Gnosis x Visa / Crypto Debit Card — Gnosis introduced the Gnosis Card — a Visa card that lets users spend funds from self-custodial wallets. The aim of this new launch is to bridge the gap between self-custodial crypto wallets and traditional payment methods. By the end of Q3, MakerDAO's stablecoin Dai will be offered as an option for card users — more

Reddit / Tokenizes Community Points — Reddit recently changed its terms of service, explicitly allowing for the trading of tokenized ‘Community Points’. The announcement led to speculation among the Reddit community, with several community tokens rallying on the news — more

Louis Vuitton / Digital Collectibles by Pharrel — Louis Vuitton launched its first NFT exclusively for VIA Treasure Trunk owners, with a revamped version of the iconic Speedy 40 bag designed by Pharrell Williams — more

House Financial Services Committee / Delays Crypto Legislation — The U.S. House Financial Services Committee postponed a vote on legislation for regulating stablecoins and crypto trading. The new voting date is July 26 and the proposed market structure legislation aims to give the CFTC more control over digital asset markets that may be categorized as commodities — more

New Bipartisan Bill / Proposed DeFi Rules — Senator Jack Reeds (D-R.I) is leading a bipartisan group of US senators in introducing the Crypto Asset National Security Enhancement Act of 2023. The bill aims to tackle money laundering and sanctions compliance in the crypto space — more

Futureverse / $54M Raised — Futureverse, a startup building at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and the metaverse, raises Series A round led by 10T Holding, with participation from Ripple Labs — more

Ethena / $6.5M Raised — Ethena, a startup developing an internet savings bond and an ETH-based stablecoin secured by derivatives, raises round led by Dragonfly, with participation from BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes and his family office, Maelstrom, and a handful of crypto derivatives exchanges, including Deribit, Bybit, OKX, Gemini, and Huobi — more

RISC Zero / $40M Raised — RISC Zero, a startup creating infrastructure that helps developers build zero-proof software, raises Series A round led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Galaxy Digital, IOSG, RockawayX, Maven 11, Fenbushi Capital, Delphi Digital, Algaé Ventures, IOBC, Tribute Labs’ Zero DAO, and Alchemy — more

p0x Labs / $25M Raised — p0x Labs, the development team behind Manta Network, raises Series A round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Qiming Venture Partners, bringing its valuation to $500 — more

Coinfund / $152M Raised — Coinfund, an early-stage crypto fund founded in 2015 with > 100 portfolio companies, raised $152M in its latest funding round — more

Polychain / $200M Raised — Polychain Capital, a crypto VC firm founded in 2016 by Olaf Carlson-Wee, has raised around $200M in the “first close” of its fourth fund — more

Demystifying Generative Art / Peter Bauman x Le Random (🤝) — “So what makes a work of generative art interesting or good? While making no attempt to answer that question, this article lays out the rationale for a framework that may enable readers to better discern this for themselves. Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) develops a framework for appreciating and analyzing generative art through an investigation of the movement’s locus of artistic intent.” — more

Blackbird, fly / Daisy Alioto x Dirt (🤝) —“Leventhal’s third act is called Blackbird. It’s a loyalty program built on the blockchain to serve the existing relationship between restaurants and their most devoted customers, as well as create a better data model for new relationships. Each restaurant has a personalized, digital loyalty card. The relationship begins when you “check in” at a restaurant by tapping your phone against an NFC chip on-location. From there, you can earn rewards by accumulating $FLY tokens.” —more

For the Culture: Jack Butcher’s Custom ThreadGuy Opepen Edition Goes Viral / Langston Thomas — “Recently, multidisciplinary artist Jack Butcher reminded the whole of the metaverse about the true power of the culture that drives it. By launching an open edition in service to the prolific NFT commentator known as ThreadGuy, Butcher set off a wave of fanfare that has taken the NFT space by storm. Now the rallying cry “for the culture” has emerged once again. Here’s how it all went down.” — more

