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Tatler speaks to renowned NFT art collector Whale Shark in this episode of Meta Versed. How did he start building his collection of more than 400,000 NFTs? What are the possibilities of digital art and how is this world evolving? What are the potential pitfalls for artists and collectors?
- WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL HOME OF BABY SHARK NFTs
- WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO
- OUR COMMUNITY
- ROADMAP
- MEET THE TEAM
- Everything about Shuffle Sharks NFTs
- The perks of holding a Shuffle Sharks NFT
- The Shuffle Sharks Roadmap
- Join Our New «To The Moon» daily Newsletter
- Presale is Live!
- Bonus Collection is LIve !
- Public Sale
- Welcome
- Community Fund
- Comic
- Weekly Contest
- Full Ownership
- Roadmap
- Our
- Team
- Kinggold
- Sharko castellano
- Big Dan
- Deathfunk
- FAQ
- The Perfect Storm for the NFT Surge
- The Investment Matrix
- Bubble Bursting
- Harmon Leon
- Meta Versed, a new, weekly online talk show that invites visionaries and leaders in their respective fields to share their thoughts on NFTs, the metaverse and cryptocurrency, and how they are reshaping the luxury sector.
- Para dibujar
WELCOME TO THE
OFFICIAL HOME OF BABY SHARK NFTs
With the world’s most viewed video in YouTube history, Pinkfong’s Baby Shark has grown into the most recognizable earworm to emerge from the internet and is the first video to reach 10 billion views on YouTube.
We introduced Baby Shark’s first NFT collection in December 2021 as our foray into the next frontier for the world of Baby Shark. Our next collection is on the way with a roadmap designed to provide benefits, entertainment and value for our community as we grow and develop our world in the metaverse and beyond.
WHAT WE’VE BEEN UP TO
We officially dropped Baby Shark: Collection No. 1 on December 2, 2021, consisting of a unique 1/1 auction piece and 5 limited edition pieces featuring the shark family.
Baby Shark: Collection No. 2 is our latest project, a generative art collection of 10,000 unique NFTs featuring each member of the beloved shark family: Baby Shark, Mommy Shark, Daddy Shark, Grandma Shark and Grandpa Shark.
This collection will be released in themes beginning with the Spring/Summer Edition that forms a connective narrative, culminating in a complete 10K collectible project with certain traits that will only be available during each edition drop.
Mint Schedule:
1) Spring/Summer Edition — August 31, 2022
2) Fall Edition — October 2022
3) Winter Edition — December 2022
We’re also getting ready to introduce our community token, which will be given for each V2 NFT held, redeemable for gifts and perks including the ability to customize and/or mint new NFTs.
OUR COMMUNITY
We couldn’t have gotten to where we are without the support of our fans, so we are building a community through our NFT collections that stays connected with us as we build our presence in the metaverse.
This is just the beginning, sharks! This is about us as a community and there is no limit to what we can do and where we can go if we do it together as a shark family.
Let’s doo, doo, doo, doo, do this! 🦈 🚀 💙
ROADMAP
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo~~🦈🎶
Since its inception, Baby Shark has always been about fun, music, dance, families and growth. We are applying the same principles to our roadmap, designed to provide our community members with benefits, entertainment and value as we grow and establish our world in the metaverse and beyond.
WAVE 1 :
ESTABLISH THE SHARK FAMILY
Drop our 1st official NFT collection,
Baby Shark: Collection No. 1 ✅
Gift our 1st exclusive item to V1 holders, which will be unveiled closer to the launch of our 2nd collection
Drop our 2nd official NFT collection,
Baby Shark: Collection No. 2
WAVE 2 :
SHARK BENEFITS & SPE-SHELL PERKS
Launch Baby Shark community tokens, providing community members with composability, customization options, benefits and gifts through earned tokens
Eligibility for exclusive airdrops and bonuses
Raffles for holders which can include ticket giveaways to select Baby Shark events, merchandise, interactive activities, custom digital content and more
WAVE 3 :
SWIM WITH SHARKS IN & OUT OF THE OCEAN
Priority access for holders to limited edition merchandise, collaborations and projects with top artists
Offline activations and events which may include parties, workshops, meet-ups and more
Roll-out Baby Shark’s world in the metaverse, enabling holders to utilize their NFTs to build and grow with us
Stay tuned on our Discord channel for new initiatives and bonuses that we reveal along the way!
