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With Miami Art Week nearly reaching critical mass, so too is The Gateway: A Web3 Metropolis<\/a>. Over the past few days, downtown Miami and beyond have been instantly converted into hubs for all things Web3. In partnership with MoonPay and Mana Comnmon, nft now has taken over two entire city blocks located in the heart of downtown Miami to bring The Gateway into reality. Up for bat on the third day of exclusive panels are chats with Shira Lazar on the future of community building, the continued evolution of Web3 media by former TIME president Keith Grossman, and a broad look at the state of music NFTs featuring nft now Co-Founder Sam Hysell in conversation with Latash\u00e1, Shannon Herber, Spottie Wifi, and Cooper Turley.<\/p>\n So what went on during this day-long block of The Gateway 2022? Headlining The Gateway\u2019s second day<\/a> of its Miami Art Week adjacent programming<\/a> at the Dupont building were panels featuring Instagram, MoonPay, RTFKT, Christie\u2019s<\/a>, and more, speaking on the future of their respective brands within Web3.<\/p>\n For RTFKT, its forward-looking application of blockchain technology looked to integrate the calling card of one of its most notable working relationships: high-quality footwear. Thanks to its ongoing collaborations with sportswear apparel giant Nike<\/a>, RTFKT finds itself uniquely equipped to deliver NFT-enabled articles of clothing. As revealed at yesterday\u2019s Gateway panel, RTFKT and Nike are working towards realizing that possibility through the upcoming launch of Cryptokicks<\/a>, a planned line of smart footwear. Further details regarding the launch are scheduled for announcement on December 5.<\/p>\n As for what went on throughout the rest of Miami Art Week, if this installation<\/a> was anything to go by, then controlled chaos was more or less the norm as artists aplenty worked to push the envelope of creative expression further and further with their unconventional artworks and installations. One highlight unveiled earlier in the week<\/a> that exemplifies this is Living Room by Random International which logs the movement data of guests exploring the installation, visualizes it, and offers guests the chance to mint it as an NFT.<\/p>\n In 2020, artist J.N. Silva was in a Clubhouse room talking about NFTs and the power of royalties when a prominent psychedelic artist from the late 60s in the audience asked to speak.\u00a0According to Silva, he shared, \u201cI just stumbled into this room. I had no idea what was going on. But this single-handedly would have changed my life if it would have been around when I was creating art.\u00a0<\/p>\n The artist, who Silva didn\u2019t name, sold pieces throughout the 60s and 70s during what he called a \u201cperiod of prime.\u201d Today though, his works are reselling for millions<\/em>, but due to the nature of physical artworks, he hasn\u2019t seen a dime. \u201cImagine if I had been getting royalties from all these works,\u201d the artist told Silva, \u201cI would have the mental freedom to keep practicing my creativity and not have to battle against a past version of myself. The importance of royalties<\/a> was a prominent thread during The Gateway panel \u201cThe State of Film NFTs,\u201d with Silva, filmmaker Nelson G. Navarrete, and filmmaker Julie Pacino.\u00a0<\/p>\nA rare screening of a \u2018film under construction in Web3\u2019<\/h2>\n