Daily Market Update 1/12

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SZN2 Updates

📣 Announcements:

• New Activation! Lifetime Tier Key Holders get 30-Day Access to EAT!

• New Features! Orderbook, Favorites, Transfers, and More.

• New Raffles! FUTROne #1544, Cobra Effect Pepe.

⏳️ What’s Up Next:

• Mintify ERC721C Marketplace with Listing & Bidding XP

• Creator Leaderboard, Loot Boxes, & more teasers

🎟️ Active Raffles:

NFT Market Recap

💰️ Notable Sales:

• 72 Ξ CryptoPunks #9145

• 48 Ξ BAYC #2150

• 12.82 Ξ CyberKongz #178

🎉 Notable Mints (EST):

• 11:00 AM PvP: Genesis Pass

• 11:00 AM Meme Card #186: 'Freedom to undress' by NudeYogaGirl

• 04:00 PM Vibes by Amber Vittoria

⬆️ Top by Volume:

• TinFun, floor of 0.85 Ξ (13% ▲)

• BAYC, floor of 22.4 Ξ (0.4% ▽)

• MAYC, floor of 3.9 Ξ (8% ▽)

⬆️ Top by Sales:

• Mint Genesis, floor of 0.01 Ξ (10% ▲)

• Age Of Dino - Dinosty, floor of 0.92 Ξ (22% ▽)

• Moonbirds, floor of 1.03 Ξ (3% ▽)

🪅 Biggest Winners:

• Gazer - Abyss World, floor of 0.19 Ξ (72% ▲)

• OCM Karma, floor of 0.19 Ξ (36% ▲)

• The Boo Bears, floor of 20 Ξ (27% ▲)

Other News

Web3 & Blockchain:

• Taproot Wizards: to launch “OP_CAT” Ordinals with “covenants” & Evolving Inscriptions

• Find Satoshi Labs, Gas Hero: claiming trending spots on Polygon despite being blocked in 16 regions including US, Mainland China

• LooksRare: launches Poke the Bear game of chance on Arbitrum

• Polygon CDK-powered Libre: launch for compliant alternative, RWAs

• Taki: merger, acquisitions, rebrands for play-to-earn games on Polygon

• Telcoin: restores user balances following $1.2M exploit, deposits surge

• Solana MEV Bot: scores $1.8M back-running $WIF memecoin trades

Crypto & Financial Markets:

• Day One Bitcoin ETFs: clear $4.5B in volume, beating expectations

• Halborn COO: concentration of risk with majority of BTC ETF issuers choosing Coinbase as custodian

• Cathie Wood: BTC could reach $1.5M by 2030 in the bullish scenario

• JPMorgan: Bitcoin mining stocks “due for a breather” over short-term

• Moody Analysts: Bitcoin ETFs too small to impact broader investment landscape, “watershed” moment for the industry

• Wedbush, Coinbase: to benefit from custodial role in majority of new ETFs

• BlackRock CEO: “I see value in having an Ethereum ETF”, Bitcoin ETF approval is a stepping stone

AI, Quantum & Emerging Tech:

• OpenAI-Backed 1X: secures $100M to build humanoid robot for autonomous housework

Government, Policy & Regulation:

• IRS: waiving 2020, 2021 “failure to pay” crypto tax fees until March

• South Korea FSC: domestic brokerage of new Bitcoin ETFs may conflict with countries laws

Business, Corporate Strategy & Legal:

• UBS, Citigroup: to allow some clients access to new Bitcoin ETFs

• Vanguard, Merrill Lynch: not yet providing access to Bitcoin ETFs

• MicroStrategy Bitcoin Holdings: worth $1B more than the company excluding leverage

• CoinShares: exercises option to acquire Valkyrie Investments ETF unit

• SEC: seeks court to order Ripple disclose financial statements, sales contacts related to institutional sales of $XRP

• Terra Do Kwon: requests SEC trial delay, otherwise risks unattendance