The Edge of NFT Newsletter | Issue #26
Giveaways | Baron Davis On NFT LA Twitter Spaces | Next After Rick & Morty | NFT LA 2023 Whitelist! | Edge of Asia | Episode Drops | NFT Nuggets, And More!
😍 Listener Love: Learn, Earn, and Build
Uppercut Training Club X Edge of NFT Giveaway
UNLEASH YOUR INNER HERO!
Uppercut Training Club has partnered with Edge Of NFT to give away TWO 1:1 Uppercut Training Club NFTs + 15 Allow List spots.
What is Uppercut Training Club?
Uppercut Training Club was created by an anonymous founder who built a space for all types to come together in the pursuit of excellence of mind, spirit, and body, regardless of gender, body type, or talent. Uppercut Training Club is set to unleash an inclusive action metaverse of generative heroes on the blockchain with diverse faces, shapes, genders, and colors that reflect today’s world.
Uppercut NFT holders will receive a unique 3D PFP of their action hero ready to be used across the metaverse and powered by incredible, native artwork from Unreal Engine in partnership with creative direction studio, HaZimation. Over a 10-week season, heroes will be trained by senseis, given new quests, and separated into three Domos led by real Hollywood stunt performers. As the story progresses, scripted live-action videos featuring dynamic fight scenes will come together from some of Hollywood’s greatest action performers recognizable from several global blockbuster hits.
Learn more here. Enter using the button below. (Giveaway ends on 11:59 PM, 25th August 2022)
FAWC X Edge of NFT Giveaway
THE WIVES HAVE ARRIVED!
First Ape Wives Club has partnered with Edge Of NFT to give 5 WINNERS an FAWC NFT (Valued at ~$500 USD each) + 1 Lucky Winner will get an Elite Travel Membership worth $11,000 USD attached to the NFT that gives you guest access to FAWC events around the world.
UH - WOW!
Who is FAWC?
First Ape Wives Club is a collection composed of 11,111 unique, eccentric beauties that pay homage to the powerhouse of women who have sculpted modernism.
FAWC will drive gaming, television, and film, as well as custom lines of cosmetics, jewelry, and merchandise - and let's not forget all the exclusive events, IRL and in the Metaverse. FAWC is a vehicle that supports female representation in media and the arts. FAWC will donate 5% of its company treasury to organizations that reflect the community's values on an ongoing basis.
Learn more here. Enter using the button below. (Giveaway ends on 11:59 PM 2nd September 2022)
G.Love X Edge of NFT Giveaway
Ready to get groovy on the blockchain?
G. Love and Edge of NFT are giving away 5 Philadelphia Mississippi NFT Albums(~ value of $175 per NFT album).
G.Love's NFT album, Philadelphia Mississippi, unlocks the full album and gives token holders access to a second, limited edition NFT which varies in rarity and unlocks a hi-grade 180-gram vinyl copy of the album, among other perks!
Who is G. Love & What is Philadelphia Mississippi?
After over 30 years in the music industry, and 6 years in crypto, G. Love wants to bring his love of art and music to the NFT space. Philadelphia Mississippi is the latest G.Love release. Philadelphia Mississippi is the pilgrimage of the HipHop Blues and the adventures of G.Love and Chuck Treece down to Mississippi, the homeland of the Blues.
Learn more here. Enter using the button below. (Giveaway ends on 11:59 PM 30th August 2022)
Snowcrash X Edge of NFT Giveaway
Snowcrash is creating real hope for artistic innovation.
Snowcrash along with Edge Of NFT is giving away 3 Birds of Sōlis NFTs, valued at 4 SOL($168.00 USD) each to its community!
1/3 Birds of Sōlis NFTs have stayed behind just for a lucky Twitter Winner! To enter on Twitter:
Retweet the giveaway post, tag 2 friends, and let @edgeofnft/@snowcrashnft know what your favorite thing about the Birds of Sōlis collection is. Enter on Gleam for more chances to win a Birds of Sōlis NFT.
What is Snowcrash?
Snowcrash is a premier NFT trading platform, bringing together diverse segments of technology, the creative arts, and digital innovation. Snowcrash promotes the creativity and economic potential of NFTs by building new virtual experiences for artists, cultural icons, content creators, influencers, celebrities, and brands.
What is Birds Of Sōlis?
Birds of Sōlis is a collaboration between acclaimed illustrator, Varvara Alay, and Snowcrash. This collection celebrates the beauty of the world’s most beloved birds, inspired by the re-imagination of the historical illustrations of Audubon's Birds of America. The series will include 20 Birds morphed into hundreds of new species using surreal hand-crafted elements – across 20 animations and 2,002 generated still image NFTs. 15% of primary sales and 10% of secondary sales will be donated to non-profit organizations that support preserving the environment.
