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NFT Brew #39
NFT & crypto news, mints, and more
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News
Largest Mint on Cardano This Year?
The Ape Society dominates the Cardano headlines this week as they open up their Citizens of The Ape Society (COTAS) mint yesterday. Over the weekend, the community enjoyed a whitelist giveaway frenzy as the team distributed WL allocations to different partner projects. See the below thread for further details on the COTAS NFTs.
🛂 COTAS - The summary 🛂
What exactly will a passport contain and allow you to do?
Follow the thread to learn more 👇
🧵(1/8)
— The Ape Society DAO (@the_ape_society)
9:51 PM • Mar 13, 2023
Let’s make this the biggest multi chain event in Cardano history. @the_ape_society
— Congo (@ponziratti)
6:28 PM • Mar 7, 2023
Gm, The Citizens of @the_ape_society opens in 6 hours on Cardano.
citizens.theapesociety.io
— Congo (@ponziratti)
2:24 PM • Mar 15, 2023
₳175K Sale
We stick with The Ape Society because one of their NFTs was purchased for a whopping ₳175,000 this week. This is the 3rd largest sale in the project's impressive history, the largest being ₳250K in December 2022.
Large Sale Alert 🚨
Salvat de' Medici from @the_ape_society was sold for 175,000 $ADA on jpg.store 🔥
— JPG Store Stats (@jpgstorestats)
1:06 PM • Mar 14, 2023
Cardano DeFi Takes Off
Total Value Locked (TVL) reached new all-time highs last month on Cardano. The growth was the second largest among all chains in the Top 20 TVL charts, which Cardano now belongs to for the first time.
Minswap leads the way for exchanges, while Aada Finance records impressive growth (+345%) in the lending/borrowing category.
Cardano is the turtle that will slowly win the race 🐢
30-day #DeFi numbers:
📈Total TVL: ₳369M (+31%)
✅Broke into the Top 20 (#19)
✅2nd fastest DeFi growth in the Top 20Dexes:
1⃣ @MinswapDEX (+32%)
2⃣ @wingriderscom (+5.5%)
3⃣ @MuesliSwapTeam (+17%)
4⃣ @SundaeSwap (-6%)… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— CardanoThor (@CardanoThor)
5:11 PM • Mar 14, 2023
₳13M Needed for Upcoming Mints
The next few weeks in Cardano NFTs will be some of the busiest in history, with several major projects dropping large collections. In addition to the aforementioned COTAS mint, the following reputable projects will be minting:
15th: Brave Dogs, Unphased, The Ape Society
17th: Her Monsters Gang
18th: Goofy Gophers Club
22nd: Stag Alliance
24th: Platypus Cyberpunks
25th: Cybers
30th: Fort Gotten
31st: Chilled Kongs
April: Prime Kings & more
Will this spur a Cardano NFT market boom or leave promising projects in a tough situation, struggling to compete?
In the next 3 wks we're going to see a battle of 7+ projects fighting for as much MINT liquidity as the #CNFT space has in 30 day volume. 13 MILLION $ADA is wanted - what do you mint?
@StagAlliance @her_monsters @GGMC_nft@ChilledKongs@the_ape_society@OTKraken@platypusCNFT
— $ivancardano (@ivancardano)
10:06 PM • Mar 11, 2023
Cardano Whale is Back
One of Cardano's largest and most beloved influencers activated his Twitter account again after leaving for a few weeks.
RETURN OF THE KING 🏆🐳 @cardano_whale
— NOODZ 🍜 The Alexandria Project (@CardanoNoodz)
4:52 AM • Mar 15, 2023
YTD, Cardano TVL grew 20% per month to 358m ADA. If this trend continues, it hits 1bn ADA in a year, which is $3bn if ADA goes back to all-time high. This doesn’t factor in yet to launch @axotrade, @GeniusyieldO, @TeddySwap, @yamfore, @SpectrumLabs_, new @liqwidfinance assets etc
— ADA whale (@cardano_whale)
6:38 AM • Mar 16, 2023
NMKR Adds Solana & Ethereum Payment Options
Cardano's largest minting platform, NMKR, now allows users to pay with $SOL and $ETH when minting Cardano NFTs. This is a welcoming addition to their current Cardano wallets and credit card options.
