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- September 08 - 12: This week in web3, recapped in one letter
September 08 - 12: This week in web3, recapped in one letter
Right Click, Recap is a weekly newsletter that helps you stay in the loop of the ever-changing web3 market and its community.️
Gm,
It’s the second week of September fam, are you locked in?
Of course, nobody is as locked-in as the genz-ers in Nepal who have overthrown their gov. and elected a new leader through a poll on Discord (@grok is this true?).
A huge supply chain attack left crypto users scrambling to protect their wallets. Reports say that no more than a few Big Mac’s worth was actually stolen. I’m lovin’ it (?)
imagine everyone just gets drained all at once and that’s how the cycle ends lol
— ïṿ (@Trade_IV)
6:00 PM • Sep 8, 2025
The Headlines:
The Rarible rewards program is live: you can now earn points for listing and bidding on Rarible.com. Points convert to RARI daily.
Even Paypal is all in on Hyperliquid.
A Fidenza from Tyler Hobbs sold for 32.69 ETH.
MegaETH announced their own stablecoin: MegaUSD.
DOGE ETF is launching any minute now 👀.
This week it was revealed that Ethereum devs are paid 50% less than market rate. No wonder the price won’t go up.
Art Blocks announced a curated drop with Jack Butcher. ‘Gas Wars’ is launching September 17.
REKT x Moonpay collab incoming.
Linea TGE is underway with 9.4B token airdrop.
Claynosaurz introduced staking for OG & SAGA Claynosaurz.
X open-sourced their algo, meaning you can finally get to the bottom of wtf is going on with your posts.
From the timeline:
Christie’s announced they’re closing their Digital Art Department. What at first seems like an L for the NFT space may actually be a sign that digital art is getting the recognition it deserves:
Several threads have come out this week lamenting on the news that Christie’s plans to shut down its digital art department.
To me, this news appears as a symptom of a declining traditional art market, with much less doom and gloom consequences for the future of the digital art
— lowbie cig smoker (@archivepilled)
2:29 PM • Sep 11, 2025
There’s a lot of chatter on CT that this reflects weakness in the perceived demand for digital art or that the institutions are no longer coming for our jpegs.
This couldn’t be further from the truth.
This decision by Christie’s recognises that their business model was
— Benji (@8888Benji)
11:27 PM • Sep 8, 2025
The sentiment around Christie’s move is exaggerated
If anything, placing digital art together with the rest of the work gives it more legitimacy
It’s unfortunate maybe that individual efforts to push the narrative forward are winding down, but seems on par with the rest of
— Aleksandra Art 🇺🇦 (@aljaparis)
6:06 AM • Sep 9, 2025
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