Dear Future Whales,
In today’s note, I preview a new metaverse project that provides both a high-quality and fun experience. I’ll introduce you to a research DApp that I use often, and of course, there is some solid Alpha to share.
Summary of today's notes:
Featured Project!
A free, but valuable DApp.
Alpha Leaks
Featured Project:
I’ve been having fun with portals lately. It’s what I consider a content-first metaverse project and it’s built on the Solana chain. In short, you start with purchasing a membership pass that determines the size of your space.
You get full control of decorating and designing your room; furniture, arcade games, and chess boards can all be made interactive - the only limit being your creativity. Portals is a featured project for a few reasons:
1st, the tie-in to “Echo Location”. I’m trying to determine if the room I’m designing will work as a place that VanEck NFT community members can visit to socialize, play games, and network. Can it replace Discord as a community communication tool? I’m betting it can!
2nd, part of me hopes that a project like this may replace some of our (now fatiguing) video conferencing activity. Within your portal, you can screen share and even broadcast music.
Lastly, the ability to join a portal space with one click and not have to set up a wallet is the exact user experience we need to onboard folks from the Web 2 world. So, whether or not it works as our main community chat hub, I think this is one project you’ll want to keep an eye on. You can try the demo here.
A valuable DApp that is free to use!
This newsletter is geared toward a blended audience of novices and experts in digital assets. While I aim to provide innovative insights, I do need to make sure that I bring our newer, future whales to the surface too. With this in mind, I present a DApp you should definitely be using!
Dappradar.com - I find this tool to be both useful and insightful. Here’s why:
You can paste in the public address of any user on the blockchain, including your own, to quickly see the value of the underlying portfolio (for both coins and NFTs).
Financial View - Quickly analyze the floor prices, performance, and volume of all NFTs owned in a respective wallet. If you hold assets from more than a handful of projects, this is a terrific shortcut.
Access to Airdrops (free crypto!) - If you would like the chance to get free cryptocurrency while also learning about new protocols, then be sure to sign up for their airdrop subscription.
Alpha Leaks –
In my last note, I introduced you to the BoredBox.io and ATEM Car Club projects. As part of the Bored Box NFT, you are able to claim a Mars Speeder NFT that has an “elite” trait. We learned just this weekend that this “elite” trait will translate into two vehicles: one Mars Speeder and one randomized second vehicle. The value from these memberships just keeps coming! Special thanks to @nftbroo for capturing this Alpha in their latest note.
Featured Mint: 0xThulu - A decentralized Web3 Production House. I've been following this project’s Discord for months. Mint date: 8/23. Mint price 0.1 ETH. Total supply: 11,138. Join their Discord here.
Additional Alpha Resource - Whales are known to eat prawns and other crustaceans! So, I encourage you to consume the data shared at theprawns.xyz. This is a community-sponsored resource that compiles data related to projects tied to Non-Fungible Labs.
Learn more about projects, including those I’ve shared in previous notes, such as the Seekers, Cryptowalkers, and ATEM Car Club.
I also encourage you to visit the new Futureverse events calendar. It teases upcoming Twitter Spaces and AMAs (Ask Me Anything) as well as details on future projects mints. Goblintown is right around the corner and you won’t want to miss out!
Did you know?
You can use WETH (Wrapped Ethereum) to make multiple offers on various NFTs. WETH allows users to make decentralized financial transactions without the need for a third party. This is a strategy NFT traders frequently use. Here is an example: If you had 3ETH and converted that into 3WETH, then you can make an unlimited number of offers up to 3WETH. So, if there is a collection of NFTs you like, you may submit an almost unlimited number of “low-ball” offers up to your total WETH owned and the offers will stay active until they expire or when one is accepted.
Authored by Matt Bartlett, CAIA
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