🟢 NEW FEATURE 🟢
You can now pay for #Cardano NFT Mints with #SOL & #ETH#ETH NMKR Pay.
Get started by creating your first NFTs right now: httpnmkr.io/mintingp
— NMKR (@nmkr_io)
3:21 PM • Mar 13, 2023
A New Era for Art on Cardano?
A new marketplace, Newform, will launch today. Much like Artano, it is a marketplace that promises a focus on NFT artists and high-quality digital art.
Newform will launch today at 6pm UTC! 🚀
#Newform
— Newform (@newform_)
4:29 PM • Mar 15, 2023
The First Cardano Film Festival Opens
Nucast is currently hosting the first film festival on Cardano and possibly the first decentralized film festival in history. They announced ten films participating in the festival, and ticket holders have until the 18th to watch and vote on the films.
We're thrilled to present the 10 Films that have been selected for participation in the inaugural Nucast Film Festival.
#NFF2023 Ticket holders will be able to watch the films starting at 5pm UTC using Nucast
Lights, Camera, #Cardano🎬!
Details on the short films:
🧵(1/12)— Nucast.io (@NucastIO)
3:53 PM • Mar 12, 2023
Ape Society Dominates Twitter
As usual, we look at the most mentions on Twitter among Cardano NFT projects. Last week, unsurprisingly, The Ape Society easily topped the list, followed by the Order of the Kraken and Brave Dogs.
It's Monday! Here are the 50 most tweeted #cardano NFT projects of the last week 📊
1. @the_ape_society 🥇
2. @OTKraken 🥈
3. @BraveDogsNFT 🥉
4. @StagAlliance
5. @MallardOrder
6. @ChilledKongs
7. @hoskytoken
8. @UnbotherWolves
9. @PRIMEKINGSnft
10. @jpgstoreNFT— $goofycrisp (@goofy_crisp)
11:42 PM • Mar 13, 2023
Other Cardano NFT Project Updates
Many prominent Cardano NFT projects recently announced some updates:
Mallard Order announced the "Renaissance" this week, an event where artists and community members get an opportunity to win prizes and have their work featured.
Greetings #CNFTCommunity, join The Mallard Order's Renaissance event for a chance to display your artwork at our upcoming art show in April.
20 Winners will be eligible for #prizes such as @MallardOrder#NFTs, #ADA, and more!
All are welcome, find out more in our Discord.
— The Mallard Order (@MallardOrder)
5:57 PM • Mar 11, 2023
Mutants, one of Cardano's largest NFT projects and a popular raffle platform, previewed the artwork for their upcoming Mutants mint.
The humanoid stepped out of the mutation chamber, and Dr. Carono was satisfied with the results.
His body shape, mouse fur, croc teeth, chest/neck, and toad eyes. The new humanoid specimens reminded him of the old habitants of the swamp.
Are they capable of working with Dr.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Mutants (@MutantNFTs)
2:50 PM • Mar 15, 2023
Lending Pond, Cardano's first NFT lending platform, recently confirmed the launch of their V2 on March 30th.
It’s confirmed! v2 is launching march 30th!
Pond is simple, safe, and easy to use. There is no need to complicate our user experience with an ISPO.
— Lending Pond (@lendingpond_ada)
9:55 AM • Mar 14, 2023
Disco Solaris announced a second NFT collection called Moebius Pioneers. More details will be revealed soon, but they have promised an airdrop to holders of their OG collection.
GM!
