Quiet on the NFT Front

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For the most part, the top NFT collections are down or flat on the week as ETH and other major cryptocurrencies have chopped in the wake of the first spot ETH ETF approvals.

That said, it's also been quieter than usual here in recent days, as some projects likely sat on announcements after the ETH ETF odds started improving rapidly since Monday.

Yet just because it's been generally quiet here doesn't mean there aren't specific hotspots of activity worth tracking closely. For example, NFT experiments continue to drop daily via Base and Warpcast, and farming season is in full swing around Blast's NFT scene ahead of the $BLAST airdrop next month.

If the overall lull in NFTs has you nodding off, be sure to spend some time routinely digging through the Base and Blast ecosystems in the coming weeks for new apps and opportunities like BLASTR. This is where all the action is at right now!

📰 General news

• Azuki announced a dual-chain NFT and physical hoodie drop with Magic Eden and SATOSHI NAKAMOTO
• Capsule added support for Boost Inbox
• Eric Wall is winding down Orb Land
• Magic Eden unveiled a new UI for EVM and Solana collections
• Rainbow rolled out its Onchain Browser

🎨 Cryptoart & music

• Art Blocks intro'd Art Blocks Platform, formerly Sansa and new Studio smart contracts
• Prohibition launched Prohibition Daily, a new mints series

🏆 Digital collectibles

• Bankless launched Phase II of its collectible podcasts series
• STEPN airdropped digital sneakers to all Saga Badge holders
• Yuga Labs announced Super Punk World, a 500-piece collection via its Punk in Residence program

📱 Onchain social

• Dune published an analysis on Farcaster and Lens
• Farcaster announced a $150M fundraise, Arbitrum Frames support, and an update to Warpcast channels
• Hey added support for cross-chain minting
• Orb added 1-slide mint support for Pods, SuperRare, and Zora

🎮 Decentralized gaming

• Axie Infinity activated its Classic Competitive Season 3
• Curio announced Duper, a new social war game on Arbitrum
• Immutable hit +800k active users this month
• Influence is launching its Starknet space strategy game on June 27th
• Parallel started final tests for its new Echelon bonds system
• Primodium released its latest update

🪙 NFTfi 

• Gondi facilitated a 600k USDC loan refinance on CryptoPunk #6784
• Sudoswap launched on the SankoGameCorp L3
• Wasabi announced its Blast Gold Claim 3

🌐 Virtual worlds

• Decentraland kicked off the first-ever DCL Summit

My former colleague Sammy Bauch is a builder, and lately he's working on Speedtracer, an addictive touch-based racing game with generative racetracks on Base.

I wanted to do something fun for you readers, so I sponsored today's track. Behold Metaversal Motorway! The idea is simple: race the track with your finger to try to get the highest scores you can.

Note, your scores will be entered into the ongoing Rainbow Cup, a points championship where the top 9 overall racers will earn a cut from an ETH prize pool at the end of the current season.

My recommendation? Use the Rainbow wallet's new Onchain Browser to play so you can double up and earn Rainbow points and Rainbow Cup points simultaneously.

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