RoundUp: Comic Books #5–7 Presales End, VeeFriends x Coolkicks Drop Recap, 555 Harpik Tees, and MORE!This week at VeeFriends: Holder presale and public presale for Comic Books #5–7 ended, VeeFriends partnered with Coolkicks to drop four new FriendsCaps, and VeeFriends announced that GaryVee will host a show on Whatnot to release new 555 Harpik Tees alongside Comic Book #4.Take a look back at an exciting week at VeeFriends!Comic Books #5–7 Presales Have ClosedThe release of Comic Books #5–7, featuring Motivated Monster, Versatile Viking, and Notorious Ninja, kicked off with a 3-comic bundle holder presale from September 23rd–25th. That was followed by a 3-comic bundle public presale on EQL from September 25th–26th. Now that those presales have concluded, the next chance to grab these comic books is at NYCC 2025.Thank you to everyone who grabbed their bundles! Happy reading and collecting!VeeFriends Teamed Up With CoolKicks To Drop Four New FriendsCapsGaryVee and Adeel from Coolkicks went live on Whatnot on September 23rd for an exclusive drop of four exclusive, limited-edition FriendsCaps. The collection included two Legendary and two Awesome colorways. In under two hours, nearly 2,000 caps sold, the stream drew 44,000+ total views and eclipsed 10,000+ concurrent viewers, with more than 6,000 new followers joining VeeFriends on Whatnot. Forty giveaways totaled over $30,000 in prizes, including one lucky winner who won $10,000 in Amazon store-credit.Welcome to everyone discovering VeeFriends for the first time, congrats to those who grabbed a FriendsCap, and thank you to the entire community for your continued and growing support.GaryVee to Release 555 Harpik Tee Alongside Comic Book #4 On WhatnotVeeFriends announced the release of the new and exclusive 555 Harpik Tees, which feature a mythic depiction of the Thoughtful Three-Horned Harpik. Join GaryVee live on Whatnot Tuesday, September 30th at 10pm ET to score one of these tees limited to just 555 produced, alongside Comic Book #4. Viewers may even get a first look at the story of Hunt for Harpik.Bookmark the livestream here!The VeeFriends TCG standings have been updated. See who is atop the leaderboard.All Series 1 holders were given free membership into the GaryVee x Stan Challenge.A Series 1 Very, Very, Very, Very Lucky Black Cat was snagged. See who got it.COMIC OF THE WEEKCheck out our Sunday comic “Fearless Fairy and Bad Intentions Race to the Hologram House” featured in Lee Enterprises publications nationwide!Want more comics? Visit https://veefriends.com/comic-corner to read through the entire collection.RoundUp: Comic Books #5–7 Presales End, VeeFriends x Coolkicks Drop Recap, 555 Harpik Tees, and… was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Weekly RoundUp: Stan Challenge, VeeFriends x Funko Revealed, Comic Books #5–7 Unveiled, and 24 Hour Charity StreamThis week at VeeFriends: Comic Books #5–7 were unveiled, VeeFriends partnered with Funko to launch two new POPS! hitting NYCC 2025, GaryVee introduced the Stan Challenge, and VeeFriends partnered with Midwest Cards and the Kids Mental Health Foundation for a charity livestream to support kids’ mental health.Take a look back at this eventful week at VeeFriends!Comic Books #5–7 Introduced With Exclusive Presale Before NYCC 2025 DebutVeeFriends announced its return to New York Comic Con 2025 with an explosive launch of Comic Books #5, #6, and #7. Each comic delivers deep lore for Motivated Monster, Versatile Viking, and Notorious Ninja while expanding the VeeFriends universe. A limited amount of comic book bundles will be available starting next week through VeeFriends’ exclusive NFT holder presale, and EQL’s public presale ahead of the full spectacle at booth #4409 on the show floor.Read the full details of this three-comic release HERE.Two New Funko POPs! Dropping at NYCC 2025Building on the success of its first Funko collaboration, which featured POP! Jolly Jack-O at New York Comic Con 2024 (winner of the 2024 PSA Gemmy for Best Funko POP!), VeeFriends announced that it’s teaming up with Funko once again for New York Comic Con 2025. Two brand-new limited-edition vinyl figures will debut at the show: POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold and POP! Jolly Jack-O Silver. In addition, all Series 1 Jolly Jack-O holders will be able to claim one free POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold per NFT owned.Learn how you can collect these rare vinyls at NYCC 2025 HERE.VeeFriends NFT Holders Gifted Free Access To The GaryVee x Stan ChallengeOn September 15th, VeeFriends offered Series 1 Gift Goat, Access, and Spectacular holders a free one-year Stan Creator Membership in addition to free access to the GaryVee x Stan Challenge. This 8-week competition runs from Oct. 8th — Dec. 12th where participants use Stan’s easy-to-use platform to launch digital products.Participants will be able to join 8 exclusive live coaching calls with GaryVee focused on using Stan, building products, and growing a brand. The top 10 earners, as well as 5 additional winners from those who earn $555 or more, will receive a complimentary trip to New York City to meet GaryVee and his team.Read the full details of the GaryVee x Stan Challenge HERE.24-Hour Livestream Benefiting Kids Mental Health FoundationVeeFriends is partnering with Midwest Cards and the Kids Mental Health Foundation for a 24-hour charity livestream on September 19th — September 20th to promote children’s wellness. Currently live at the time of publishing, viewers are enjoying the release of exclusive products and collectibles, live pack breaks, and special guest appearances. 100% of proceeds from the livestream will go to the Kids Mental Health Foundation. Thank you to everyone tuning in and supporting this important cause.Learn more about the Kids Mental Health Foundation HERE.Quick HitsGolden Gary Bee Contest winner announced. See what they won.The VeeFriends Trading Cards Overview is live. Check it out.Don’t know about VeeFriends Super Stickers? Get introduced.Coming This WeekTuesday, Sept. 23rd, 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PST: VeeFriends x CoolKicks dropping ​four new Friendscaps​ on WhatNotTuesday, Sept. 23rd, 12pm ET — Thursday, Sept. 25th, 12pm ET:NFT Holder Presale opens for Comic Books #5–7Thursday, Sept. 25th, 12pm ET — Friday, Sept. 26th, 12pm ET: Public sale for Comic Books #5–7 opens via EQLCOMIC OF THE WEEKCheck out our Sunday comic “Cloud Creatures” featured in Lee Enterprises publications nationwide!Want more comics? Visit https://veefriends.com/comic-corner to read through the entire collection.Weekly RoundUp: Stan Challenge, VeeFriends x Funko Revealed, Comic Books #5–7 Unveiled, and 24 Hour… was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

