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NFT News
Trade Volume in Reddit’s NFTs Surges $2.5M in 24 Hours
Polygon-powered Marketplace Spurs MATIC to 13% Gain
NFT News
Ready Player Me Raises $56M To Expand Cross-Platform Avatars
Series B Led By a16z's $600M Games Fund One
NFT News
Teller Launches 'ApeNowPayLater' Financing for NFTs
ENS Registrations Surge in Busy Week for NFTs
NFT News
Pharrell Williams Makes NFT Fans Happy with Doodles Move
Rapper Caps Big Week for NFTs with Music Push
Dive
Shapeshifting Azuki Founder Outfoxes Himself with Strange Confession
Azuki's Floor Price Plunged 68% After Vagabond Disclosed Marketing Tactics
Byte
Pudgy Penguins Fly as Floor Price Triples
Topsy Turvy World of Pudgy Penguins is Back on the Upswing
DeFi News
NFT Collectors Love Space Doodles Imagery But Not Its Confusing Valuation Model
Doodles, the popular NFT collection, introduced an offshoot called Space Doodles to excitement and confusion.
Byte
Gas Prices Slam Buyers in Cool Pets NFT Drop as Transaction Fees Soar 7,000%
The Cool Pets NFT drop was plagued by soaring gas prices.
DeFi News
Decoupling of NFTs and Crypto Spurs Debate About Future of New Asset Class
The separation of the NFT market from the larger crypto market may mark a watershed in their evolution.
DeFi News
Gamers' Loathing of NFTs Deepens After Team17 Reversal on MetaWorms Deal
The collapse of the Team17 deal with Reality Gaming Group highlights the antipathy gamers have for NFTs.
DeFi Videos
Loomdart, Irene Zhao, So-col, Vector Meldrew & Peaceful Groupies – NFT Show
Starting this week, the NFT Show will become a weekly show.
DeFi News
Doodles NFTs Soar in Value Thanks to Community Input and Astute Management
The floor price for Doodles, the NFT project, has jumped thanks to a rare mix of management chops, community input and its clever artwork.
DeFi News
Fire on the Iceberg: Pudgy Penguin Holders Eye Coup Amid Acquisition Talks
A potential coup in the Pudgy Punks NFT community highlights the forces at work in the space.
Byte
Tiny Minority of OpenSea Users Scoop Up Most NFT Profits: Report
A small minority of users are pocketing most of the profits in OpenSea, the giant NFT platform.
DeFi News
Wizards & Dragons NFTs Leapfrog Bored Apes in Latest Play-to-Earn Rally
Wizards and Dragons surged to the top of OpenSea's charts and became the latest GameFi NFT to catch fire.
DeFi News
CloneX NFTs Sell Out in Auction Roiled by Attacks and Controversy
The sale of RTFKT Studios' CloneX NFTs featured attacks on its website, a halted auction, and a sellout of a hot new avatar: CloneX.
Byte
Wolf Game NFTs Spark Frenzy with Sales of $52M in Five Days
Wolf Game NFTs caught fire in recent days and big names are snapping them up.
DeFi News
The Worm Wriggles Through Times Square Dispensing NFT Blessings (and Tokens)
The Worm, a traveling NFT, is dispensing blessings and a new way to collect NFTs in Times Square this week.
DeFi News
CyberKongz’ 13,000x Leap Spurs ‘Own to Earn’ NFTs But Regulatory Scrutiny Looms
The lines are getting blurred between NFTs and DeFi. Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), the Ethereum-based NFT collection that exploded over the summer, has announced that it will issue a “legally compliant” token in the first quarter of 2022. The move is intended to “thoughtfully craft dope utility and governance, benefit our club members, and…
DeFi Research
NFTs Are Changing Everything But Are They Built to Last? (Hint: Some Are)
Are NFTs a bubble? That’s been the burning question ever since the first specimens of this breakthrough application on the Ethereum blockchain captured the imaginations of crypto heads and non-crypto fans alike. In this research piece for The Defiant, we will unpack this query as definitively as possible. And what better place to start than…
DeFi News
Vibe! Cryptoadz Floor Price Soars as Snoop Dogg and Other NFT Buyers Pile In
If someone types “!vibe” into Cryptoadz’s Discord, a bot prints out what looks strangely like five turtles bobbing their heads. Why turtles? Who knows, and maybe who cares for holders of Cryptoadz. The NFTs have rocketed to a 13.5 ETH floor price from a 0.18 one the day after launch, according to Dune Analytics’ floor…
DeFi News
NFT Profile Pics on Twitter: Will @Jack’s DeFi Move be a Game Changer?
A growing category of social media users now prefers using cartoons rather than their own photos to identify themselves online. They especially like cartoons that are as unique as their real faces. Non-fungible token (NFT) technology makes it easy for a person to know they are the only person who owns such an image. The…
DeFi News
Punks or Toadz? Referential Art Project No.1 in 24-Hour Trading Volume
Another day, another NFT project, but with the strong network and idiosyncratic art behind this one, it might be in it for the long haul. The new kid on the block is CrypToadz. At 4,873 ETH, over $15M, in weekly trading volume, the project has quickly vaulted to the tenth slot on OpenSea despite launching…
DeFi News
NFT Roundup: Floors Up 2X, Visa Apes In, and a Fidenza Sells for $3.3M
Investor appetite for NFT art and collectibles shows no signs of abating.
DeFi News
When $114M in CryptoPunks Sell, So Do Other NFT Projects
CryptoPunk sales exploded over the past week, and the rest of the NFT market is coming along for the ride. The OG NFT avatar project has always been the biggest tour de force in the NFT marketplace, but recently the project has seen an unprecedented amount of sales, in both volume and value. From July…