# 📼 Weekly Rewind ✦ Jan. 27, 2023

> This one’s for the culture

**Published by:** [FUD for Thought](https://paragraph.com/@starl3xx/)
**Published on:** 2023-01-27
**Categories:** cryptocurrency, nft
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@starl3xx/weekly-rewind-jan-27-2023

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👋 Hey I’m starl3xx and this is a publication that may or may not endure beyond a single issue. Subscribe to receive subsequent (purely hypothetical) newsletters.Subscribe🩲 News In BriefEach week I write, record, and produce a brief news segment highlighting notable stories in web3 and crypto for OKX’s social media channels. Here’s this week’s ↓NB: Full hyperlinks below direct to news source(s); “✦” hyperlinks are for added context onlyAmazon is reportedly launching blockchain/NFT initiatives as early as this AprilDoodles✦ announced an agreement to acquire the animation studio behind Rick & MortyEthereum’s “Shanghai” upgrade, which will allow withdrawals of staked ETH✦, is on track for March OKX @okx We’re back with this week’s hottest #web3 and #crypto news! Watch & share! 76 11:46 AM • Jan 27, 2023 What did I miss? @ me on Twitter or Farcaster.💾 NFT of the Week 🏆 KEK PEPE BALLOON by Sasha Chudo ↓View on OpenSeaDerivatives are the hot meta the last few weeks thanks to Jack Butcher’s outrageously popular Checks project, and I can’t help but love artist Sasha Chudo’s playful Pepe-fication of Chris Torres’s Nyan Balloon. The accompanying burn map is just as fun—I’ve got my eye on clown Pepe, personally—and I was delighted to see that unlike the first few drops, the Doge version has a sunset background trait. Nice. Of course I had to board the derivative hype train myself: starl3xx @starl3xx Who’s hungry? “Checks - Mix Edition” is now minting: 100 editions @ 0.001950Ξ ea. (← the actual snack mix’s namesake was introduced in 1950) Checks Mix is a CC0 derivative of @jackbutcher’s “Checks” Mint now (+ watch for future flavors?): app.manifold.xyz/c/checks-mix 4 10:02 PM • Jan 23, 2023 Naturally, you can burn two “Traditional” to redeem a “Cheddar.” 🔌 Tired/WiredTired: “For the kids.”Wired: “For the culture.”🫡, starl3xx

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