VeeFriends Unleashes Comic Books 5–7 With Limited Presale Access Before New York Comic Con 2025 LaunchVeeFriends is returning to New York Comic Con 2025 in full force! Not only will attendees have the opportunity to purchase the following books in our sold-out comic series, but we’re unleashing the next chapter of our comic universe with an explosive three-book launch.Building on our comic momentum, we’re simultaneously releasing Comic Books #5, #6, and #7, a bold strategy that allows attendees to engage with VeeFriends for the first time through powerful stories.Each comic book delivers deep character lore for Motivated Monster, Versatile Viking, and Notorious Ninja while expanding the VeeFriends universe. These aren’t just comics. They’re collectible art pieces featuring covers by legendary illustrators, limited sketch variants, and rare editions fitting for any collector.We’re making sure everyone in our community gets a shot at these releases, whether you’re at NYCC 2025 or not. A limited amount of comic book bundles will be available through our exclusive NFT holder presale, and EQL’s public presale ahead of the full spectacle at booth #4409 on the show floor.Inside Comic Book #5: Motivated MonsterIn the depressed and forgotten city of Gary, Indiana, an unlikely hero transcends his family’s legacy of being losers by rising into Motivated Monster. This dark, harrowing, and inspiring origin story demonstrates how some monsters don’t destroy, they rebuild.Created by Gary VaynerchukScript by D.J. CoffmanArt by Chris FasonCover B by Jae LeeInside Comic Book #6: VEE for VikingVersatile Viking sets sail on the high seas as he journeys across uncharted waters in a quest for a new life. When a shipwreck leaves Viking stranded on a mysterious shore, he’s led into a test of his versatility that will determine his destiny.Created by Gary VaynerchukStory by D.J. CoffmanArt by Katelyn WindelsCover B by Jim MahfoodInside Comic Book #7: Notorious NinjaIn 1990s Southern California, Renji Shinoda just wants to be the next Tony Hawk. But when his family calls on him to inherit their Notorious Legacy, he’s torn between chasing his dream of becoming a pro skater, and carrying the weight of a clan that’s been in a stealth war for centuries. Will he carve out his own path, or take up the mantle that cost his father everything?Created by Gary VaynerchukScript by D.J. CoffmanArt by Katelyn WindelsCover B by David MackComic Books #5–7 Feature Bold Artwork By Acclaimed ArtistsEach new VeeFriends Comic Book brings more than just a gripping, character-driven story. They deliver cover art that readers can’t take their eyes off of and collectors can’t wait to hold in their hands. The covers for Comic Books #5–7 are true showpieces, crafted by artists whose styles elevate each main character to mythic status.Comic Book #5 Cover Art by Jae Lee & Chris FasonCover B (pictured on the left) is illustrated by Eisner Award–winning artist Jae Lee, known for his iconic work on Captain America, Fantastic Four, and The Uncanny X-Men. Lee brings his signature style to VeeFriends, elevating Motivated Monster with a bold new look.Cover A (pictured on the right ) is drawn by Chris Fason, returning to VeeFriends after his standout work on Comic Book #1: The Battle for Balance and Comic Book #3: World Tour. Fason continues to deliver exceptional illustrations that bring the VeeFriends world to life.Comic Book #6 Cover Art by Jim Mahfood & Kate WindelsAfter his remarkable artwork in Comic Book #4: Hunt for Harpik, the legendary Jim Mahfood has graced VeeFriends once again. Jim’s mythic Cover B (pictured on the left) adds another striking cover to his distinguished portfolio, which includes artwork on Tank Girl, Clerks, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.Rising star Kate Windels (aka Kate Komics) follows up on her exciting debut in Comic Book #4: Hunt for Harpik with her artful Cover A (pictured on the right). Kate’s art also includes her outstanding character-driven sketch cards in 2025 Topps VeeFriends Chrome, as well as a cover for VeeFriends Comic Book #7.Comic Book #7 Cover Art by David Mack & Kate WindelsEmmy Award-nominated artist and writer David Mack brings his unique and critically acclaimed style to the world of VeeFriends with Cover B (pictured on the left). Mack is the bestselling author and artist of Kabuki. He is also known for his distinctive artwork on the opening titles of the Jessica Jones Netflix series, the Captain America: The Winter Soldier film, and the cover art for Neil Gaiman’s American Gods.Kate Windels (aka Kate Komics) delivers a third remarkable addition to her growing VeeFriends portfolio, bringing her signature style once again to Cover A (pictured on the right). Kate has become one of VeeFriends’ most consistent illustrators with this latest entry following her standout work on Comic Book #4, Comic Book #6, and 2025 Topps VeeFriends Chrome Sketch Cards.Chase The Rarities of Comic Book #5–7Comic Book #5: Motivated MonsterSketch Covers: 1/1 GaryVee, /2 DJ Coffman, /2 Chris FasonRare cover Variants: 1/1 Lollipop, /10 Gold, /55 Silver, /99 Holographic, /199 Cracked Ice, /299 ShimmerBase covers: /2,866 Jae Lee, /11,466 Chris FasonPage count: 24 (full-sized comic)Supply: 15,000Price: $24.99 (see below for discounted holder price)Comic Book #6: VEE is for VikingSketch covers: 1/1 GaryVee, /2 DJ Coffman, /2 Kate WindelsRare cover variants: 1/1 Lollipop, /10 Gold, /55 Silver, /99 Holographic, /199 Cracked Ice, /299 ShimmerBase covers: /2,000 Jim Mahfood, /7,332 Kate WindelsPage count: 12 pages (mini-comic)Supply: 10,000Price: $24.99 (see below for discounted holder price)Comic Book #7: Notorious NinjaSketch covers: /1 GaryVee, /2 DJ Coffman, /2 Kate WindelsRare cover variants: 1/1 Lollipop, /10 Gold, /55 Silver, /99 Holographic, /199 Cracked Ice, /299 ShimmerSpecial cover variant: /1000 Blood RedRarity: /900 Blood Red, /100 Red Foil — both rarities are graded by CGC50 signed copies by David MackPackaged in mystery boxes, graded by CGCExclusively available at NYCC 2025 and VeeFriends livestreamsOwn a Series 2 Spectacular Notorious Ninja? Holders will be able to claim 1 free Blood Red variant of Comic Book #7 from October 9th to October 23rd on shop.veefriends.com.Base covers: /2000 David Mack, /7332 Kate WindelsSupply: 10,000Page count: 24 pages (full-sized comic)Price: $24.99 (see below for discounted holder price)How To Get Comic Books #5–7Ahead of NYCC 2025, VeeFriends holders can secure a special bundle of Comic Book #5–7 in a discounted presale, and the public will have an opportunity to secure a bundle through the public presale via EQL. Comic Book #5–7 will also be available for purchase at NYCC 2025.Sale Details:Holder PresaleWhen: Tuesday, September 23rd, 12 PM ET — Thursday, September 25th, 12 PM ETWho: Series 1 Holders: $59.97 (bundle of 3 comics, $19.99 each — 20% off). Series 2 & Iconics Holders: $68.97 (bundle of 3 comics, $22.99 each — 8% off)Where: shop.veefriends.comPublic Sale via EQL • When: Thursday, September 25th, 12 PM ET — Friday, September 26th, 12 PM ET• Price: $74.97 (bundle of 3 comics, $24.99 each)• Where: veefriends.com/eqlShipping Details:This is a presale order and books will likely NOT be delivered prior to NYCC 2025.Holder presale and public sale orders ship separately.Labels may be created before shipping begins.Delivery timing varies by location.What is EQL?New York Comic Con 2025 Sale• When: October 9th — October 12th• Where: VeeFriends Booth (#4409)There’s More!Comic Books #5–7 aren’t the only comic books being released at New York Comic Con. Stay tapped into our socials, emails, and blogs for upcoming news… 👀P.S. If you haven’t read Comic Books #1–3, head to veefriends.com/comics to read them!VeeFriends Unleashes Comic Books 5–7 With Limited Presale Access Before New York Comic Con 2025… was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Funko’s collaboration with VeeFriends during New York Comic Con 2024 was such a hit, we’ve partnered again! Our partnership with Funko produced 1,000 limited-edition POP! Jolly Jack-O vinyl figures that completely sold out. As icing on the cake, POP! Jolly Jack-O won the 2024 PSA Gemmy for Best Funko POP!.We’ve teamed up once again to make the spooky season more dope with two brand new limited-edition vinyl figures debuting at New York Comic Con 2025! Introducing POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold and POP! Jolly Jack-O Silver.About POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold and POP! Jolly Jack-O SilverPOP! Jolly Jack-O Gold transforms this beloved VeeFriends character into a gilded, iconic vinyl with shimmering flair. The figure measures 4.4 inches and will proudly carry the 2025 Fall Convention sticker, signaling its exclusivity. With only 3,000 made, this Limited Edition collectible offers fans a chance to bring home a rare piece of VeeFriends history. POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold will be available exclusively at the VeeFriends booth (#4409).POP! Jolly Jack-O Silver turns Jolly Jack-O into a lustrous, iconic vinyl with striking metallic shine. This silver-finished figure stands at 4.4 inches tall, and with only 1,000 pieces available, this ultra-limited edition comes with the official 2025 Fall Convention sticker. POP! Jolly Jack-O Silver will be available exclusively at the Funko booth, which is right next door to the VeeFriends booth (#4505).POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold and POP! Jolly Jack-O Silver feature Funko’s new authentication packaging. Using micro-optic technology that cannot be duplicated or replicated, the 2025 Fall Convention stickers contain unique item codes that can be officially verified through Octane5. Visit Funko’s Octane5 FAQ blog for more information.How To Buy POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold and POP! Jolly Jack-O SilverExclusively at NYCC 2025, 1000 of POP! Jolly Jack-O Silver will be available at the Funko Booth (#4505), and 3000 of POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold will be available at the VeeFriends Booth (#4409).How To Buy POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold at the VeeFriends Booth (#4409):You must be attending New York Comic Con 2025: This opportunity is only available to New York Comic Con attendees.First Come, First Served: We’re offering POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last (only 3,000).If any inventory remains from NYCC, it may be available on VeeFriends livestreams or other channels.How To Buy POP! Jolly Jack-O Silver at Funko’s Booth (#4505):You must submit a form through a reservation system to purchase POP! Jolly Jack-O Silver from the Funko boothFirst Come, First Served: Funko is offering POP! Jolly Jack-O Silver for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last (only 1,000).Only NYCC 2025 General Admission ticket holders and NYCC 2025 VIP ticket holders can submit a form through the reservation system.NYCC 2025 VIP ticket holders will be able to submit a form through the reservation system on September 17th at 12pm ET. VIP Reservation links will only be emailed to VIP ticket holders.NYCC 2025 General Admission ticket holders will be able to submit a form through the reservation system on September 19th at 12pm ET. The link to make General Reservations will be made public via email by NYCC and on the NYCC Exhibitor and Panel Reservations page.You can reserve one Funko booth entry PER THE WHOLE SHOW.Free Claim for Jolly Jack-O Series 1 HoldersAs part of this drop, all Series 1 Jolly Jack-O holders will be able to claim one free POP! Jolly Jack-O Gold per NFT owned.Claims will be available through shop.veefriends.com from 10/09/25 to 10/23/25.Two Exclusive VeeFriends x Funko POPs Revealed For New York Comic Con 2025 Release was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