MEET THE TEAM
Community Mingler, Pinkfong
Technical Lead, AI Network
Community Lead, AI Network
Don’t miss out on our updates!
Everything about Shuffle Sharks NFTs
The colorful shark NFTs cost 0.66 SOL and come in several different rarities. For example, the collection includes 15 ultra-rare hand-drawn Shuffle Sharks designed from scratch. What’s more, collectors can also mint one of the 250 Limited Edition shark NFTs that come with an adorable companion trait.
Once you mint your own shark NFT, though, you’ll gain access to some of the most amazing underwater experiences, so read on to find out more!
The perks of holding a Shuffle Sharks NFT
To begin with, every shark NFT holder will gain access to the project’s exclusive virtual land on the Solana-based Portals. In essence, the team will turn this place into your go-to destination for games, private parties, giveaways, special partnerships, and more. Accordingly, the House of perks will also include special airdrops for all community members!
Of course, owning a digital shark is fun, but the Shuffle Sharks team cares about ones too. As a result, the project joined forces with Sharktrust – an organization focused on protecting real-life sharks. In fact, for every 10 Shuffle Sharks NFTs minted, the team will adopt a shark! If you’re lucky, you can even become the certified adoptive parent of one such shark and make a positive difference in the real world.
- Regular Shuffle Shark (1 lottery ticket)
- Limited Edition Shark (2 lottery tickets)
- Ultra-Rare Shuffle Shark (15 lottery tickets)
However, even if you don’t get a chance to swim with real-life sharks, you can still explore the virtual underwater world of CryptoSea.
Notably, if you’re a Shuffle Sharks NFT owner, the 2nd species is launching in February 2022! For all future airdrops, you will need to hold the previous creature NFTs, so the Shuffle Sharks will play a central role.
However, the team has many other exciting things ahead.
The Shuffle Sharks Roadmap
As previously mentioned, the Shuffle Sharks team aims to protect physical sharks too. This means that the team will adopt as many sharks as possible from the real world’s marine ecosystem. Moreover, they will continue to reinvest fundings into a wide range of maritime charities!
Furthermore, 25% of all primary sales will go to community-related events. For example, the team will invest in PR stunts, airdrops, virtual properties, and more. They will also use another 25% of royalties to buy back Shuffle Shark NFTs and airdrop them to community members.
If you’re ready to explore The CryptoSea metaverse, make sure to mint your own Shuffle Sharks NFT via the . Remember: minting is still open until December 31st!
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Presale is Live!
Bonus Collection is LIve !
Public Sale
Welcome
Owning a Shark means you are part of a family that will give you exclusive access to multiple benefits both in the Metaverse and the real word.
Each collectable shark is a programmatically and randomly generated from over 170 traits.
The Shark Mob focuses on expressions, originality and authenticity. The traits include clothing, headwear, eyewear and accessories. All sharks are special but Some are than others.
Community Fund
25% of all royalties collected through secondary market sales will be used to fund our community wallet. These funds will be offered to support member’s projects, reward creations, buybacks, and other values of our awesome family.
Comic
Be the first to enjoy our TSM comic and get involved in the creative process and content creation.
Weekly Contest
The family will reward it’s members with weekly giveaways. You can win ETH, Sharks and much more.
Full Ownership
Roadmap
The first 10 members that mint or more tokens will receive a free Shark NFT, it could be rare, nobody knows.
50 randomly selected TSM members will receive a golden ticket, that will be used to redeem a unique and highly collectible NFT page from our future TSM Comic Book.
1. Launching our PFP extra hand-drawn with personalized traits for large TSM holders.
in our upcoming King of Sharks game.
