April 29 - May 3: This week in NFTs, recapped in one letter

Gm,

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This week, some ETH blue chips finally revealed what they’ve been cooking.

Azuki climbed the charts after its first Anime episode was released, Moonbirds now has commercial rights and new art, and DeGods holders (drumroll please 🥁) can bridge back to Solana.

The show went on as the new FriendTech V2 failed to impress, dragging its $FRIEND token to $1. There is never a dull moment in web3.

Degenz gonna degen, builders gonna build, and good luck figuring out the market!

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Web3 moves too fast! Remember the bear of April 30th - May 1st? Relax, WE’RE BACK.

Don’t lie to your babe 🫵

• The cutest TCG in web3? Pudgy Penguins are coming to life in an upcoming collectible cards game. Also, we may see Pudgies in amusement parks soon.

• US PayPal partners with MoonPay and lets Americans purchase cryptocurrencies.

• Yuga fam reunited for town hall in the Otherside. Community members will get to test action gameplay and earn rewards. BAYC and MAYC volumes rose again this week.

Another week, another Punk. This week’s top NFT sale goes to Crypto Punk #7846.

Sold yesterday for 187 ETH (around $557,802), it’s a loss-making sale reflecting Crypto Punks’ 34-month low.

Trust the process (but only if you actually follow the process)