NFTs & Web3

Protocol fees fell from $35.43 million in the first quarter to $376,740 so far in the third, according to DefiLlama. Neynar says it will return most of its remaining balance sheet and its team will disband.

TokenWorks will let artists issue collections directly into the randomized pool through a mechanism called FWAir, with backers fronting the ETH and creators paid out of trading fees rather than mint proceeds.

An onchain tally of the mint events by analyst 0xlaplaced puts the take at $1,282,852 — well above the $755,000 figures that circulated during the sale — while the Spritehood contract's source code remains unverified.

Rarible's site now lists Solana alongside Ethereum, MegaETH and Base, with dedicated Explore, Mint and Gacha pages for the network.

The studio released the Pirate Nation Unity app and smart contracts on GitHub and put its artwork, IP and Founder Pirates NFTs into the public domain under a CC0 license.

TokenWorks reversed course twice in under 24 hours after FWA holders learned none of the roughly $3.2 million in launch-period revenue would fund buybacks, sending the token down more than 40%.

Yield Guild's own sunset document retires the YGGPlay.fun site, Launchpad and questing platform by August 1, while GIGACHADBAT and Ragnarok Breaker continue under Delabs Games and Planetarium Labs.

The executable draft adds Security Council oversight of Endowment transactions and narrows the Foundation's initial token grant to 1 million ENS after delegates called the earlier plan a "governance attack."

The two-developer project overtook Solana's dominant tokenized-card platform four days after relaunching, generating $1.6M in daily fees at its peak before activity cooled.

Yield Guild Games (YGG), the web3 gaming guild that pioneered play-to-earn gaming, is sunsetting its game publishing arm YGG Play, affecting 35 jobs, co-founder Gabby Dizon said on X Monday. YGG will pay departing staff eight additional weeks during the transition and help them find new roles,…