Last week we announced our brand new collection of Pet characters, in partnership with popular L2 project Polygon: Polygon Pets!

The Polkapet World community were introduced to our three new characters, inspired by some of the famous big cats of India:

• A Royal Bengal Tiger (Paarja)
• A Clouded Leopard (Baiyun)
• An Indian Leopard (Kaali)

Each character will come in four different rarities: Noble Onyx, Majestic Pearl, Royal Sapphire, and Opulent Diamond. The mints will be done in stages, beginning with the most common rarity: Noble Onyx.

How do I get a Noble Onyx Polygon Pet for free?

The good news is that the first three rarities of Polygon Pet (Noble Onyx, Majestic Pearl, and Royal Sapphire) will cost nothing to claim for those who complete our dedicated tasks! What’s the catch? It’s simple: the higher the rarity of the Polygon Pets, the harder it is to obtain… but the higher the utility of your pet!

Although the window has closed for your ability to earn a Noble Onyx Polygon Pet, you still have the chance to earn a Majestic Pearl rarity pet, the latest we’ve announced!

You can read more about the Majestic Pearl rarity and how to get yours for FREE by reading our update here. 

How to get your Noble Onyx Polygon Pet:

1. We’ll be opening our Forj Shop a week after the close of the whitelist submission form, where you’ll be able to claim your Polygon Pet for free. You’ll be limited to one pet, delivered via a Polygon Pets Mystery Box! You will only know which of our three available Polygon Pets you’ve got after opening the box.

2. Open your Polygon Pets Mystery Box in the Mystery Box section in the Pets dApp to see who you’ve got!

Note! The total amount of Noble Onyx Pets minted will be defined by the number of eligible entrants, meaning this is a limited edition series with rarity determined by the number of successful whitelisted participants.

Utilities will range all the way up to entry to a dedicated Pets metaverse game experience in The Sandbox. Stay tuned for more announcements!

Meet the Polygon Pets

Paarja

Paarja is the Maelstrom of Kerjag and a proud storm prince of Ventus, the Prime Elemental Realm of Air. He has dominion over all elements that serve the storms — the rain, the clouds, the lightning, and all that dwells in their company. He originally came to the Mortal Realm to catch his runaway sister, but has since abandoned his duty to enjoy a ‘vacation’ in a foreign realm to avoid his responsibilities as a storm prince.

Kaali

Based on a Clouded Leopard, Kaali is a disgraced storm princess of Ventus, the Prime Elemental Realm of Air. After an adventure into the dead world of Inanis, the Prime Elemental Realm of Shadow, her essence as an elemental was corrupted by the dark energies of the realm through a battle with the younger Shadow Queen. Now a hybrid elemental of both storm and shadow, she belongs to neither Ventus or Inanis, and has since run away to the Mortal Realm to escape the ridicule of her peers.

Baiyun

Based on an Indian Leopard, Baiyun is a companion to both Paarja and Kaali. Despite being only a newer entity than both, the two insist on treating him like a little brother, going as far as to spoil him despite the disapproval of their
“family”. Trained as a messenger from his inception by the Storm Court, Baiyun is skilled and quick on his feet, often delivering messages all throughout Ventus in a matter of days. His carefree personality has earned him a lot of companions and trouble in equal measure, but one thing is certain: to bring harm to Baiyun is to invite the wrath of the storm prince and the storm princess themselves.

Which one’s your favorite #PolygonPet?

About PolkaPet World

PolkaPet World is an NFT project created by Forj in partnership with some of the biggest names in the Polkadot ecosystem. Each PolkaPet is embodied as an artistic creature that represents a specific Polkadot project.

All PolkaPets hold unique project-specific utility to reward community members for holding their PolkaPet NFTs in their wallets. The utility can be a discount on fees, an airdrop of tokens to PolkaPet cardholders, or various other utilities.

The $PETS token is the utility token used to engage with PolkaPet World products and services, as well as allowing governance rights and access to exclusive sales.

Follow PolkaPet World:

Polkapet.world | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

About Polygon

Polygon is the leading blockchain development platform, offering scalable, affordable, secure and sustainable blockchains for Web3. Its growing suite of products offers developers easy access to major scaling solutions including L2 (ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups), sidechains, hybrid, stand-alone and enterprise chains, and data availability. Polygon’s scaling solutions have seen widespread adoption with 37,000+ decentralized applications hosted, 1.6B+ total transactions processed, 142M+ unique user addresses, and $5B+ in assets secured. Polygon is carbon neutral with the goal of leading the Web3 ecosystem in becoming carbon negative.

If you’re an Ethereum Developer, you’re already a Polygon developer! Leverage Polygon’s fast and secure txns for your dApp, get started here.

