WAGMI @ SXSW: Doodles, Spawnoki and Batman Hybrid NFT trading cards
Gm, this is a 4-minute read:
Some quick hits for you at the intersection of pop culture and web3.
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I was at SXSW 2022, and here are a few photos of what I saw. If you are triggered by lack of masks, viewer discretion is advised.
The Doodles activation was the coolest I’ve seen in awhile (well during 2 years of no activations) and SXSW is known for signaling new tech innovation - this would definitely be a NFT coming out party as SXSW is definitely more of a well-rounded event and would attract more people to the NFT space than say a specific event like I am going to this week in Los Angeles.
The lines wrapped around the massive activation every time I passed by it.
The entrance to the world of the Doodles.
The interior was super fun and was a great way to interact with the artwork of Burnt Toast.
They had Coffee Doods - I grabbed a bag!
Nail Art Bar Doods:
And partnered with Shopify for a cool Exit Through the Gift Store.
I posted the video for this on our Discord in the #Thndr-Frens channel.
I didn’t get the Doodles NFT when it came out, and over the course of SXSW it rose 30% in value to sit on a floor price of around 13 ETH (US$43,000) so to support this Vancouver-based company I bought a $120 FIAT hoodie. Which is still keeping me warm.
Doodles NFT holders got some special perks: exclusive merch, VIP party with Diplo and other cool stuff - I heard a $1.2mm budget for this activation which is similar to usual SXSW and San Diego Comic-Con outdoor ones.
A great coming out party for the Doodles and you can watch what they are all about here.
Another interesting product launch were hybrid cards/NFTs from Hro with an authorized DC Comics license:
You get a pack of 6 cards you can scan into the app to find out its rarity and then trade with others.
See a TikTok I made of how it works on the Discord.
Quick News
I’m sure you’ve read all the exciting news around Yuga Labs - the creators of the Bored Apes Yacht Club - and their $450mm raise at a $4B valuation - but with the distributed rights this means that 10,000 Ape holders can monetize their NFT - so you might see this soon than later:
Ok, its already happening - this Bored Ape holder is making her own cereal:
…and this collective has licensed out their group of apes for luxury clothing.
There is a bunch of this happening already with BAYC, so you will see a bunch of this stuff out now - the problem, as you can imagine, is how to determine what is authentic and what is a right-click-save-manufacture to the regular consumer.
I can’t imagine the conversations happening at Big Brands right now.
Spawnoki is here
The Oddkey team released 6666 Spawnoki’s in a raffle and I was lucky to get one - you get one of these black and white ones and then over the course of this month they revealed what rarity you got - I got a firestorm version - you can see the rest here. If you read the first issue of Thndr Frens then you know this is a collab between Todd McFarlane and Steve Aoki.
What is the utility? No one knows yet. That is the fun/not fun part of NFTs.
Thanks for reading
I am going to make these newsletters shorter so I can make them more frequent and will be doing some short video/audio pieces as sometimes you need to see this stuff in action.
If you are at NFT LA this week let me know!
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