VeeFriends is excited to offer an exclusive opportunity to our community: free entry into the GaryVee x Stan Challenge and a complimentary one-year Stan Creator Membership. This special offer starts with Series 1 Gift Goat, Access, and Spectacular holders. More NFT holders will gain access to this exclusive offer soon.This collaboration celebrates GaryVee’s newest partnership as an investor in Stan, a powerful platform built to help creators and entrepreneurs launch and scale digital businesses with simplicity and support.https://medium.com/media/0d2bdcd4a6885b6c5847e4ce4fd9601d/hrefWhat is Stan and How Does It Benefit Businesses?Stan is an all-in-one platform built to help creators and entrepreneurs sell digital products, courses, coaching, and memberships, without needing a website or technical skills. It streamlines everything from payment processing and email marketing to product delivery and community building. For anyone looking to turn their skills or knowledge into income, Stan removes the barriers and makes it simple to start, grow, and scale. With over $300 million already made by users on the platform, Stan has become a trusted tool for building a business on your terms.GaryVee with John Hu — the founder of StanWhat is the GaryVee x Stan Challenge?The GaryVee x Stan Challenge is an 8-week challenge designed to help aspiring creators and entrepreneurs build a sustainable online business. Whether you’re starting from scratch or looking to scale your business, the challenge offers tools, mentorship, and an amazing prize.From October 8th to December 12th, participants will:Launch digital products using Stan’s easy-to-use platformReceive guidance from GaryVee across 8 live coaching calls focused on using Stan, building products, and growing your brandCompete for a complimentary flight to New York City in January 2026 to spend a day with GaryVee and his team at VaynerMedia headquartersThe GaryVee x Stan Challenge isn’t just a contest. It’s a business accelerator, backed by insight from someone who’s helped thousands of entrepreneurs build meaningful careers.There are two ways to win the GaryVee x Stan Challenge:Grand Prize: The top 10 creators who generate the highest GMV (total sales) during the challenge will be selected to join GaryVee in NYC.Bonus Prize / $555 Club: Any participant who earns $555 or more during the challenge will be entered into the “$555 Club.” 5 additional winners from the $555 Club will be chosen as winners of the GaryVee x Stan Challenge. $555 Club members will be judged on creativity, execution, and entrepreneurial spirit.For full details of the GaryVee x Stan Challenge, head to https://link.stan.store/Ex80CIfZWhat You Get as a VeeFriends NFT HolderWe’re proud to offer 1500 free access codes to select VeeFriends Series 1 holders on a first come, first served basis. These holders include:Gift Goat holdersAccess Token holdersSpectacular holdersEach eligible holder will receive:Free entry into the Stan Challenge (valued at $300), which includes access to the 8 live coaching calls with GaryVeeA full year of free access to the Stan Creator Membership (valued at $300+). Please note that this annual membership will renew automatically each year. Users will receive multiple notices ahead of their membership renewal.How to ParticipateAnybody can enter! Redemption codes will be emailed to all eligible holders by 8PM ET Monday September 15th. If you did not receive an email but are eligible, please email us at support@veefriends.com.Visit https://link.stan.store/Ex80CIfZClaim your spot in the challenge and unlock your 12-month Stan membership.Mark your calendar for October 8th when the challenge officially kicks off.We’ll be expanding access to more VeeFriends NFT holders soon. Stay tuned.Ready to Level Up? Enter the ChallengeThe entrepreneurial journey isn’t easy. However, with the right tools, people, and support, building a successful venture becomes achievable. Stan removes friction, simplifies your workflow, and helps you focus on what really matters: growing your business and building a life around your passion.As an investor in Stan, GaryVee is bullish on the value that Stan provides. He is excited to share this amazing opportunity with the VeeFriends community. We’re looking forward to seeing what you build during this challenge, and we’ll be cheering you on the entire way.VeeFriends Holders Gifted Free Access to the GaryVee x Stan Challenge and Stan Membership was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Weekly Roundup: Comic Book #4 Presales Have Closed, GaryVee Leaks Comic Con Launch of Comic Book #5–7, Rare Super Sticker Pulls & More!This week at VeeFriends: Comic Book #4 presales have wrapped, GaryVee surprises us with an announcement of Comic Books #5–7 debuting at New York Comic Con 2025, and rare Super Sticker pulls hit the timeline!Relive the highlights from this week in VeeFriends below!VeeFriends Comic Book #4: Hunt for Harpik Presales Have FinishedComic Book #4: Hunt for Harpik was first made available to NFT holders during a discounted presale from September 9th — September 11th, followed by a public sale on EQL from September 11th — September 12th. Thank you to all NFT holders who purchased, and congratulations to all who were successful on EQL!Read the full details of Comic Book #4 HERE.GaryVee Surprises Fans With Announcement of Comic Books #5–7 at New York Comic Con 2025https://medium.com/media/053310f663e84e938bebe7b7fc57b9e8/hrefOn September 8th, GaryVee went live on WhatNot to give fans a special preview of Comic Book #4: Hunt for Harpik while revealing that Comic Books #5–7 will debut at New York Comic Con 2025. These three comics spotlight Motivated Monster, Versatile Viking, and Notorious Ninja respectively. They feature gripping, character-driven stories, rare cover variants, and cover art by acclaimed artists including Jim Mahfood, David Mack, and Jae Lee. Stay tuned… More details are coming soon!Two Rare Pulls Made a Splash This WeekTwo very lucky members of the VeeFriends community pulled some of the rarest cards from the VeeFriends Super Stickers: Manga Series. Congrats to the new holders of these special cards!Shoutout to PhoneJamRed (@Papa_Steve1776) for making this pull!https://medium.com/media/cc57b524f47ca0ee30246d1171ea4e44/hrefShoutout to Scotty Rude (@ScottyRude) for making this pull!https://medium.com/media/3662d64b73db4794944a84049955935f/hrefCOMIC OF THE WEEKCheck out our Sunday comic “Knowing Gnome reminds Willful Wizard Who He Is” featured in Lee Enterprises publications nationwide!Want more comics? Visit https://veefriends.com/comic-corner to read through the entire collection.Weekly Roundup: Comic Book #4 Presales Have Closed, GaryVee Leaks Comic Con Launch of Comic Book… was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Weekly Roundup: Comic Book #4 Hunt for Harpik arrives, FriendsCaps x CoolKicks, Huge Card Pulls, and More!This week at VeeFriends: Comic Book #4 delivers a mythical story in rare cover variants. VeeFriends collaborates with CoolKicks to drop four new FriendsCaps. The Golden Gary Bee promotion closes, and big card pulls made waves!Catch up on all the biggest moments from this week in VeeFriends below!VeeFriends Comic Book #4: Harpik & Wizard Make Their DebutsVeeFriends Comic Book #4: Hunt For Harpik takes readers on an epic quest through the Frowning Forest alongside the Willful Wizard and Thoughtful Three-Horned Harpik, who make their comic book debuts. Hunt for Harpik comes in rare cover variants and sketch covers, including a 1-of-1 sketch cover by GaryVee and a new 1-of-1 Lollipop Edition. Comic Book #4 features artwork by comic legend Jim Mahfood and rising star Kate Windels.Hunt for Harpik drops first for VeeFriends NFT holders on September 9th with a general public sale beginning on September 11th.Read full detailsVeeFriends Collabs With CoolKicks To Drop Four New FriendsCaps For One Night OnlyVeeFriends is teaming up with CoolKicks, the renowned sneaker reseller and most followed account on Whatnot, to drop four exclusive, limited-edition FriendsCaps. This collection features four colorways, and they will be available exclusively during one live show only with GaryVee and Adeel from CoolKicks on CoolKicks’ Whatnot.Watch HERE on September 23rd at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PST.Read full details.The Golden Gary Bee Sweepstakes Have Officially EndedSeason 3 and 4 of VeeFriends Minis contained a limited number of Golden Gary Bees — miniatures of the Gary Bee character that were plated gold. Those who found the ultra-rare Golden Gary Bee were able to enter a contest for a chance to win a sponsored trip for two to attend New York Comic Con 2025 with a VIP experience. This special promotion officially ended on September 3rd. Congratulations to all those who pulled the Golden Gary Bee, and good luck winning a trip to NYCC 2025!Three Big Pulls Made Waves This WeekBetween VeeFriends Topps Chrome and Super Stickers; Manga Series, a handful of the most sought after 1/1s in their respective sets surfaced last week. Congrats to those with the hot hands who pulled them, and to their new owners!1/1 Empathy Elephant ERUPT! Superfractor Pulledhttps://medium.com/media/7d24145d7dbf8138a8cdad19a82c3a0a/href1/1 Kind Warrior GaryVee Autograph Manga Super Sticker Pulledhttps://medium.com/media/8b1e8d6482c9384d96eb371148910e9e/href1/1 Notorious Ninja GaryVee Autograph Manga Super Stickerhttps://medium.com/media/e35f0ec0493db8b165d507337756ac99/hrefCOMIC OF THE WEEKCheck out our Sunday comic “Curious Crane’s Curiosity Takes Over” featured in Lee Enterprises publications nationwide!Want more comics? Visit https://veefriends.com/comic-corner to read through the entire collection.Weekly Roundup: Comic Book #4 Hunt for Harpik arrives, FriendsCaps x CoolKicks, Huge Card Pulls… was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

VeeFriends is teaming up with CoolKicks, the renowned sneaker reseller and most followed account on Whatnot to drop four exclusive, limited-edition FriendsCaps. This collection will be available exclusively during a live show with GaryVee and Adeel from CoolKicks on CoolKicks’ Whatnot for one night only.The show will air on September 23rd at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PSTBookmark the show HERE.Product Details“Legendary” Lemur Cap in Woodland CamoMaterial: CanvasEmbroidery: Gold “Legendary” (front), Legendary Lemur (left side), CoolKicks (right side)Style: Structured 6-panel, Adjustable Snapback (one size fits all)“Legendary” Lemur Cap in Two-Toned Spotlight White & Midnight BlackMaterial: Spotlight White Canvas body, Midnight Black Canvas brimEmbroidery: Red “Legendary” (front), Black Legendary Lemur (left side), Black CoolKicks (right side)Style: Structured 6-panel, Adjustable Snapback (one size fits all)“Awesome” African Civet Cap in Two-Toned Ivory & DenimMaterial: Ivory Canvas body, Denim BrimEmbroidery: Red “Awesome” (front), Red Awesome African Civet (left side), Denim Blue CoolKicks (right side)Style: Structured 6-panel, Adjustable Snapback (one size fits all)“Awesome” African Civet Cap in Fairway GreenMaterial: CanvasEmbroidery: Yellow “Awesome” (front), Awesome African Civet (left side), CoolKicks (right side)Style: Structured 6-panel, Adjustable Snapback (one size fits all)Why This Drop is LegendaryThis VeeFriends x CoolKicks drop is the latest example of how both brands continue to innovate in live social shopping. By teaming up with CoolKicks, we’re celebrating a shared passion for bold design, street culture, and the power of community. Every cap in this limited-edition drop speaks to the heart of VeeFriends and CoolKicks: creativity, authenticity, and the swag that comes with being ahead of the curve.The “Legendary” Lemur and “Awesome” African Civet FriendsCaps honor the crossover between the worlds of VeeFriends and CoolKicks, where street culture meets creativity. These caps are for sneakerheads, pop culture enthusiasts, sports fans, and those who just love a nice cap.Drop DetailsPublic Sale:Date: September 23rd, 8:30PM ET / 5:30PM PTShipping: US & International — Please note that CoolKicks does not bundle shipping for orders of multiple products.Where: CoolKicks Whatnot Channel — BOOKMARK NOWHolder Claim:When: September 23rd — October 7thWho: VeeFriends Series 1 holders of the “Legendary” Lemur and “Awesome” African Civet NFTsWhat: Claim 1 cap per eligible NFT heldWhere: Claim at shop.veefriends.com (First come, first served for each colorway)Get Your CapSign up now at veefriends.com/friendscaps to stay in the know on this drop and be the first to know when new drops are coming.VeeFriends x CoolKicks: 4 Exclusive FriendsCaps Dropping Only on Whatnot was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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VeeFriends Comic Book #4: Hunt For Harpik has finally arrived, taking readers on an epic quest through the Frowning Forest alongside the Willful Wizard and Thoughtful Three-Horned Harpik, who are making their comic book debuts. Hunt for Harpik comes in rare cover variants and sketch covers with artwork done by a comic legend you may know and an up-and-coming artist you need to know. VeeFriends Comic Book #4 drops first for VeeFriends NFT holders with a public sale soon after.In a Forest Where Anything is Possible…Willful Wizard hires three young adventurers to track down a legendary creature deep within the Frowning Forest: the Thoughtful Three-Horned Harpik. It’s said that its horn may hold the key to unlocking imagination, and the Harpik may even be evil… No adventurer who has hunted the Harpik has ever returned. But when the adventurers set out to find the Harpik, they discover something far more than a monster in the woods.Hunt for Ultra Rare Cover Variations and One-of-One Sketch EditionsEach copy of VeeFriends Comic Book #4 comes sealed in a blind-bagged Comic Collector Pack. Every pack offers surprise and scarcity, including the debut of the ultimate chase... The 1-of-1 Lollipop Edition. Which cover do you hope to pull?Comic Book #4 Features Two Collectible Covers By a Legend and a Rising StarThe legendary Jim Mahfood a.k.a Food One has finally brought his distinctive style to the VeeFriends comic universe. Cover B (pictured on the left) has become his latest artistic flourish following his memorable artwork on Tank Girl, Clerks, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.VeeFriends is proud to debut the artwork of the very talented Kate Windels (aka Kate Komics), who has added Cover A (pictured on the right) to her remarkable growing body of work. Kate’s art includes her standout character-driven sketch cards in 2025 Topps VeeFriends Chrome, and more VeeFriends Comic Books to come.First Look with GaryVee: Sept 8th @ 9PM ETWant a first look at VeeFriends Comic Book #4 before it goes on sale? Tune in on Whatnot with GaryVee on Monday September 8th at 9PM ET to check it out before everyone else!TUNE IN HEREHow to Get VeeFriends Comic Book #4VeeFriends Comic Book #4 will be released in two phases, with VeeFriends NFT holders receiving first access to purchase.Please note that these are presales with books expected to begin shipping by the end of September 2025.NFT Holder PresaleWho’s Eligible: All Series 1 Holders, All Series 2 Holders, All VeeFriends Iconics HoldersWhen: September 9th 12PM — September 11th 12PM ET (48 Hours)Series 1 Holder Price: $19.99 (20% off) | 2 books per NFT heldSeries 2 & Iconics Price: $22.99 (8% off) | 1 book per NFT heldShipping: All orders from the NFT presale will begin shipping by the end of September, and will ship on the same day. However, some may see a lag between label creation and shipment. Arrival time will vary based on location.Where: shop.veefriends.comPublic Sale via EQLWhen: September 11th 12PM — September 12th 12PMWho: EveryonePrice: $24.99Limit: 1 book per customerWhere: http://veefriends.com/eqlShipping: All orders from the public sale will begin shipping by the end of September, and will ship separately from those during NFT presale. Arrival time will vary based on location.What is EQL?EQL is a third-party platform designed to manage high-demand product drops, where interested customers can enter a draw for an opportunity to purchase a desired product. Every verified entry undergoes a randomized selection process, ensuring fairness during product launches. After the draw, all entrants will receive an email from EQL confirming either a successful order or notifying them if they weren’t selected. If your entry is chosen but payment fails, your order won’t be processed.Whatnot Drop (If inventory remains)When: Late SeptemberWhere: VeeFriends WhatnotSan Diego Comic Con Exclusive Gifted to Series 1 Spectacular Harpik HoldersAs a surprise and delight, all Series 1 Thoughtful Three Horned Harpik Spectacular NFT holders will receive a copy of this San Diego Comic Con Exclusive comic book, limited to just 309 copies. This surprise is for eligible holders with a VeeFriends.com account, and shipping will begin today.Catch Up on VeeFriends Comic Books #1–3New to VeeFriends Comics? Catch up on the first three issues to meet our characters and explore the VeeFriends universe.VeeFriends Comic Book #1VeeFriends Comic Book #2VeeFriends Comic Book #3Don’t miss out on the next drop. Sign up at veefriends.com/comicbooks for new releases and announcements!VeeFriends Comic Book #4: Hunt For Harpik Uncovers Mysteries of the Frowning Forest was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Weekly Roundup: 24 Hour Charity Stream for Kids Mental Health, 2025 Highlights Recapped, Alpha Drawing Pulled, and More!A 24-hour livestream for a cause. A surprise Alpha Drawing pulled. A full recap of the last 8 months at VeeFriends. From new Topps Chrome reveals to Comic Book #4 teasers, here’s everything that made waves in the VeeFriends universe this week.24 Hour Charity Stream With Midwest Cards — All Proceeds to Kids Mental Health FoundationOn September 19th-20th, VeeFriends is teaming up with Midwest Cards and the Kids Mental Health Foundation for a 24-hour livestream packed with exclusive collectibles, live breaks, and guest appearances — all to support children’s mental wellness. 100% of proceeds go to the cause. Those who want to make a bigger impact are also able to donate products for the show.BOOKMARK THE SHOW HERERead Full DetailsFirst 8 Months at VeeFriends Recappedhttps://medium.com/media/51552a855494e6af5b50c123a67cff52/hrefFrom storytelling to collectibles, cards, and events, VeeFriends has consistently appeared across various verticals in 2025, bringing the brand to where the attention is. Read the thread above for the full recap of what we’ve been up to.NEW VIDEO: What You Missed in Topps VeeFriends Chrome 2025https://medium.com/media/e1b90d26d71a61edcf6fc2cf126198ee/hrefThe truth behind Topps VeeFriends Chrome 2025 is finally here. In this video, we reveal what really went into creating the first-ever VeeFriends Chrome set with Topps. Watch now.VeeFriends is Cooking — Stay Tunedhttps://medium.com/media/78df3000ff471db549e687cc26cf372b/hrefhttps://medium.com/media/fe913dfb7dd797ef88acb1b3708ba585/hrefIf you’re not following VeeFriends on socials, you may have missed a few teasers this week. From VeeFriends Comic Book #4 to a new FriendsCaps drop upcoming, plus an absolutely epic New York Comic Con 2025 planned, there is a lot to look forward to in the VeeFriends world.Make sure you’ve signed up to receive VeeFriends text messages to get the news first.Alpha Drawing Hit! Bad Banana?!?https://medium.com/media/3ba2ba55e5cb0f44f9299592c30c4890/hrefOne of the most hidden gems in Topps VeeFriends Chrome 2025 are the Alpha Drawings. All cards in this insert set are 1/1s, inspired by GaryVee’s early drawings of potential VeeFriends characters before he had the final list of characters developed. This week, Rated Bookie hit the Bad Banana — a potential villain in the VeeFriends universe that never was.Collector Spotlight: Wh1skyJak Completes Black & White Set From Super Stickers: Manga Serieshttps://medium.com/media/b8dce4173c233f85cd3fbda8447f89ff/hrefAs a short printed insert in Super Stickers: Manga Series and with only 3 total Black and Whites per box, the Black and White set is a tough one to assemble. Shoutout to Wh1skyJak for collecting all 55 Black & White variations!VeeFriends TCG Rankings UpdatedThe battle for the top never stops. Our TCG leaderboard has updated…see where you placed, plan your next moves, and climb the board! Who’s going to take down RJ Fox 555?Check your rank 👉 http://play.veefriends.com/rankingsComic of the WeekKnowing Gnome Confronts Willful WizardRead more at veefriends.com/comics!https://medium.com/media/a3402c786ea7a607cc03b88089c6dd39/hrefWeekly Roundup: 24 Hour Charity Stream for Kids Mental Health, 2025 Highlights Recapped, Alpha… was originally published in VeeFriends on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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FT analysis shows potential windfall for US president in three weeks following launch in January

