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I am still running a meme challenge on Farcaster for the best alien memes and there have been some pretty good ones. People still have two more weeks to submit so I will remind people closer to the end. Last few items, I am doing an art collab with Cap'n at the end of this month which will be a limited run compared to my MEK drop. Later this week I will also be dropping issues #2 of Cool Shit Spotlight as there are some bangers in there that OAC members have gotten a preview with Deescuss.
/area51 Cool Shit by gramajo.eth
I wrote a script this morning that did this here are the top 15 results - seems like you weren't wrong @btayengco 😂
Knowledge
Someone had the question of where all the Power Badges resided physically or based on the location data they shared. Kevin from the Neynar team delivered this for us. My hunch was we would be heavy in the USA and that assumption to be right. If we include Canada as well, North America really makes up a huge chunk of the power badge users on Farcaster.
kevin on Warpcast
I wrote a script this morning that did this here are the top 15 results - seems like you weren't wrong @btayengco 😂 https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/a9d751ef-cfb8-4a36-2f83-c2494427c100/original https://warpcast.com/kevinoconnell/0x7bec2ca0
Art
Before getting into it, I found it absolutely hilarious that Apple ran and ad that basically should have been a Ripcache x Apple commercial. Regardless, as a privacy nut, this is why I gravitate towards Ripcache's work. CCTV cameras are everywhere and the fact Ripcache is also exploring drone tech in his art is right in line in what the evolution of mass surveillance. Add the fact that alot of his art is fully onchain and I become even more bullish (and many more reasons).
rip squad daily cameras all featured in... an iPhone commercial?
Apple Shares Incredible New Ad for iPhone 
Privacy on iPhone | Flock | Apple
Privacy on iPhone | Flock | Apple
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The bear market has taken another company, this time KnownOrigin. This market has not been kind to many, hell it might even take me at some point as well. But definitely sad to see another OG in the space go down.
After careful consideration and evaluation we can confirm KnownOrigin will continue to wind down it’s on-chain marketplaces & minter (and signpost to secondary marketplaces) over the upcoming weeks.
This one was a spicy one. SuperRare announced an idea to launch their own L2 or an Art specific L2. And some people were pissed and others excited. I guess however you look at it, at least people care. It could have been worse like announcing something and no one caring (lol me). I personally am on the side of being optimistically positive about it. Mostly because based on the conversations I have had and see on Telegram and other places, it seems that some of the ideas the team wants to explore are having auction be on an L2 but then art gets settled on L1. The other part it seems is having art from different platforms under a unified naming system, which is something I think has hindered art as a whole in the space. When artist have collabs, they should be able to get tagged or tag their art and verify that they indeed have a collab. That level of metadata would help with searching and cataloging. There are other ideas being thrown around, so make sure to read the message and responses below. Will definitely keep a close eye on this one.
Proposal & request for comment 
Rare: an Ethereum L2 for art
Rare: an Ethereum L2 for art
forum.superrare.com
[RFC] Introducing Rare: The Ethereum L2 for Art
Author: SuperRare Labs Summary We propose an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain specifically designed for the onchain art market. By lowering costs and removing barriers for creators, collectors, and...
Shortly after talking about Nishant last week with the customs he was making for collectors. SuperRare announced a curated release with Nishant with some really dope 1/1s and more.
SuperRare on Warpcast
COMING TO SUPERRARE JULY 19 “The Myth of Success” by @egodead A Curated Release in partnership with @colonnacontempo. Each piece challenges viewers to confront the crushing pressures of societal constructs and expectations while juxtaposing the innate human desire for individuality and self-expression. https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/0b7dcd31-5b8a-4254-4c41-7318424f0700/original
Tech
Oncyber announced one of the wildest pieces of news in the space this past week. Oncyber is mostly known in the web3 space for allowing users to build digital online experiences specifically when it comes to art. They do other stuff as well but this is what they are mostly known for in the space. Or as they phrased it "In V1, you had art galleries to modify. In V2, you have art galleries, platform racers, 3D scrolling websites, mini games, and more." They went full Mario World Maker and it seems that there are ways to earn money if people use experience more than others. Either way, this is ambitious and I really want to dive in and give it a go.
oncyber V2.
