Daily Market Update 11/15

Top Stories

SZN2 Updates

📣 Announcements:

• Earn XP through “Direct Minting” on Mintify

• Progressive raffle roll-outs throughout the SZN

• Increased Daily Seasonal XP Limit: 100 XP → 1,000 XP

• XPStore rewards entry limits; optimizing for overall fairness

🎟️ Active Raffles:

NFT Market Recap

💰️ Notable Sales:

• 71.5 Ξ CryptoPunks #6051

• 69 Ξ BAYC #938

• 59.7 Ξ YOU THE REAL MVP #264

🎉 Notable Mints (EST):

• 12:00 PM Studio Study by Nicolas Sassoon

• 12:30 PM Courtyard: Web3 Week of Thanks Privy

• 01:00 PM Manuel Larino: ‘Forecast’ on ArtBlocks

• 03:00 PM ClickCreate: ‘The Road Less Travelleld’ by Joelle LB and POSTWOOK – Curated by CATH Simard

• 09:30 PM wedda.eth: ‘Lonely Summit’ on Foundation

⬆️ Top by Volume:

• The Captainz, floor of 4.7 Ξ (5% ▲)

• BAYC, floor of 29.8 Ξ (2% ▽)

• Moonbirds, floor of 2 Ξ (3% ▽)

⬆️ Top by Sales:

• Big Hugs, floor of 0.0069 Ξ (66% ▽)

• Sofa Maker, floor of 0.14 Ξ (17% ▽)

• ANOMALY A.I. By Star Im, floor of 0.062 Ξ (27% ▽)

🪅 Biggest Winners:

• Parallel Avatars, floor of 0.68 Ξ (53% ▲)

• Based Ghouls, floor of 0.095 Ξ (42% ▲)

• Mintify Genesis, floor of 0.07 Ξ (35% ▲)

Other News

Web3

• Disney, Dapper Labs: partner to launch “Disney Pinnacle” for trading digital Disney, Pixar, Star Wars character pins

• Parallel Alpha: approved for the Epic Games Store, $PRIME & Avatars rally

• Avalon: upcoming blockchain, AI metaverse game led by ex EverQuest, Call of Duty, Diablo vets drops first trailer

• FIAT: global generative artist open call in preparation for upcoming Web3 experiment, ARTISTICA

• NHL Breakaway, Sweet: launch platform for brands to create NFTs on Polygon and Tezos

• Dairy Queen: launches NFT pop-up store in China

• 9dcc: launches “Powered By 9dcc” for co-creating physical products

• Killabears: Bearington’s Burn Market goes live Wed., Nov. 22

• Unix Gaming, Avalanche: announce gaming tournament, $1M prizes

• OpenSea users: report widespread email phishing campaign

Blockchain

• Vitalik: ETH rollups are the “gold standard” but Plasma is “underrated”

• Get Protocol: launches Collectibles 2.0, Wallet UI for NFT ticketing

• OKX: launches ETH L2 testnet “X1” using ZK-based Polygon CDK

Finance

• US Oct. CPI: flat versus negative forecasts, beating expectations

• Hut 8: Q3 losses double, revenue falls 46% YoY

• Unciphered: $2.1B in crypto at risk in old 2011 to 2015 crypto wallets

• Cathie Woods: speculates Gary Gensler’s political ambitions hold back spot Bitcoin ETF judgement

Artificial Intelligence

• Unbabel: non-invasive neural interface, generative AI turn thoughts into text

• OpenAI: confirms GPT-5 plans are in early stages of development

• YouTube: creators must disclose generative AI or face suspension

• Atlas: raises $6M to develop generative AI tools for gaming industry, plans alpha launch “this year”

Government

• Fake BlackRock XRP Trust: Delaware filing referred to Dept. of Justice

Business

• Blockchain[.]com: closes $110M Series E at half its prior $14B valuation

• Opyn founders: step down following CFTC regulatory action, protocol to continue under new leadership

Legal

• Mutant Ape Planet creator: convicted, faces five years in federal prison

• Group appeals: US Treasury mixer sanctions; “immutable, ownerless” contracts don’t meet definition of “property” subject to sanctions