Website | Twitter | Ecosystem Twitter | Developer Twitter | Studios Twitter | Telegram | LinkedIn | Reddit | Discord | Instagram | Facebook

Metaprints Social Hub Pass is Live Featuring Polygon and $BONDLY

You still have a chance to enter The Sandbox and the metaverse with Polygon and Forj, all while earning token rewards like $mSAND and $mBONDLY for completing quests, free airdropped items and more!

If you have already been whitelisted for either sale, just grab your $MATIC or $BONDLY and head to: Dapp.Forj.Network/Market

Something is Definitely Different at PolkaPet World!

Can you guess what it is yet? We’ve partnered up with an industry leading titan to bring you……. Well, stay tuned! #guessthepet #staytuned

Alix Page‘s Big Break: 2022

In case you missed Alix Page‘s Big Break: 2022 stream the other week, check out our recap of the show in the article below, including the FREE NFT we minted and distributed to commemorate it!

Full recap: http://bit.ly/3Pa90iK

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

About PolkaPet World

PolkaPet World is an NFT project created by Bondly in partnership with some of the biggest names in the Polkadot ecosystem. Each PolkaPet is embodied as an artistic creature that represents a specific Polkadot project.

All PolkaPets hold unique project-specific utility to reward community members for holding their PolkaPet NFTs in their wallets. The utility can be a discount on fees, an airdrop of tokens to PolkaPet cardholders, or various other utilities.

The $PETS token is the utility token used to engage with PolkaPet World products and services, as well as allowing governance rights and access to exclusive sales.

Polkapet.world | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

About Metaprints

Metaprints is the gateway for brands to accelerate their presence in numerous metaverse ecosystems in one simple step. Backed by Animoca Brands, Metaprints has a unique network of the biggest metaverse projects in the space that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple platforms through one partnership.

Metaprint NFTs are branded asset ‘blueprints’ sold to buyers to facilitate the creation of the 3D assets required in the metaverse platforms by some of the best animation specialists. Creators and brands also receive a share of future revenue for assets created, ensuring everyone through the chain benefits from the model.

The Metaprints INO, featuring ‘Genesis’ metaprints for 10 well-known brands, will be taking place in December 2021. Follow the project community channels for more information.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

August 10th, 2022 – Metaprints continues to build in the metaverse, as well as bringing brands and their communities into them as well. Tomorrow, August 11th is a big day as we have Polygon and Forj Social Hub Pass sales at 12pm EST/4pm UTC! 

To begin, you can see if you have been whitelisted by following the details below.

1. Go to the whitelist confirmation page: whitelist.forj.network
2. Connect your wallet.
3. If you are whitelisted, the sale details will appear on the page.

If you missed the latest update from our previous announcement with Phala, the technical roadmap for The Sandbox has changed there will be a slightly longer wait for truly private, gated experiences for Social Hub Pass holders. 

The ability to allow NFT-specific gating for experiences is on track for Q1 of 2023 and our first iteration of branded experiences, brought via The Sandbox’s Game Maker platform, will be open to explore for everyone.

For that reason, we’re making sure our Social Hub Pass holders get a whole lot more bang for their buck while they wait! Only Social Hub Pass holders will be able to win exclusive rewards from holding pass(es) and taking part in the games, in addition to receiving free, branded items airdropped to them!

New Utility: Token Rewards

Similar to alpha season pass, Social Hub Pass holders will have the opportunity to complete games and quests to rank in our leaderboard and earn enhanced rewards including $mSAND (Matic network), $mBONDLY, and other partner tokens! 

Each brand partner’s Social Hub will have a pool of $1,000 USD worth of tokens per month that can be won by participants. We will have an updated winners board where players can check and see their ranking, with rewards distributed monthly using the following breakdown: 

• Gold: $300 USD of $mBONDLY or $300 USD $mSAND
• Silver: $200 USD of $mBONDLY or $200 USD $mSAND
• Bronze: $100 USD of $mBONDLY or $100 USD $mSAND
• Fastest: $150 USD of $mBONDLY or $150 USD $mSAND 
• 5 other winners, randomly selected by a 3rd part adjudicator- $50 USD each of $mBONDLY or $mSAND

Quests will be won by completing courses the fastest or collecting the most hidden items! (More details to come as we get closer to the launch of the Social Hubs.) 

That means Social Hub Pass holders can really immerse themselves in the Play-to-Earn revolution sweeping GameFi and the Metaverse space.

New Utility: Monthly Item Drops

Holders can now expect not only a 10% discount on branded asset sales and priority access to these sales, but enhanced rewards including no less than 3 free, airdropped branded items on Polygon in Q3 (when permitted) on Sandbox and Decentraland.

