BlackPool Bulletin #8
We know that our troops need to be one step ahead of the markets so our apes gathered the latest news about Play & Earn, NFTs, and Blockchain Games from the week.
This week: Carrefour enters the Metaverse, BlackPool is partnering with Sandbox, Worms bullied out of NFTs, Sony acquired Bungie and GameStop partnered with Immutable... and dumped their tokens.
Tables of Content:
- Gwyn.eth Paltrow: Web3 Transformation Complete
- Shiba x Vitalik: The Return of $SHIBA
- BAYC Mercato
- Choose your class, your weapon, and your enemies in Big Time
- OVR is launching Map2Earn
- GOG News and Milestone
- Carrefour in the Metaverse
- Sony acquired Bungie
- Discord x PlayStation
- Alexandre Arnault bought a CryptoPunks
- Loopify on the Future of Blockchain games
- Summoning by TreasureDao is now live
- What is Footium?
- Defi Ted and its bull case for Parallel NFT and ParagonsDao
- How to secure your NFTs by Richerd
- No NFTs for MetaWorms.
- Consensys x Kavita Gupta Lawsuit
- Disney is hiring an NFT expert
- Wormhole Hack - in the metaverse no one can hear you hack
- Buildspace genesis story
- Gods Unchained is getting an update
- GameStop partnered with Immutable to build an NFT Marketplace … and dumped the tokens
- Skyweaver on Opensea
- SandBox Land security breach resolved and BlackPool Partnership
- The Metaverse is the next internet for Microsoft
- The future of NFTs by Chris Cantino
- Everai Lore & first AMA to come
- Thoughts on blockchain gaming by Joakim Achren
- $16M Indexed hack and a 19-year-old math prodigy: a story by Croissant
- Warning on NFT Mint for beginners
1. Gwyn.eth Paltrow: Web3 Transformation Complete
Gwyneth Paltrow just bought a Bored Ape. To fulfil the prophecy and be one with Web3, she needs to change her name.
web2: Gwyneth Paltrow
— cyberh49.eth (@cyberh49) February 3, 2022
web3: Gwyn.eth Paltrow
2. Shiba x Vitalik: The Return of $SHIBA
Vitalik Buterin got $100M of $SHIBA back. He’s planning to deploy these funds to help fight covid.
CryptoRelief sending $100m of the $SHIBA funds back to me. I plan to personally deploy these funds with the help of science advisors to complement CryptoRelief's existing excellent work with some higher-risk higher-reward covid science and relief projects worldwide. https://t.co/xvHxzwwdn8
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 28, 2022
3. BAYC Mercato
Justin Bieber bought a floor Bored Ape for 500 ETH to make it match with its song “Lonely” Lyrics.
Justin Bieber spent $1.3M on this Bored Ape because it's on brand with his lyrics to Lonely pic.twitter.com/TcpitEUuHH
— theweeknd.eth (@LilMoonLambo) January 31, 2022
4. Choose your class, your weapon, and your enemies in Big Time
Big Time is teasing us with 4 classes to be available when the game is out. What’s your favourite?
Choose your class! pic.twitter.com/iqYTp5JjPV
— Big Time (@playbigtime) January 30, 2022
Meet the bad guys!
Bring on the bad guys! pic.twitter.com/oYC9DBoTZ4
— Big Time (@playbigtime) February 2, 2022
And choose your weapon...
Choose your weapon carefully pic.twitter.com/XHbrloiV6b
— Big Time (@playbigtime) January 29, 2022
5. OVR is launching Map2Earn
OVR just announced the launch of its Map2Earn feature. Incentives to build a new metaverse are on! You can learn more about tokenomics here.
6. GOG News and Milestone
More than $15 million USD worth of GOG assets has been traded on Immutable X!
🚨 Milestone Alert 🚨
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) January 31, 2022
More than $15 million USD worth of GOG assets have been traded on @immutable X!
All with ZERO gas fees 🔥 pic.twitter.com/7G5JhLh9Bp
Episode 4 of the Guardians United is on Spotify!
Episode 4 of the @gog_pod is now LIVE! 🔥🔥
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) February 1, 2022
Check it! 👇https://t.co/O1yOX5R7nb
In this week's Guardian of the Week, is time for Bruno Lelo to make an entrance!
The THIRD weekly edition of 'Guardian of the Week' is here!! 🔥
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) February 3, 2022
Get to know the BEAUTY that is @BBCan3Bruno 😎🎮
Podcast host, Twitch streamer, past Big Brother contestant...The list goes on!
