XCOPY's 'Chatbot and Chill?' NFT Sells for 800 ETH

Rarible has selected four winners from over 200 applications for their New Media Residency program. The successful artists are: - @joelxhba - @Psychofuturist - @ZhannetPodobed - @syntaxdiffusion The selected artists will receive mentorship and showcase their work at NFC Lisbon. Special recognition goes to @serc1 and @maxpretends for their support in the jury process. Learn more about the residency program at [Rarible's blog](https://rarible.com/blog/open-call-for-art-residency/)

**Major Platform Disruption**: Twitter/X experienced significant downtime on May 9th, affecting millions of users globally. Service interruptions lasted approximately 4 hours. **Root Cause**: Technical investigation revealed a cascading failure in the platform's content delivery network (CDN), triggered by a routine database maintenance operation. Key Impact Points: - User feeds failed to load - API services disrupted - Authentication systems affected - Third-party apps experienced connectivity issues **Resolution**: Engineering teams implemented emergency protocols and restored services through: - Rolling back recent CDN changes - Load balancing adjustments - Database optimization Platform stability has been maintained since May 10th with no further incidents reported.

@_mackinac launches a new mechaBUN collection on RaribleFUN, exploring themes of sacred traditions and enduring systems. The collection represents a collaboration born from a long-standing friendship. **Drop Details:** - Collection: mechaBUN: slumbers end - Supply: 55,555 pieces - Price: 0.005 ETH - Limit: 5 per wallet - Launch: 10am ET The project follows the successful BETA-K directive series, continuing the mechaBUN narrative with a focus on awakening ancient hopes. [Mint on RaribleFUN](https://testnet.rarible.fun/collections/megaethtestnet/0x55e23a304b5392b89d48c045c8c558891833b198/drops)

Espresso Systems has outlined their allowlist strategy for The Composables upcoming drop, focusing on rewarding community engagement: - Early supporters can earn spots through participation in quests - Hackathon participants get priority access - Creator program members receive special consideration The initiative follows their successful Build & Brew event, which awarded $65,000 in prizes across two tracks: - Composable Apps track ($35K) - Open Intents Applications ($30K) Previous participants in these programs may have advantages in securing allowlist spots.

The 1 Million Bread NFT collection by @0xBreadguy has successfully reached its initial minting goal. The open edition collection, priced at 0.00001 ETH per mint, launched on RaribleFUN and quickly gained traction. - Collection reached 1 million mints milestone - Creator hints at potential 2 million mint expansion - Bulk minting feature announced for future releases The project team acknowledged user feedback about excessive clicking during minting process and confirmed a max mint/bulk mint feature is coming soon. [Mint on RaribleFUN](https://testnet.rarible.fun/collections/megaethtestnet/0x6a0d1c1b5deeb24ca0c452b19b5051f2ae0e7b23/drops)