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Trump NFTs back in demand, SEC says NFT sales are unregistered securities: Nifty Newsletter

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​​Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s Nifty Newsletter. Keep reading to stay up-to-date with the latest stories on nonfungible tokens. Every Wednesday, the Nifty Newsletter informs and inspires you to dig deeper into the latest NFT trends and insights. In this week’s newsletter, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered its first unregistered securities sales claim against nonfungible token (NFT) offerings. An OpenSea manager accused of insider trading was sentenced to three months in prison and fined $50,000, and Trump NFT prices shot up after the former…

Animoca subsidiary builds AI and NFT tools for educators

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TinyTap, an ed-tech subsidiary of Web3 developer Animoca Brands, announced on Aug. 30 the integration of new artificial intelligence (AI) and nonfungible token (NFT) tools aimed at educators and parents.  The integration of AI will now allow educators, and anyone using the platform, to create an educational game via a topical prompt which will then generate the game within minutes. It also introduced a text-to-image tool allowing for the creation of dynamic educational images to enhance games and graphics. A text prompt being entered into the TinyTap AI game generator.…

NFT market witnesses lowest transaction volume in two years

Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The NFT market has experienced a significant downturn in the last seven days, with trading volume of just $8.9 million — the lowest figure observed in the past two years.  Adding to the concerns, the number of users engaged in NFT trading across the entire network has also hit a two-year low. Domination by Blur Back in April 2022, the NFT market volume reached $480,738,395. Comparatively, at the end of August this year, the weekly volume…

SEC charges Impact Theory over unregistered NFT securities offering

The SEC has charged Impact Theory for an unregistered NFT offering, marking its first enforcement action in the NFT sector. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Impact Theory, LLC on Aug. 28, a Los Angeles-based media and entertainment company, for conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This enforcement action represents a milestone as the first of its kind involving an NFT initiative by the SEC. Impact Theory, co-founded by YouTube and podcast host Tom Bilyeu, raised approximately $30 million from…

SEC charges podcaster in first unregistered securities sales claim against NFT offering

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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged a media and entertainment company with conducting unregistered securities sales when it sold nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to investors between October and December 2021.  Impact Theory, a Los Angeles-based company that produces entertainment and educational content, including several podcasts, allegedly raised almost $30 million through the sales of NFTs it called Founder’s Keys, which were offered in three tiers. The company “encouraged potential investors to view the purchase of a Founder’s Key as an investment into the business,” according to the…

Donald Trump NFT prices spike following release of mugshot in Georgia criminal case

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The price of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) featuring Donald Trump surged after news outlets released a photo of the former United States President as part of his criminal case in the state of Georgia for allegedly attempting to subvert the will of voters in the 2020 election. According to data from NFT marketplace OpenSea, the floor price of Trump’s line of digital trading cards first released in December 2022 increased more than 62% from 0.138 to 0.224 Ether (ETH) on Aug. 24 shortly after the former president’s mugshot became public. The…

Top NFT floor prices plunge while sales slightly hike

The NFT sales have been constantly dropping since early 2022. The floor prices of some of the top NFT collections plunged further over the past week. According to data provided by CoinGecko, over the past week, the floor prices of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) declined by 21% and 27%, respectively. Per the price aggregator, the starting cost of a BAYC collectible sits at 24.5 Ethereum (ETH), worth around $41,060 at the time of writing. NFT Floor Price Δ % Over the Past Week…

​​NFT marketplace Rarible sees uptick after commitment to royalties

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Nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible has seen a substantial uptick in trading volume over 24 hours following a public statement in support of maintaining NFT creator royalties. It comes as competitor NFT marketplaces such as OpenSea have rewound support for royalties and royalty enforcement — prompting other NFT projects to also begin rewinding support for OpenSea. Data from the analytics platform DappRadar shows that 24-hour fiat trading volume on Rarible reached $1,500 across 38 sales for Aug. 23, clocking a 653% increase from the day before. 1/ Following @rarible‘s decision…