As we prepare our users to hang out in the Social Hubs, we have planned monthly wearables drops that the community can flaunt in the Hubs while we slowly release more experiences in different metaverses. 

The wearables, developed by the Metaprints team, will be dropped into your wallet as long as you hold a Social Hub pass. There will be something new every month for 3 months, ranging from wearables and weapons, to shields and vehicles. Because you deserve it!

These airdrops will commence after all sale phases have been completed and holders of all assets will also get legendary items. That good news also extends to holders of Genesis NFT(s) as they will receive a percentage of secondary sales as revenue in the months to come! 

Governance

Vote on the creative direction of assets being produced in The Sandbox for the brand(s) that you hold pass(es) for.

What are the Eligibility Requirements and Sales Mechanics?

These sales will take place on the Forj Launchpad (dapp.forj.network/market) on August 11th at 12pm EST/4pm UTC.

The following groups will be eligible for prioritized purchase rights:

1. Genesis NFT holders and those on the whitelist.

2. Buyers who hold either $100 worth of $BONDLY tokens OR $100 worth of the partner’s native token, $MATIC, on our snapshot date (August 10th at 12pm EST).

*Note: Staked tokens do not count toward the $100 minimum. The Social Hub Pass corresponding to the brand will only give you access to that brand’s Social Hub within The Sandbox and Decentraland (once available) —  1 pass for 1 project’s Social Hub. For example, owners of the Polygon Social Hub Pass will not be eligible to enter the Kylin branded experience, only the dedicated Polygon one.

What Tokens can be Used to Purchase Social Hub Passes?

Since the prices of the passes are denominated in USD, please make sure you have enough $BONDLY or Polygon’s token, $MATIC, so you don’t miss out!. 

The price of the passes in both $BONDLY and our partner project’s native token will be pegged on the morning of the sale. Don’t forget to also leave enough balance to pay for gas!

Social Hub Passes will be limited, so be sure to continue following our social channels for the latest updates on the upcoming sales!

About Metaprints

Metaprints is the gateway for crypto projects to accelerate their presence in numerous metaverse ecosystems in one simple step. Backed by Animoca Brands, Metaprints has a unique network of the biggest metaverse projects in the space that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple platforms through one partnership.

Website | Discord | Twitter | Medium | Telegram

Metaprints Social Hub Pass Featuring Phala Sells Out In $BONDLY

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Metaprints Social Hub Pass Sale for Phala! We’re happy to announce that Social Hub Passes in $BONDLY SOLD OUT! You can still purchase passes using $PHALA.

Cryptosaurs in the press

Check out Donald Kushner’s interview with MovieWeb as he discusses all things Tron and Cryptosaurs.

Read the Interview: https://movieweb.com/tron-donald-kushner-interview

Next Round of Social Hub Pass Sales is Here, Featuring Kylin, Bifrost & Bounce on August 9th

Metaprints continues to build in the metaverse, as well as bringing brands and their communities into them as well. This upcoming week will be a big one, as we have Kylin, Bounce and Bifrost Social Hub Pass sales on August 9th at 12pm EST/4pm UTC!

Read More Here: bit.ly/3zXqk6b

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

About PolkaPet World

PolkaPet World is an NFT project created by Bondly in partnership with some of the biggest names in the Polkadot ecosystem. Each PolkaPet is embodied as an artistic creature that represents a specific Polkadot project.

All PolkaPets hold unique project-specific utility to reward community members for holding their PolkaPet NFTs in their wallets. The utility can be a discount on fees, an airdrop of tokens to PolkaPet cardholders, or various other utilities.

The $PETS token is the utility token used to engage with PolkaPet World products and services, as well as allowing governance rights and access to exclusive sales.

Polkapet.world | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

About Metaprints

Metaprints is the gateway for brands to accelerate their presence in numerous metaverse ecosystems in one simple step. Backed by Animoca Brands, Metaprints has a unique network of the biggest metaverse projects in the space that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple platforms through one partnership.

Metaprint NFTs are branded asset ‘blueprints’ sold to buyers to facilitate the creation of the 3D assets required in the metaverse platforms by some of the best animation specialists. Creators and brands also receive a share of future revenue for assets created, ensuring everyone through the chain benefits from the model.

The Metaprints INO, featuring ‘Genesis’ metaprints for 10 well-known brands, will be taking place in December 2021. Follow the project community channels for more information.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

Tron 40th anniversary: Forj partnership praised

Article links: Cointelegraph. MovieWeb.

