✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨An open metaverse, while not yet realized, must stand on various pillars if it’s to succeed and thrive. These pillars include freedom of expression, open interoperability, and strong privacy guarantees. Something that’s beneficial in all three of these areas and shares a crossroads with NFTs? The VRM file format for 3D avatars. I think VRM avatars will become a lot more popular in the future, and NFTs will become an increasingly commo...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨An open metaverse, while not yet realized, must stand on various pillars if it’s to succeed and thrive. These pillars include freedom of expression, open interoperability, and strong privacy guarantees. Something that’s beneficial in all three of these areas and shares a crossroads with NFTs? The VRM file format for 3D avatars. I think VRM avatars will become a lot more popular in the future, and NFTs will become an increasingly commo...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨It’s been a big week for NFT releases! Specifically, NFT creator tooling releases. There’s been a flurry of movement on the infra front here in recent days, so let’s catch you up on what’s new at mint.fun, OpenSea, and Zora! -WMPNew NFT Minting Infra 🆕1) create.fun 🎉Mint aggregator platform mint.fun just expanded its horizons by unveiling create.fun, a streamlined do-it-yourself NFT creation interface.Why it matters:Previously focus...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨It’s been a big week for NFT releases! Specifically, NFT creator tooling releases. There’s been a flurry of movement on the infra front here in recent days, so let’s catch you up on what’s new at mint.fun, OpenSea, and Zora! -WMPNew NFT Minting Infra 🆕1) create.fun 🎉Mint aggregator platform mint.fun just expanded its horizons by unveiling create.fun, a streamlined do-it-yourself NFT creation interface.Why it matters:Previously focus...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨The majority of NFTs store their art and key metadata “offchain.” Yet there’s growing demand for “onchain” NFTs for better permanence and security. Not sure what makes a project actually onchain, though? No worries, I’ve got you covered — for today’s post let’s go over the different shades of onchain and some example projects and DIY resources to note! -WMPThe Offchain-Onchain SpectrumIn the NFT ecosystem, metadata storage isn’t an ei...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨The majority of NFTs store their art and key metadata “offchain.” Yet there’s growing demand for “onchain” NFTs for better permanence and security. Not sure what makes a project actually onchain, though? No worries, I’ve got you covered — for today’s post let’s go over the different shades of onchain and some example projects and DIY resources to note! -WMPThe Offchain-Onchain SpectrumIn the NFT ecosystem, metadata storage isn’t an ei...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨Rainbow just added in-app minting. Gallery is about to. TITLES already offers it as a cryptonative riff on the AI image gen apps I wrote on yesterday. In other words? It’s getting easier and easier to mint new things across the board in the NFT space these days, and it’s these sorts of UX advances and proliferation that I think will pave the way to onchain media becoming ubiquitous in the future. In the meantime? Have a great weekend ...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨Rainbow just added in-app minting. Gallery is about to. TITLES already offers it as a cryptonative riff on the AI image gen apps I wrote on yesterday. In other words? It’s getting easier and easier to mint new things across the board in the NFT space these days, and it’s these sorts of UX advances and proliferation that I think will pave the way to onchain media becoming ubiquitous in the future. In the meantime? Have a great weekend ...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨It’s RWA this, RWA that lately in various circles of crypto. Just catching up here? Well, RWA stands for “real-world assets.” They’re created when “offchain” things — anything from U.S. T-bonds to Pokémon cards — are tokenized on a blockchain like Ethereum to unlock borderless liquidity, 24/7 markets, non-custodial ownership, etc. Of course, NFTs are suited to represent non-fungible assets onchain, pointing to a future where widesprea...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨It’s RWA this, RWA that lately in various circles of crypto. Just catching up here? Well, RWA stands for “real-world assets.” They’re created when “offchain” things — anything from U.S. T-bonds to Pokémon cards — are tokenized on a blockchain like Ethereum to unlock borderless liquidity, 24/7 markets, non-custodial ownership, etc. Of course, NFTs are suited to represent non-fungible assets onchain, pointing to a future where widesprea...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨At Bankless we just ran an article on Starknet’s Onchain Gaming Oasis! The piece got me thinking about my Autonomous Worlds post from earlier this year and the underlying “engines” that make this sort of totally onchain gaming possible. For today’s post then, let’s do a follow-up highlighting some of the main onchain game engine efforts in action today! -WMPOnchain Game Engines to Watch 👾What are onchain games, why do they matter?Onc...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨At Bankless we just ran an article on Starknet’s Onchain Gaming Oasis! The piece got me thinking about my Autonomous Worlds post from earlier this year and the underlying “engines” that make this sort of totally onchain gaming possible. For today’s post then, let’s do a follow-up highlighting some of the main onchain game engine efforts in action today! -WMPOnchain Game Engines to Watch 👾What are onchain games, why do they matter?Onc...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨Q3 2023 brought a whirlwind of intrigues, like the emergence of Base L2 NFTs, SEC pressures, the Nouns DAO fork, the launch of Zora Protocol Rewards, and beyond. As we roll into Q4, expect plenty more big developments, so keep your eyes peeled and your creativity flowing to stay ready for all the action. It’s time to rally, you know? For now though just have a great weekend, and thanks for reading! Time for your weekly NFT news roundu...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨Q3 2023 brought a whirlwind of intrigues, like the emergence of Base L2 NFTs, SEC pressures, the Nouns DAO fork, the launch of Zora Protocol Rewards, and beyond. As we roll into Q4, expect plenty more big developments, so keep your eyes peeled and your creativity flowing to stay ready for all the action. It’s time to rally, you know? For now though just have a great weekend, and thanks for reading! Time for your weekly NFT news roundu...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨As you know by now, I’ve started minting my Metaversal posts on Mirror. That said, going forward I need to create bespoke featured images to make all my articles a little more collectible, and I’ve found AI image generator apps are a fantastic resource here. If you’re a content creator around NFTs like me, there are a trio of specific AI apps I think are “must try” projects right now. For today’s post let’s highlight these projects so...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨As you know by now, I’ve started minting my Metaversal posts on Mirror. That said, going forward I need to create bespoke featured images to make all my articles a little more collectible, and I’ve found AI image generator apps are a fantastic resource here. If you’re a content creator around NFTs like me, there are a trio of specific AI apps I think are “must try” projects right now. For today’s post let’s highlight these projects so...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨It looks like daily NFT trading volume is on the mend. Is the latest bear market ending? That remains to be seen, though the signs of life we’ve had in recent days have been encouraging. Honestly, my gut tells me we’re not out of the woods yet. But even so, that’ll just give us more time to create and experiment and learn ahead of the next great NFT surge. In the meantime, have a great weekend and thanks for reading everyone. Time for...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨It looks like daily NFT trading volume is on the mend. Is the latest bear market ending? That remains to be seen, though the signs of life we’ve had in recent days have been encouraging. Honestly, my gut tells me we’re not out of the woods yet. But even so, that’ll just give us more time to create and experiment and learn ahead of the next great NFT surge. In the meantime, have a great weekend and thanks for reading everyone. Time for...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨This week The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) acquired not one, but two NFTs: Unsupervised by Refik Anadol and a PFP from Ian Cheng’s dynamic conceptual art series 3FACE. In 100 years when every museum has 1,000s of NFTs in their holdings, early acquisitions like this will look absolutely prescient. For now though, let’s just round up all the other NFT intrigues from this week! Thanks for reading everyone, have a great weekend, and stay c...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨This week The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) acquired not one, but two NFTs: Unsupervised by Refik Anadol and a PFP from Ian Cheng’s dynamic conceptual art series 3FACE. In 100 years when every museum has 1,000s of NFTs in their holdings, early acquisitions like this will look absolutely prescient. For now though, let’s just round up all the other NFT intrigues from this week! Thanks for reading everyone, have a great weekend, and stay c...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨Satoshi Nakamoto is, yes, the legendary pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin that disappeared many years ago. So when an alleged Satoshi account “resurfaced” on social media last week with plans to explain elements of Bitcoin “not explicitly contained within the whitepaper,” many rolled their eyes. Others joked a scam NFT drop was incoming. Of course, that same account has been linked to longtime unconvincing Satoshi-claimant Craig Wright,...

