# Upshot Update: EthCC Hackathon Winners and JPEG Summer By [Upshot](https://paragraph.com/@upshot) · 2021-11-23 --- _Originally Published - August 17, 2021_ ![Update!](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/2895d8ef9d6a3dc07db2cb3f42098c14b091ea1acac51ca2240dc9561257f96f.jpg) Update! **Welcome to the fifth edition of the Upshot Update 👋** In this newsletter we’ll round-up the latest news, updates and insights from the team, and take a look at all the exciting developments happening across the NFT space. If you haven’t already, make sure you [subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter](http://eepurl.com/hgllNn)so that you don’t miss a beat. Let’s dive in 👇 🌟 What’s New ------------- EthCC Hackathon Recap 🇫🇷 -------------------------- We were excited to recently announce the winners of the Upshot-sponsored prizes from the ETH CC Hackathon 2021 in 🇫🇷 Paris. A huge thanks to everyone who submitted projects and built innovative apps on Upshot infrastructure! [Meet the winners](https://upshot.io/ethcc-hackathon-2021-recap/) 🎉 **_Plus…_** * Read Upshot co-founder Nick Emmon’s thoughts on the NFT boom in [The Street](https://outline.com/t7ErV6) 🖼 NFT Round-Up --------------- Welcome to JPEG Summer 🔥 ------------------------- * Fractional, a protocol where NFT owners can mint tokenized fractional ownership of their NFTs, [goes live](https://twitter.com/fractional_art/status/1419696688302854146?s=21)! * Kevin Rose discusses JPEG Summer with DCinvestor on the [Modern Finance podcast](https://modern.finance/episode/the-origins-and-future-of-aave-the-decentralized-finance-protocol-to-lend-and-borrow-crypto-copy-copy-copy-2/) * Christie’s plans to [auction a lot of Bored Apes, CryptoPunks, and Meebits](https://decrypt.co/77804/christies-bored-apes-meebits-cryptopunks) in September * Axie Infinity sales cross [$1 billion](https://decrypt.co/78028/axie-infinity-becomes-ethereums-first-nft-game-to-hit-1-billion-in-sales/) * 30-day volume on OpenSea [tops $1 billion](https://dappradar.com/nft) Top NFT Sales (Last 7 Days)\* 💎 -------------------------------- 1\. [Chromie Squiggle #3784](https://opensea.io/assets/0x059edd72cd353df5106d2b9cc5ab83a52287ac3a/3784?ref=0xcd2b3c517d3de4f962dc01700dc57960cdbeb5e9) | 750 ETH ($2.44M) 2\. [Peg 103](https://opensea.io/assets/0x1eff5ed809c994ee2f500f076cef22ef3fd9c25d/103?ref=0xcd2b3c517d3de4f962dc01700dc57960cdbeb5e9) | 420 ETH ($1.37M) 3\. [Bored Ape Yacht Club #3749](https://opensea.io/assets/0xbc4ca0eda7647a8ab7c2061c2e118a18a936f13d/3749?ref=0xcd2b3c517d3de4f962dc01700dc57960cdbeb5e9) | 400 ETH ($1.3M) Top NFT Collections (Last 7 Days)\* 📈 -------------------------------------- 1\. [Axie Infinity](https://dappradar.com/ethereum/games/axie-infinity) | Vol: $216M (-2%) | Sales: 448k (+13%) 2\. [Art Blocks](https://dappradar.com/ethereum/collectibles/art-blocks) | Vol: $50M (+64%) | Sales: 6,236 (+8%) 3\. [Pudgy Penguins](https://dappradar.com/ethereum/collectibles/pudgy-penguins) | Vol: $42M (+98%) | Sales: 4,847 (-55%) \*Data from [_DappRadar_](https://dappradar.com/nft) 👥 Come Work With Us -------------------- Upshot is hiring across multiple roles! We are a team of crypto-natives with deep experience working on some of the leading projects in the space — backed by the foremost funds and angels in crypto. At Upshot, we are committed to finding top talent looking to make an impact at the forefront of this burgeoning space. Interested in working at Upshot? Check out our [open positions](https://jobs.lever.co/upshot.io) 👥 Join the 🆙🏀 Community ----------------------- Hop in the [Upshot Discord](https://discord.gg/upshot) to chat about all things NFTs with the team and fellow collectors! We’re building a collector-centric community and would love to have you be a part of it. Stay in the loop! ----------------- * Join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/xNeh7vzXTQ) * Follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/UpshotHQ) * Subscribe to our [newsletter](http://eepurl.com/hgllNn) --- *Originally published on [Upshot](https://paragraph.com/@upshot/upshot-update-ethcc-hackathon-winners-and-jpeg-summer)*