Dream.
Compose.
Code, or don’t.
Earn.
All in 3D. All in your browser.
Dream.
Compose.
Code, or don’t.
Earn.
All in 3D. All in your browser.
Polymarket is a crazy ass place where you really tap into human sentiment. If you are familiar with the fear and greed index then you will know what this is. It is basically that but for anything you can image, want to know how people are feeling on who will win an election, you can see that onchain because people will bet/have skin in the game. Polymarket had two big announcements this past week, Nate Silver who is Mr. Data Guru/prediction market person has joined them as an advisor and they launched their frame which should drive adoption/usage as now you can interact with the app without ever leaving Farcaster.
Polymarket Hires Nate Silver After Taking in $265M of Bets on U.S. Election: Report
The crypto-based prediction market has taken more than $400 million in bets this year.
Dan Romero on Warpcast
Polymarket frame is here! https://warpcast.com/polymarket/0x2bc58123
Privy has received some funding from Coinbase Ventures which is well deserved as they are the ones powering a ton of apps. Embedded wallets are just crazy ass tech that really does make it frictionless to onboard newbies to crypto without them knowing.
1/ Today, we’re thrilled to announce a strategic investment from @cbventures!
We've worked closely with the many product teams @Coinbase including the @Base team, supporting top teams like @blackbird_xyz, @friendtech, and more to bring crypto products to mainstream users.
We've worked closely with the many product teams @Coinbase including the @Base team, supporting top teams like @blackbird_xyz, @friendtech, and more to bring crypto products to mainstream users.
Speaking of apps powered by Privy, Blackbird announced Pay With Fly. Blackbird is looking to do what Resy and other apps have done but onchain. From loyalty programs, onchain check ins and more. There aren't any Blackbird locations near me here in SF but once there is, I will for sure check this out. I've been monitoring Blackbird for a bit and with Chase and Amex fighting over Resy, Tock and other apps like them this space is heating up.
We released Pay with Fly widely yesterday for testing. This includes the ability to load FLY via USDC, so you can now freely spend USDC in any restaurant that accepts Blackbird Pay.
I think one the best things about a decentralized world is that if you don't like the way something is being done, you can go build something yourself that is better and more inline with what you want. This is really great for Farcaster clients. One of the newer clients in the space, wildcard.lol has taken this idea to heart and has been pumping updated left and right for some time now. So it was time to talk about them. They recently announced their new webapp, frame support, more tipping coin support, algo improvements and more. Really great job to the team on the lightening updates.
Wildcard on Warpcast
Welcome to Wild Wednesday - from now on we'll ship something WILD every freakin' Wednesday. Okay, LFG ↓ https://imagedelivery.net/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/114b7e41-5bd5-48bd-a300-906c04fdb500/original
VentureClub announced a new frame to fundraise onchain. Just like the team who made it easy to incorporate a DAO in Switzerland we now have a team trying to make it as easy as possible to fundraise your next venture. I know this probably seems nuts, like why on earth would VCing onchain be a thing? Same way that we don't understand why we would want to tokenize Pokemon cards and bring them onchain. The use cases are still to be figured out, but just like in that example where now I can borrow and use my card as collateral the opportunities of how this is used in the future can change how companies do fundraising. Having an NFT saying you invested in Gramajo's next venture may not seem enticing but you doubt human psychology, it is why we have hipsters. People love to boast they found something and invested early in it before others. It is a signal and this will tap into that and more.
Eric Arsenault on Warpcast
To kick things off, we’re raising $50K for @ventureclub via this Frame Special thanks Lens, Hey.xyz @fabric @frames @farcaster for making this possible ❤️ Which app / founder would you like to see funded via Frames? Nominate them below! Next raise coming soon. https://venture-club-frame.netlify.app 4/4 https://venture-club-frame.netlify.app
Notable Sales
Absolutely insane piece by Joe Pease and well deserved new owner of it as well, congrats Blondie
Coats we once wore by DieWithTheMostLikes sold to VVD. I really do hope we see more monochrome work as this piece is a great exploration of this style by Die.