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The limited-edition collection includes some with Swarovski and white gold. Christie's is offering five in an online sale. The post Do You Love CryptoPunks? This $10,000 ‘Luxury Hoodie’ Is for You appeared first on Artnet News.

A new BBC documentary about an auction of dubious digital artworks reveals the flimsiness of the crypto fad

Exclusive: Potentially thousands of signed works from Currency series were mass-produced by artist’s team after 2016, sources sayAt least 1,000 paintings that the artist Damien Hirst said were “made in 2016” were created several years later, the Guardian can reveal.Hirst produced 10,000 of the paintings, each comprising colourful hand-painted dots on A4 paper, as part of a project called The Currency that was born from the idea of creating a form of money from art. Continue reading...

Tired of colonial artefacts being hoarded, Chidi Nwaubani and Ahmed Abokor use tech to redistribute them from museums in audacious digital heistsIn March last year, two men in tracksuits, wearing hockey masks and carrying matching laundry bags, headed for the British Museum. Just outside, patrolling police asked the two strange-looking men where they were going. “We’re going to the British Museum to loot back stolen goods,” one of them said. “Well, we’ll see you in there then!” the policewoman answered.But no arrests were made, as nothing incriminating happened. What did take place was a “digital heist” of one of the most famous objects in the British Museum, an artefact that is, according to Egyptologist Monica Hanna, “a symbol of western cultural power” and “of British imperialism”: the Rosetta Stone. Continue reading...

Backpack’s founders, who are building a crypto exchange and wallet, have experienced strong growth since launching in 2022. But the road wasn’t easy. FTX co-led Backpack’s $20 million strategic investment round in September 2022. Less than two months later, in November 2022, FTX collapsed. “We lost 80% of the operating capital on FTX. We spent

Starbucks launched Starbucks Odyssey in 2022 as its initial foray into the web3 world.

Even though NFT sales volume is still down 88% from 2022 all-time highs (and down 38% year-to-date), Pallet Exchange is building a new type of NFT marketplace focused on user retention. And it’s doing it on a blockchain less known for NFT trading: Sei. Co-founders Kelvin Wang and Davy Li have convinced investors that there’s

Zora, an NFT-based social network platform, is continuing its expansion beyond the crypto-sphere into the hot artificial intelligence market, Dee Goens, the startups’ co-founder, said on Chain Reaction. Not to be confused with Sora, the text-to-video tool offered by OpenAI, Zora aims to help creators, brands and artists better monetize their content through NFTs. Last

The NFT sector has not yet returned to the glory of its 2022 heyday, but that hasn’t stopped the evolution of the tech. For instance, OpenSea has partnered with the music and arts festival conglomerate Coachella to release three NFT collections that offer both virtual and tangible real-life VIP experiences and merchandise. The partnership will

The artist has also edited a luxe Taschen book on the history of the medium. The post Christie’s Is Still Betting on NFTs, Preps Sale With Pioneering Artist Robert Alice appeared first on Artnet News.

NFTs don’t always get taken very seriously, particularly now that AI and content creators are hogging the spotlight, but not everyone is so quick to discount crypto’s oft-derided younger sibling. According to Animoca Brands’ chairman and co-founder, Yat Siu, the growing influence of artificial intelligence and content is exactly why there is a growing need

The NFT company's new program invites artists to ponder: "What does punk mean to you?" The post Nina Chanel Abney Is Yuga Labs’s First ‘Punk in Residence’ appeared first on Artnet News.

The NFT space has lost a lot of its sparkle over the past few years, but that hasn’t stopped some founders, investors and projects from trucking along in hopes of another surge.

While some brands moved away from web3 in 2023 during a long crypto winter, Puma stayed the course and its head of emerging technology, Ivan Dashkov, told TechCrunch+ it has no intentions of leaving. After two years working with web3, Puma’s tech revenues remain modest, but the sportswear manufacturer intends to be ready for a more

NFTs get a lot of heat, but there’s a widespread belief in the industry that there’s ample value underlying the concept and the various use cases it brings.

Experts on tech, politics and culture weigh in on the year the hype faded and what could come nextRemember 2022? Elon Musk had just been named Time’s Person of The Year, Marvel still ruled the box office, Tucker Carlson was the most-watched host on cable news and it seemed as if all of life was going to take place on the blockchain (the Staples Center in LA had been rechristened the Crypto.com arena, and Yuga Labs, the company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, was valued at $4bn).What a difference a year makes: 2023 has seen the crash of digital currency, the flatlining of NFTs, and the floundering of blockbuster franchises. Previously beloved musicians took on a more sinister edge, a celebrated social network imploded, and a TV show became the biggest “faceplant” in a network’s five-decade history. Below, experts from the worlds of tech, politics, and the arts give the inside track on the sacred cows that have been put out to pasture, the buzzy upstarts that faced a reckoning, and the lessons that can be learned for the future. Continue reading...

In this week’s newsletter: in early 2022 ‘non-fungible tokens’ were a supposedly revolutionary million-dollar asset. Now, they’re practically worthless• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereA funny thing happened in Hong Kong earlier this month. Well, funny unless you were there.The annual ApeFest, where collectors of Bored Ape NFTs (remember them?) took place in Hong Kong (for the uninitiated, NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, can be linked to products like digital artworks and traded for cryptocurrencies on the open market). Nouveau-riche investors who got rich off the back of the revolutionary technology and investment products came together to party. Hard. Continue reading...

Yuga Labs, the company behind the event, claims only one percent of attendees were affected. The post Attendees at Hong Kong’s ApeFest NFT Event Suffer ‘Extreme’ Eye-Related Problems appeared first on Artnet News.

More than a dozen attenders of NFT group’s festival, which used ultraviolet light, complained of ‘eye burn’ on social mediaThe company behind the Bored Ape crypto art craze is looking into reports that people have been suffering from eye burn, extreme pain and impaired vision after attending one of its events, which was lit by UV lights.The ApeFest festival is held every year for members of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, AKA Bored Apes, who have invested in a collection of 10,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) featuring computer-generated profile pictures of cartoon apes. Continue reading...

The company said it has been stretched too thin and will refocus on its Otherside virtual world. The post NFT Startup Yuga Labs Is Laying Off U.S. Employees Amid Its Ongoing Pivot to a Gaming Metaverse appeared first on Artnet News.

