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The NFT project doodles is looking to go beyond being an NFT project, with plans to become a "leading media franchise." Identity crisis: Cofounder of doodles says it’s not an NFT project One of the co-founders of nonfungible token (NFT) project doodles says it is going to pivot away from being an “ NFT project ” to becoming a “leading Media franchise.” In a March 18 post on the project’s Discord, one of the doodle’s founders, Jordan Castro — who goes by the pseudonym “poopie” online — said it wanted to move away from financial speculators. “We’re trying to go from a startup to a leading media franchise. We are no longer an ‘NFT project,’” said Castro. Castro’s Discord post explaining doodles move to be a media franchise. Source: Discord Doodles was launched in October 2021 and has grown to reach a $704 million valuation according to a September 2022 funding round. The collection also boasts iconic musician Pharrell Williams as its chief brand officer. Going forward, Castro ...

1. Uniswap plans to discuss a proposal to deploy Uniswap V3 on the StarkNet network link Uniswap plans to discuss with StarkWare and Nethermind the proposal to deploy Uniswap V3 on the StarkNet network, as well as the new problems faced by its deployment on the first non-EVM network. 2. Sushi CEO release d the roadmap for 2023 link Sushi CEO released the roadmap for 2023, it will release its DEX aggregation router in the Q1, redesign tokenomics to encourage LPs to migrate to Sushi for increased ROI, launch Sushi’s decentralized incubator: Sushi Studios, etc. 3. ETH’s weekly summary a. ETH supply deflation again to pre-merge levels after 47 days link Opensea (consuming 1517 ETH) ranked first in terms of ETH consumption of GAS fees in the past 7 days, followed by Uniswap V3, ETH transfers, Tether, and Uniswap V2. b. The Ethereum Foundation launch es second Academic Grants Round link With this grants round, the Ethereum Foundation welcomes more academics to the table to push forward...

Kumite NFT founder Gareb Shamus chats with NFT Steez about how NFT projects can engage with their respective communities through storytelling. NFT Steez , a new weekly Cointelegraph podcast exploring nonfungible tokens and Web3 project s, spoke to Comic-Con legend Gareb Shamus about how he has used storytelling to build engagement and a “maker world” that grows and strengthens communities. What started off as a newsletter about comics — Shamus’ passion project — ultimately became known to the world as Wizard magazine. According to Shamus, Wizard was an outlet where he could “create a voice” and share with his friends the things he had discovered that excited him. Shamus touched on the importance of building elements of engagement and not limiting creativity within communities to further “unite them around what they love.” More importantly, he explained how building engagement allowed him to reach billions of people around the world in a way that made it “fun to be a fan of culture.” ...