#Cardano#NFT#CNFT
— Disco Solaris 🪐 (@discosolaris)
2:40 PM • Mar 14, 2023
Chilled Kongs had a much more positive week, revealing a sneak peek of their upcoming Magic Kongs collection artwork and teasing further updates on March 22nd.
Magic can be everywhere, in nature, even deep down in the Ocean. In fact, I'd say that a Super Magic creature lives there. Be ready for the Magic Kongs on March 31st at @jpgstoreNFT.
#MagicKongs#Cardano#NFTCommunity
— Chilled Kongs (@ChilledKongs)
9:44 PM • Mar 10, 2023
Find out where the story is taking us on March 22nd, 8 pm UTC. 🍄
#MagicKongs#Cardano#NFTCommunity
— Chilled Kongs (@ChilledKongs)
7:07 PM • Mar 14, 2023
Danketsu released their NFT farming platform: danketsuhustle.io
🥷 Danketsu NFT Farming 🪙
The danketsuhustle.io platform is now live!
Head to the website to begin farming with your Danketsu NFTs from the main collection now!
Read through this thread to learn more about the platform.
#Cardano#NFTs
🧵1/5
— Danketsu (formerly ADA NinjaZ) (@DanketsuNFT)
5:05 PM • Mar 15, 2023
Aeoniumsky hinted at an airdrop for holders of all S01 Blocks. Only 5 drops remain in the collection, which consists of 24 Block NFTs.
The countdown is on! Series 01 is almost complete with just 5 BLOCKS left to go.
Details on the S01 Airdrop coming soon 👀
#NFTCollection
— aeoniumsky NFT (@aeoniumsky)
5:50 AM • Mar 14, 2023
ORE ORE ORE completed their Casey airdrop today, giving holders this NFT token that can be used to encase their OREMOB NFTs in the near future.
⭕️✨⭕️✨⭕️✨⭕️✨⭕️✨
GET READY FOR THE
FIRST OREMOB AIRDROP!This CASEY‘s purpose is to encase
your OREMOB. So Feed it… But not
after midnight!⭕️✨⭕️✨⭕️✨⭕️✨⭕️✨
#CASEYV1#OREMOB#ENCASE
— ORE ORE ORE ⭕✨ (@ore_times_3)
2:48 PM • Mar 11, 2023
Derp Birds updated their profiles this week and added KWIC as a new staking partner. Today, they also announced a new logo.
The revamped profiles are now live 🚀
👉 Track your major milestone stats
👉 View which traits you have and are still missing
👉 Improve your trait score for each unique trait you haveTrait Score leaderboards go live this week 🥇
Stuff on top of stuff on top of stuff 🔥
— Derp Birds (@DerpBirdsNFT)
4:29 PM • Mar 13, 2023
Our old look wasn’t fun.
Our new one is!
— Derp Birds (@DerpBirdsNFT)
2:22 PM • Mar 16, 2023
JPG Store's collection offers feature seems to positively impact the Cardano NFT markets, illustrated by the Tweet below.
One of the most impressive bid/ask spreads currently for #CardanoNFTs is @MallardOrder
@jpgstoreNFT's collection offers making markets more efficient🔥
— Jungle (@jungleanalytics)
12:15 AM • Mar 15, 2023
PlanetPalz released the BETA of their game: Reign of Titans.
The Reign of Titans BETA test is now LIVE! See our links below to get started.
🎮 Play: planetpalz.io/rot
🎥 Trailer: youtu.be/TRrHH4FkCIY
📜 White Paper: tinyurl.com/planetpalzwp— PlanetPalz: Reign of Titans (@PlanetPalz)
9:39 PM • Mar 13, 2023
Poetonic, one of Cardano's most respected artists, announced Season 5, Eolas, with a video trailer.
