Daily Market Update 08/03

In Today’s Market Update, We Cover Bandai Namco’s New Game, DoJ’s Binance Indictment, Allegations against MetaMask, Mojo Melee X Amazon Prime Gaming, and More.

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Jake
August 03, 2023

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Our Pick of Today’s Top News Articles

Bandai Namco rolls out an AI-powered virtual pet game on the Oasys blockchain

Joel Dietz alleges Consensys wrote him out of MetaMask's history and stole his share of its success

DoJ speculates an indictment against Binance could cause a run on the exchange; hesitates to charge based on costs to consumers

Mojo Melee partners with Amazon Prime Gaming to give away in-game NFTs on Polygon

NFT Market Recap

💰️ Notable Sales:
🎉 Notable Mints:

SuperRare: ROLLS by Dave Krugman

ROLLS is a long-term project that is designed to explore the interesting overlaps between chemical film and blockchain technology.

Both of these systems can be seen as decentralized, immutable time chains- whose value is determined by distributed consensus mechanisms.

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StapleVerse x Zaid Kirdsey

Get ready to step into a universe where creativity reigns supreme. We're beyond thrilled to hint at our upcoming collaboration with the mastermind artist Zaid Kirdsey!

From bringing his iconic pieces like "Friends," "Bulletproof Love," and "Raizen the Assassin" to life to his monumental collaborations with the trailblazers RTFKT, Art by Crea, and the Cult1vate team, Zaid has been pushing the boundaries of digital art, making waves in the NFT space.

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🔊 Top by Volume:
💨 Top by Sales:
🫰 Biggest Winners:
⛓️ NFT Volume by Blockchain:

  • ETH: $11.6M (8% ▽)

  • BTC: $425k (17% ▲)

  • SOL: $1.01M (1% ▽)

  • MATIC: $879k (51% ▽)

🪙 Top Tokens:

  • BTC: $29,162 (0.7% ▽)

  • ETH: $1,836 (0.8% ▽)

  • BNB: $240 (1.7% ▽)

  • XRP: $0.665 (3.9% ▽)

  • DOGE: $0.0736 (3.7% ▽)

📊 Market Stats:

  • Global Crypto Market Cap: $1.16T

  • BTC Dominance: 50.16%

  • BTC OI: $9.77B

  • Fear & Greed: 52

💹 Indices:

  • DOW: $35,177 (0.3% ▽)

  • S&P500: $4,500 (0.3% ▽)

  • NASDAQ: $13,973 (0.02% ▲)

In other news…

📰 Top Headlines:
Web3

  • Bandai Namco rolls out an AI-powered virtual pet game on the Oasys blockchain

  • Mojo Melee partners with Amazon Prime Gaming to give away in-game NFTs on Polygon

  • 0N1 Force launches a point-based rewards system for repping an 0N1 PFP on X (Twitter)

  • DirtyRobot steps up as RENGA CEO, assuming control of RENGA Inc, and severs ties with former CEO Tails

  • Elixir forms a strategic partnership with Gala Games to bring popular games, like Town Star and Spider Tanks, to the Elixir Games Launcher

  • Beeple picked up CryptoPunk #4953 for 113.69 ETH

  • CZ warns of address mirroring scams

  • KuCoin's mining pool will go offline "until further notice" on Aug 15, 12 pm ET

Blockchain
Government

  • DoJ speculates an indictment against Binance could cause a run on the exchange; hesitates to charge based on costs to consumers

Business

  • Worldcoin hopes governments and other entities will use its infrastructure

Legal

  • Joel Dietz alleges Consensys wrote him out of MetaMask's history and stole his share of its success

  • Uniswap delists HEX from its front end after being mentioned in an SEC lawsuit alleging the token is an unregistered security

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