
BlackPool Bulletin #30
This week: some massive acquisitions by Animoca Brands, Uniswap release their NFT aggregator, Opensea integrates a new chain, Sorare continues building, and some economical tweets to top it all off. Grab your coffee, it’s time to learn!
We can all feel the bear market. Even maximalists are starting to doubt. But on the other side, we see massive investments & acquisitions almost everyday. Does it mean crypto will survive? Definitely, but the next bull market will be different.
How? We will see. This week: some massive acquisitions by Animoca Brands, Uniswap releases their NFT aggregator, Opensea integrates a new chain, Sorare continues building, and some tweets about the economy to top it all off. Grab your coffee, it’s time to learn!
- Animoca buying everyone.
- But why is Animoca buying everyone?
- Finally a good NFT aggregator with Uniswap.
- A must read about utility NFTs.
- A thread about RTFK new drop.
- OpenSea integrating BNB chain.
- Arbitrum cheat sheet for newcomers.
- Why we might run to another economy crash.
- Let’s talk about EU metaverse gala (even if they hope we don’t).
- Sorare integrating prices history.
- Sorare happy to show Mbappe (and we are too).
- A report about Blockchain Gaming investments.
- How to keep you funds safe after FTX.
- Animoca heavily growing. Bear market is for building (and acquisitions), right?
Asia’s biggest crypto investor, @animocabrands, is looking to set up a $2 billion metaverse fund.
— Blockworks (@Blockworks_) November 30, 2022
Animoca's current portfolio has more than 340 finance, gaming, and social media companies worth over $1.5 billion.
Take a look below: pic.twitter.com/A3AtDbvfip
2. But for what are they spending so much? What is the masterplan?
Updates from the Animoca Brands Metaverse: 🧵#BUIDL
— Animoca Brands (@animocabrands) December 2, 2022
3. Uniswap coming to NFT is a big news. One of the best aggregator on the market?
1/ NFTs are officially live on Uniswap!! 🎨🦄
— Uniswap Labs 🦄 (@Uniswap) November 30, 2022
Starting today, you can trade NFTs across major marketplaces to find more listings and better prices.
We're also airdropping ~$5M USDC to historical Genie users
& offering gas rebates to the first 22,000 buyers. pic.twitter.com/OZXCydXydD
4. We mostly know art NFTs, but what about utility NFTs? A must read.

5. RTFKT and a new drop. We feel like saying that every week, please sleep guys.
The @RTFKT Egg drop happened yesterday.
— cygaar (@0xCygaar) December 4, 2022
Here are 4 insights that holders should be aware of based on what I see in the contract 🧵: pic.twitter.com/dAWIP6tkde
6. OpenSea integrating BNBChain. Any thoughts on that?
2/ We can’t wait to welcome builders like @PixelSweeper, @Gooodfellas_Nft, @MOBOX_Official, and @ThetanArena onto OpenSea!
— OpenSea (@opensea) November 29, 2022
You’ll be able to use @BitKeepOS to access and trade your NFTs!https://t.co/wQOsvWrYB7
7. Arbitrum community building hard. A cheat sheet for the newcomers.
Hey #Arbinauts (💙,🧡) #ArbitrumAutumn 🍂 is here!
— wagame.eth🦇🔊 0220.stark✨wagame.lens🌿 (@WagameEth) November 28, 2022
The speed at which DeFi innovation is happening on @arbitrum currently is really astounding 🤯
In this thread we'll cover the latest projects 💎 - As usual, there's a cheat-sheet for the best opportunities on Arbitrum 👀
🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/eoRK0l9jLD
8. Another economy crash? You must be kidding. Unless…
Why is Michael J Bury predicting another economic crash?
— naly (@defi_naly) November 28, 2022
Let's break it down.
A 🧵 pic.twitter.com/MwxDnZgwgj
9. E.U. big “success” with their metaverse and their… five attendees. €387K well invested.
I’m here at the “gala” concert in the EU foreign aid dept’s €387k metaverse (designed to attract non politically engaged 18-35 year olds — see story below). After initial bemused chats with the roughly five other humans who showed up, I am alone. https://t.co/ChIHeXasQP pic.twitter.com/kZWIVlKmhL
— Vince Chadwick (@vchadw) November 29, 2022
10. Another good adition to Sorare!
🆕 Price History is now on Sorare!
— Sorare (@Sorare) December 2, 2022
Managers across all our sports will now be able to review card prices of similar cards when deciding to buy or sell. 🧐
More ℹ️: https://t.co/Fd3NBnrcVx pic.twitter.com/1GZSLxLpp1
11. The goat strikes again, and Sorare is happy.
MBAPPÉ!!! 🫡🔥#GlobalCup22 pic.twitter.com/z7IQller1R
— Sorare (@Sorare) December 4, 2022
12. In case you thought Blockchain Gaming was still a niche.

13. How to keep you funds safe after FTX collapse?

That's all folks, see you next week!
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