Welcome to the OpenSea digest. Let’s look back through the biggest NFT and web3 news of the week.

Jack Butcher brings a pay-what-you-want receipt drop to Art Basel Miami Beach

Artist Jack Butcher, known to NFT collectors for defining projects like Checks and Opepen, showed a physical kiosk called “Self Checkout” at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Visitors could walk up, pay any amount they chose, and the machine printed a receipt that includes a “seed phrase,” or a key that spins up a tiny crypto wallet and logs an NFT version of that same receipt on the Ethereum blockchain. 

At the start of the art fair, Butcher listed his installation cost at about $74,211. By the end of the fair, “Self Checkout” had collected 5,837 total receipts across onchain, online and in-person interactions, which averaged $11.41 each. The 1/1 auction was marked complete, and the final PNL closed at $114,706.51, bringing total income to $188,917.51.

According to a tweet by the artist, “Self Checkout” has since been acquired by X Museum in Beijing.

Rekt teams up with X Games as it opens regulated path for larger token holders

Rekt Drinks, the beverage company behind the REKT token, said it will be a partner of X Games Aspen 2026. The company also announced a partnership with Aspen Digital, an Abu Dhabi Global Market–regulated wealth platform that has approval to list, custody and support compliant transactions involving the Rekt token.

The update means that family offices and other large investors now have the option to access the token through a regulated channel. Rekt said Aspen Digital and EVG will handle education and outreach in the Middle East and Asia to explain how the digital item works. 

GBOY token coming to Solana this December

Neuko, the art and AI studio known for its character-led GBOY illustrations, said the GBOY token is planned for release on the Solana blockchain in December. The studio also posted a short set of instructions tied to “gboyspecial” and a Solana wallet address.

Blockchain Game Alliance releases 2025 State of the Industry Report

The Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) published its 2025 State of the Industry Report, marking the fifth year the group has compiled survey data from professionals across the blockchain gaming field. 

The report gathers responses from people working in the sector to describe how they see the current landscape and what they expect heading into 2026. It outlines the conditions, hurdles and openings that respondents identified in their day-to-day work. 

For collectors and builders who follow blockchain gaming, the report acts as a snapshot of how the industry’s own participants describe the road ahead and what people inside the space are paying attention to right now.

Final unique edition of ‘Winds of Yawanawa’ by Refik Anadol sells and raises $1 million for Amazon conservation

The final unique edition of “Winds of Yawanawa,” a data-driven artwork by digital artist Refik Anadol, sold for $1 million at Art Basel Miami, according to a post by the artist on X.

Investor Jim Breyer picked it up as the first digital piece in his art collection. All proceeds will be directed to Re:wild, an environmental conservation group working alongside Indigenous tribes in the Amazon Rainforest.

In the thread, Anadol thanked Breyer, actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Re:wild’s Haley Mellin for helping move the project’s conservation aims forward, calling the collaboration a meaningful moment for the initiative.

OpenSea and Pudgy Penguins debut collaborative booth at Solana Breakpoint

OpenSea is partnering with Pudgy Penguins on a collaborative booth opening at Solana Breakpoint on Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. local time. Attendees can expect a playful walk-through space inspired by the Pudgy community, and visitors are invited to stop by, “waddle” through and experience the installation throughout the event.

Solana Breakpoint is the network’s annual global conference, which draws developers, founders, creators and collectors together for product announcements, hands-on sessions and community programming. 

The 2025 gathering runs Dec. 11 to 13 in Abu Dhabi and serves as one of the ecosystem’s main hubs for meeting in person and seeing new work across DeFi, NFTs and tooling.

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