4. Free claim with for all members on our next NFT project.
5. Developing our new
1. Development of our Comic Themed Play2Earn Online Collectible Card Game.
2. Metaverse development and integrations.
3. Drafting new issues of our comic book.
4. Collaborations with brands and other projects.
Developing our new economy token $TUNA and the deployment of our staking contract.
We will establish a with huge rewards for our members.
The first 10 members that mint or more tokens will receive a free Shark NFT, it could be rare, nobody knows.
Developing our new economy token and the deployment of our staking contract.
50 randomly selected TSM members will receive a golden ticket, that will be used to redeem a unique and highly collectible NFT page from our future TSM Comic Book.
We will establish a with huge rewards for our members.
1. Launching our PFP extra hand-drawn with personalized traits for large TSM holders.
in our upcoming King of Sharks game.
4. Free claim with for all members on our next NFT project.
5. Developing our new
1. Development of our Comic Themed Play2Earn Online Collectible Card Game.
2. Metaverse development and integrations.
3. Drafting new issues of our
4. Collaborations with brands and other projects..
The first 10 members that mint or more tokens will receive a free Shark NFT, it could be rare, nobody knows.
Developing our new economy token and the deployment of our staking contract.
randomly selected TSM members will receive a , that will be used to redeem a unique and highly collectible NFT page from our future TSM Comic Book.
We will establish a with huge rewards for our members.
1. Launching our PFP extra hand-drawn with personalized traits for large TSM holders.
in our upcoming King of Sharks game.
4. Free claim with for all members on our next NFT project.
5. Developing our new
1. Development of our Comic Themed Play2Earn Online Collectible Card Game.
2. Metaverse development and integrations.
3. Drafting new issues of our
4. Collaborations with brands and other projects..
Our
Team
Kinggold
A massive anime and comic fan with an entrepreneur mindset, passionate about art and technology.
Sharko castellano
Long time crypto investor art lover and NFT enthusiast
Big Dan
Tech company software engineer, innovator, paving the roads to the metaverse.
Deathfunk
Full-time dad, artist & creator, designed & brought to life our mobster sharks.
FAQ
How can I get a Shark?
Once available, you’ll be able to purchase a shark through our official website in an initial sale.
When is the launch?
We’ve trained a pair of neural networks to solve silly puzzles and we want you to help.
One of the most mythical characters in the entire crypto art world is WhaleShark, a legendary collector who has amassed one of the largest and most valued collections in the world. Slow moving, WhaleShark takes great care in finding the right investment, filtering through artists with his taste for popular NFTs.
A gentle giant, WhaleShark marks his prey.
The official origin story in the WhaleShark dossier gives scattered details of the man who is one of the largest holders of such esteemed NFT artists as Pak, XCOPY, and Hackatao – with a collection estimated at 220,000 NFTs.
In his eccentric modesty, he states, “I’m very fortunate to be able to have chosen those artists as well as have some amazing relationships with them as well.”
Speculation abounds that WhaleShark started his career as a big cryptocurrency guy from the U.K. – now based in Hong Kong, who began purchasing Bitcoin back in 2012 – and allocated roughly half his monthly salary towards that. Then, in 2015, he converted all his Bitcoin to Ethereum.
The big game changer was in 2019, when WhaleShark entered the world of NFTs and discovered he had a keen eye for crypto art, which was funny and intriguing because he had never once collected a single piece of traditional art.
“NFTs was really the first time I ever purchased my very first art piece. It allowed me to collect anonymously without any judgment and just to collect what I love,” he says. “The first NFTs that I purchased were from a game called ‘Gods Unchained.’” And from there, the floodgates opened, and Whale Shark was off to the races – collecting NFT art on SuperRare.
In May of 2020, WhaleShark took his most valuable NFTs and created The Whale Vault community, a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) with roughly 20,000 active members.
The Perfect Storm for the NFT Surge
From his home base in Hong Kong, Whale Shark jumps into a Zoom call. Ground rules: It can only be a voice call. But instead of spouting “The Horror. The Horror,” the Colonel Kurtz of the NFT world throws me off by calling me “bro.”
“My view on NFTs has always been that it’s a natural evolution of digital assets,” he says, adding that prior to NFTs, “digital art wasn’t being valued as it should.”