✨ This post originally appeared in Metaversal on Bankless ✨Satoshi Nakamoto is, yes, the legendary pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin that disappeared many years ago. So when an alleged Satoshi account “resurfaced” on social media last week with plans to explain elements of Bitcoin “not explicitly contained within the whitepaper,” many rolled their eyes. Others joked a scam NFT drop was incoming. Of course, that same account has been linked to longtime unconvincing Satoshi-claimant Craig Wright,...

What’s Metaversal?Written by me, William Peaster, senior writer + NFT lead at Bankless.It’s a tri-weekly newsletter tracking and teaching around the NFT frontier sent every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.Posts go out to +270,000 readers and counting.What are the Tuesday and Thursday piece formats?On these days, I publish a post on a singular topic.Common themes here: recent news, hot topics, op-eds, platform tutorials.Examples of recent posts: The Zora L2 Launch, Opepen Explained, Ranking NFTs...

What’s Metaversal?Written by me, William Peaster, senior writer + NFT lead at Bankless.It’s a tri-weekly newsletter tracking and teaching around the NFT frontier sent every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.Posts go out to +270,000 readers and counting.What are the Tuesday and Thursday piece formats?On these days, I publish a post on a singular topic.Common themes here: recent news, hot topics, op-eds, platform tutorials.Examples of recent posts: The Zora L2 Launch, Opepen Explained, Ranking NFTs...