👉 https://t.co/SEgRSXzaml
Written and run by @GoGAcademy 💙 pic.twitter.com/ZPfXnns0eV
A new legendary ability was leaked! Beware of the web(3).
GOG morning Guardians!!!
— GuildOfGuardians (@GuildOfGuardian) February 4, 2022
Who's ready for more ultimate ability LEAKS?? 👀
We wouldn't want to get caught up in Ewindel's web..🕸️ pic.twitter.com/MdQmbDzapJ
7. Carrefour in the Metaverse
French Retail corporation Carrefour is entering the Metaverse as they bought a Land in Sandbox.
Premiers pas pour le @GroupeCarrefour dans le #metaverse ! L’innovation est au cœur de notre modèle. À très vite pour la suite ! https://t.co/mFW6obvM91
— Alexandre Bompard (@bompard) January 31, 2022
8. Sony acquired Bungie
Sony just acquired the studio Bungie for $3.6 billion.
BREAKING: Sony is acquiring Bungie for 3.6b https://t.co/Pp8475Xkqs
— Nibel (@Nibellion) January 31, 2022
PlayStation has acquired Bungie. pic.twitter.com/eD2m7w7Y95
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) January 31, 2022
9. Discord x PlayStation
You can now link your Discord to your PlayStation account!
PlayStation x Discord detailed
— Nibel (@Nibellion) January 31, 2022
- starting today: you'll be able to link your Discord and PSN accounts
- your currently played PS4/5 game shows up as activityhttps://t.co/WzZX8zFrQM pic.twitter.com/dN7MKZcj2D
10. Alexandre Arnault bought a CryptoPunks
Alexandre Arnault, son of Bernard Arnault, owner of LVMH, bought a Crypto Punk. Wen LVMH x Punks?
Proud and excited to announce our partnership with @Beyonce and @sc / @TiffanyAndCo #aboutlove pic.twitter.com/JUYbU7Cso7
— Alexandre Arnault (@alexarnault) August 23, 2021
11. Loopify on the Future of Blockchain games
An interesting article by Loopify on the Future of Blockchain games.
The future of "blockchain" games. I talk about the traditional gaming space, the current Web3 games and how they all connect.https://t.co/F7sCtljLEu
— Loopify 🧙♂️ (@Loopifyyy) February 1, 2022
12. Summoning by TreasureDao is now live
Summoning is live in Bridgeworld.
SUMMONING IS LIVEhttps://t.co/Dsykjlv0Xq pic.twitter.com/pgHCkyMNkz
— TreasureDAO (@Treasure_DAO) February 1, 2022
13. What is Footium?
Want to know more about Footium? Here’s a short explanation video:
🦍 @BlackPoolHQFC is ready to kick-off! ⚽️
— BlackPool (@BlackpoolHQ) February 1, 2022
📺 Great explainer video. Love the term #NFT Factory 👏 https://t.co/o5Smd3xDxf
You can also read BlackPool x Footium collaboration announcement and don't forget to follow BlackPool Football Club !
This is the level of commitment expected from our BlackPoolHQ FC players in the Footium Football League in 2022! https://t.co/SJw0xdADAs
— BlackPool HQ FC (@BlackPoolHQFC) February 2, 2022
14. Defi Ted and its bull case for Parallel NFT and ParagonsDao
"The entry point for me will be the games that capture large audiences of users focused on the game play, where the crypto element enhances that experience. The DeFi world will be found only after finding the game, and @ParagonsDAO will be the on-ramp for this audience."
The gaming industry is starting to apply its trade with NFTs and crypto at a compelling rate. More games are opening up their betas daily in the quest to capture that initial mind share like some predecessors in Axie and Gods.
— DeFi Ted (0xbakes.eth) (@DeFi_Ted) February 2, 2022
15. How to secure your NFTs by Richerd
Troops! Want to be safe in the Web3 jungle? Here are some rules to live by:
On Securing your NFTs 🔒
— richerd.eth ᵍᵐ (@richerd) February 2, 2022
This week I have looked at 5 different cases of wallets being compromised and NFTs being stolen from their owners.
It breaks my heart every time this happens, but the patterns are always the same.
1/ Below are some rules to live by to stay safe
🧵👇
16. No NFTs for MetaWorms.
The game Worms announced their NFT Plans but ended the program the next day after backlash from the community.
Another gaming company bullied out of NFT plans a day after announcement.
— banteg (@bantg) February 2, 2022
Also take notice of the openly hateful and biased coverage of the original story. https://t.co/NLTUkb2nFc https://t.co/RzGfvjCNjM
— Konohime (@KonohimeFR) February 2, 2022
17. Consensys x Kavita Gupta Lawsuit
Consensys is in a lawsuit against Kavita Gupta, an ex-Consensys fund general partner.