Stoked to present Season 05, also called Eolas! 🔥 If this doesn't turn you on, I don't know what will tbh. May the mint Gods be with you on Saturday. 🦴 Sound ON 🔉 More info on the collection here ➡️ poetonic.com/season-05/#PoetonicS5#ArtOfCardano
— Poetonic (@Poetonic_Art)
5:20 PM • Mar 15, 2023
Anvil, one of Cardano's most prolific minting and staking development studios, celebrated its 1st anniversary this week.
Today marks the 1 year anniversary of Anvil's inception! 🎂🥳🎉
What a wild year it has been!
We are so grateful for our customers, and clients, who continue to trust us to build/provide tools for Cardano.
Our DMs are open! Inquire now on how we can help your projects needs!
— Anvil Dev Agency, Inc. (@ada_anvil)
2:58 PM • Mar 15, 2023
Beyond Cardano
DeGods on Bitcoin
DeGods, one of the largest NFT projects in the world, announced that they are minting a collection on Bitcoin. The decision is causing some controversy, especially over what many consider to be a high price.
This week, we will be launching a first-of-its-kind minting experience on Bitcoin.
535 DeGods. Public mint. First come, first serve.
This is how you can prepare for the mint 🧵
— DeGods III (@DeGodsNFT)
12:13 AM • Mar 16, 2023
Doodles No Longer an NFT Project
According to a recent announcement from the team on Discord, one of the largest NFT projects on Ethereum no longer considers itself an NFT project.
BREAKING: @doodles IS “NO LONGER AN NFT PROJECT.” 🤔
— The Drop (@thedropnft)
6:56 AM • Mar 16, 2023
Historically Large Bank Failures Shake the Markets
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were the 2nd and 3rd largest bank failures in US history. This affected both the traditional and crypto markets as banking shares plunged across the board and major stablecoins $DAI and $USDC de-pegged to $0.9 over the weekend.
To make things worse, as this is written, speculation over the probability of Credit Suisse defaulting is dominating most news outlets.
#Bitcoin ad on display in front of Silicon Valley Bank HQ.
— Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru)
1:44 PM • Mar 15, 2023
Silicon Valley Bank had about $209 billion in assets
Credit Suisse has about $578 billion in assets
This is a much bigger problem in the making
— Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter)
2:45 PM • Mar 15, 2023
Never before have we seen $DAI de-peg to $0.90
Never before have we seen $USDC de-peg to $0.90This is a 'make or break' moment for the crypto industry and is yet again proof that contagion takes a LONG time to play out.
This will set back the industry for years to come...
— Nicholas Merten (@Nicholas_Merten)
9:14 AM • Mar 11, 2023
Meta (Facebook) Abandons NFT Plans
Meta announced they are abandoning their plans to integrate NFTs into their platform. This comes out as they plan to lay off a further 10,000 employees in a second round of layoffs.
Meta removes NFT feature from Instagram and Facebook:
Are NFTs dead? 🧵👇
(1/12)
— wale.swoosh 🐳 (@waleswoosh)
11:40 AM • Mar 14, 2023
OpenAI Releases GPT-4
The world's most popular chatbot, ChatGPT, had a big upgrade this week called GPT-4. This next-generation model introduces performance and accuracy improvements along with new ways to interact.
Announcing GPT-4, a large multimodal model, with our best-ever results on capabilities and alignment: openai.com/product/gpt-4
— OpenAI (@OpenAI)
5:00 PM • Mar 14, 2023
Minting
These projects are personally curated by CardanoThor or other trusted NFT Vikings. However, this is not investment advice, and we always encourage you to do your own research. For CardanoThor's personal opinions and insights into how much he will mint, read the Premium Brew. *All times are shown in Eastern Time.
Currently Minting
These projects are either still minting or just recently sold out
COTAS (The Ape Society)
See the top story in the News section for more information.
Brave Dogs (Xperience Pass)
The Brave Dogs team just dropped their Xperience pass NFTs through a whitelist-only mint. At the time of writing, they have just sold out.
We have got some BIG news to share! Or do you already know?
