Daily News - August 23, 2022
TLDR:
a16z led $56M USD funding round for ReadyPlayerMe
DeGods rises to Top 5 for PFP Collections
Franklin fumbles BAYC offer
Jen Stark launches Cosmic Cuties
$MAGIC climbed 30.9% following BridgeWorld Harvester's release
OpenSea Trading Volume:
Ethereum: $1,625.75 (+0.2%)
OpenSea Daily Trading Volume: $15.93M USD (-6.45%)
Top NFT Collection: BAYC ($835,220 USD daily trading volume)
News:
ReadyPlayerMe, an interoperable avatar platform for the metaverse, raises $56M in Series B funding led by a16z! (Source)
Franklin again fumbles his ETH by making a collection-wide offer of 82 WETH instead of a BAYC trait-specific offer. (Source)
DeGods, a premier NFT collection on Solana, cracks into the top 5 PFP leaderboards across all chains! (Source)
Passytee integrates emojis into his upcoming blockchain-based kart racing game! This will enable artists and communities to sell their emojis to be used by players in-game. (Source)
$MAGIC surges to an intraday high of $0.745 (+30.9%) following the release of BridgeWorld Harvesters! As of now, 6.16M $MAGIC ($4.38M USD) has been staked within two Harvesters. (Source)
BendDAO sees some relief following the implementation of BIP#9 alongside rising prices in MAYC, CloneX, and Azuki! (Source)
Passytee auctions off “Cobie Sentences BitBoy To Prison” to raise funds to help Atozy fight his lawsuit against BitBoy. (Source)
Jen Stark launches Cosmic Cuties on Manifold! (Source)
J1mmy.eth launches Stealthtest - the first product from Nameless.io enabling NFT creators to test their collection in a private network! (Source)
Notable Sales:
Don’t Panic by XCOPY is sold to aoicollection for 500 ETH ($806,330 USD)! The art piece was previously purchased on September 21, 2020 for 12 ETH or $4,082.28 USD. (Source)
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