Daily News - May 4, 2022
TLDR:
MAGIC merges Trove and Treasure marketplace. Hop Protocol teases an airdrop. Kraken enters the NFT sphere.
Treasure:
Sweeper.lol is live! This service enables users to sweep multiple NFTs on the Treasure Marketplace - similar to services like Genie and GemSweeper. (Source)
TreasureDAO issues an update regarding the merge of the Trove and Treasure marketplace! (Source)
OpenSea Trading Volume:
Ethereum trends down and closes the day at $2,799.77 (-1.8%). On a similar note, OpenSea trading volume tumbles back down to $123.87M (-58.2%).
News:
Hop Protocol, a bridging solution for EVM-compatible blockchains, has hinted at the possibility of an airdrop. If you’ve bridged across Ethereum, Arbitrum, and Polygon you’ve likely encountered Hop Protocol before! (Source)
Kraken teases the release of their upcoming NFT marketplace! The platform boasts custodial trading, thereby, alleviating gas fees. (Source)
ZachXBT, the widely respected on-chain detective, uncovers cryptonoah as the hacker behind 0x_fxnction’s exploit. Of the $240,000 that was stolen, ZahXBT has managed to reclaim $50,000 and reached out to the FBI for further investigation. (Source)
Murakami Flowers Seeds have begun to reveal! (Source)
Solana recently experienced downtime as the network became overloaded by NFT minting bots. This has led numerous Solana validators to censor transactions related to NFTs to avoid a similar mishap. Within the screenshot posted above, the Founder of Magic Eden, the premier NFT marketplace on Solana, begs validators to avoid censoring transactions from the marketplace.
Notable Sales:
Murakami Flower #9125 is sold for 100 ETH ($280.480.00) - the buyer has accumulated 37 Murakami Flowers thus far! (Source)