Gm,

We’ve managed to pull ourselves away from the new GPT-5 long enough to write you this newsletter. The NFT vibes are immaculate this week, with a gold BAYC selling for $2.35M, new artblocks projects, and a new all time high for Sam Spratt’s Skulls of Luci.

We’re even seeing some big names re-enter the space: contemporary artist Takashi Murakami caused a stir with his recent collection announcement. We still love you Murakami 💗

The Headlines:

• The RaribleAPI now has an AI tool, making building NFT dApps simpler and faster.
  

• Adam Weitsman buys over 5K Otherdeeds through Yuga Labs.
  

• TRON founder Juston Sun has [checks notes]  gone to space.
  

• Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm was found guilty on 1 of 3 charges and could be facing prison time.
  

• REKT keeps ripping, hits a new ATH.
  

• Base stops producing blocks for 33 minutes.
  

• Moonbirds holders receive Purple Pass Soulbound Token on Monad.
  

• Satoshi Nakamoto statue stolen, vandalized, and thrown in a lake.
  

• Hyperliquid earned 35% of blockchain revenue in July.
  

• Original hat from Dogwifhat sells for 6.3 BTC at auction.

From the timeline:

OpenAI announces GPT-5, claiming “PhD level abilities”. The jury’s out on just how amazing it really is (but yeah it’s probably pretty awesome). 

Minting Now:

If ridiculous memes and unadulterated vibes are your kind of thing, you’ll be happy to hear that Block Chain testkek is live on RaribleFUN.

From the makers of the HarryPotterObamaSonic10Inu memecoin (the ticker is $BITCOIN), this meme chain is pure comedy gold and we can’t wait to see what they have in store for us.

Check out our post for guidelines on how to get testnet funds, and mint the first drop today.

Bye for now.

Oh btw, happy international cat day.