Prices start at $500. The post Yuga Labs Is Inviting Owners of CryptoPunks to Purchase Physical Versions of Their NFTs at a 48-Hour Print Party appeared first on Artnet News.

We only loved non-fungible tokens – now all but worthless – during a pandemic peak of online loneliness. What will the next craze look like?With last week’s report that 95% of them are now worthless, I think it’s just about safe to say that the NFT moment is finally over. Phew. There really was a six-week period at the start of last year when I thought I was going to have to attach my digital soul for ever to a really bad picture of a monkey with a tentacle coming out of its nose and mouth. I kept practising saying, “No, it’s actually quite cool! It’s good. And it only cost me about as much as a car!” in the mirror a lot, with a ghoulish rictus grin.NFT, as was probably explained to you hundreds of times in the period from January 2021 to about May 2022, stands for “non-fungible token”, and essentially means that you can buy a code that says you own a digital asset, which is then stored on the blockchain, a sort of centralised public transaction ledger. There was a lot of hyped future uses for this technology, but for the most part it was used to buy jpegs of monkeys, or maybe sometimes a lion. Continue reading...

Two years after tech trend that swept up artists and celebrities, researchers estimate 23 million people hold worthless investmentsTens of thousands of NFTs that were once deemed the newest rage in tech and dragged in celebrities, artists and even Melania Trump have now been declared virtually worthless.According to a new report by dappGambl that reviewed data from NFT Scan and CoinMarketCap, 69,795 out of 73,257 NFT collections have a market cap of 0 Ether, leaving 95% of those holding NFT collections – or 23 million people – with worthless investments. Continue reading...

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Founders of Rario, the cricket NFT startup in which India’s Dream11 led a $120 million funding round last year, are leaving the two-year-old firm, people familiar with the matter said. Ankit Wadhwa, who serves as Rario CEO, and Sunny Bhanot, Rario CTO, are being pushed out as investors at the startup, including largest backer Dream11,

Haring created the drawings on an Amiga in the 1980s. The post Keith Haring’s Never-Before-Seen Computer Drawings Are Hitting the Block as NFTs at a New Christie’s Online Auction appeared first on Artnet News.

The latest advances have prompted comparisons with past episodes of technological disruption

The collection drops September 12 as part of LACMA's blockchain initiative. The post How Digital Artist William Mapan Adapted an Early Paul Klee Abstract Drawing Into a Generative Series of Vivid Aerial Landscapes appeared first on Artnet News.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing a non-fungible token project, marking the first time the authority has taken enforcement action against a company for selling unregistered NFTs. Impact Theory, a Los Angeles-based media company, “encouraged potential investors to view the purchase of Founder’s Key [the company’s NFT project] as an investment into the

The Chinese artist's first NFT series, "Boundless," sold out in two hours. The post ‘People in My World Thought It a Little Crazy’: Artist Yue Minjun on Launching His Million-Dollar NFT Collection in a Flagging Crypto Market appeared first on Artnet News.

William Morris Endeavor boasts a roster of some 50 Web3 creatives, including Claire Silver and Krista Kim. The post The NFT Market Has Tanked. So Why Is This Major Hollywood Talent Agency Still Betting Big on Web3 Artists? appeared first on Artnet News.

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. The NFT space isn't doing too well right now. It seems like there’s a new project being launched every week, but there’s less and less money being spent in the space.

Collapse in value of non-fungible tokens is due in part to rising rates and falling crypto prices

Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news in crypto with some of the biggest names in the industry to break things down block by block for the crypto curious. For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Jack Lu, co-founder and CEO of NFT marketplace

Record sale for collapsed crypto hedge fund’s pieces comes despite broader downturn in market for digital assets

Welcome back to Chain Reaction, a podcast that unpacks and dives deep into the latest trends, drama and news with some of the biggest names in crypto breaking things down block by block for the crypto curious. For this week’s episode, Jacquelyn interviewed Gary Vaynerchuk, better known as Gary Vee. He is the chairman of

Critics have long discredited non-fungible tokens as overpriced JPEGs sold by people who want to make quick bucks. NFT believers want to prove them wrong and show that these certificates of digital art stored on the blockchain, a distributed, immutable database, have real use cases. Their efforts often involve integrating NFTs into applications already with

Report says people betting on prices of such assets ‘should be aware that all their money could be lost’UK authorities should regulate cryptocurrency trading as a form of gambling rather than a financial service, parliament’s Treasury committee has said after a fresh inquiry into the industry.The government must avoid wasting more taxpayer funds promoting tech innovations such as digital tokens, without demonstrating the clear benefits to the public, MPs said in a report published on Wednesday. Continue reading...

When an NFT series commemorating the handover of Hong Kong from the U.K. to China generated $260,000 in sales, Artifact Labs, the startup that launched the collection, saw the long-term potential of tokenizing historical artifacts and making them immutable and accessible to the public. Artifact was born out of South China Morning Post, Hong Kong’s

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Labour criticises Rishi Sunak ‘vanity project’ announced weeks before collapse in value of cryptocurrenciesThe UK government has dropped its plans to produce a non-fungible token for sale through the Royal Mint, just under a year after it first announced the project.In response to a question from the Conservative MP Harriett Baldwin, the Treasury’s economic secretary, Andrew Griffith, confirmed the abandonment, saying: “In consultation with HM Treasury, the Royal Mint is not proceeding with the launch of a non-fungible token at this time but will keep this proposal under review.” Continue reading...

Magic Eden, one of the largest cross-chain NFT platforms, launched a Bitcoin marketplace for digital artifacts, the company shared on Tuesday. “We are already a multichain platform and believe that adding Bitcoin will connect us to a deep community of people and a rapidly growing collectibles market thanks to Ordinals,” Zhuoxun Yin, COO and co-founder

As funding into web3 projects cools down during the crypto winter, startups in the space are increasingly focused on building bridges for mass adoption and exploring revenue opportunities to stay afloat. The key to driving mass adoption? Offer experiences that are so seamless that users don’t realize blockchain is involved. One company that is demonstrating

Tensor, a Solana-centric NFT trading platform, has raised $3 million in a seed round led by Placeholder, the team exclusively shared with TechCrunch. The startup was co-founded by Ilja Moisejevs and Richard Wu, bringing a collective 10 years of experience in working on trading infrastructure and data-intensive systems. Until this point, Tensor was bootstrapped off

The metaverse economy is set to be worth trillions — and the world’s leading fashion brands are experimenting already

New York jury rules against Mason Rothschild for selling digital copycat versions of the fashion house’s famous bags In one of the first cases to address the hi-tech new art world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a New York jury ruled on Wednesday that an artist violated the trademark rights of the French fashion house Hermès by selling pictures of furry, copycat purses as NFTs.The jury ruled that artist Mason Rothschild’s unauthorized versions of Hermès’s iconic Birkin bags, which the artist covered in fur, featured in an image collection he dubbed “MetaBirkins” and sold for a total of over $1m, were likely to confuse consumers. Continue reading...

New York jury rejected artist’s claim that digital depictions of luxury bags was legally protected expression

Luxury retailer and creator of Birkin bag says Mason Rothschild’s MetaBirkin project has simply ripped it off and reaped the profitsPictures of 100 Birkin bags covered in shaggy, multi-colored fur have become the focus of a court dispute that will decide how digital artists can depict commercial activities in their art and cast new light on whether brands are protected in the metaverse.In the case, being heard this week in a New York federal courtroom, the luxury handbag maker Hermès is challenging an artist who sells the futuristic digital works known as NFTs or non-fungible tokens. Continue reading...

League agrees multimillion-pound licensing deal with start-up that offers trading in digital player cards

Almost 2,500 NFTs to be released for the Australian Open, as Tennis Australia says it’s in for the long haul as ‘an innovative company’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTennis Australia is expanding its NFT ball art offering for this year’s Australian Open, saying it is in it for the long haul despite the uncertainty in the crypto market.The Open last year launched an “AO Artball” collection as the hype around all things crypto peaked, with 6,776 ball artworks sold as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that are linked to 19cm x 19cm plots on the court at Melbourne Park.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

British watchdog’s ruling that crypto exchange breached ad standards invites scrutiny of its Australian promotionsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe AFL’s crypto exchange partner, Crypto.com, has breached UK advertising standards on multiple occasions and been accused of “misleading” and “irresponsible” behaviour.The UK Advertising Standards Authority rulings may invite further scrutiny of Crypto.com promotions in Australia.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

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A new service offers a way to offset losses from NFTs during a grim crypto winter that saw demand for digital collectibles vanishJust a year ago, Washington DC’s Hirshhorn art museum – the capital’s preeminent contemporary art museum – was asking whether non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were “fad or the future of art”. Twelve months on, it looks like “tax write-off” might have been the right answer.This year was not just the year that cryptocurrency values were burned by investor fears, rising interest rates, inflation and scandals, it was the year that crypto’s cartoonish art cousin the NFT – an electronic identifier confirming a digital collectible is real – collided with reality. Continue reading...

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Parramatta-based developer Kotiota also made false representations about its relationship with The Pokémon Company International, court hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe owners of the Pokémon brand hired private investigators to track down the Australian developers behind a crypto-based online game that uses its characters without the Japanese company’s permission.The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) won orders in the federal court on Wednesday preventing Parramatta-based developers Kotiota from using the popular video game, film and television characters in their software, releasing Pokémon-branded non-fungible tokens, or representing that the company has a relationship with The Pokémon Company International.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

NFTs were priced at $99 each and depict the former US president in guises including superhero, astronaut and race car driverDespite being widely mocked online, former US president Donald Trump’s collection of digital trading cards have sold out in less than a day, netting US$4.5m in sales.On Wednesday, Trump alerted fans to a “major announcement” on his Truth social media platform. A day later, the 45th president of the United States revealed he was offering “limited edition cards featur[ing] amazing ART of my Life & Career”, which he promised would prove “very much like a baseball card but hopefully much more exciting”. Continue reading...

The collapse of the feted company should provide a wake-up call to Rishi Sunak, who has been singing the praises of cryptocurrenciesOn 11 November 2022 FTX declared bankruptcy. The firm was once heralded as the Goldman Sachs of crypto, and its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, was deemed by some the next Warren Buffett. And now, just after proclaiming in an interview that he would not be arrested, he is in custody in the Bahamas awaiting extradition to the US. He is charged with a litany of fraud and campaign finance law violations, in what US prosecutors are calling “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history”.Casual investors, along with funders ranging from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to BlackRock, who invested millions into FTX, are now uncertain where their money went and if they will ever get it back. Amid a long series of scandals and collapses, this seems to be the one that has undermined trust of and within the cryptocurrency sector. This is far from over and if you want to keep up on it, researcher Molly White has made an excellent chart where you can watch the contagion spread.David A Banks is the director of globalisation studies at the University at Albany, SUNY and is the author of The City Authentic: How the Attention Economy Builds Urban America Continue reading...

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App Store update undercuts a key feature of non-fungible tokens by banning their use to unlock contentApple is facing new accusations of anti-competitive behaviour after changing the rules on non-fungible token-powered apps and adding more paid-for promotions to the company’s App Store.Apple introduced the changes as part of a number of updates to the rules it requires app developers to abide by in order to publish software for iPhones and iPads. Continue reading...

