August 29, 2022

☞ The week in NFTs - Volume 34

#ProbablyNothingDigest 🧵 by SODIUM

Week 34 - Period 08/22-08/28:

Although we've just seen a yearly low...


of trading volume on Opensea (~$5 million on Aug. 28) - approx. 99% lower than its record high of $405.75 million on May 1 — the NFT market has experienced a relief rally over the past days, with many green candles among collections. The Ethereum merge countdown is at T-20 Days, the community prepares for proof-of-stake liftoff. Besides this? Interesting move from X2Y2 related to creator royalties, more details in the news overview below.

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▶︎ NFT MARKT CAP & SALES VOLUME:

Cold like a siberian winter. August 28 marks the day with the lowest trading volume within this year (so far). As a comparison: $1,47 Billion was the trading volume in the same period in 2021, thats a drop of 90%. Again unbalanced board of sellers vs. buyers this week leading to a further decrease of profitable trades.


▶︎ TOP 10 NFT COLLECTIONS by Market Cap:

Among the Top Collections, Azuki showed the biggest pump +34%, CloneX, Moonbirds & Doodles with +12% increase in Floor Price.
Free Mint collection "DigiDaigaku" climbed up from last weeks average price of 2.7 ETH to 11.9 ETH. Pudgy Penguin still continues to perform quite well with a weekly trading volume of $2.5 Million and an average price of 3.5 ETH.


▶︎ NFT TRADING ACTIVITY IN THE PAST 7 DAYS:

Pushed by the optional royalty selection and commission free trading, X2Y2 continues to grow the weekly trading volume and number of active users - more about it in the news section below.


▶︎ TOP 5 NFT SALES by Price on Ethereum:


1)Bored Ape #2909 for 76,000 APE
2) Bored Ape #9315 for 200 ETH
3) Bored Ape #8590 for 180.5 WETH
4) Bored Ape #5718 for 150 ETH
5) Bored Ape #591 for 129 WETH


▶︎ TOP 10 CRYPTO PRICES by Market Cap:

The global cryptocurrency market cap dropped again below $1 Trillion to $999 Billion, which is a decrease of -9% compared to last week.


▶︎ NFT Market NEW OF THE WEEK 08/15 - 08/21:

‣ Uniswap in talks with NFT Lending protocols - including Sodium, for NFT Financialization. [Read More]

‣ X2Y2 enabled royalties to be paid as optional selection to later announce that decision of royalties will be made by project holders . [Read More]

‣ Microsoft Gaming CEO says gamers have been in the metaverse for 30 years. [Read More]

‣ Snoop Dogg and Eminem performed at the MTV VMAs from the Otherside metaverse as a result of a collab with Yuga Labs. [Read More]

‣ Solana NFT project DeGods overtook ETH blue-chips after current floor price. [Read More]

‣ Wood Fragrances to launch Fragrance NFT subscription, collection limited to 500 NFTs. [Read More]

‣ Between July 2021 and July 2022 over $100 million worth of NFTs were publicly reported as stolen through scams. [Read More]

‣ Iconic Moments to create NFT with Proof.xyz and the White House Historical Association. [Read More]

‣ Cross metaverse avatar developer Ready Player Me has raised $56m in series B funding. [Read More]

‣ NFT project SudoRare disappears with roughly 520 ETH in user funds. [Read More]

‣ Animoca Brands Japan raised $45 million to secure local licenses for popular anime and manga IPs. [Read More]

‣ Polygon founder raised $50M for Web3 fundfocused on early-stage Web3 startups. [Read More]

‣ Nike has generated a total of $185 million in revenue from NFT sales. [Read More]

‣ M&M's announced the launch of 10k limited edition Bored Ape Yacht Club-themed chocolate packs.[Read More]

‣ Taco Bell x Decentraland are hosting a contest for the Metaverse Wedding. [Read More]

‣ The total number of ENS registrations has surpassed 2.1 million after reaching 2 million in CW-33.

‣ The Bored Ape Yacht Club collection has surpassed $2.4 billion in all-time sales.


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