Welcome to NFT Update! I'm your host Deezy.
- And I'm Justin. - Also known as Jeezy.
We come to you twice a week, Wednesday 3PM and Saturday 11AM.
And we bring you the latest news and what's going on the NFT space.
- What do we got going on this week? - It was somewhat of an exciting week in NFTs.
- It was for us personally. - Yeah.
As far as community goes of the BitSquad,
we had our Pluto Alliance drop sold out in the middle of the night.
But something interesting happened over the weekend.
We auctioned off one of them, a BlackHole, which is one of the more rare.
- This. This guy right here. - Right here. Boom!
One of the more rare Aliens that we dropped that could have been minted.
And it's sold on auction for $19K.
Now, all proceeds go back to the community wallet.
We do some cool stuff with it.
- We just bought the floor up yesterday. - Yup.
Airdropped several, like, 39 Aliens to some BitPunk holders.
Now, what that does--
some people are like, "Well, why would you do that?"
What that does is it spreads out the holders.
Like, so now, instead of having X amount of holders,
we've added to the wallets that actually hold the aliens,
which is what you want. You want the community to grow.
You want the community to grow. You want to dilute it.
You don't want 1,000 people holding all 10,000. You want to get the numbers higher,
2, 3, 4,000.
Yeah. That's when you see like a real growth in the project.
You see legs up, especially with floor prices,
and the price of your Alien can rise when you have more people that hold the Aliens.
Yeah. And sponsored by Glitch, Glitch Finance (GLCH).
- Good project. - Yes.
But we've had some crazy news.
There's a fail. There's an epic, epic fail. Tell us about that.
John Cena.
- I wasn't a big-- you can't see. - You can't see him.
I wasn't a wrestling fan, so-- but I have seen him in movies.
- I think he's a pretty good actor. - Yeah.
I thought he was pretty funny.
He's a pretty decent actor. I didn't really get into the wrestling though.
What?!
But he dropped an NFT.
And I think 7% sold, which is a huge failure,
- and he even admits it. - Yeah.
He said one of his biggest mistakes in this was attaching an image, the NFT, to physical merch,
- signed pictures and some other things - Yeah.
that he tied to the actual NFT, and he claims that's what made it fail,
which, if you don't do it right-- we've seen several drops like this in the past.
If you don't do it right, it will fail.
If you don't have the proper utility, the logistics of sending it out,
people lose confidence in those drops, and they won't buy them.
But I do like John Cena.
He rocked denim shorts longer than it was appropriate.
- Also-- long denim. - They were the long denim shorts.
- Mitchin'. - They went all the--
Yeah. They went all the way down, like, past the knee a little bit.
- It was like a very 80s. - Yeah.
- It was the vibe. - Early 90s. Almost a grunge move.
Yeah. And there's a little bit of news. Apple is not allowing apps to show NFTs.
So we'll see. We'll keep an eye on that one,
but it's a little sketchy.
We definitely want Apple to be on board with NFTs.
- So hopefully they change their mind. - Yeah.
Come on, Apple!
- Tim Cook, what are you doing? - What are you doing, man?
Alright. So the first project we're going to talk about is ArtPunks NFT.
And this is on Solana.
And they're kind of--
it's a new trend where you're fusing art with maybe like a classic drop.
We kind of saw it with Fusion Apes.
Those? The Fusion Apes?
- That was some unreal art. - Yeah.
I'm really frustrated because I think you told me to buy one, and I didn't.
But yeah, man. That's some really cool looking art.
Yeah. I got in for 0.1 something and then got out like right around a quarter ETH or 0.3 ETH,
so it's like a good trend.
I mean, if the art looks good.
And this is--
this is huge.
This is 10,000 Punks.
- And it's going to be mixed with classic paintings. - Wow.
I think this is the first time it's classic paintings, not, you know, like a Fidenza or something newer,
you know, like some sort of digital--
No, we're talking about Salvador Dali.
We're talking about Picasso.
- We're talking about Van Gogh. - Maybe a Mona Lisa?
- I mean, I don't know. There's 10,000. - We could.
Or the Sistine Chapel?
- I mean, maybe. Maybe, you know. - Maybe there's on of those.
Like, here. Let's--
- There we go. - Nice.
But, yeah. So it's mixing that.
