Live from New York it’s …. Team 1Wallet!👀

Jul 3, 2022

Gm 1Walletoors

Summer ⛱️ is here — at least if you’re in the top half of the hemisphere. As we slide into the weekend, lean back and relax with some of the week’s spotlights:

❄️Crypto winter wonderland: All its strange, colorful and fascinating glory on full display

📲 1W Updates: ‘tis the season to learn and BUIDL

The Diversity of NFT on full display

🍎The Big Apple reminds us that crypto = community

While the crypto economy may be grappling with a string of controversies and embarrassments – from market crashes to bridge exploits to stablecoins being anything but stable – tens of thousands still made their annual pilgrimage to the “Superbowl of NFTs” in NYC. It was a huge statement just to hold the event on the same week as the darling of mainstream media (Cannes Lions), a not-so-subtle FU🖕to the mainstream media that continue to fuel FU (fear and uncertainties) to the nascent crypto market. The crypto market may be freezing over but at least for this week in NYC, crypto community felt the warmth and optimism in the Big Apple albeit in its eccentricity – dystopian scene of a community yoga 🧘 in Times Square surrounded by blinding digital billboards full of NFTs to a Snoop Dogg impersonator bringing excitement and laughters (when they realized he was a fake) in a stunt designed to expose fakery in digital art.

The enormous diversity and creativity of NFTs displayed throughout the city supplied strong evidence that NFTs continue to make strides into the front page of mainstream culture and that the vibrant enthusiasm and eternal optimism for the future which much of the web3 community seems to feel is very much alive and well. #wagmi

A few other highlights:

Ecosystem: From cold wallet to marketplace, Ledger announced it would launch a marketplace, promising a premium and secure experience that will give current users a more trustworthy market alternative, and may convince new users to enter the space with more security guarantees
Music: The music and web3 world become more intertwined. In a visionary speech, Doodles founder announced Pharrell as new Chief Branding Officer, cementing the project’s ambition to lead the space in content and entertainment
Phygital (Physical + Digital utility): Famous handbag designer Rebecca Minkoff announced an NFT drop with startup Mavion. Mavion and Minkof will launch a smaller collection that will serve as a gateway to physical goods only available to the token holders, as well as access to future events and fashion shows
Phone: Solana revealed a mobile platform (SMS) and debuted an Android smartphone Saga

📲1Wallet Updates

This week, Team 1Wallet met IRL in NYC to reflect on the past six months, meet a few current beta testers for feedback 🙏, get a general pulse of the state of crypto, strategize for the next product sprint and rollout plans including Android (it’s ready for Alpha!). 1Wallet strives to provide the best product utility and experience through thoughtful design, so using crypto is as easy as sending a text message.

Stay up to date with the latest with us on Twitter and – as always – drop feedback in Discord.

See you soon,

1Walletees