18. Disney is hiring an NFT expert
Disney is hiring an NFT expert to lead its effort in Web3 and Metaverse.
Job posting: You will help lead Disney’s efforts in the NFT space including monitoring the evolving marketplace, setting category strategy, and managing key partners.
— Blockworks (@Blockworks_) February 2, 2022
There are 4 NFT-related jobs on Disney’s website.https://t.co/kVORYc9PnQ
19. Wormhole Hack - in the metaverse no one can hear you hack
$326M were hacked from wormhole this week.... Here's what happened:
Alright. I figured out the Solana x Wormhole Bridge hack. ~300 million dollars worth of ETH drained out of the Wormhole Bridge on Ethereum. Here's how it happened.
— smartcontracts (@kelvinfichter) February 3, 2022
How did the @wormholecrypto exploit work? I joined forces with @gf_256 and @ret2jazzy to reverse engineer the exploit, and now that it's been patched we can finally share it with you👇 pic.twitter.com/lXwD0GLZ3N
— samczsun (@samczsun) February 3, 2022
Rekt investigates...
Wormhole had a loophole…
— rekt (@RektHQ) February 3, 2022
A hacker distorted the fabric of Solana's space-time, and netted $326M in the process.
Less than 24 hours later, and the funds have been replaced.
Where did @Wormholecrypto find $326M?
rekt investigates.https://t.co/O7WxlUN3Hz
— rekt (@RektHQ) February 2, 2022
Wormhole published an Incident Report:
The Incident Report is now available.https://t.co/PfBqObjDhT
— Wormhole🌪 (@wormholecrypto) February 4, 2022
Here is the tl;dr 🧵
1/
20. Buildspace genesis story
Do you know Buildspace anon? No? Anon pls…
You still have some time to catch up and learn how buildspace was the result of a pivot the team did 6 months ago.
Most people don't know this, but @_buildspace was the result of a pivot we did 6-months ago.
— Farza 🇺🇸 🇵🇰 (@FarzaTV) February 2, 2022
Initially, we were working on ZipSchool for ~2 years -- a product for kids K-5.
Here's my quick story on pivoting/ getting startup ideas 🧵
21. Gods Unchained is getting an update
This week Gods Unchained is getting an update with a shift in card pack rewards and the introduction of $GODS.
Weekend Ranked rewards are getting a #playandearn shakeup! Card pack rewards are shifting and $GODS are being introduced as a temporary bonus until our daily Play and Earn system is ready to launch. The new rewards system kicks off this weekend!
— Gods Unchained (@GodsUnchained) February 3, 2022
🎁: https://t.co/YwgNlURlbo
22. GameStop partnered with Immutable to build an NFT Marketplace … and dumped the tokens
The blockchain Immutable was chosen by GameStop to build its NFT marketplace. They are launching a $100M $IMX pool, with the intention to use it for grants to creators of NFT content and technologies.
Calling out builders and creators to power the future of Web3 gaming with @Immutable + @GameStop!🔨🎮🕹️
— Immutable | $IMX (@Immutable) February 3, 2022
👉Visit https://t.co/Dx2zLZsNLB to join the next paradigm of gaming.
🏆BONUS – we’re giving away $100M token pool that you wouldn’t want to miss. pic.twitter.com/dEBKkxXTdO
Powered by StarkEx! https://t.co/33Nl6qwqkT
— StarkWare (@StarkWareLtd) February 3, 2022
To go deeper: the Bankless episode on the partnership.
But everything is not that perfect as it seems that GME has dumped 9M $IMX on the market that were printed and handed to them without a locking period.
So it looks like $GME received 9M $IMX tokens minted out of thin air and handed over without a lockhttps://t.co/KZFms0VLnE
— msaug ⚒ (@0xmsaug) February 4, 2022
Wondering if this is a "partnership" or just a paid shill, really.
While @GameStop x @Immutable was good on paper, the details on the execution lead to a tarnished conclusion.$gme wallet already dumping 15m/37m tokens on CEX, no vesting :https://t.co/8gsVtiIwIG@0xferg , $imx holders are not ;
— Toccata (@pangermie) February 4, 2022
A) your exit liquidity
B) your marketing budget
Today in Crypto;
— polka (@polarply) February 4, 2022
Gamestop received a grant from @Immutable on the sum of ~100M$ on signing the partnership, and goes on to immediately dump 30M$ on Huobi, OKex and Binance.