Wallet submissions have been initiated in Discord! 🚀
- Mint Date : 15th March
- Mint Price : 175ADA
- Supply : 333 [300 Will Be Minted]
- Eligibility : WL Only🔥3 WL of XPass, Engage!
#CNFT
— Brave Dogs | Space & Beyond | CNFT (@BraveDogsNFT)
1:56 PM • Mar 5, 2023
Unphased
Unphased is a collection of 2,777 post-apocalyptic pilgrims of the Unphased sanctum. At the time of writing, the team just decided to cancel the mint and refund everyone due to low demand.
🌵 4 HOURS
UNPHASED is officially verified on @jpgstoreNFT
MINT will go live at 5PM UTC, only use this link
👉 unphased.peppermintnft.ioRemain Unphased ♥️
#CNFT#CNFTCommunity#Mint#NFT
— unphased 🌵 (@UnphasedNFT)
12:53 PM • Mar 15, 2023
Upcoming Mints
Her Monsters Gang
Another highly anticipated mint is the Her Monsters Gang Monsters collection. This is their main collection and comes at the back of their Prio Squad and Apartment collections. Supply is 4,444, but they estimate that 1,256 will be available for public sale. See my interview with the team on YouTube.
📆 Date: - March 17: puzzle event- March 18: WL- March 21: Public💸 Price: ₳185📦 Supply: 4,444🐦 Twitter
4444 Monsters
1 of a kind experience
Starts in 13 daysReady 4 MMMilitia Mint?
Hermonsters.com#Cardano#NFTs #NFT
#HMG 🦊Scan the QR Code below to meet the family and get prepped.
— Her Monsters Gang 🂽🦊 (MMM / Q1 23) (@her_monsters)
12:38 PM • Mar 4, 2023
Goofy Gophers Mining Club
Goofy Gophers is the first and only NFT project on Cardano that provides value through a mining operation. Their original mint was only 995 NFTs and sold out months ago. This upcoming main sale consists of 7,888 NFTs and will expand the mining operation significantly. If you are interested in crypto mining but not willing or able to set up your own operation, this is a great opportunity to get involved in a decentralized way.
📆 Date:- March 10, 3PM- March 11, 3PM💸 Price: $130📦 Supply: 7,888🐦 Twitter
Hey Gophers! 👋
Main Sale has been pushed back one week to ensure the best mint experience possible with @flipr_io
⛏️ Public opens 18th March 8pm UTC
⛏️ Whitelisters can mint 24h early
⛏️ Mint is $130 USD in ADA
Just one week til' we see you in the mines 🌟#CardanoMint
— Goofy Gophers Mining Club | MINT OPEN (@GGMC_nft)
5:30 AM • Mar 8, 2023
Stag Alliance
One of the most highly anticipated mints of the year comes from Stag Alliance. The mint will be done in 3 phases, ranging from their pass holders to a hybrid public sale.
📆 Date: - March 22, 7AM (pass holders)- March 22, 3PM (WL)- March 23, 12PM (public)💸 Price: ₳200📦 Supply: 7,500🐦 Twitter
Minting on 22nd & 23rd March 2023
More details to follow http
— Stag Alliance | CNFT 🦌 (@StagAlliance)
2:21 PM • Feb 24, 2023
Market Update
Cardano
The price of ADA has been on a rollercoaster along with other cryptocurrencies this week, jumping from $0.30 to $0.37 and back down to current levels of $0.32. Looking at the Cardano NFT market, however, tells a different story.
Volume is up 4% for the week, and the number of trades is the same. In other words, not much has changed this week as volume continues to be lackluster.
Volume: ₳3.8M (+4%) NFTs Sold: 15k (-%) Buyers: 7,461 (-%)
"Pink Chip" index
Is the NFT space on Cardano done? Will we ever see previous highs in terms of volume? I think so, and here is why:
Cardano is a top altcoin: It is one of the largest blockchains by market cap.