Tron was the first feature film to depict the digital world known today as the metaverse, and the film’s producer Donald Kushner and his Gumbotron production team, have partnered with Forj, to produce a new metaverse story world – Cryptosaurs.

Cryptosaurs is the “next evolution of dinosaurs,” taking audiences on a journey utilising Web3 technology that will bring each Cryptosaur character to life. The series will begin with limited edition Cryptosaur NFT ‘egg drops’ in Fall 2022, with each 3D egg offering holders the ability to ‘hatch’ their very own, completely unique, digital collectible Cryptosaur.

Since the official announcement you may have come across one or two articles in the media about Cryptosaurs, Tron’s 40th year, and Forj.

And that trend continued this week, with Forj praised for their work alongside Kushner’s Gumbotron team.

There will plenty of other exciting announcements in the coming days, but in the meantime, take a look at the very latest news here from the Cointelegraph, and here from Movieweb.

If you have any questions about this article or any of our other projects, then get in touch with a member of our team today, we’d love to hear from you.

Week In Review: July 4 – July 8

Metaprints Social Hub Pass Featuring Crust Sells Out In $BONDLY

Social Hub Passes in $BONDLY have SOLD OUT! 

Luckily, you can still get your hands on a Pass by purchasing in $CRU.
Don’t miss out here: http://dapp.forj.network/market

Introducing Metaprints Second Social Hub Pass Sale, Starting July 12th with Mantra DAO

Metaprints is excited to announce the next Social Hub Pass sale featuring Mantra DAO.

 Next Tuesday, July 12th at 12pm EST / 4pm UTC! 
 More info: http://bit.ly/3Ikv20q

Forj x Bandsintown’s Big Break 2022: Brandon Banks Recap

This past Thursday, June 30th, Bandinstown kicked off their fourth Big Break 2022 act with a free livestream performance from Brandon Banks!

The free NFT commemorating his show was created by visual artist Jamee Cornelia, while we at Forj handled the minting and distribution! If you have not received your NFT yet, be sure to check the email you used to sign up for the stream.

More here: https://forj.medium.com/forj-x-bandsintowns-big-break-2022-brandon-banks-recap-1cccc7e1555

About Forj

A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, Forj delivers leading Web3 products and technologies that create unique fan experiences for creators. A truly end-to-end solution, Forj is the next frontier of fan engagement through its use of NFTs, metaverse protocols, and blockchain tech to bring fans closer to their favorite creator brands in Music, Entertainment, Gaming and beyond. With major partnerships including influencer Logan Paul, Grammy-nominated musician Lewis Capaldi, and leading creator platform Spring, Forj has an enviable track-record of success in the sector.

Forj-owned brands include metaverse infrastructure project Metaprints and leading GameFi project PolkaPets. 

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Medium| Discord

About PolkaPet World

PolkaPet World is an NFT project created by Bondly in partnership with some of the biggest names in the Polkadot ecosystem. Each PolkaPet is embodied as an artistic creature that represents a specific Polkadot project.

All PolkaPets hold unique project-specific utility to reward community members for holding their PolkaPet NFTs in their wallets. The utility can be a discount on fees, an airdrop of tokens to PolkaPet cardholders, or various other utilities.

The $PETS token is the utility token used to engage with PolkaPet World products and services, as well as allowing governance rights and access to exclusive sales.

Follow PolkaPet World:

Polkapet.world | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

About Metaprints

Metaprints is the gateway for brands to accelerate their presence in numerous metaverse ecosystems in one simple step. Backed by Animoca Brands, Metaprints has a unique network of the biggest metaverse projects in the space that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple platforms through one partnership.

Metaprint NFTs are branded asset ‘blueprints’ sold to buyers to facilitate the creation of the 3D assets required in the metaverse platforms by some of the best animation specialists. Creators and brands also receive a share of future revenue for assets created, ensuring everyone through the chain benefits from the model.

The Metaprints INO, featuring ‘Genesis’ metaprints for 10 well-known brands, will be taking place in December 2021. Follow the project community channels for more information.

Website | Twitter | Telegram | Discord

Our last sale with Darwinia was well received by the community, so we are happy to announce our fifth brand partner sale, featuring none other than Phala on August 2nd at 12pm EST/4pm UTC!

To begin, make sure to check that you have been whitelisted this Friday, July 29th at 12pm EST in order to participate in our pre-sale! (More details on the sale below.)

1. Go to the whitelist confirmation page: whitelist.forj.network
2. Connect your wallet.
3. If you are whitelisted, the sale details will appear on the page.

If you missed the latest update from our previous announcement with Ankr, the technical roadmap for The Sandbox has changed there will be a slightly longer wait for truly private, gated experiences for Social Hub Pass holders. 

