South Korean presidential hopeful sends out 22,000 NFTs to sway voters. Ukraine receives a donated CryptoPunk. Watch for our NFT drop that gets you a pizza IRL.
Mar 09, 2022
Key Takeaways
On 7 Mar, Dolphin Entertainment announced its partnership with the Ethereum NFT collection ‘The Flower Girls’, aiming to create scripted and unscripted TV series, books, games, music, events, and merchandise inspired by the collection. The Flower Girls has recently been making waves in the NFT market, with high-profile holders such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Eva Longoria, and Gary Vaynerchuck.
In an attempt to sway young voters, South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol issued over 22,000 NFTs, which featured images and videos of himself. The plan was to issue 22,239 NFTs in total, with 4,000 NFTs minted so far on the Aergo blockchain and sold through the South Korean NFT marketplace CCCV.
LooksRare recorded a +15% increase in sales and a -20% drop in transactions. OpenSea recorded a -27% decrease in sales and a -18% drop in transactions.
Crypto.com NFT in the Spotlight
Miriampersand is a talented designer, illustrator, and cartoonist, boasting a host of clients such as The New York Times, GQ, Mini, and Condé Nast Traveler. Through her latest NFT collection ‘Rites of Passage’, she invites you to look inside yourselves and dare to know more about life itself. Her creation will take you on a journey to enter into these ‘magical realms’ for the first time – then a rite of passage begins.
Is it really a food NFT if you can’t eat it? ‘Petroni’s Pizza Party’ is an edible NFT collection and the first of its kind, delivering on utility AND deliciousness. The NFT artwork blends claymation and real-life ingredients to recreate Chef Christian Petroni’s infamous Garlic Butter Sicilian Pizza. This collectible piece gets you a real-world slice of his legendary pie and invites you to reap the benefits of being part of his Gabagool gang, which includes access to exclusive Petroni’s Pizza events, merch, and airdrops.
‘Genus’ is a project portraying the wide spectrum of gender represented through the flower’s reproductive system. Created by the visual artist Paloma Rincón, this is a series of 10 images that shows the diversity of a wide variety of specimens through super high-resolution close-ups focusing on their reproductive organs. The subjects are shot interacting with liquids and colored lights using macro photography, revealing a world that the naked eye can’t see. They become big enough that you can recognise the cell structure and the fascinating world hidden inside of them. The resulting images show the beauty of nature from a unique point of view.
* Week-on-Week (WoW) % change is calculated based on the differences between two subsequent 7-day periods * Year-to-Date (YTD) volume is calculated from the first day of the current year to the current date * Transaction count & average price refers to the number of traders and average price of the 7-day period * LooksRare launched on 10 January 2022 * X2Y2 launched on 16 February 2022
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