who list, transfer or sell their NFTs during the window will not be eligible.
- The first participant in the program will be Arc8 by GAMEE, a "blockchain-powered gaming platform that recognizes and rewards skill, effort and loyalty."
🎤 Community Quote
Could be amazing to see MOCAs compete in metaverse poker tournaments too, can reward XP and other Moca experiences in return@web4capital
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y00ts will be migrating to Polygon tomorrow, according to a late night announcement from the team.
❗ Why It Matters
Back in December, project founder Frank announced y00ts and DeGods would be migrating away from the Solana blockchain, with y00ts headed to Polygon and DeGods following a hybrid approach, bridging to both Polygon and Ethereum. Polygon gave DeLabs a $3m non-equity grant to help facilitate the deal. Now, we finally know when this move will take place.
🔎The Deets
- The announcement notes that holders will be rewarded for migrating within the first 24 hours.
- NFT marketplace Magic Eden will be covering gas fees associated with the move, and will gift users $5 in USDC for every y00ts NFT listed on Magic Eden. Additionally, y00t trading will be fee-free on Magic Eden for the first 30 days.
- y00ts will be airdropping one BTC DeGod and one y00t NFT to lucky winners 24 hours after the migration based on a snapshot of holder wallets.
- To encourage holders to migrate, DeLabs will be enforcing a 33.3% PHBT (paper hands bridge tax) royalty fee on the y00ts Solana collection. This will take effect on April 3.
- It was also announced that DeGods will migrate to Ethereum on March 31. More info about the DeGods migration will follow this week.
🎤 Community Quote
This is a work of beauty. I hope the tech matches but in terms of communication, aesthetics, marketing and attention to details, @frankdegods and the team are unrivaled in crypto and also top notch in the retail worls. Truly captivating stuff.@PsyChrypto
