Yuga Labs’ Dookey Dash Game Kept Players Running
While non-fungible token (NFT) giant Yuga Labs’ is still validating leaderboard scores for Dookey Dash, initial figures from the skill-based mint showcase the game’s large success among the Bored Ape Yacht Club community.
Punks in the Pompidou: Yuga Labs Donates Second CryptoPunk in Three Months
NFT heavyweight Yuga Labs is attempting to cement its place in French art history with the donation of CryptoPunk #110 to one of the country's leading contemporary art museums.
Polygon’s Biggest P2E Game, Planet IX Records Staggering Growth on BitKeep NFT Market
Built on the fast, secure, and scalable Polygon blockchain, Planet IX, a popular Play-to-Earn (P2E) game, has experienced a significant increase in transaction volume since partnering with BitKeep. This growth is a testament to Bitkeep's commitment to providing a seamless and secure trading experience for its users, making it the perfect home for P2E games and NFTs.
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Ethereum NFT Market Cap Dropped More Than 59% Over The Last Year
On February 9th, DappRadar published a report showing that the Ethereum NFT market cap value fell by 59.60% from $9.3 billion in 2022 to around $3.7 billion in early 2023. DappRadar’s study is based on the marketcap analysis of 81 of the largest NFT collections running on the Ethereum network. According to DappRadar the collapse of Terra Luna in May 2022 was the main cause of the 88% market cap loss of NFT projects running on Ethereum by June 2022. (cryptopotato)
Report: The Decline of Ethereum NFT Collection Market Caps
2022 was a challenging year for the NFT market and the dapp industry as a whole. Despite the misadventures and demands, some NFT collections still managed to thrive and appreciate their market cap.
Bitcoin’s Newfound NFT Hype Attracts Interest of BSV Developer Twetch
The recent fervor surrounding Ordinals NFTs on Bitcoin is already attracting developers interested in building an ecosystem for the meme-themed art – now including Twetch, the team behind a “pay-to-earn” social network built on the rival Bitcoin SV blockchain (BSV).
ApeCoin [APE]: Yuga Labs’ New Development Could Impact the Ecosystem in This Manner
Yuga Labs has launched a new game that has taken the NFT world by storm. According to Delphi Digital, players have spent over two million dollars on the company’s new title, making it one of the most successful game launches in the NFT world.
Bored Ape Yacht Club Dukes It Out With Dookey Dash Cheaters
Bored Ape Yacht Club has removed the scores of cheaters in its Dookey Dash game. The game ends on Feb. 8, and the team will validate the scores.
CryptoPunk, Bored Ape Sell for Over $1M Each as NFT Market Rebounds
The NFT market is gaining steam again in 2023, as rising sales and trading volume data showed in January. Now there have been two more prominent signs of a rebound over the past 24 hours, as single Ethereum NFTs from the popular CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club projects each sold for more than $1 million worth of ETH.
Top 10 Trends in 2023: An Overview by Hashed
As an early-stage venture investor, knowing and illuminating what we expect for the future is more crucial than anything else. Hashed has debated and elaborated on which area we are excited about in the forthcoming season, and this is the list of detailed verticals we brought to the table.
Yuga Labs Says it Wins First Bored Ape Trademark Lawsuit Against RR/BAYC Project
Yuga Labs, the company behind the leading non-fungible token (NFT) project, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), won a settlement on Monday in a trademark infringement lawsuit against Thomas Lehman, a collaborator in the RR/BAYC project headed by artist Ryder Ripps, according to court filings. Yuga Labs, which has a US$4 billion valuation, brought the case against Lehman in the District Court of New York last month for his part in the RR/BAYC project involving 10,000 NFTs that share similar names and traits to BAYC. He allegedly helped create the smart contract for that collection. (forkast)
Yuga Labs Settles Case With the Developer of Ryder Ripps
Thomas Lehman, the developer of the RR/BAYC, settled with Yuga Labs on Feb. 6.
NFT Market Remains Resilient With 1.23% Increase in Sales, Ethereum Dominates With 81% of Total NFT Settlements
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales rose slightly last week, increasing 1.23% to $232.49 million in recorded sales. The top two NFT collections, Otherdeed and Doodles, saw growth of 44% to 58% compared to the previous week. Ethereum continues to dominate the NFT industry, accounting for more than 81% of total sales last week with $188.51 million in NFT sales.
Social Discovery Group Leads $2 Million Private Round of Web3 AI-Driven Gaming Metaverse ‘My NFT Wars’
Social Discovery Group, alongside the award-winning developers at Blockchain Cuties Universe and iLogos Game Studios, is bringing this action-packed strategy RPG to life. In a brand new open-economy gaming metaverse, you’ll have the chance to breed your own heroes, rule lands and regions, build structures, and join forces with other players in guilds. Get ready for epic battles in guild fights, arena fights, and P2P wars. With AI-backed game balance and a sustainable economy, you’re in for an unforgettable gaming experience.
You Can Now Play DOOM Directly On Bitcoin
To the delight of crypto Twitter and Reddit circles, someone has uploaded a cloned version of the 30-year-old video game classic DOOM to the Bitcoin blockchain as an inscription on the network’s own NFT protocol, Ordinals. Thanks to a happenstance loophole enabled by Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade pushed in Nov. 2021, a budget version of DOOM has been permanently etched on a single satoshi via block 774526, which was added to the blockchain on Wednesday morning. Being written to Bitcoin means the functional game will forever live on the immutable blockchain. As long as the network is online, folks can play this version of DOOM. (Blockworks)
FIO Protocol Launches NFT Domains Wrapped on Polygon
FIO Protocol, the leading decentralized solution for global blockchain usability, has announced the launch of FIO Domain wrapping on the Polygon blockchain. Wrapping is the process of taking a token from one blockchain and making it available for use on another. This launch moves FIO Protocol into the $31.4 billion NFT market by enabling users to buy, sell, and trade their FIO Domains as ERC-721 NFTs on all Polygon-enabled marketplaces.
What Is Metaverse Real Estate?
A piece of metaverse real estate is an NFT that provides the holder with digital proof of ownership over land on a metaverse platform.
Dapp Industry Report 2022
What a year it has been! 2022 will always be mentioned as a milestone when looking back at the growth of Web3 and the dapp industry. 2023 will be even more exciting!