Daily News - March 4, 2022
Treasure:
Sisu, the Ecosystem Coordinator of TreasureDAO, teases the release of a Treasure side chain. The introduction of a side chain would significantly decrease gas fees while simultaneously increasing transaction throughput! (Source)
Alert:
Metamask users in Iran and Venezuela experienced outages following Infura’s recent ban. The ban follows regulatory requests by the US government to block users from countries the US has placed sanctions on.
For those curious about Infura, the company hosts a large number of nodes that enable users to seamlessly connect and transact on the Ethereum blockchain. (Source)
Opensea Volume:
Ethereum treads deeper down, currently trading at $2,721.56 (-8.0%). Unfortunately, the lower price of ETH and cheaper gas fees didn’t translate to higher OpenSea trading volume.
News:
For those looking for the next evolution of on-chain gaming, Layer 2 scaling solutions hold significant promise! Most recently, Yuki Labs deployed Conway’s Game of Life onto StarkNet. This achievement is a testament to the possibilities enabled via scaling solutions - specifically in regards to computational intensive games. (Source)
Snoop Dogg welcomes Invisible Friends #4963 (5.9 ETH) to his collection. More important, his latest track features the Invisible Friend as the cover art. (Source)
Holders of CloneX with the Murakami Drip trait will be whitelisted for Takashi Murakami’s upcoming NFT drop! On the news of the announcement, the floor price for the Murakami Drip trait surged to 29.95 ETH ($84.819.90 USD). (Source)
Rudy Adler, the cofounder of WealthSimple, auctions off Ringers #376! The proceeds from the sale will be directed towards NGOs working in Ukraine. The highest bid currently rests at 80 ETH (60.9% above the floor price of the collection). Of particular interest, there are only 6 Ringers with the blue body trait - none of which are available for sale. (Source)
Notable Sales:
Each holder of a Podcast Panther token will have Gary Vaynerchuk appear as a guest on their podcast for forty (40) minutes per "year" (i.e.)
VeeFriends Podcast Panther is purchased for 120 ETH ($326,644.80 USD) to Bill Spata, the CEO of DevTeamSix. The NFT entitles Mr.Spata to exclusive benefits, see above for the details! (Source)