The ability to allow NFT-specific gating for experiences is on track for Q1 of 2023 and our first iteration of branded experiences, brought via The Sandbox’s Game Maker platform, will be open to explore for everyone.

For that reason, we’re making sure our Social Hub Pass holders get a whole lot more bang for their buck while they wait! Only Social Hub Pass holders will be able to win exclusive rewards from holding pass(es) and taking part in the games, in addition to receiving free, branded items airdropped to them!

New Utility: Token Rewards

Similar to alpha season pass, Social Hub Pass holders will have the opportunity to complete games and quests to rank in our leaderboard and earn enhanced rewards including $mSAND (Matic network), $mBONDLY, and other partner tokens! 

Each brand partner’s Social Hub will have a pool of $1,000 USD worth of tokens per month that can be won by participants. We will have an updated winners board where players can check and see their ranking, with rewards distributed monthly using the following breakdown: 

• Gold: $300 USD of $mBONDLY or $300 USD $mSAND
• Silver: $200 USD of $mBONDLY or $200 USD $mSAND
• Bronze: $100 USD of $mBONDLY or $100 USD $mSAND
• Fastest: $150 USD of $mBONDLY or $150 USD $mSAND 
• 5 other winners, randomly selected by a 3rd part adjudicator- $50 USD each of $mBONDLY or $mSAND

Quests will be won by completing courses the fastest or collecting the most hidden items! (More details to come as we get closer to the launch of the Social Hubs.) 

That means Social Hub Pass holders can really immerse themselves in the Play-to-Earn revolution sweeping GameFi and the Metaverse space.

New Utility: Monthly Item Drops

Holders can now expect not only a 10% discount on branded asset sales and priority access to these sales, but enhanced rewards including no less than 3 free, airdropped branded items on Polygon in Q3 (when permitted) on Sandbox and Decentraland.

As we prepare our users to hang out in the Social Hubs, we have planned monthly wearables drops that the community can flaunt in the Hubs while we slowly release more experiences in different metaverses. 

The wearables, developed by the Metaprints team, will be dropped into your wallet as long as you hold a Social Hub pass. There will be something new every month for 3 months, ranging from wearables and weapons, to shields and vehicles. Because you deserve it!

These airdrops will commence after all sale phases have been completed and holders of all assets will also get legendary items. That good news also extends to holders of Genesis NFT(s) as they will receive a percentage of secondary sales as revenue in the months to come! 

Governance

Vote on the creative direction of assets being produced in The Sandbox for the brand(s) that you hold pass(es) for.

What are the Eligibility Requirements and Sales Mechanics?

The fourth sale will take place on the Forj Launchpad (dapp.forj.network/market) on August 2nd at 12pm EST/4pm UTC.

The following tiers will be eligible for prioritized purchase rights and can participate in our pre-sale:

The following groups will be eligible for prioritized purchase rights:

1. Genesis NFT holders and those on the whitelist.
2. Buyers who hold either $100 worth of $BONDLY tokens OR $100 worth of the partner’s native token ($PHA) on our snapshot date (July 29th at 12pm EST).

*Note: Staked tokens do not count toward the $100 minimum. The Social Hub Pass corresponding to the brand will only give you access to that brand’s Social Hub within The Sandbox and Decentraland (once available) —  1 pass for 1 project’s Social Hub. For example, owners of the Polygon Social Hub Pass will not be eligible to enter the Kylin branded experience, only the dedicated Polygon one.

What Tokens can be Used to Purchase Social Hub Passes?

*Note: Staked tokens do not count toward the $100 minimum. The Social Hub Pass corresponding to the brand will only give you access to that brand’s Social Hub within The Sandbox and Decentraland (once available) —  1 pass for 1 project’s Social Hub. For example, owners of the Polygon Social Hub Pass will not be eligible to enter the Kylin branded experience, only the dedicated Polygon one.

What Tokens can be Used to Purchase Social Hub Passes?

Since the prices of the passes are denominated in USD, please make sure you have enough $BONDLY or the partner project’s token, $PHA, that you plan on purchasing for. 

The price of the passes in both $BONDLY and our partner project’s native token will be pegged on the morning of the sale. Don’t forget to also leave enough balance to pay for gas!

Social Hub Passes will be limited, so be sure to continue following our social channels for the latest updates on the upcoming sales!

About Metaprints

Metaprints is the gateway for crypto projects to accelerate their presence in numerous metaverse ecosystems in one simple step. Backed by Animoca Brands, Metaprints has a unique network of the biggest metaverse projects in the space that allows them to facilitate the creation and curation of branded assets across multiple platforms through one partnership.
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