The ‘Dough’ season is back with foot NFTs, disappointing Game of Thrones NFTs and more
The ‘dough’ season smells like pixelated feet
Feetpix.wtf’s recently launched nonfungible token (NFT) collection, “Feetpix”, has apparently taken the NFT community by storm with increasing trading volumes, prompting some to suggest the return of “dough” season.
Feetpix.wtf’s collection surged ahead of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) on January 11 with the fifth highest trading volume recorded on NFT marketplace OpenSea.
The project – which issued 10,000 Feetpix NFTs – has traded over 825 Ether (ETH) ($1,157,000) across nearly 18,000 transactions since its launch on January 8.
Crypto Twitter remains divided on what inspired the surge in foot fetish NFT trading volumes. However, Feetpix noted the absence of a roadmap, promise, and marketing plan, suggesting that a “love of feet” is not only legitimate, but also monetized through digital art.
Several Twitter users highlighted the absurd, short-term success of the project, suggesting a return of the “degen szn” (season), which involved a mass trading volume of high-risk NFT collectibles at the peak of the 2021 bull markets.
But even the creators themselves hinted that something might be mentally wrong with collectors, suggesting that buyers “stop buying feetpix” and instead “use that money for therapy.”
Game of Thrones NFTs: “Worst I’ve Ever Seen”
The much-anticipated launch of the Game of Thrones “Build Your Realm” NFT collection has received a heavy dose of criticism despite eventually selling out in seven hours on the NFT market, Nifty’s.
The pseudonymous co-founder of the Web3 game project Treeverse, Loopify, described the collection on January 11 as the “worst I’ve ever seen.”
Loopify told their 200,000 Twitter followers in a separate post that some avatars had “salad fingers”.
NFT enthusiast Justin Taylor shared his criticism with his almost 60,000 Twitter followers, saying the launch lacked “creative vision” and was downright “terrible”.
The first NFT collection was born from a collaboration between Nifty’s and NFT production company Daz 3D, where each NFT is minted on Palm – an Ethereum compatible sidechain – allowing collectors to create their own unique realms and avatars.
While the quick sellout came as little surprise due to the show’s popularity, many collectors reported problems with the minting process and widespread disappointment with the poorly designed avatars.
Yuga Labs Announces Skill-Based NFT Coin
Yuga Labs – the creative team behind BAYC – is set to expand its NFT ecosystem by launching a skill-based NFT game called “Dookey Dash”.
To participate, BAYC and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) holders must stamp a “Sewer Pass” on January 17th to begin playing the game on January 18th.
The objective of the game will be to navigate the sewers, claim as many NFT rewards as possible and record the highest score until February 8, when the leaderboard freezes.
“Sewer Pass holders will compete for the highest score and earn their new power source,” BAYC wrote, adding, “the highest single run score on your specific Sewer Pass and the associated wallet that earned the run will determine what it reveals.”
However, it is unclear what the prizes will consist of, as Yuga states on BAYC’s Twitter account that the prizes will “evolve throughout 2023”.
The four-week Dookey Dash experiment also appears to be the first part of a narrative experience, with the segments “It’s Alive!” and “Chapter 1” is expected to continue with “Sewer Close” on February 8, according to a roadmap set by Yuga.
Tennis Australia is still playing ball with NFTs
Tennis Australia has confirmed its continued investment in the NFT space by continuing the Australian Open (AO) Artball NFT collection established last year as a means of engaging NFT collectors and tennis fanatics.
Artball NFT serves to “leverage live match data to deepen global fan engagement beyond a tournament” through the digital realm, according to the Artball website.
With 6,776 Australian Open Artballs sold in last year’s collection, a further 2,454 Artballs will hit the market in time for the 2023 tournament, which officially starts on Monday 16 January in Melbourne.
According to the website, each Australian Open ArtBall is linked to live match data corresponding to a 17cm x 17cm plot on the course.
If a match-winning shot lands on a collector’s plot, the NFT metadata will be updated in real-time and the collector will be rewarded.
One of the special ArtBalls is the Artball SuperSight which enables a full suite of exclusive front-row 360-degree viewing tools, a 3D statistics explorer and personal streams that have been “custom built” for members.
Collectors will also be in with a chance to win two free tickets to the corresponding live match in AO24 if their Artball scores a ‘Match Point’ in AO23, as well as gaining access to ‘exclusive behind-the-scenes streams’.
Minting of the Artball is currently subject to a waiting list, according to the AOmetaverse Twitter page.
Other good news:
NFT platform Upshot has created a trading tool that scores and ranks wallets based on their trading success, which will allow crypto newcomers to take a closer look at the strategies adopted by successful collectors.
Blockchain security firm SlowMist revealed that a clever trick scammers used in 2022 to steal NFTs was a “zero-dollar buy” scam, where victims were tricked into signing NFTs for virtually no cost in a fake sell order . Fraudsters then bought the NFTs through a marketplace, at a price they determined.
