Dear HackerNoon Nation, Is the worst of the crypto shakeout that started last year behind us? Who knows, but one thing’s for certain: there a surging sense of optimism in the NFT ecosystem right now. is Indeed, more and more people think the bottom’s in, and activity is picking up across the board. The number of NFT traders, the number of NFT trades, NFT volume stats — presently these metrics are markedly uptrending. all So, we’re back then? We’ll have to see how the months ahead unfold, but things are unquestionably feeling more bullish lately. For now let’s recap the past week, as always thanks for reading everyone and have a great weekend! ✌️ -WMP 📣 General NFT News , a web3 social wallet play, raised . Easy Company +$14M in seed funding published a great primer on the history of NFT marketplaces: Jake Gallen https://twitter.com/jakegallen_/status/1610712190893580296?s=20&embedable=true introduced support for among “Lensverse” projects. Lens Protocol token-gated publications , the founder of Fingerprints DAO, . Luiz Ramalho joined Nouns DAO introduced so you can get email alerts whenever you’re added to new NFT allowlists. mint.fun Allowlist notifications added support , an L2 specialized for social and gaming use cases. OpenSea for Arbitrum Nova teamed up with Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg on a . PleasrDAO Pentagon Papers-themed NFT auction has some of the in crypto right now. Zora best DAU stats 🏆 Digital Collectibles introduced , a new interactive world for Azuki holders. Azuki Hilumia is prepping for its upcoming Sewer Pass mint, which will grant access to the limited-time Dookey Dash game: Yuga Labs https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC/status/1613331130249256962?s=20&embedable=true 🎨 Cryptoart , a HyperRainbow, resold for Ξ134 ETH: Chromie Squiggle #7997 https://twitter.com/nftwhalealert/status/1612224532085108736?s=20&embedable=true resold for . Fidenza #967 140 WETH is integrating into its Space Race DAO votes. SuperRare Quadratic Voting (QV) 🎮 Decentralized Gaming used alpha he learned from studying the mechanics of early on in order to trade up into a CryptoPunk, check this out: Bulkis.eth Wolf Game https://twitter.com/Bullkis1/status/1612962736668819465?s=20&embedable=true Origin Season 2 gameplay, which will last for +40 days, . Axie Infinity kicked off is now . Mavis Hub 2 available to download released its , e.g. players’ voxel characters can now move around and explore the Pirate Nation world. Pirate Nation latest series of gameplay updates 💽 Music NFTs published . Coopahtroopa This Week in Music NFTs - Jan. 9th 🌐 Virtual Worlds added support for Nouns avatars: Nifty Island https://twitter.com/Nifty_Island/status/1613281897752285205?s=20&embedable=true 💎 DeFi x NFTs increased 10x . NFT loan volumes over the course of 2022 Author Bio is a professional writer and creator of —a Bankless newsletter focused on the emergence of NFTs in the cryptoeconomy. He’s also recently been contributing content to Bankless, JPG, and beyond! William M. Peaster Metaversal

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