Proof is on-chain:https://t.co/ekyCBmclu6
The wallet received the exact awards as in the milestones below. pic.twitter.com/IKQeLZPqz7
Immutable tweeted about this "incident".
2/ We are building world-class product, marketing and sales teams, including full-time teams at both Immutable and GameStop. The response to our announcement from developers and players has been overwhelmingly positive...
— Immutable | $IMX (@Immutable) February 5, 2022
23. Skyweaver on Opensea
Skyweaver is announcing a partnership with Opensea! Exclusive drop coming on their homepage the 15 February!
We're very excited to announce our partnership with @opensea, the leading NFT marketplace! 😃
— Skyweaver (@SkyweaverGame) February 3, 2022
Mark your calendar for February 15th at 2pm ET for an exclusive drop on their homepage!
Check out all the details right here 👇 #skyweaver #nft #Airdrop https://t.co/ZRirMJX3m7
24. SandBox Land security breach resolved and BlackPool Partnership
SandBox is taking security seriously as an issue was found. If you own Land it’s important to migrate it to the new contract.
Dear @TheSandboxGame community, we take security seriously and have rewarded the security researchers who found the issue with our highest tier bounty: 100,000 $SAND each.
— Sebastien 🏞 (@borgetsebastien) January 29, 2022
If you're a virtual LAND 🏞 owner, please go to https://t.co/rZWsF2W7aYhttps://t.co/4caZ59xT3h https://t.co/fzjlZvyOEM pic.twitter.com/cycRxYEzOh
SandBox x BlackPool
BlackPool just announced their partnership with The Sandbox and if you’re a Sandbox builder interested to help, don't hesitate to reach out!
Lieutenant Gordo Grande has landed on this new and unexplored planet and needs your help to set up a BlackPool outpost on this new world - if you’re a Sandbox builder, would like to join our vision and help Lieutenant Grande build our outpost in this new world, reach out! 🧑🚀🦍 pic.twitter.com/NsQqCEuxG9
— BlackPool (@BlackpoolHQ) February 3, 2022
25. The Metaverse is the next internet for Microsoft
For Microsoft, the metaverse is the next internet.
Microsoft CEO: The metaverse is the next internet, the embodied experience
— Blockworks (@Blockworks_) February 3, 2022
- Financial Times
26. The future of NFTs by Chris Cantino
Chris Cantino wrote down his vision of the future of NFTs. What’s your vision?
Vertical Marketplaces
— cantino.eth (@chriscantino) February 3, 2022
NFT projects will shift towards DTC marketplaces like @larvalabs and @SolanaMBS. Managing user experience is critical for retention, and eliminating 3rd parties doesn’t hurt.
The decentralization of code bases makes it possible. https://t.co/h3Ox9Xy6je
27. Everai Lore & first AMA to come
Coming directly from their discord, here are some news from Everai! BlackPool always has your back anon. Time to gear up!
- A lot of Lore explanations. Want to know what's Eververse, The Ark, or Everglyph time to go join the discord!
- First AMA: February 7 in Twitter Space and Discord Chat - Topics: Vision of Everai, Team Intro, Expectations on the first Hero Release, and Questions from the Community
- Coming next: Website v1 Mindmap (Evermap) Mint Details
See you Space Warrior. . . #4Everai
— Everai (@TheEverai) February 4, 2022
Congrats to the first people Onboard the ARK from Discord. Whos next? pic.twitter.com/KbaXfRkhHr
28. Thoughts on blockchain gaming by Joakim Achren
The creator of elite game developers wrote a thread on blockchain gaming.
DeFi game teams feel like indie game teams, bootstrapping and crowdfunding FTW. 1/x
— Joakim Achrén (@joakim_a) February 3, 2022
29. $16M Indexed hack and a 19-year-old math prodigy: a story by Croissant
A thread by Croissant on the young Andean Medjedovic and one of the biggest DeFi hacks of 2021.
Meet Andean Medjedovic (on the right). He’s a young Canadian mathematician who spends his time writing complex mathematical research…
— croissant (@CroissantEth) February 4, 2022
& in his free time, writes some of the most advanced exploits known to DeFi. pic.twitter.com/WgfderQoc9
30. Warning on NFT Mint for beginners
NFT Ethics warns newcomers to not mint anything for the coming 2 weeks.
If you are new to the NFT space, our advice would be not to mint ANY project for the coming 2 weeks. We have indications that the same scam team created many projects each day, and they only have a limited time window before they are found out. That's why they delay the "reveal".
— NFT Ethics (@NFTethics) February 4, 2022
That's all Folks! Have a great week!
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