Dear Bankless Nation,
In the throes of this current crypto bear market, prices are down and teams are closing up shop left and right.
Just this past week, I personally said goodbye to my passion project on the side, JPG, which has gone into stasis for now as we didnāt reach the numbers we wanted to see. Other NFT efforts that have recently pumped the brakes include Tessera, Abacus, and Backed.
But nowās no time to despair! If you do, you might miss out on all the interesting things that are still happening all around us here.
Itās instead a time for doubling down and having fun where you can. And for the onchain pioneer types like ourselves, nothing quite scratches both those itches like minting cool new NFTs.
Weāre in luck, then, because there are many light and interesting drops happening right now. Iāve curated a list of some for you to consider below, but read closely, as some of the drops are ending soon!
-WMP
1) Manifold-Optimism Creator NFT š“
Link: app.manifold.xyz/c/manifold-optimism-creator-nft
Announcement: twitter.com/manifoldxyz/status/1669044370673401857
Price: Free
Chain: Optimism
Eligibility: Must have deployed a Manifold Creator Contract prior to June 12, 2023 to mint. (If you followed my āMinting on Manifold 101ā guide back in Jan. 2023, you qualify!)
End date: N/A
Summary: To commemorate Manifoldās newly launched support for minting L2 NFTs on Optimism, Manifold creators can now collect the āManifold-Optimism Creator NFT.ā Those that do will automatically be sent 0.004 ETH on Optimism, an amount thatās more than enough to start deploying your first L2 NFT projects.
2) V Buterin š¶
Link: sound.xyz/optimism/v-buterin
Announcement: twitter.com/soundxyz_/status/1668287069783834624
Price: Free
Chain: Optimism
Eligibility: Must be signed in on the Sound platform.
End date: June 19th, 2023 at 12PM EST
Summary: An open edition released by Optimism co-founder Ben Jones and Sound co-founder Gigamesh, this track was dropped in celebration of Soundās recent addition of support for L2 mints by way of Optimism.
3) Building šØ
Link: app.holograph.xyz
Announcement: twitter.com/holographxyz/status/1668654011493543936
Price: Free
Chain: Ethereum, Optimism, Polygon, Avalanche, BNB Chain
Eligibility: Must be signed in on the Holograph platform.
End date: June 15th, 2023 at 12PM EST (šØ~8.5 hours from the time of this articleās publicationšØ)
Summary: An open edition released by artist Amber Vittoria in collaboration with Holograph, a multichain NFT protocol. 10 mintable at a time. Itās an accessible and lovely entry to the world of multichain NFTs, but if you want in you better act fast because the drop windowās almost over!
4) Nouns Short Shorts - Season 1 š¬
Link: zora.co/collect/eth:0xd64ce3231839fed12c0ee132d6b33b4238ff9929
Announcement: nouns.wtf/vote/180
Price: 0.009 ETH per short film
Chain: Ethereum
Eligibility: N/A
End date: July 13th, 2023
Summary: A series of short films created by the Nouns Stories team, currently minting on Zora. The series notably just had showings this week in Los Angeles and Melbourne. Not only are these varied animations delightful and thought-provoking, they also point toward a new Nounish way to fund films.
5) EigenLayer World Builder š
Link: zora.co/collect/eth:0x36b73d268a441164ea0e4e5560a579573a475ebf
Announcement: twitter.com/eigenlayer/status/1669065156427681792
Price: Free
Chain: Ethereum
Eligibility: N/A
End date: June 18th, 2023 at 12PM EST
Summary: EigenLayer is a promising ārestakingā protocol. I recently wrote about how to try it in Bankless, and it has big potential going forward. The project just launched on the Ethereum mainnet, so to commemorate the occasion and the fledgling EigenLayer community the builders have dropped this free mint on Zora.
6) Wisdom Vessels š§
Link: neknel.world/mint
Announcement: twitter.com/neknelworld/status/1668664537489321993
Price: Allowlist 0.05 ETH, public sale 0.08 ETH
Chain: Ethereum
Eligibility: N/A
Key dates: Allowlist minting June 13th-15th 2023, public sale starts June 15th at 1:00PM EST
Summary: Created by artist collective Keiken, Wisdom Vessels is a drop of 1,111 generative NFTs that constantly produce and stream $WISDOM ERC-20 token to their holders. Over time, these tokens can be claimed and exchanged for 1/1 pieces and other unique experiences via the Neknel Marketplace.