You don't know what you're going to get, but it's the 10,000 Punks,
and then they're remade in the image of these paintings.
- You know, the Japanese waves were it's-- - Oh, yeah.
all-- I mean, we're going to show some examples like,
look at some of this classic art that we're--
Oh, and this one!
- Can you believe it? - Wow!
But yeah, I would definit-- the Picasso?
- The Picasso looks nuts. It's really, really cool. - Yeah.
Well, I'm going to get one of these for sure.
I'm going to listen to you this time and actually buy one.
- It's on Solana. You've got to get a Solana wallet. - I've got to get a Solana wallet.
I recommend Phantom.
It's really good. Just download Phantom.
You can move your Solana from Coinbase, wherever, to your Phantom wallet.
And then on Phantom, you'll be able to mint and view your NFT.
Phantom.
We'll spell it.
- We'll leave a link in the description. - Yeah.
- So cool project, but when is it launching? - September 25, 10PM UTC.
- Oh. - 10PM UTC. So check your time.
We'll have the link so you can mint it.
But what I would say is, you know, the Degen Apes,
they were kind of the Solana equivalent of Bored Ape Yacht Club.
Those things are worth a lot of money now.
What if this is the equivalent of the Punks?
Now, I'm not saying it'll match in price, but, you know, it's kind of--
- it's seen as the equivalent. And-- - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, I think I feel pretty comfortable that it'll probably increase from the floor price,
- from the mint price, - Yeah.
so I'm definitely going to snag one of these for sure.
Yeah. I might--
I got some Solana on the sidelines ready to deploy.
- A little drop-- a little dry powder. - A little dry powder, as Ellio says.
EllioTrades said.
Alright. But let's talk about our friend. You know who I'm talking about.
I'm talking about the 'stache man.
- Secret Agent 'Stache? - Secret Agent 'St--
- Did I give away his identity? - I don't know. I don't know.
'Stache is, I'm sure if you've watched the channel, you've seen him on Around the Blockchain.
I think Ben's done a few interviews with him.
Very cool dude. Very good friend of the channel.
Super good guy.
He is like one of the first movers, like a godfather I think in the NFT space.
Huge following.
He does most of his stuff on WAX.
- He was minting in 2018. Minting NFTs in 2018. - Yeah. OG.
- He's an NFT OG, for sure. - Yeah.
So, he's got a project coming out, a new drop coming out on WAX.
It's Secret Agent 'Stache.
It's going to be an interactive game that has to do with one of his live streams
- that I think is on Thursdays. - Okay.
So super super cool.
So, each pack that you buy, I think packs are like $9.99 and $29.99,
consists of actual build cards.
So, like, look at it as like an asset to an actual NFT.
And so once you collect and buy these packs and open them and put them in the crafter,
once you've crafted them, you get to see which rarity you got.
It's Standard, Vintage, Shadow and Signature.
- Those are the different rarities. - Oooh!
So then you take the NFT after you've crafted it,
and you can go interact on his live stream on Thursdays.
So he--
on his website, he defines it, and I'm going to read it,
Secret Agent 'Stache: Mission 000 is an interactive livestream NFT game built on WAX blockchain.
He does all the stuff online.
- He loves WAX. - Loves WAX.
The objective of the game is to interact,
have fun,
help Secret Agent 'Stache complete his NFT gaming mission
- every Thursday on his livestream. - Okay.
And maybe you can make him like twirl his mustache or something.
Twirl his mustache, wear a different outfit,
- uniform or whatever. - Okay.
These packs are super cheap.
And we've done drops on WAX.
They sell out like that.
- Like, really, really quick. - Yeah.
We're going to have the link in the description.
The drop is on the 23rd.
Crafting will start on the 24th.
So then you'll be able to interact with the game on the next livestream the following Thursday.
- Okay. Really excited. - Yeah.
He's a good guy. He's a good guy, friend of the channel.
- You've known him for years, right? - Well, I've known him for--
- I actually met him in Miami this last summer. - Okay.
The first time I actually met him in person.
Very cool dude.
We really enjoy him here on the channel.
So you all go support it.
Go check it out.
It looks like it's going to be a lot of fun. It's very unique too, so I like it.
Alright. Well, let's do a real quick, brief mention on Lonely Alien Space Club.
