If You're Reading This, You're Still Early

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What's Dropping ⚡️

• Keep an eye out: The Kraken Collective is a 10k PFP project with a built-in staking/$FISH token and a large community DAO focused on generating community profits, initially funded by primary/secondary sales (70% of secondary sales go to the DAO). The 0.8 ETH mint is scheduled for mid-December utilizing a gas-optimized contract, minimizing costs. Find out more info here. 

• MetaGuardians had a sneak peek of what their avatars are going to look like and they look absolutely epic. See here. 

• Voltura.eth 's project (Psychedelics Anonymous) has been growing at an incredible pace and people are solving his daily tests in the hopes of getting a white list.

•  Bored Ape #544 sold for 675 ETH ($2.8 MILLION).

• @ArinaBBart has a message for the whole community about the recent Art Chick rug pull. Here is Art Chick's rebuttal to the recent criticism. 

OpenSea 🤝 Christie's  

Yesterday OpenSea (the current leading NFT marketplace) announced a partnership with world-famous auction house Christie's. Fun fact: Christie's was founded in 1766 (255 years ago) by James Christie in London, England. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and in Rockefeller Center in New York City and it had over $7.4 billion worth of sales in 2015. 

Bidding will begin for the 1/1 pieces from various artists starting Dec. 1st and ending the 7th. 

Below is the list of featured artists...

This is news is just brings more legitimacy to the NFT space considering that these auction houses have been the leading institutions for the world's most famous and revered art works. 

Below is Mad Dog Jones' piece that is a personal favorite of mine (click on the link to see an incredible animation)

Security > Everything 🔒

Attached below is an extremely important thread to read for beginners going over everything about security in the NFT space. We can't stress this enough - even though most experienced NFT collectors have had their art or ETH stolen through not implementing the right security measures. Take the 3 minutes to read the thread below that could very well save you thousands of dollars (if not more) in the future. 

WE ARE STILL EARLY 👀

Yesterday it appeared that Jimmy Fallon, who recently joined the Bored Ape Yacht Club has gone full NFT mode and created a new Twitter named @BoredAndBreezy.

Twitter even appeared to suspend the account for a brief period after Jimmy Fallon posted about it on his main Twitter - probably a security measure since it was so out of the blue that people at Twitter thought his account got hacked. 

Needless to say, he joins the group of ultra-famous celebrities that joined BAYC that are pictured below. 

Main point: The NFT space is spreading like wildfire and we are still very early. 

Artist Spotlight 🎨

Alyssia Aguilar is a Latina NFT Artist that is based out of Houston, Texas. Alyssia started her artist journey in 2017 after the loss of their son, Mark Anthony II. In hopes to heal and give back, she started donating art to the hospital’s NICU and also to Sepsis Alliance. As she dove into her art she found a new way to truly shine a light on her talents but also her journey as a mother. Alyssia is now working full time as an NFT artist and currently listing her work on OpenSea as a 1:1 artist. Being a mother is critical to how she carries herself and hopes to inspire her daughters to be fearless and motivated. She hopes that by sharing her story and journey she is able to connect her audience more to her art and the stories they tell. With a fashion background, her illustrations also capture her passion for the fashion industry and her unique style of fashion illustrations. Alyssia is excited to grow in the NFT space and loves to inspire other women to not be afraid of their passions and to truly go after what they want to be. She also just announced a new collection, "Fashion In Black" which will be released soon to OpenSea! Check out her other artwork here!

Meme Drop 💧

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