DeFi is booming: A lot of liquidity is being used in the booming DeFi space on Cardano.
Too many large mints: People are saving up their ADA and selling to save up for many of the large upcoming mints discussed above.
Charles is on board: As long as Charles continues to value the NFT space, recently calling it the most vibrant part of the Cardano community, it has room to grow.
Cross-chain: NFTs continue to enter into the public consciousness, and with the potential of more cross-chain activity, Cardano NFTs could benefit heavily.
Still early: As we all know, Cardano is the tortoise that is in no rush to get to the goal line. The same can be said for the NFT space. There is still a lot of room for growth in terms of making the blockchain more NFT-friendly.
The big picture
Top 10 Projects
Cornucopias Custom Domes and COTAS were the only new project on this week's Top 10. Chilled Kongs were the biggest gainers while Goombles were the biggest losers in terms of volume and floor price.
1️⃣ The Ape Society- Volume: ₳530K (+83%) - FP: ₳7,999 (-9%)2️⃣ COTAS (TAS) - Volume: ₳358K (-%) - FP: ₳365 (-%)3️⃣ Chilled Kongs - Volume: ₳309K (+334%) - FP: ₳1,159 (+37%)4️⃣ Clay Nation - Volume: ₳138K (-17%) - FP: ₳2,999 (+4%)5️⃣ Alley Katz - Volume: ₳105K (-5%) - FP: ₳248 (-1%) 6️⃣ SpaceBudz - Volume: ₳97K (-27%) - FP ₳3,359 (-3%) 7️⃣ COPI Land - Volume: ₳83K (-13%) - FP: ₳154 (-%)8️⃣ Goombles - Volume: ₳73K (-71%) - FP: ₳189 (-19%)9️⃣ Pavia - Volume: ₳66K (-25%) - FP: ₳162 (+16%)🔟 COPI Custom Domes - Volume: ₳63K (+101%) - FP: ₳415 (-1%)
Top Sales
Top Sales description
1️⃣ Salvatde Medici (TAS): ₳175K2️⃣ Marlow Monet (TAS): ₳35K3️⃣ Alfonso Maddock (TAS): ₳21K4️⃣ COPI Custom Dome: ₳20K5️⃣ Studs Chiesa (TAS): ₳12K
Large Sale Alert 🚨
Salvat de' Medici from @the_ape_society was sold for 175,000 $ADA on jpg.store 🔥
— JPG Store Stats (@jpgstorestats)
1:06 PM • Mar 14, 2023
Other Markets
Please keep in mind that secondary market volume data does not always give a picture of the markets, as wash trading is a known practice in the NFT space, especially outside Cardano.
Despite the significant boost in cryptocurrency prices this week, Ethereum and Solana's secondary market volume declined approximately 14% last week. This compares to the USD increase of 14% on Cardano, which is back in a top 4 spot, and an impressive 87% increase on Ronin.
The numbers (7D)
Forkast NFT 500: -4%
Ethereum: $123M (-14%)
Solana: $17M (-14%)
Polygon: $8M (+6%)
Cardano: $2M (+14%)
BNB: $1.7M (+25%)
Flow: $1.2M (-39%)
Ronin: $0.9M (+87%)
ImmutableX: $0.7M (-82%)
Weekly Dose of Charles
Tweet of the Week
Crypto needs to de-risk itself from those unstable and volatile banks
— Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles)
1:50 AM • Mar 15, 2023
Pic of the Week
Talking @ZengateGlobal and #PalmyraComDex with @arrington and @IOHK_Charles
— Daniel Friedman ₳Σ 🇺🇸🇯🇵⛩️ (@DanielTetsuyama)
10:00 AM • Feb 3, 2023
Meme of the Week
Gonna be a great year for Cardano @IOHK_Charles $ADA
— Anthony (@AnthonyCardano)
12:06 PM • Jan 3, 2023
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