It's something that we bought a while back.
- And they just did a Planet drop. - Yeah, yeah. Pretty cool.
I got one. But what was it? I can't remember the name of it.
- It was the pink planet. - The pink--
- I got a pink Sun. - Yeah.
- My pink Sun was 1% rarity. - That's pretty cool.
- Selling for like $500. That's the floor right now. - Yeah, yeah.
So I was given a $500-- it was just dropped to me.
And here's the exciting thing.
10,000 Lonely Aliens, 10,000 Planets.
You hold it, and then you can mint it basically.
You mint it for free. They drop to your wallet.
- Only 4,000 have been claimed. - Okay.
So there's 6,000 Lonely Aliens who haven't claimed their free Planet.
Now, this number is going to keep rising.
And you can check it. You can type in the number, so if you see it on sale on OpenSea,
type in 5514,
"Oh, there's no planet for 5514,"
so then you can get that.
It's a really, really good deal.
You might get lucky. I mean, I got lucky.
It's a scratch off ticket, you know.
You never know.
But if you find a floor one, it doesn't have the Planet minted,
it might be a good move.
So there's a way to like go to and-- go through and actually--
go to a registry,
type in the Alien ID, like, token ID
- to see if it's been claimed? - Yeah.
You can go on OpenSea and just type, you know, click on a Planet,
you'll see the number 2214,
delete that,
type in 7163,
and if something pops up, you know that it's been claimed.
- Nothing pops up, it has been claimed. - That's pretty cool.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Could be a huge bonus. Cool!
But this might start moving up pretty soon.
It was trending on the front page of OpenSea yesterday.
Okay.
So that's going to generate some extra inches right there.
- But that's not it, Justin. - What's--? Alright. What else do you got?
- They're going to have companions pretty soon. - Ah. Nice.
And they're going to have a planet pass program pretty soon.
So it's like, when you say companion, is it like an alien dog or something?
They had little weird squiggly snake-looking things,
- little space centipedes like I-- - Space pets?
- Space pets. - Space pets. So they could be whatever.
It could be-- just use your imagination.
- Like, a pet dragon with weird outfits. - Yeah.
- Or whatever. Who knows? I don't know. - Who know? Scales? Wings? I don't know.
- It's scary. - But imagine if you go ahead and get one now,
you mint your Planet,
you get a companion,
you're getting drops.
So they have a pretty good roadmap.
- I'm pretty excited about them. - Yeah.
I might go snag-- I have one Lonely Alien.
I might go snag another one from hearing those.
So that's pretty cool.
We'll do a giveaway again.
Check the description.
We're going to make you read it this time.
So, check the description.
We're going to do a giveaway.
Reward the community here because that's what we like to do.
Yeah. So, all that information will be down in the description
along with all the links to all the projects we talked about
along with Deezy's socials and my socials.
- So you all give us a follow. - Yeah.
- Alright. And that's all we got time for today. - That's it.
Standard vintage shadowed signature.
Pluto is a planet.
- Alright. That's all we got. - We out.
So once you've actually crafted the NFTs,
and I think the NFTs are Standard, Vintage, Shadow and--
The different rarities are St--
Ooh, I got a shadow.
Don't put this on. You can't put this on.
So it's a-- once you craft--
Why can't I do this?
The rarities are Standard, Vintage, Shadow and--
I can't do it. Why don't you do it?
Standard Vintage
- Shadow Signature - Shadow Signature
Standard Vintage Shadow Signature
Standard, Vintage, Shadow-- what?!
Okay.
Shadow Signature
So once you've crafted them,
you get the diffe-- the different rarities--
I can't do it.
You're going to have to do that part.
You're going to have to like segue into--
- $9.99. - Oh, I was wondering
because some of these rarities, you got Standard,
you got Vintage--
I don't know why I'm laughing.
I really thought my strategy was going to work.
Alright. I got this.
The Standard, Vintage, Shadow and Signature.
Alright. So each pack, once you open it and craft it, you get Standard, Vintage, Signature and--
Please have a blooper reel at the end of this one.
- No. Don't do that. - I think it'd be great.
How was that, Nina?
It's Standard, Vintage, Shadow and Signature.
- Those are the different rarities. - Oooh!