Learn more here. Enter using the button below. (Giveaway ends on 11:59 PM 26th August 2022)
💧 Drop Spotlight
Join NFT Girl And Tommaso Sandretto Of Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL) in this exciting episode! Blockchain Creative Labs is at the frontline of a monumental shift. BCL is offering movers and shakers an opportunity to be among the first to control their stake in the new era of blockchain tech. BCL uses its top-of-the-line industry experience to help creators and their audiences connect and grow together in the world of Web3. Blockchain Creative Labs is a Fox Entertainment company. KRAPOPOLIS is an animated comedy set in mythical ancient Greece by creator Dan Harmon (“Rick and Morty”) centered on a flawed family of humans, gods, and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other. Premiering 2023 on FOX.
To learn more about KRAPOPOLIS, go to https://www.krapopolis.com/ and also check BLOCKCHAIN CREATIVE LABS for exciting content here: https://www.bcl.xyz/
Updates on NFT LA 2023: Experience the most epic web3 gathering in Southern California
Some big announcements coming soon regarding NFT LA 2023. If you want to be first in line for early bird tickets and partnership opportunities, click here: https://2023.nftla.live/
🎤🦜Announcing: NFT LA Live On Twitter!
We’ve officially launched a cool new Twitter Spaces series that you won’t want to miss. Our first session featured All-Stars like @BaronDavis (literal 2x NBA All-Star!), @Julie_Pacino, @WillLexHam, @WilliamTong, and more great impromptu guest appearances.
We had a great chat about why LA is great for NFTs!
Here’s what Baron had to say about the energy in the “room”…
We're all in this room because NFT LA was a hell of an experience, right?...And we made partnerships, friends, homies...It's almost like if you scroll down like we've all been on tour together.
Baron Davis, NBA All-Star (And More)
Thanks to our partners @multipliedio for helping to host this event and thanks to @ZachSekar from NFT LA for joining as a key moderator!
Make sure to turn on your twitter alerts for NFT LA & Edge for all the alpha on future twitter spaces, contests, and breaking news shares
🌎Edge Of Asia
Korea Blockchain Week 2022
One of Asia's largest blockchain events,-Korea Blockchain Week (KBW 2022), just flew by in Seoul, South Korea. The event ran for one week and featured the highly anticipated main event, KBW2022: IMPACT, which invited the brightest minds of the blockchain industry to discuss topics such as Web 3.0, DEFI, metaverse, and gaming.
Korea Blockchain Week, one of Asia’s largest blockchain events, opened this 7th of August, with more than 7,000 people registered to attend and over 120 speakers on the lineup according to the event’s chief executive officer, Jeon Seon-ik.
One of the keynote speakers, Seo Sang-min, who runs the Klaytn Foundation, a prominent South Korean blockchain company, attributed the event’s popularity to a South Korean penchant for technology and innovation. Cryptocurrency initially surged in South Korea in 2017 after Samsung (the country’s largest conglomerate), announced that it would find a corporate utility for Ethereum.
Vitalik Buterin, a co-founder and the chief scientist at Ethereum, the system that runs the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, also gave a keynote speech. He emphasized the need to make crypto transactions more affordable for a wider range of users and to promote the benefits of a decentralized financial system.
South Korea’s crypto market has grown to be one of the largest in the world. The country’s crypto assets grew to 55 trillion won at the end of last year, worth about $46 billion at the time, with more than 15 million registered users of trading platforms, according to the country’s Financial Services Commission. Despite the Terra Luna crash and the “crypto winter”, the government has moved to regulate the industry instead of banning it. Experts believe that the government’s shift in its approach is an acknowledgment of the industry’s potential. Aside from becoming a means of investment, it creates new jobs, solves real-world problems and provides utilities that make day-to-day life easier.
Singapore’s Token2049
TOKEN2049, one of Asia’s premier crypto conferences, is set to host the largest attendance for an in-person crypto-related conference in the region here in Singapore when it takes place from 28 to 29 September at Marina Bay Sands. It is expected to draw 3,000 attendees from across the world
New additions to its line-up of title sponsors include OKX (next-generation crypto spot and derivatives trading exchange); Ledger (one of the leading hardware wallet manufacturers); Kucoin (one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges; AAX (a Hong Kong-based digital asset exchange); Bitget (one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency derivatives copy trade platform); and Coinhako (homegrown Singaporean crypto exchange), which secured its major payment institution license earlier this year. The highly-anticipated event is joined by a roster of sponsors of about 200 firms. WEMADE (a leading South Korean game company), best known as the creator of MMORPG series Legend of Mir which sees over 120 million players worldwide, is also Title Sponsor.