Crypto Chats for Crypto Chads? / Rapolas x Zee Prime — “Just like “Twitter on blockchain”, “OnlyFans on blockchain”, or [insert your favorite consumer-facing app] will not work on Blockchain, trying to brute force web3 chats into user’s hands is a fool’s errand. X on blockchain has to bring a unique user experience, and, ideally, it has to bring increasing marginal utility, for it’s the only reason for people to switch at scale. Every category-defining business is one of its own, and not an “X on Y” — more

Songcamp (🤝) / Introducing Sessions Vol. 1 — Songcamp announced Session Vol. 1 — a new community songwriting and release system. Each session brings together 3+ musicians who collaborate to create and finish a song within a month. The album showcases the talent of 18 musicians across the first 5 sessions of this collaborative project — more

Floor(🤝) / In-app NFT Purchases — Floor, a mobile app for NFT portfolio tracking and all things NFTs, is launching its first creator series called "Floor ICONS” — offering affordable and easily displayable artwork from iconic artists exclusively available to Floor users. NFTs in the series will be priced from $20 to $50 and the first collection by artist Vinnie Hager will be released on July 26 — more

Starknet (🤝) / Introducing Appchains — Starknet introduced Appchains — a customizable solution that allows apps to modify Starknet’s tech to meet their specific technical requirements. With the Starknet Stack, apps can benefit from STARK proofs, native Account Abstraction, and improved scaling on Ethereum — more

PROOF (🤝) / Releases New PFP Collection — PROOF has launched Mythics — a new PFP project under the Moonbirds ecosystem. A total of 20,000 Mythics will be gradually revealed, with 100 new additions daily for 200 days. Mythics Eggs can be activated daily, as well as 50 nominated Oddities can be burned in exchange for Mythics. Holders will have access to exclusive releases, art installations, and events — more

Celo Blockchain / Migrates Back to Ethereum —Celo, a carbon-negative blockchain, is planning to migrate back to the Ethereum ecosystem as an L2 using Optimism’s tech stack. The move enables Celo to inherit Ethereum’s security while also offering EVM compatibility for builders. Celo also plans to incorporate Eigen’s data availability layer—more

Uniswap / Introducing UniswapX — Uniswap introduced UniswapX — an open-source protocol that aims to provide users with efficient pricing by pooling liquidity sources from various sources, which will involve third-party entities called "fillers" who compete to fill swaps using onchain liquidity from different Uniswap versions or their private holdings — more

yungwknd / Prohibition: Melt Into You— “Melt Into You" is the story of a partner's loving embrace. When the warmth of a hug melts all your troubles away. The tight knit compositions bounded by the boxes show what it's like under tension and stress, while the more flow-y pieces illustrate a sense of calmness and healing. When viewing "Melt Into You", take care to curate pairs of the same color but differing levels of tension.” Minting July 24th, 0.069 ETH — more

Tezumie / Art Blocks (🤝): Assembly— “My approach to creating generative artwork typically involves a well-defined idea, concept, and end goal. However, for this particular project, I decided to abandon preconceived notions and embrace an exploratory mindset … The interesting shapes that comprise the artwork appear to be assembling themselves in a dynamic and cohesive manner. This interpretation inspired the selection of the title, which captures the essence of the work and invites viewers to interpret it in their own unique way.” Minting July 26th — more

Look Highward / Sovrn: Possibility Spaces— “Possibility Spaces are huge artworks often surpassing 250 million pixels in an emergent series of calls and responses between artist and AI. The art explores the human experience as seen through the mind's eye of machine learning, set across twenty-seven diverse realms of deep zoomable images. This work seeks to position itself within the surrealist tradition, which has always sought to unlock the power of the unconscious mind to reveal hidden truths about being human” Minting August 3rd — more

StoryCo (🤝) / Announcing Co-Create + Profit Points

Vertex (🤝) / > $3B in Trading Volume on Arbitrum

Hook Protocol (🤝) / Improving Capital Utilization w/ NFT Call Options

balon.eth / Metaversal (🤝) Welcomes Home Punk 8531

PROOF (🤝) / GRAILS IV SOON™

Bright Moments (🤝) / City #9 Paris, France

Digitized / Featured #12 x Otherdeed

Fingerprints / New NFT Membership with Larva Labs

beeple / Priceless Reaction 🐐

Zapper / Blockies x Opepens

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