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Multi-Wallet Profile: manage all your NFTs across different blockchains under one account on Rarible.comMo’ blockchains, mo’ problems. If you have crypto assets on multiple blockchains and/or wallets, you know how hard it might be to stay on top of everything.As Rarible.com continues to grow as a multi-chain marketplace, logging in and out with different wallets to manage your NFTs might get annoying. That’s why we built the Multi-Wallet Profile!The concept is simple: You can now add wallets from any Rarible-supported blockchain to one Rarible profile where you can see and manage all your NFTs.A Multi-wallet profile supports up to 20 wallets connected to any blockchain available on Rarible.com. So whether you’re using multiple chains or if you’ve got a vault wallet and a hot wallet, you’ll find the new feature useful.How to set up a Multi-wallet profile (quick version)Pick your most active wallet. Use it to log into your existing Rarible.com profile. This will serve as the foundation for your Multi-wallet profile. We advise prioritizing profiles with verified wallets to keep the checkmarkClick “Manage wallets” in the user menuStart linking wallets, one at a time. It can be wallets from multiple chains, and/or multiple wallets from a single chain depending on your needs. The wallet/blockchain has to be supported by Rarible.comWhen you start merging wallets (i.e. adding new wallets to your Multi-wallet account), all your followings, followers, activity and likes will be combined and merged with the main profile. After the merge, some information associated with those wallets on Rarible.com gets wiped. That DOES NOT apply to your NFTs.Your NFTs never move during the merging process, or get affected in any way. After merging, they will all be displayed under your Multi-wallet profile. Depending on the amount of NFTs across your merged wallets, it might take some time to show them all — so don’t worry if you can’t see them right away.How to set up a Multi-wallet profile (detailed version)See above for the TL;DR version on setting up a Multi-wallet profile. This section, in turn, will explain the basic mechanics behind the merging process in more detail.To set up a Multi-wallet profile, you don’t have to create a new account. Your Multi-wallet profile can be based on any existing profile on Rarible.com, regardless of the blockchain and wallet provider.To start, log into your existing Rarible.com profile and click “Manage wallets” in the user menu — or, if you don’t have an existing profile, create one first.Keep in mind that all Ethereum wallets created via Metamask will be displayed as Ethereum + Polygon wallets because they share the same address, and vice versa. Eventually that will apply to all Ethereum and Polygon wallets, regardless of the service they were created with.We advise creating your Multi-wallet profile on a verified profile if you already have one — that way, you can keep your yellow check-mark and get all the privileges of a verified member (including the extra cool factor).Say, you have a verified profile on Rarible.com that is associated with your Ethereum wallet. You also have a non-verified Tezos wallet. You can add the Tezos wallet to a Multi-wallet profile associated with your Ethereum wallet and stay verified.Important: When you start merging wallets (i.e. adding new wallets to your account), all your followings, followers, and likes will be combined and merged with the main wallet.The profiles associated with the wallets you’re merging with will essentially be deleted (this does not affect your NFTs). All information, including your activity, will be transferred to your main (Multi-wallet) profile. Specifically, your email, short link, bio, Twitter and Instagram links will be deleted from previous profiles. You’ll keep the information from the profile you initiated the merge from.To sum up, only your profile data gets deleted. Your wallet and NFTs will remain in your full possession. As you merge wallets your NFTs don’t move, they’ll still be stored in their respective wallets. It might take some time before show up after the merge, depending on the amount of NFTs you have across those wallets. You can then sort them by blockchain.How to mint NFTs from a Multi-wallet profileWhen you mint with a Multi-wallet profile, you can choose from different wallets under one blockchain (you’ll have to choose the blockchain you want to mint on before that — and connect a fitting wallet from your Multi-wallet profile). Other than that, the process stays the same.How to trade NFTs from a Multi-wallet profileTrading is also largely identical compared to single profiles, except for few minor nuances. Imagine you have two wallets from one blockchain connected to your Multi-wallet profile. Two Ethereum + Polygon wallets, A and B. Wallet A has an NFT you’re selling. If you’ve selected Wallet B and receive a bid for that NFT, you’ll be asked to switch back to wallet A to accept the bid/change the sale price/remove that NFT from sale and so on.Also, if you have several wallets from the same blockchain under your Multi-wallet profile, you can have multiple editions of one NFT from those different wallets — but the Owner/History tab for that NFT will display the wallet addresses, not your profile name, to avoid confusion.Sounds exciting? Head over to Rarible.com to create your Multi-wallet profile today 💛

This totally new update is focused on a mobile-first experience to let you have your (awesome) NFT collection at your fingertips, looking good and ready to shineHow many times a day do you check in on your NFTs? 😉 We do quite a lot: we love looking at them, taking a peek at the floor prices occasionally, showing them off on a night out with friends. In other words, always having them at hand.Rarible App 2.0 lets you do just that: access all your NFTs and their total value in a single click from your phone home screen.When building the new version, we took a new approach to the NFT app as a standalone tool instead of replicating the marketplace experience.We focused on:NFT portfolio and its total value on one screenAccurate pricing: choose items to include or exclude from the total valueYes, we went the extra mile and added the feature to exclude or include any NFTs you own from the portfolio display to show only liquid collections and more accurate pricing. Or to not scare your date away by the number of NFTs you own… jk.Let’s meta-play!Download or update the app on iOS and AndroidSet up your portfolioShare a screenshot of your portfolio in the Twitter threadGet a chance to win a MetaAngels NFT (floor price 0.22 ETH)What other features you’d like to see in the app? Let us know! Cause we’re just getting started ;)Join our Discord to share feedback and request features.

On the day of love, we wanted to recognize that it has no limits. That’s why we highlighted love with a special curated drop on 14 February. Titled “L is for LGBTQIA+ & LOVE”, the drop was featured on our homepage and had its very own metaverse exhibition 🎉The exhibition and art pieces are curated by Benny Or, a metaverse designer and co-creator of The Meeting Place and David Cash, a Web3 strategist and founder of Cash Labs. Together, they’ve curated an exhibition that celebrates LGBTQIA+ voices in the NFT space and explores “the various facets in which love can exist,” as Benny Or puts it.“L is for LGBTQIA+ & LOVE” features works of numerous artists, namely SamJ, Foodmasku, Mike Ruiz, Jake Cormack, Hawkward, Laurel Charleston, Jessica Yatrofsky, Nicole Ruggeiro and Adam Nathaniel Furman, who explore varying notions of identity and self-expression in their own unique ways.“No two artists in this curated drop are at all similar- and this was intentional”, David Cash says about the lineup. “From Foodmasku’s surrealist performance art imagery to Mike Ruiz’s stunning editorial photography- we’re exploring a range of queer expressions exploring human connection and identity”.The drop was accompanied by two live events, a Twitter Spaces session hosted by Rarible at 6PM GMT and a metaverse exhibition at The Meeting Place at 6PM-8PM GMT. The latter is also a great way to celebrate Valentine’s with your significant other — or meet new people in the boundless Web3 world.But who could explain the drop better than the curators themselves? Here’s a short interview we did with Benny and David:What’s the main idea behind ‘L is for LGBTQIA+ & LOVE’?Benny: The exhibition is about the celebration of LGBTQIA+ voices in the NFT space, and it explores the various facets in which love can exist.David: Valentine’s day has become such a heteronormative ritual in the public sphere. When Holly from Rarible approached me to curate a Valentine’s day drop, she had already considered perpetuating a queer narrative — something that instantly drew me to the project.On a day about love, what better a mission than to represent non- “traditional” representations of love? So, in order to assemble a curated variety of expressions of romance and affection, we’ve assembled ten LGBTQIA+ identifying NFT artists — each with a unique take on expressing love and sexuality.What do you think we can all do as NFT community members to make the space more inclusive?Benny: Support for the community can come in many ways, from uplifting artists by sharing and promoting their work to supporting them directly by acquiring their work. I think showing up is also very important. We show our support in the traditional art world by attending exhibitions and openings. In the digital world, we should also be doing the same whether it be Twitter Spaces or virtual exhibitions.David: It is always valuable to consider our privilege and help support underrepresented artists who are entering the space. Give LGBTQIA+ artists space in your stages on Twitter and Clubhouse, like and comment on their social media posts, and- despite potential feedback- repost their work on Twitter and your stories and show your support in a tangible way.Queer artists come from a range of backgrounds and have important stories to tell- let’s make an effort to allow underrepresented artists to take up more space and have confidence in their work and respective practices.Can you recommend any cool ways to celebrate Valentine’s in the metaverse?Benny: My co-founder and husband Cristian Andres is visiting Family in Chile right now, so we will actually be spending our Valentine’s Day together in the Metaverse. There’s an intimacy in spending time together in VR that you don’t get through Facetime and Zoom calls. So I would recommend those divided by physical distance meet each other in the Metaverse and explore what it offers. Come to the show for a cute metaverse art date and support our artists.David: The metaverse allows us to connect all over the world. If you happen to be alone this valentines day- hope on Tinder or Grindr and meet someone in the metaverse! Alternatively, if you’re in a long-distance relationship you can also plan a day of romantic activities in various metaverse solutions. And even if you’re together with your romantic partner, consider integrating a VR or AR experience into your plans for a Web3 edge to your Valentine’s day.Would you like to share anything else on this day?Benny: Many of us, including myself, are new to the space. At first, it can seem overwhelming, but the beauty of art is not solely in the work itself but also the conversations, camaraderie, and communities. Even as I was putting this exhibition together, I already began to feel less alone on this journey. I hope that as people visit the show over the next few days, they will also share that sentiment and potentially even meet a few new friends and collaborators along the way.David: I believe love has no gender- all of these artists identify all along the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. I find it exciting to consider the collection as a whole and encourage collectors of one artist to consider the contrasting, and complimentary, works of the other artists in the collection.

