Blur upended OpenSea’s NFT marketplace dominance by focusing on big traders. Its cofounder, Pacman, who doxxed himself to face its burgeoning community, earns a spot on the Most Influential 2023. Source
Tag: NFT
DeFi, NFT Markets Are Showing Signs of Revival, JPMorgan Says
The Ethereum blockchain does not appear to have profited from this recent revival in DeFi and NFT activity, and faces issues related to its “network scalability, low transaction speeds and higher fees,” and increased competition from other layer-1 chains, the report said. Source
NFT Prices Are Still Lagging Behind Ether's Gains
Ether is up 70% year-to-date, but NFT indexes are still down 16% in dollar terms and 50% when denominated in ether. Source
Axie Infinity unveils NFT monetization solution, merchandise
Axie Infinity (AXS), the widely-played blockchain game and metaverse project, has unveiled a novel initiative, allowing its non-fungible token (NFT) owners the commercial rights to produce and sell authorized merchandise. This announcement coincides with Sky Mavis, the game’s developer, launching a dedicated merch store for the Axie Infinity intellectual property. According to Sky Mavis, owners of specific Axie NFTs will now have the opportunity to create and sell their products, marking a significant step into user-generated content (UGC) and commercialization. A select group of 4,877 Axie NFT holders, possessing Mystic…
NFT Marketplace Altcoin Blur Leaps After Listing on Top Crypto Exchange by Trading Volume Binance
A non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace is surging after being listed by the largest crypto exchange platform by volume in the world. In a new announcement, crypto exchange Binance says it is listing BLUR, the governance token of Altcoin Blur, a decentralized NFT marketplace that offers real-time price streams and comparisons. According to Binance, BLUR will at first be available in the BLUR/BTC, BLUR/USDT and BLUR/TRY trading pairs. The announcement caused BLUR’s price to skyrocket, as the digital asset went from a seven-day low of $0.303 on November 20th to a…
NFT Platform Blur's Token Jumps 22% Amid Binance Listing and Blast Optimism
BLUR, the native token of non-fungible token (NFT) platform Blur surged by 22% on Friday after being listed on Binance’s convert feature. Source
User claims $11M in Blur token rewards at NFT marketplace’s season 2 airdrop
A pseudonymous nonfungible token (NFT) trader made around $11 million in the recent airdrop reward distribution conducted by the NFT marketplace Blur. Dune analytics data showed that a wallet with the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) tag called “hanwe.eth” claimed a total of 22,851,000 Blur (BLUR) tokens in the season 2 airdrop of Blur. At the time of writing, coin price tracker CoinGecko showed that the amount is worth around $11.2 million. It’s time to BLAST OFF. I just received 22851000 $BLUR from @BLUR_io‘s Season 2 drop. Season 3 starts NOW…
MAYC ripoff creator pleads guilty, G2A opens NFT platform: Nifty Newsletter
In this week’s newsletter, read about the creator of a Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) knock-off pleading guilty to fraud charges, check out how OpenSea’s non-fungible token (NFT) users received a massive phishing email campaign, and how Bitcoin transaction fees flipped Ethereum network fees as the hype for Ordinals resurfaced. In other news, game distributor G2A has launched a gaming-focused NFT marketplace. Creator of Mutant Ape ripoff NFTs pleads guilty to $3 million fraud scheme Aurelien Michel, the creator of the Mutant Ape Planet NFT collection, which copies the popular…
1 Way to Revive Dead NFT Wallets
And yet, sometimes the difference matters. It’s all well and good to transfer an NFT on the blockchain, until you can’t, because it’s in a dead wallet. From a legal perspective, you still own the NFT, because you still own the wallet, even though you can’t access it. But from the perspective of the NFT market, you don’t, because the only thing NFT collectors care about is whether you can transfer your NFT to their wallet. Source
CoinGecko Acquires NFT Data Platform Zash to Expand Its Business
With this acquisition, CoinGecko plans to integrate Zash’s NFT data into its Application Programming Interface (API) by the second quarter of next year. CoinGecko, a major cryptocurrency data tracking company, has acquired Zash, an on-chain data analytics firm that provides information on non-fungible tokens (NFTs) metadata across various platforms. According to an announcement on November 22, the acquisition aligns with CoinGecko’s vision to become a central hub for cryptocurrency-related information and provide users with a more comprehensive suite of data. “This acquisition aligns with our commitment and dedication to deliver…