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.