'coats we once wore' by @toadswiback
Sold for 11.69 ETH to @Vince_Van_Dough
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Sold for 11.69 ETH to @Vince_Van_Dough
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A Warothy has traded hands. I love me some ACK and this sale just reminds me of the absolutely crazy drop ACK did with these.
11ETH Sale of The Beast by XCOPY.
Everlasting Sakure by Derech aka one of my favorite photographers in the space sold this for a personal ATH. Congrats Derech and to the collector on getting this amazing piece!
Everlasting Sakura | 永遠の桜 
Artwork by @IDerech
Sold to selina22 for 8.0 ETH ($26,760.64)superrare.com/0xb932a70a5767…
$RARE #CryptoArt #NFT
I've been waiting for this SuperRare Genesis by BrainDead for a minute and the 1st piece did not disappoint. Will definitely make a move for the next piece as I am ultra bullish on this artist.
purgatory room V Artwork by rightclickdead Sold to @SuperRareRoses for 0.333 ETH ($1,147.77)superrare.com/0xb932a70a5767…
$RARE #CryptoArt #NFT
No one will ever celebrate you like you can for yourself so with that said I recently sold my 2nd fully onchain gameboy photography piece for 0.1 ETH. I had zero clue this happened till it was done.
Upcoming
I know some people don't like Fake Rares but this got my hyped AF man. Ordinal Fake Rares is something I've been thinking we needed and it is coming later this week. 100% will be keeping my eye on this collection and hope that it is not a one time thing.
First chance to see a new series of INSCRIBED FAKE RARES next Thursday in Nashville. Many great meme artists in this series. I hear there might even be a DYNAMIC INSCRIBED FAKE RARE 
@inscribedfakes
@inscribedfakes
BREAKING: A new Ordinals collection was just announced called @inscribedfakes which will be fully revealed on Thursday
It is rumored that it will include pieces from legendary artists such as @ScrillaVentura, @jackbutcher, @Darkfarms1, @Coldie, @ROBNESSOFFICIAL and more!
It is rumored that it will include pieces from legendary artists such as @ScrillaVentura, @jackbutcher, @Darkfarms1, @Coldie, @ROBNESSOFFICIAL and more!
I have a BTC and Monero node running right now and they are in extremely small form factors so I am happy to see this become a thing with ETH as well. Not the biggest fan of it being Lido but hey, we are least moving in the right direction.
This tiny box, an internet connection and 1.5 ETH is all you need to run an Ethereum validator.
Collectibles
I have a problem where I used to collect vintage football ("soccer") jerseys. This one is so dope, it captured an old era of the 90s so beautifully.
KITH x USA Mens Basketball a match made in heaven. Again, as a 90s kid it captures the essence of that era so nicely. These mfers know how to cater to my demographic haha.
Kith for USA Basketball tees are my favorite items of the collection. Releasing Monday at 11 AM EST.
No Early Access for these!
: @RonnieFieg
No Early Access for these!
: @RonnieFieg
Lastly, some big news here, PSA is now getting into grading comic books and magazines. PSA wants to flex those muscle and assert their dominance over others with this move.
BREAKING NEWSPSA will start grading comic books and magazines in 2025.
Meme Of The Week
Unless you lived under a rock, a ton of the internet went down on Friday and this one made me lul.
Fin
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GM ☕️ 👽, Issue 80 📥 Art 🖼️ - @superrare announces plan for L2 - Another victim has fallen to the 🐻 - @egodead drops some new pieces with a curated release — Tech 🤖 - @oncyber announces v2, a Mario maker like platform - @polymarket is making some big moves with their new advisor and functionality - @privy receives funding from CB ventures - Blackbird announces pay with Fly - @lolwildcard turns up the dial with their shipping - @erico wants to make it easier to venture raise __ Knowledge 🧠 - @kevinoconnell shares some data around the power badge users — Notable Sales 💰 - Smoke Break by @joepease sold for 55ETH - Coats We Once Wore by @toadswiback sold for 11.69ETH - Ruby Red Warothy by @ack.eth traded hands for 9ETH - Everlasting Sakura by @derech sold for 8ETH — Upcoming 👀 - ordinal rare pepes https://paragraph.xyz/@0xgramajo/80
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