Chain gaming studio Farcana completes US$10 million in seed round financing, with participation from Animoca Brands and others
Farcana, a blockchain gaming studio, has raised $10 million in seed funding from companies such as Animoca Brands, Polygon Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, and Merit Circle to further develop its third-person multiplayer shooting game. Rarestone Capital, MMPro Trust, Unpopular Ventures, Kapo Capital, Emchain, Hasu Capital, and Dravus Investment also participated in this round of financing.
NFT startup Metagood completes US$5 million in seed round financing, led by Sora Ventures
On December 14th, according to CoinDesk, NFT startup company Metagood completed a $5 million seed round of financing, led by Sora Ventures, with participation from ACTAI Ventures, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Bitcoin Magazine Fund, London Real Ventures, and Peach.xyz. The new funds will support the development and marketing of its new technology and products for Osura, as well as collaboration with artists.
FIFA will use Polygon to issue NFT tickets and sell them on the OpenSea platform
FIFA will launch digital collectibles, and holders will have the opportunity to watch the 2026 World Cup final. The first 100 digital collectibles will offer rare items and give holders the chance to win a ticket to the 2026 World Cup final. The other 900 digital collectibles will be released on the Polygon network and available on the OpenSea platform.<br>FIFA's NFTs were originally minted on Algorand, but plans to migrate to Polygon in the upcoming second phase. Modex will take over the "strategic management" of the FIFA digital collectibles platform, which has launched several football-themed series.
The number of profitable addresses in the Ethereum NFT market in the past 30 days was 62,186
According to NFTGo data reported by Golden Finance, the number of buyer addresses in the Ethereum NFT market in the past 24 hours was 6,866, and the number of seller addresses was 7,524. In the past 30 days, the number of profitable addresses was 62,186, and the number of losing addresses was 517,074. In addition, the current sentiment index of the Ethereum NFT market is 31, with a level of "Cool". Note: The NFT market sentiment index is calculated based on volatility, trading volume, social media, and Google trends.
NFT sales on the Ethereum second-layer network ImmutableX chain exceeded US$500 million
According to Cryptoslam data, the NFT sales on the Ethereum layer 2 scaling network ImmutableX have exceeded $500 million, reaching $559,664,523 at the time of writing. The on-chain transaction volume is about 1.632 million, with approximately 158,000 independent buyers and over 170,000 independent sellers. It is worth mentioning that in November, the NFT sales on ImmutableX reached nearly $24 million, setting a new record for the past five months.
EtherRock#8 was sold at a price of 120 ETH
On December 10th, it was reported that the early NFT project EtherRock #8 was sold for 120 ETH (approximately $284,000) at 10:33 on December 9th.
NFT sales in the first week of December were US$316 million, a month-on-month increase of 57%
According to CryptoSlam data, following strong growth in NFT sales in November, the trend continued in the first week of December with sales reaching approximately $316 million, a 57% increase from the previous week. Additionally, Bitcoin NFT sales maintained their leading position in November and continued to do so in the first week of December. As of December 1, 2023, Bitcoin NFT first week sales reached $112.134 million, surpassing Ethereum NFT (which had sales of $100.83 million during the same period).
NFT trading platform MOOAR’s daily trading volume exceeds 174,000 SOL, ranking first in the Solana NFT market
According to Solscan data, the daily trading volume of NFT trading platform MOOAR exceeded 174,000 SOL, ranking first in the Solana NFT market.
a16z unveils list of trends to be excited about for crypto industry in 2024, including modular technology stacks and more
a16z crypto has released a trend list for the cryptocurrency industry in 2024, which includes: entering a new era of decentralization; resetting the future of UX user experience; the rise of modular technology stacks; the combination of artificial intelligence and blockchain; P2E (Play to earn) becoming P+E (play and earn); when artificial intelligence becomes a game maker, cryptocurrency provides guarantees; formal verification becomes more accessible; NFT becomes ubiquitous brand assets; SNARK (succinct non-interactive argument of knowledge) becomes mainstream.
Total NFT sales on Bitcoin network exceed $1 billion
According to Cryptoslam data, the total sales of NFTs on the Bitcoin network have exceeded $1 billion, currently at $1,023,789,044 with a total of 1,234,205 transactions. Among them, there are 215,561 buyers and 196,808 sellers.In addition, in November, the sales of NFTs on the Bitcoin network reached $375,955,578.55, an increase of 220.8% compared to the previous month, setting a new record for the highest monthly sales of NFTs on the Bitcoin network.
