Grimes Announces Children’s Metaverse Book Project At Avalanche Summit

Canadian musician Grimes has launched a children’s metaverse book project during the Avalanche Summit on Friday. The project is part of the $100M Culture Catalyst initiative by the Avalanche Foundation and OP3N for creatives to build projects on Avalanche.

Grimes’ Children’s Metaverse Book is the first funded project in the Culture Catalyst initiative

Grimes’ book project is notably the first funded project in the Culture Catalyst fund. Dubbed as an “intergalactic children’s metaverse book”, the book consists of a series of educational art for babies and toddlers. Through this project, Grimes aims to create “a profound experience for babies that is also deeply meaningful to adults”.

“When I first got into Web 3, this was the kind of project I was hoping to see,” Grimes said in a statement. Additionally, she hopes that the project can follow in the footsteps of My Neighbor Totoro – a renowned Studio Ghibli film.

Being active in the NFT space, Grimes sold around $6M worth of WarNymph collection last year. Later, Newborn 1 & 3 from her first NFT drop was fractionalized by Otis. Besides that, the artist was also featured in TikTok’s NFT collection.

About OP3N

OP3N is a self-described “web3 WeChat” app that empowers creatives in Web 3. The app specifically uses a UI similar to TikTok, making it easy for creators to interact with their fans on Web 3. It has recently raised $10M in a seed round funding co-led by Galaxy Interactive and BRV Capital Management.

Being included in the Culture Catalyst fund, Grimes gets to partner with OP3N to further develop and launch the Children’s Metaverse Book project.

The Avalanche Summit is a conference for developers, researchers, and makers building on Avalanche. This event is taking place in Barcelona from 22 -27 March 2022. For more details, check it out in our NFT events section.