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The NFTYVerse never sleeps, but you have to! Let’s take a look back on all of the action from the past weekend so you can be ready for the week ahead!

#Celebrities Ape In to NFTs

The NFT market has been fire for months now and people are starting to take notice as the appeal of Social Media Profile Pictures (PFPs) continue to be one of the hottest items. Leading the charge this weekend were some high profile celebrities who started aping in to several new NFT launches.

Let’s be clear, celebrities in NFTs aren’t a new thing. Many high profile celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Lindsay Lohan, Steve Aoki, Rob Gronkowski, Tony Hawk and even Eminem have launched custom NFTs to huge success in the past. Not to mention the Stoner Cats project featuring multiple celbrities like Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis, Chris Rock, and Seth MacFarlane.

So what makes this time different? Why might the activity this weekend be a turning point?

Well, this weekend we saw some interesting activity. Celebrities were tweeting about NFTs but not because they were launching their own collections. Instead, this weekend we saw Trey Songz , Floyd Mayweather , Soulja Boy , and even Ja Rule tweeting about and buying PFPs from existing collections. In the case of Ja Rule, he even tagged some of his friends which will only spread the word. This shows a new level of interest in not just cashing in on the hype, but being a part of the movement.

For me, this is a major shift in sentiment. Celebrities using industry PFPs launched by other artists as their actual profile pictures can bring huge awareness to the market. It’s not spurred on by profits, but by actual interest in the art and movement itself.

Only time will tell if they will stick with their newfound NFTs or if some of this is just a marketing ploy for future launches we haven’t yet heard about. Either way, they are bringing mainstream attention to NFTs and we definitely aren’t complaining!

#EIP1559 & Gas Fees

Our first weekend post-london fork is in the books and we have learned a lot. Most importantly? EIP1559 hasn’t made much of a different for the NFT market.

I’ve seen a lot people in various discord channels discussing EIP1559 and it seems like there is a lot of misinformation or misunderstanding of what it is and what it is meant to do.

EIP1559 is NOT meant to lower gas fees directly.

What EIP1559 is meant to do is curb some of the volatility and level out gas fees to make them more consistent and predictable. Unfortunately, we saw this weekend with several major NFT launches that fees can and will still skyrocket, hitting upwards of $200 at one point to mint during the CryptoZunks launch.

While EIP1559 is a good first step, ETH 2.0 is necessary to actually fix the fees problem. To learn more about EIP1559 and what it actually does, check out this article by Gemini which breaks it down quite well.

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#🔥 Joe’s Hot Takes 🔥

• MarketSquare has launched an invite competition . Get the most invites by Friday at 3 PM to win a WolfGang NFT!
• LazyLions was a huge hit over the weekend after their sell-out with over 350 ETH in volume on opensea!
• World of Women #6025 sold for a whopping 60 ETH ($183,831) proving that WoW is here to stay
• Gary Vee partners with AvaStars to get Veefriends holders some free airdrops
• The WolfGang NFT & Wolfgang Pups continue to do well with a combined volume over 218 ETH
• The long awaited Untamed Companions dropped for Untamed Elephant holders and look great!
• CryptoZunk s launched to a quick sell-out while skyrocketing ETH fees to almost $200. We’ll have more on them this week..
• SpacePoggers was one of the most hotly anticipated launches of the weekend to no ones surprise but face MAJOR issues with their website during launch and is now refunding $1.5+ million
• Fluf World launched to a quick sell-out and a lot of buzz

#📰 Did You Miss These?

Let’s take a look back at our featured pieces from last week on MarketSquare.

#Daily Discoveries:

• Luchadores
• Wannabes Music Club
• Robotos
• The Wolfgang NFTs

#🎁 Giveaways

Don’t forget to join us every Tuesday and Friday at 3PM EST in the MarketSquare Discord #NFT Channel for NFT Giveaways! We give away random NFTs twice a week live in our discord. Follow MarketSquare on Twitter for extra reminders!

For updates on new NFT drops, NFT news, and more, make sure you follow OurVillage on SubStack and don’t forget to follow Farmer Joe and Lumberjack Larry .

Disclaimer: We can’t cover everything and if we missed your favorite project we are sorry! Let us know and we will try to cover it in the future. Our writers may own NFTs in some, all, or none of the collections mentioned as per their personal preference. No information in these articles is influenced by freebies or sponsorships and all NFTs owned by the writers were purchased on an individual basis with their own funds.

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See you next month!