Total NFT sales on Bitcoin network top $1 billion
According to Cryptoslam data, the total sales of NFTs on the Bitcoin network have exceeded $1 billion, currently at $1,023,229,197, with a total of 1,233,917 transactions, including 215,480 buyers and 196,747 sellers. In addition, NFT sales on the Bitcoin chain in November reached $375,955,578.55, an increase of 220.8% from the previous month, setting a new record for monthly NFT sales on the Bitcoin network.
NFTScan Labs launches Mint Blockchain, an Ethereum L2 network for NFTs
On December 5th, according to official sources, NFT infrastructure service provider NFTScan's development team NFTScan Labs announced the launch of the Ethereum L2 network "Mint Blockchain" for NFTs. Mint Blockchain was initially built based on the OP Stack solution and is currently in the internal testing phase.
Christie’s has launched its third Christie’s 3.0 NFT auction “Next Wave: The Miami Edit”
Official auction house, Christie's, announced that its NFT blockchain auction platform "Christie's 3.0" will hold its third auction from December 5th to 12th. This auction includes works by 24 cutting-edge digital artists such as Bryan Brinkman, Gelo, and FVCKRENDER. Previously, Christie's "Christie's 3.0" held its first NFT digital art auction in Miami in 2022, followed by a second auction in New York in the spring of 2023.
Blur currently accounts for nearly 80% of NFT trading volume
According to data from The Block's dashboard, as trading activity has surged, the Blur NFT market currently accounts for nearly 80% of NFT trading volume. In just four days since December began, NFT trading volume has reached nearly $90 million, with nearly $70 million coming from trades on the Blur NFT market, while OpenSea's NFT market share has fallen to a low of nearly 17% of total trading volume.
NFT platform UBOX.io joins hands with EOS Labs to launch the first 100% redeemable NFT series
On December 4th, NFT platform UBOX.io recently launched the UB ChainPass program. The first project of this program is the EOS Landmark NFT, which is jointly issued with EOS Labs and is the first NFT with storage value. Each NFT has a corresponding face value of EOS as a value anchor and can be redeemed for 100% at any time.<br>There are 5 different types of EOS Landmark NFTs available for sale this time. Holding Landmark NFTs can receive token airdrops from EOS ecosystem developers and revenue airdrops from EOS nodes, and can also receive UBOX points incentives in the first quarter of 2024.<br>Currently, the airdrop activity of this NFT series is underway, and the first phase of assets will be officially released on ubox.io on December 11th.
Contract auditor: Believe that the NFT security field will grow wildly in the near future
Contract auditor Pashov posted on X platform that NFT floor prices are rising. I remember when these markets were booming in 2021, I was studying Solidity and had a strong FOMO. I wanted to contribute but couldn't yet. I have seen the lowest code quality in NFT protocols, but the most people who want to make quick money with low technical content, so fraud has reached its peak and hacker attacks are also common.
Pudgy Penguins flooring prices rise over 100% in 30 days, reaching record high
Market data shows the floor price of NFT project Pudgy Penguins has reached 9.66 ETH, setting a new historical high and rising over 100% in the past 30 days.
Digital artist Refik Anadol’s NFT sales exceed $30 million
The NFT sales of digital artist Refik Anadol have exceeded $30 million. In October, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York acquired his work "Unsupervised - Machine Hallucinations", which is not only the museum's first "living artwork", but also the first work to integrate NFT and AI elements into its collection. One of his recent projects is "Winds of Yawanawa", which consists of 1,000 AI-generated artworks created in collaboration with artists from the Yawanawa tribe in the Amazon. The secondary market sales have now exceeded $10 million.
Buterin Cards, the Buterin-themed NFT series, briefly became the largest consumer of Gas.
NFT series Buterin Cards, with Vitalik Buterin as the theme, caused a brief surge in Gwei and became the largest gas consumer. According to data from the Ethereum blockchain browser Etherscan, as of 4:00 am Beijing time, Buterin Cards had consumed 13.1% of the total gas units within three hours, higher than the Uniswap common router address and Tether's public address. In the past 24 hours, the transaction fee of this series has reached 318.31 ETH, worth 665,670 US dollars.
Gabby World will release the final batch of Masterpiece series NFTs on December 7
Odaily Star Planet Daily News Chain Game Gabby World Official announced on X platform that the last 33 Masterpiece series NFTs will be released on December 7.