This year’s impressive line-up of speakers and participants, includes Stani Kulechov, Founder and CEO of AAVE, the leading open-source and non-custodial liquidity protocol; Haseeb Kureshi, Managing Partner of Dragonfly Capital; and Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder and President of Starkware and co-inventor of zkSTARK, the privacy-preserving cryptographic proof. Panels and keynotes at the event are set to address a broad agenda — from the evolving regulatory landscape and institutional investment trends to the rise of the metaverse, Web3, and what this will ultimately mean for the industry as mainstream awareness intensifies.
As a testament to growing interest among broader mainstream audiences, McLaren Racing Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo, the new brand ambassador for world-leading crypto trading app and web3 platform OKX, will also be speaking at the conference ahead of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix 2022 race, sharing his views on digital assets and the evolving nature of fan engagement.
Additional speakers at this year’s conference include Justin Sun, Founder of Tron, the open-source, Proof-of-Stake blockchain platform and Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder of Polygon, the decentralized Ethereum scaling platform.
Attendees can expect to attend a full line-up of side events, including Pantera Blockchain Summit Asia, Milken Institute Asia Summit, and Algorand AVM Singapore. Other exciting news and events will be announced in the coming weeks.
For updates on TOKEN2049 Singapore, www.asia.token2049.com
📻 Edge of NFT Episode Drops
EP171
In this episode we share panels that Jeff Kelley and Josh Kriger hosted during their visit to Austin TX in June of 2022. We'll introduce an expert lineup of guests to speak on some exciting developments in niche areas in the space. For the first half of the episode, we dive deep into the benefits and the potential future of Social DAOs. Joining them for this portion is Shaan Ray (Head of Web3 Partnerships at Ionixx Technologies), Jonathan Gregis (Lead Blockchain Engineer for LinkPool, Co-creator of ATX DAO), and Daniel Tauhore (DAO Master for MODA DAO), and Elmer Morales (CEO and Founder of Campus DAO)…
EP172
We have the inside scoop on the next innovative Web3 project coming from some of the most ambitious trailblazers in gaming and entertainment. This episode features Lisa Sterbakov, producer, Hugh Sterbakov, creator, and Brian Turner, co-writer and game designer at Armored Kingdom, the multimedia entertainment universe encompassing comic books, an animated series, and an NFT-based card game…
EP173
How can you create a positive global impact in the NFT space? Today’s guests are Yam Karkai & Raphaël Malavieille, Co-Founders of World of Women, the leading NFT community celebrating art, inclusivity, and equal opportunities for all. Joining Jeff Kelley, Eathan Janney, and Josh Kriger, they share how they’re bringing more focus on diversity and representation into the NFT world while creating a safe, welcoming space for women, minorities, and up-and-coming artists to navigate the Web3 arena…
EP174
What’s next in the NFT space? How do we keep the community growing despite the pullback while we aim for mass adoption? Here to share his wisdom is renowned NFT cultural thought leader, educator, and community authority, Gmoney. Gmoney is the Founder of Admit One NFT, which provides holders access to the entire gmoney ecosystem, and 9dcc, the first ever crypto-native luxury, house, and lifestyle platform…
EP175
What opportunities are there for musical artists and entertainers in the NFT space? Here to answer that are today’s guests, Jesse Dylan and Walter de Brouwer of Snowcrash. Snowcrash is a premier NFT trading platform that brings together diverse segments of technology, the creative arts, and digital innovation…
EP176
User experience and accessibility are both critical factors that should be focused on. Listen to your guests, Amanda Archer and Nicole Rochette, as they discuss their passion and goal of breaking down those barriers through empowerment. They dive deep into their objectives in creating more of an equitable space and a community-first approach. In this episode, Eric Siu joins them to discuss creating more opportunities for people in the NFT space…
EP177
The power of NFTs is unlimited, it can be used in so many more mediums. NFT Girl and Tommaso Sandretto of Blockchain Creative Labs had this same idea and decided to collaborate with Dan Harmon, the co-creator of Rick and Morty. The collab gave birth to the Krapopolis NFT based on Harmon's upcoming comedy show Krapopolis…
🥚 NFT Nuggets
Artsy:
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Gamerville:
Top 12 NFT Games to Play in 2022
Metaversal:
TOP 10 METAVERSE TRENDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2023 AND BEYOND
Collectible:
Coca-Cola NFTs: The Company Launched NFT Collectibles on Polygon
Uncategorical:
❓ Edge Question of the Week
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