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

Sotheby’s ‘Grails’ auction Part V closes

Sotheby’s auction for “Grails: Property from an Iconic Digital Art Collection Part V” has concluded. 

In total, the auction achieved $1 million in total sales, the second highest for Sotheby’s online Digital Art Sale. All lots sold, with the price for roughly 75% surpassing their high sale price estimates.

Igloo, Inc. becomes new parent company to Pudgy Penguins

The Pudgy Penguins are settling into their new home — an Igloo. The new parent company, Igloo, Inc., has been established with a mission to drive consumer crypto adoption and create the world’s largest on-chain community.

According to the announcement, the Pudgy Penguins characters will serve as the friendly and inviting brand that attracts new community members to the ecosystem and creates emotional connections with holders. OverpassIP will become the next stop, linking holders with brands to facilitate intellectual property partnerships.

Goblintown launches 'Portals'

Truth Arts, the creative force behind the Goblintown NFT collection, has launched 'Portals', an immersive new feature allowing holders to bridge their collectibles from one chain to another.

Supported blockchains currently include Ethereum scaling networks Arbitrum, Base, Blast, Optimism and Polygon. Solana support is said to be coming next.

Pixels Chapter 2 is now live

Pixels, a game built on Ethereum scaling network Ronin, just introduced its Chapter 2 update. 

The new release aims to improve the player experience with expanded storylines and quests. Players can also expect some exciting enhancements that Pixels founder Luke Barwikowski says will make the game feel more like a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

8SIAN drops a digital magazine

8SIAN, a NFT community championing Asian representation in web3, has launched its first digital lifestyle magazine. The rollout will include digital and physical copies for NFT holders, with 40-page issues published every two months. 

For those interested in celebrating IRL, launch parties are set for June 29 in Seoul, August 16 in New York and October (date TBD) in Lisbon. Check their X account to RSVP.

‘Midamerican Fever Dream’ announces final installment

Celebrated photographer Summer Wagner just announced her solo exhibition opening on August 29 in Los Angeles. The immersive experience will feature physical prints, along with video installations, music and rituals.

The show marks the fourth and final installment of Wagner’s “Midamerican Fever Dream” narrative collection, the digital portion of which was minted on Ethereum throughout the collection’s first three waves.

As Wagner describes on the collection’s homepage, the series is a character study of an American family living in the Rust Belt region who “undergo the process of encountering their shadows.” 

The storyline explores the relationship between people and our environments and features prominently the scenery of a post-industrial U.S. city.

OpenSea integrates Coinbase Smart Wallet

OpenSea is making web3 more accessible by integrating support for Coinbase’s Smart Wallet.

The new integration streamlines the user experience by allowing direct access to your Coinbase account balance, thereby eliminating the need to transfer funds between wallets. 

In addition, the Smart Wallet Passkey removes the hassle of saving passwords and seed phrases.