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably listed, bought, and sold on Rarible before. And if you haven’t, you should (in our mostly unbiased opinion 🙂).In any case, we want you to have a great experience on our platform. So in this article, we’ll show you 6 awesome things you may have missed on Rarible so far:Create NFTs for freeConnect with your favorite Rarible users on our messengerMake your Ethereum NFTs carbon-negativeIsolate the signal from the noise by following friends, artists, and collectorsCollect royalties from sales on Rarible.com (even if you didn’t create your collection with us)Submit a floor bid to join your favorite communityReady to get started? Let’s dive in!1) Create NFTs for freeDid you know you can mint on Rarible without paying a penny? And not only that: you can do it in two different ways.Lazy Minting on EthereumA while back, our magician coders implemented something called “Lazy Minting”.Lazy minting allows you to mint a token on Rarible without creating a blockchain entry. That way, you skip the gas fees to create your NFT.There is a tweak to it: whoever buys or transfers your NFT first will pay the gas fees. So Lazy Minting will cost your fans extra. While paying no gas is awesome, we only recommend it for your first few NFTs on Ethereum.How do you lazy mint NFTs on Rarible? Simply switch on “Free minting” during the creation process.Mint for free on FlowFlow is a super-efficient blockchain tailor-made for NFTs. That means gas fees are only a fraction of a cent.But it gets better: When we integrated Flow, we decided to cover those fees for every Flow NFT created on Rarible. That way, you don’t have to buy FLOW tokens and send them to your wallet just to pay $0.00001 to mint an NFT.2) Connect With Your Favorite Rarible Users on our MessengerWe love NFTs so much we built a whole company for them. But we can’t deny when something’s a little clunky. There’s a big challenge in buying, trading and selling NFTs: Communication.In the “real world”, trading is easy:Think the price is too high? Tell them how much you’re willing to payWant to buy something that’s not for sale? You can ask how much it would takeNeed to know more about what you’re buying? Ask away!But how does that work when you only know the other person’s wallet address? It doesn’t. Or didn’t.Because we created Rarible Messenger, the first-ever cross-chain wallet-to-wallet messaging service.Whether you want to negotiate, collaborate or connect with others on Rarible — now you can.How to use Rarible MessengerConnecting with artists, collectors and friends is easy:Navigate to the profile you’d like to message.2. Click “Send message”.3. After the messenger pops up, write your message and hit send.Getting in touch with your favorite artists, collectors and curators is as easy as that!Note: To protect people’s privacy, we have a “message requests” folder for messages from people you don’t follow. If you don’t get a response from someone immediately, this is probably where your message went.3) Make Your Ethereum NFTs Carbon-NegativeThere’s no way around it: Proof of work blockchains consume a lot of energy.Ethereum transitions to proof of stake to reduce its energy consumption. But we want to enable you to create, buy and sell NFTs with a clear conscience now.That’s why we partnered with Nori for carbon removal.The feature is simple:Navigate to an Ethereum NFT you own on Rarible.Open the details tab and click “remove carbon”.Check out with our carbon removal partner Nori.Your NFT is now carbon negative (and everyone will see you’ve done a good thing)!4) Isolate the Signal From the Noise by Following Friends, Artists and CollectorsThere are so many NFT collections, nobody can keep up with all of them. It’s overwhelming to see dozens of new artists and collections every day.That’s why we created the follow feature and the “following” view. It’s as simple as it sounds:Follow your favorite collectors, artists and friends on Rarible. Then you can click “following” on the home page to only see their activity.That way, you get a curated feed of the art and collections you love most.5) Collect Royalties from sales on Rarible.com (Even if You Didn’t Create Your Collection Here)You’ve created a collection outside of Rarible? You can still own it and earn royalties on our marketplace! Here’s how easy it is:Find your collection on Rarible.Click the three dots and hit “claim ownership”. If you’re signed in with the right wallet, you’ll get a success message.3. You now control your collection on Rarible. You can add a description, upload a profile picture, set royalties, and more.Royalties? Yes! Click the three dots again and you’ll see the option to set royalties. Click that option and choose the settings you want.You can even create split royalties. That means you can give a community vault, team members or collaborators their fair share.6) Submit a Floor bid to Join Your Favorite CommunitySometimes, you want to join a community or own a piece from a great creator — and you don’t care which NFT from the particular collection you will get.That’s why we’re launching floor bids. A floor bid is a bid for any NFT in a collection. Any holder of an NFT in that collection can accept your bid and help you become part of the community you want to join!Wrapping upWe want to build Rarible that you love! If you have any suggestions how we can make your experience, feel free to tweet at us or share your idea in Discord.💛

Since we launched Tezos at the end of 2021, many awesome creators minted their art as part of the Rarible collection. We enjoyed seeing artists embrace #cleanNFTs and low minting fees on Tezos.We follow through on our New Year’s resolutions, so we’re continuing our Tezos integration:Last week, we integrated additional Tezos collections — meaning you can now list and trade Tezzards, HEN, and objkt items on Rarible.This week, we shipped custom collections. Collections are like a folder. If you mint on the big Rarible collection, your work is in the same place as many others. That’s awesome because it saves you fees and lets you start quickly.But with your own collection, your fans can access your (and only your) NFTs at the click of a button. That makes buying, selling and collecting easier and more fun.Sounds awesome, doesn’t it? We hate to say it, but there’s a (small) catch:At current prices, minting an NFT on Tezos costs around $0.20. Creating your own collection costs you roughly 3ꜩ once (about $8 at today’s XTZ price). After that, adding NFTs to your collection is back to roughly $0.20.Want to get started? Here’s how to create your own collection on TezosLog into your Tezos wallet on Rarible.com, click “Create” in the top right corner and select Tezos.Scroll down and click “Create — TEZOS-MT”.Fill in all the information. The “Symbol” field is like an abbreviation for your collection, but won’t show up anywhere for your buyers. Feel free to copy your collection name or use a few letters from it (the maximum is 10 characters).Hit “Create Collection” to deploy your very own smart contract.After you confirm the transaction in your wallet, your smart contract will be live in 5–10 minutes. After that, you’ve got your very own Tezos collection that makes it easy for your fans to find and collect your work.Can’t wait to get started? Head to Rarible.com now and create your own Tezos collection!

Rarible DAO governance token grows upTL;DR: Good news for $RARI holders! The Rarible DAO community passed a proposal to end weekly $RARI distribution for trading on the Rarible.com marketplace. This will let the Rarible DAO focus and further execute its vision of fueling the next-gen web3 projects.Join Rarible DAO Discord to stay tuned for the exciting updates to come in the next few weeks!If you’ve read the TL;DR, you’re probably wondering why the weekly $RARI airdrop is ending. We figured that might require a few words of explanation.Looking backWeb3 is like a time machine. It’s been 18 months since the $RARI token saw the world. Feels like a few years ago!What started as a reward for buyers and sellers on Rarible.com, grew into so much more.Driven by the force of decentralization, we launched open-source and DAO-governed Rarible Protocol and enabled anyone to use our technology on their own website, dApp or NFT project (even if they’ve never used Rarible Marketplace).To foster community ownership, $RARI holders steer the protocol’s direction by proposing changes and voting on them.The Rarible.com team is building on the Rarible Protocol, but so are many others now, including Decentraland, Cyber, Zerion, and more.What’s next$RARI has grown up, and it is time for change. The most recent proposal unanimously facilitates that!The weekly distribution of $RARI token for trading on Rarible.com is ending on January 16th. All payouts will be received during the 2 week period by 28th January. $RARI claim will still be available for you anytime.Rarible DAO grows bigger and stronger, and will continue to work on the Rarible Protocol — and other exciting decentralized projects to come.Whether you have $RARI or not, join the Rarible DAO Discord to be the first to get the upcoming news: https://discord.com/invite/hwy5hQzThis is just the beginning!Much love,Rarible.com team

The year we went multi-chain, launched Rarible Protocol and released the messenger, among other things.2021 truly was the breakout year for NFTs. From a barely understood abbreviation (hello, right click savers!), it turned into a massive cultural phenomenon adopted by blue chip companies like Adidas and Twitter in a few short months.Just like the NFT space has grown, so has Rarible.com. What started with a few people in a café grew into a passionate team of over 100, and counting!And that team has been busy. In 2021, we’ve shipped more features than ever before, scaled to a multi-chain platform with Flow and Tezos integrations, and watched our community soar on every social media channel.And of course, we couldn’t have done it without you! You are creating Rarible day by day — by using the platform, requesting features, sharing your feedback, being as active and passionate as you are.We’re happy to be a part of the digital ownership transformation, empowering creators and communities on the way to a more sustainable, decentralized future of the web.We’re excited about the growth in 2021 and even more excited to see what’s to come in 2022! As we head into the new year, we prepared a quick recap of the highlights of each month in 2021. Let’s dive right in!January 🤝We kicked off the year by enabling creators to verify their Twitter accounts on Rarible for easier search and identification.To further enhance the community features on Rarible.com, we also launched the personalized Following feed where you can keep track of the latest updates from the creators and collectors you follow.February 🔥In February, as NFTs started to take off (a Beeple piece sold for $6.6 million at the time — it was a much bigger deal back then!), we raised a seed funding round led by CoinFund to get ready for rocket ship growth that soon followed.March 🦄Moving towards the vision of a fluid, interoperable, diverse NFT market, we pre-released an early version of the Rarible Protocol for the NFT Hack hackathon.We also reached 100k followers on Twitter (the number that tripled since!).April ⏰Timed auctions came out, allowing users to set up minimum bid and currencyas well as starting and ending dates of the auction. You can see those ticking on our homepage.June 🚀As one of the first major brands to enter the space, Twitter launched their “140 Collection” with Rarible.com as the marketplace of choice.That month, we also raised $14.2 million in Round A from Venrock Capital, CoinFund, 01 Advisors to fuel further growth.July 😌In the wake of an influx of new users on our platform, we streamlined our support and verification processes to protect and support our creators and collectors on every step of the way.We also increased the file size on the platform up to 100 mb to give you more room for creativity!August 🔨August was a big month: in addition to UX upgrades that enabled users to filter NFTs by collection, sale type, price range and TRAITS (!), we officially released the Rarible Protocol — open source, multichain and community-governed NFT protocol and on-chain indexer that simplifies the go-to-market process for NFT projects and ideas.Rarible mobile app launched on iOS as a great tool for NFT browsing and discovery.September 😍The NFT community loves collabs! That’s why we’ve implemented split royalties — creators who collaborate on a project can now divide secondary sale royalties.As the interest grew, we received more and more questions on how to buy NFTs if you’re entirely new to crypto. That’s why we partnered with Wert to enable credit card payments for Ethereum NFTs!We closed out the month by welcoming Aavegotchi — an play-to-earn game that runs on Polygon — back to Ethereum, accommodating hundreds of cute pixel ghosts. To date, it’s made over $1 million in secondary sales.October 🎏Ethereum gas fees in 2021 are a whole different story. To give creators the opportunity to create NFTs without paying excessive amounts in gas fees and partly offload the network, we released lazy minting! The feature allows buyers to mint NFTs upon purchase, covering the fees.By October, many big players started entering the NFT space. Adobe chose Rarible to partner with on the NFT attribution project aimed at protecting and verifying metadata for digital content created across key Adobe Creative Cloud.November 🌱The future of NFTs is multi-chain! That’s why we integrated the Flow blockchain in November, making Rarible the only NFT marketplace that lets individual creators mint on Flow for near-zero gas fees!But that’s not all: we also first announced our Tezos integration (which went live soon after) and launched a carbon offset campaign with our partner Nori.Mobile app widgets went live on iOS to let you decorate your home screen with your favorite NFTs :)Last but not least, our first multi-chain product, Rarible Messenger, was launched, enabling you to message any wallet on Rarible.com, even if it’s on a different blockchain.December 💛We just couldn’t enter the holiday season without another major release — which is why we launched the Tezos blockchain integration! Developing further as a multi-chain platform, we are excited to give our community the opportunity to use the energy-efficient blockchain with gas fees that cost next to nothing.Shortly after, we rolled out collection statistics so you can always check the floor price, number of holders and other useful info before aping into collectibles — or see how well your favorite jpegs are doing.The final ship of the year came in the midst of the festive season, as our iOS Rarible mobile app now allows you to mint NFTs right from your phone.Around the same time, our Twitter follower count crossed the 300,000 mark — and we couldn’t get a better present from our amazing community.See you in 2022!We’re looking forward to the next year together! Join the party, if you haven’t yet:Follow Rarible on TwitterJoin Rarible DiscordBecome part of the Rarible team (we’re hiring!)Happy holidays! ✨