WhaleShark feels we’re in the midst of the perfect NFT storm. What excites him now is seeing the medium embraced by the mainstream.
The amount of mass adoption that’s happening right now, it just blows my mind. When you look at major auction houses like Sotheby’s, Christie’s, or lPoly Auction in China – all of a sudden they’re seeing this as the way for digital art in the future, which is why we’re seeing so many NFT auctions on these platforms.
The Investment Matrix
So, what does a man who has amassed a collection of 220,000 NFTs look for in a good investment? “I have a matrix where I evaluate certain investments,” he says. “The first thing I look at is the quality of the team. I look at background, I look at pedigree, I look at track record. After that, I look at trying to draw a parallel between the physical world and the digital world – and seeing if there is a physical counterpart, where you can actually see that long-term growth.”
The third thing, for WhaleShark, is the quality of the assets.
A series using population density data to create typographic expressions of some of my favourite cities around the world. The denser each city, the denser the trails and the more they obscure the type. Color palette is derived from Boulevard Montmartre by Camille Pissarro. Typeface throughout is the beautiful DJR Crayonette by David Jonathan Ross.
“Some NFTs are designed very well; technologically as well as aesthetically,” he states.
From an individual art perspective, WhaleShark also looks towards investing in styles he enjoys. “Collecting art is a very personal thing,” he says. “I do enjoy collecting things like minimalism, like generated art and Vaporwave and stuff like that. I look at the quality of the work to make sure that the artist shows a very unique trait within what they’re developing.”
WhaleShark points out that stylistically, some artists have misconceptions of what it takes to create an NFT. “It’s not as easy as taking the pieces that you did in the physical world, and then just taking a picture or JPEG and calling that an NFT,” he says. “I’ve seen a lot of physical artists think really hard about the way they need to translate their physical pieces into the digital – which is just really amazing.”
“The Last Son of Krypton Fights for Humankind” by José Delbo from The Whale Vault
Bubble Bursting
In the mystic words of WhaleShark, he’s been quoted saying that 99% of NFT current projects will fail. Thus, with his soothsayer proclivity, he looks for projects that will have longevity and outlast a bear run, a period of time when prices fall on a financial market.
“It’s very easy to get drowned out by the crowd of projects that come in,” he says. “So those without a good capital basis are going to exit relatively quickly.” WhaleShark feels that the NFT bubble burst back in May. He also sees an emperor’s new clothes aspect on the NFT investment landscape.
“When I look at Portrait projects, I liken it very much to Beanie Babies,” pontificates WhaleShark. “I do think that this portrait trend that you’re seeing at the moment is temporary.”
His reasoning for worrying about those who invest in such PFP projects as Bored Apes or the CyberPunk craze: “People are going to make a lot of money on all of these portrait-based projects in the short-term. But in the longer term, when the mass market comes to adopt, are they going to be paying a million dollars, $2 million for portrait pictures?”
Most importantly, when determining what direction to go with an NFT investment – WhaleShark doesn’t do it alone; he leans towards his DAO because he knows that a group can provide more validation than a single collector.
His 20,000-member strong Whale Community looks at the market and highlights specific creators to determine if a piece of crypto art has mass market appeal.
WhaleShark concludes our Zoom call with some Buddhist-on-the-rock insight: “The wisdom of the masses definitely exceeds the wisdom of one.”
Harmon Leon
Meta Versed, a new, weekly online talk show that invites visionaries and leaders in their respective fields to share their thoughts on NFTs, the metaverse and cryptocurrency, and how they are reshaping the luxury sector.
The second episode was hosted on March 31, and featured the enigmatic NFT art collector Whale Shark, to the delight of artists and collectors hoping to gain some insight into the often confusing world.
If you missed the first episode, you can now watch it here.
Whale Shark has definitely made a splash in the digital art world. Since he started investing in NFT art in 2019, he has acquired 404,227 NFT artworks at the time of writing, but has only sold three of them; his NFT art collection is known to be one of the biggest and most valuable ones in the world.
Takashi Murakami by RTFKT — Clone X (Image: Whale Shark)