NFT & Gaming Weekly - Opensea Supports Solana NFTs
Opensea announces support for Solana NFTs. AzukiOfficial sets records by selling an Azuki for over 420 ETH. MetaMask integrates with Apple Pay.
Key Takeaways
NFT marketplace OpenSea confirmed on Thursday that it will start listing Solana NFTs and add support for NFTs minted on the Solana ecosystem, taking its rising collections such as Degenerate Apes, Aurory, and Solana Monkey Business with it. Within 24 hours of this announcement, Solana price went up to nearly 12% that day and trading volume within Solana was up by more than 80%.
Last week Azuki #9605 sold for 420.7 ETH, which was about US$ 1.4M during the time of sale. It was a groundbreaking moment for Azuki, who join BAYC and CryptoPunks as one of the most expensive NFTs in the world.
Crypto wallet Metamask has just integrated with Apple Pay, allowing anyone with an iOS device to buy crypto via the platform, while OpenSea opened its marketplace to NFT purchases using either credit/debit cards or Apple Pay.
LooksRare recorded a +31% increase in sales and a +49% jump in transactions. OpenSea recorded a +56% increase in sales and a +30% jump in transactions.
Crypto.com NFT in the Spotlight
For the 2021-22 season, we’re celebrating the NBA’s 75th anniversary by looking back on the team’s beloved home from 1967-1996, The Philadelphia Spectrum. With “76ers Legacy 13: Blocked Out”, you can own and collect these exclusive limited-edition pieces of 76ers history. The Philadelphia 76ers Legacy NFT Collection will showcase 13 officially licensed commemorative tickets highlighting iconic games and moments that took place during the ‘Philadelphia Spectrum’ era of basketball.
Become the KING of the META-COURT with Keivo’s latest NFT drop “Balllies”. Owning a Ballie, a dope piece of art, will also give you exclusive access to the basketball metaverse with many perks and opportunities. Dominate first-ever NFT 2.0 basketball games and tournaments, join exclusive talks with basketball stars, benefit from surprise raffles and competition, VIP chat rooms and a dope community.
Enisaurus is thrilled to introduce you to his highly anticipated 4th drop in collaboration with Crypto.com, “The Hidden Numbers”. This collection of 10 NFTs will display very different intricate puzzle compositions where the viewer will be invited to discover, not only the number that is hidden in every piece, but also the random little frames that build every work in very different curious and funny ways, more than 200 tiny illustrations of crazy characters, scenarios, elements, and stories.
Presenting the “On The Move Collection”, a series of uniquely designed, looping mini-scenes in an alternate universe created by 3D/VFX artist Hass Design. Animals are now travelling like humans; in cars, bikes, Vespas, and even hang gliding. They now have jobs, hobbies, strengths, weaknesses and favourite colours. Round 1 of this NFT collection will be available for a limited time as an open edition set.
Highlights
LOOKS Compounder is live and allows stakers to automatically compound WETH rewards into LOOKS
X2Y2 announce their new tokenomics plans, shifting to trading rewards and gas fee rebates
Pudgy Penguins NFT collection looks to next chapter with $2.5M sale
Visa program to help creatives build their businesses with NFTs
Twitch co-founder’s gaming NFT marketplace Fractal raises $35M
Zilliqa's ZIL quadruples on Optimism around start of metaverse service Metapolis
Samsung integrates Nifty Gateway for first-ever smart TV NFT platform
Batman NFTs coming to Ethereum via Palm with planned metaverse perks
Food industry giants KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut file NFTs and metaverse trademarks
Closeup and Decentraland offer Web3 marriages with NFT certificates
Ukraine raises over $600K via NFT sales to rebuild cultural sites
Dotmoovs rocketed 1,390% while Biswap gained more than $240%
Evervoid P2E – Metaverse edition of “Star Wars” launches NFT on Gmart
ApeCoin drops 8% after Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord suffers phishing scam
* Week-on-Week (WoW) % change is calculated based on the differences between two subsequent 7-day periods
* Year-to-Date (YTD) volume is calculated from the first day of the current year to the current date
* Transaction count & average price refers to the number of traders and average price of the 7-day period
* LooksRare launched on 10 January 2022
* X2Y2 launched on 16 February 2022
* LooksRare, OpenSea data from Dune Analytics
* X2Y2, NBA Top Shot data from DappRadar
* Solanart data from Solanart.io
* Collectibles data from CryptoSlam.io
The following chart shows selected top NFTs and their historical floor prices.
Upcoming NFT Sales
The following information shows top upcoming NFT sales (by market cap) and a sample of their art.
Project Name: AquaHeads
Sale Date: 30 Apr 2022
Price (ETH): 2
Items: 3,333
Market Cap (ETH): 6,666
Project Name: DEGENZ GAME
Sale Date: 14 Apr 2022
Price (ETH): 1.984
Items: 3,333
Market Cap (ETH): 6,6612.672
Project Name: Funny EGGZ - FEGGZ
Sale Date: 27 Apr 2022
Price (ETH): 1
Items: 5,000
Market Cap (ETH): 5,000
Project Name: Angry Falcons
Sale Date: 20 Apr 2022
Price (ETH): 0.4
Items: 10,000
Market Cap (ETH): 4,000
Project Name: MetaF1Club
Sale Date: 19 Apr 2022
Price (ETH): 0.35
Items: 10,250
Market Cap (ETH): 3,587.5
Top Artists
The following information shows selected top artists (by sales volume on each platform) and a sample of their art.
Platform: Crypto.com NFT
Artist: Travis Ragdale
Sales Volume (USD): $2,000,000+
Platform: Solanart
Artist: Degenerate Ape Academy
Sales Volume (USD): $2,016,375
Platform: OpenSea
Artist: Azuki
Sales Volume (USD): $81,692,894
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