Tezos is live on Rarible.com! Check out Blazing Futures community drop, Ubisoft NFTs — and start mintingDiscover the energy-efficient blockchain with gas fees that cost next to nothing.Tezos blockchain is now live on Rarible.com! That means you can start buying, selling and creating energy efficient NFTs with gas fees at just a few cents.Tezos has therefore become the third blockchain supported by our multi-chain marketplace, joining the ranks of Ethereum and Flow. While three is definitely a magic number, we’re already working on more integrations to continue our bigger cross-chain push to give you wider access to all your favorite collections, artists and communities, so stay tuned!Meanwhile, to celebrate the launch, we’ve prepared a handy guide that will navigate you through what you can do with Tezos on Rarible.com and preview some exciting activations we have in the pipeline.Discover the Blazing Futures drop by Tezos communityStarting today, an exclusive Tezos community drop is available on Rarible.com.Titled ‘Blazing Futures’ and curated by Diane Drubay, it offers ten interpretations of the future of art, society and crypto. Those unique works are authored by ten prominent Tezos creators, each available in an edition of ten.Ranging from nostalgic, intentionally kitschy CGI from John Karel, to hazy and surreal art from Jenni Pasanen, the drop also features artists Kelly Richardson, Alex Crouwers, Portrait XO, Memo Akten, The Bad Lament, Joanie Lemercier, and Des Lucréce. With such an amazing and extensive lineup, we’re sure you’ll find something that speaks to you.Trade Ubisoft Quartz NFTsTezos’ high performance, low fees and minimal carbon footprint have fostered a vibrant, passionate NFT community (just have a look at the memes they’ve been making!). It comes as no surprise, then, that major brands have started using Tezos to make their Web3-ready product.French video game giant Ubisoft is the latest such company to partner with Tezos, having just launched Ubisoft Quartz, a platform for players to acquire Digits, the first NFTs playable in AAA games, starting with Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Breakpoint.Digits are released as part of limited editions each composed of a fixed number of items that represent vehicles, weapons, and pieces of equipment, among other things.We’re excited to announce that Rarible will immediately support secondary sales for Digits, meaning that you can still acquire those playable NFTs even if you missed the original drop!Discover Ubisoft Quartz CollectionPrepare to explore the boundless world of TezosWe are releasing the Tezos integration in two phases. Phase one, which is already live, enables you to mint, buy and sell NFTs as part of the Rarible collection and trade the Ubisoft Digits NFTs.Phase two, which will be released shortly, will introduce additional features, namely the ability to mint your own collection via custom contracts and add royalties to imported collections like Tezzards, Gemz and other exciting projects we’ve seen emerge on Tezos over the past couple of months (we can’t wait to see them on our homepage!)To start browsing through Tezos NFTs on Rarible.com right now, simply hit ‘Explore’ at the top near the search bar and select Tezos.Once you do that, your feed will start displaying Tezos NFTs, denominated either in xtz — the blockchain’s native token — or eurTZ, the network’s stablecoin pegged to Euro.Mint your first Tezos NFTTo create or trade Tezos NFTs, you’ll need to set up a Tezos wallet (note that it’s a different type of wallet, so you can’t use your Ethereum one).Click “sign in” at the top right, and then select Beacon from the list of supported wallets (it’s displayed with a Tezos badge for visibility).While you can choose from several different Tezos wallets, we recommend choosing Temple as it’s currently the most stable option. Once you’ve set up your wallet on Tezos, connect it with Rarible.com.To mint a Tezos NFT, click ‘Create’ and select Tezos. Then simply follow the instructions. Currently, you can only mint NFTs as part of the Rarible Multiples collection — but we’ll soon start supporting custom contracts for separate collections.Also, please note that you can only mint multiples on Tezos blockchain by design — but you can still limit the number of editions to just one.Other awesome things you can do now that Tezos integration is liveMessage any Tezos wallet directly on the marketplace using the multi chain Rarible MessengerGet your Tezos account verified on Rarible.com within 48 hoursJoin #tezos channel on Rarible Discord to learn about new projects, updates and more!

And it’s multichainYou can finally connect with collectors, artists and creators directly on Rarible! The messenger is now available to everyone on Rarible.com 🤩 It’s multichain and works both on Ethereum and Flow, Tezos to come.We’ve slowly rolled out messenger access over the past few weeks. After a ton of excited DMs, mentions and emails, we couldn’t keep it from you any longer.Finding buyers, sellers and creators on social media and jumping between platforms can be frustrating, and the Rarible messenger lets you chat, negotiate and connect without leaving the site. It allows you to DM anyone from their profile page.With the messenger, you can DM your followers, send alpha to your collectors, reach out to your favorite artists about collabs, and much more!By the way, Rarible messenger is also the most easy-to-use wallet-to-wallet messaging app to date, and we’re sure you’ll love it too!How to use itLog into your Rarible accountClick on the messenger icon at the top rightSign the transaction confirming your sign in (don’t worry, it’s free!)Voila — you can start messaging people depending on their privacy settingsFind the user you want to reach and say gm, wagmi, drop them an emoji — or whatever you feel like!Safety and privacy first 👌Don’t worry about your DMs getting flooded! You can adjust your privacy settings to protect yourself from unwanted messages.By default, you will only receive DMs from people you follow on Rarible in your inbox. You’ll find other messages in your message requests — a separate tab you don’t get notifications from.To check if someone you don’t follow wants to slide into your DMs, click on the drop down symbol at the left corner and select “Requests”.You can also completely block DMs from people you don’t follow and not receive them at all.What’s nextWe have a lot of cool features in the pipeline, such as group chats.While we’re rolling it out as a built-in marketplace messaging tool, our ultimate goal is to release it as a standalone app to solve the blockchain messaging issue at its core, providing a decentralized and user-friendly solution for everyone out there.That’s it for now! Now go find your friends on Rarible.com and wish them GM ☀️

GM, Miami! Announcing Tezos integration, Nori carbon removal partnership, Women Rise collection launch ☀️Building an open digital world where Anything is Possible and All are WelcomeHello, Rarible fam! When we launched in 2019, NFT conferences were small huddles of crypto people. This week, we’re at FTX Arena in Miami for Art Basel, where NFTs draw the attention of thousands of well-known artists, entrepreneurs and collectors.As the NFT world has grown, so has Rarible: what started as the first open platform to experiment and have fun with NFTs is now a vibrant community of creators, collectors and builders — and we’re grateful for every single one who’s been on this journey with us!What hasn’t changed is our commitment to building an open platform that enables digital ownership for everyone. That’s why we’re so excited to share some announcements with you today!Each of these updates takes us further down the road to a more inclusive and sustainable future where anything is possible and all are welcome.Without further ado, we’re thrilled to announce that:Rarible.com will integrate energy-efficient Tezos blockchain mid-December 2021.We have partnered up with Nori to let users remove the carbon footprint for NFTs minted on Rarible.comIn light of Giving Tuesday, Rarible will cover the cost of all carbon removal for NFTs minted on Ethereum on Rarible.com November 30th to December 5thRarible.com is supporting the launch of the Women Rise NFT movement collection to celebrate diversity and groundbreaking womenIf you’re in Miami this week, come meet us at NFT BZL and DCentral to celebrate.If you’re new to the party, welcome! Head over here About to find out more about Rarible’s story.Now, let’s dive into each update. LFG!Tezos blockchain integration reduces energy consumption and welcomes a wave of new creators and collectorsWe all know it, but we don’t talk about it enough: Proof-of-work Blockchains consume a lot of energy. But there’s room for optimism: Ethereum 2.0 promises to lower the chain’s energy consumption by 99.95% by adopting proof-of-stake as its consensus mechanism.But proof-of-stake blockchains already exist. They use far less energy and have attracted incredible creators and collectors.That’s why we’re happy that Rarible is evolving to become a multi-chain NFT marketplace that lowers the barrier to create, buy and sell digital assets with a smaller carbon footprint.By integrating proof-of-stake blockchains that consume significantly less energy than Ethereum, we can build a sustainable future of digital ownership for everyone.So we’re excited to welcome Tezos’ community of collectors, creators and builders to Rarible!On proof-of-stake blockchains like Tezos, NFTs become not only more sustainable, but also more accessible: with much lower gas fees, more creators can mint and sell their NFTs on Rarible — and more collectors can own and proudly display their favorite creators’ work.We’re thrilled that Tezos will be integrated into Rarible.com as soon as December, and ready to welcome the fantastic Tezos NFT community to the marketplace.Learn more about Tezos here, and stay tuned for updates on timing!Partnership with Nori for carbon-neutral Ethereum mintingAs the NFT space grows, so does its carbon footprint. It’s an unfortunate reality, but we can do something about it. That’s why we’re proactively addressing climate concerns.We’re happy to announce our partnership and upcoming integration with Nori, which will soon let Rarible.com users make their NFTs carbon-negative at the click of a button.We’re so happy about this, we’ll pay for you to try it out:In light of Giving Tuesday, Rarible will cover the cost of carbon removal for any NFT minted on Ethereum via Rarible Tuesday, November 30th through Sunday, December 5th.Learn more about Nori here.Celebrating diversity with Women Rise movementWe want to unlock creative freedom and expression for everyone. To us, that means making everyone feel welcome, included and empowered.To highlight that, Rarible is excited to support the launch of the Women Rise NFT collection, aimed at celebrating diversity and groundbreaking women. This collection brings to life the very essence of what we stand for — community, inclusivity, transparency, and giving everyone a voice.To highlight the partnership:Rarible.com pre-releases Collection StatisticsRarible.com will be removing carbon footprint for all trades in Women Rise collection on the marketplaceRarible and CoinFund will co-host a brunch in Soho House in Miami honoring WomenRise and all fantastic women in the NFT space.Check out the Women Rise collection here.Anything is Possible in Miami at Art BaselWant to come hang with us? Rarible is in Miami for NFT BZL, NFT CON and Art Basel this week! Here’s where to find us:NFT BZL at FTX Arena Tuesday, November 30th Booth 10 located inside ConcourseDCentral NFT CON at Miami Airport Convention Center Tuesday, November 30th and Wednesday, December 1st 9:00am — 5:00pm Booth 228 next to NFT CON StageStop by to say hi to our team at either location, ask questions, and score some Rarible swag!Can’t be there in person? Subscribe to @rarible and follow along on Twitter and Instagram to stay up to date on the latest developments and surprises throughout the week in Miami.Feel the Excitement!We’re super excited to have you along for this ride. From the team to the community to all the amazing creators on Rarible, the energy is crazy — and we’re so excited for more.We made a short video to share what Rarible is all about and where we’re going. Have a look below:https://medium.com/media/50f00664c363089bcdd3ff229aecd651/hrefWant to join us?We’re hiring! Check out all openings here.Want to partner with us? Contact us here.