Daily Market Update 1/19

In Today’s Market Update, We Cover BAYC's "Return to Basics", $PIXEL Launch Soon, Bitcoin Tops Silver ETFs, Apple Vision Pro Preorders, and More.

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Jake
January 19, 2024

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Top Stories

BAYC: to “return to basics”, website revamp, token-gated survey for holder feedback

Bitcoin ETFs: top silver ETFs in AUM

Pixels: ending Play-to-Airdrop 2.0 campaign today ahead of PIXEL token distribution

Apple Vision Pro: preorders begin today at $3,499

SZN2 Updates

📣 Announcements:

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

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

⏳️ What’s Up Next:

  • Mintify ERC721C Marketplace with Listing & Bidding XP

  • Creator Leaderboard, Loot Boxes, & more teasers

🎟️ Active Raffles:

NFT Market Recap

💰️ Notable Sales:
🎉 Notable Mints (EST):
⬆️ Top by Volume:
⬆️ Top by Sales:
🪅 Biggest Winners:
⛓️ NFT Vol. by Blockchain (24h):

  • ETH: $17.9M (9% ▽)

  • BTC: $7.8M (8% ▽)

  • SOL: $8.3M (42% ▽)

  • MATIC: $2.8M (9% ▲)

  • AVAX: $2.3M (26% ▲)

🪙 Top Tokens:

  • BTC: $ 40,890 (4.4% ▽)

  • ETH: $ 2,472 (2.5% ▽)

  • BNB: $ 312.58 (0.7% ▽)

  • SOL: $ 92.07 (7% ▽)

  • XRP: $ 0.543 (3.6% ▽)

📊 Market Stats:

  • Global Crypto Market Cap: $ 1.63T

  • BTC Dominance: 50.93%

  • BTC OI: $9.9B

  • Fear & Greed: 51

💹 Indices (Futures):

  • DOW: $37,721 (0.2% ▲)

  • S&P500: $4,823 (0.2% ▲)

  • NASDAQ: $17,202 (0.5% ▽)

  • FTSE100: $9,486 (0.1% ▽)

  • HSI: $1,956 (0.2% ▽)

Other News

Web3 & Blockchain:

  • Worldcoin, DAO FWB: partner for “The Paradox of Personhood” at Mexico City’s Feria Material

  • Trump: Mugshot Ordinals for minters of 100 “Mugshot Edition” NFTs

  • MetaMask: rolls out staking service for personal validator nodes in-app, takes 10% cut

  • Crypto Unicorns: to migrate to new Xai Network on Arbitrum from Polygon

  • Bybit: to launch self-custody keyless wallet using Multiparty Computation tech

  • Spartan Group, Kyle Ellicott: Bitcoin could see L2 ecosystem growth similar to Ethereum

Crypto & Financial Markets:

  • Fidelity FBTC: second Bitcoin ETF to hit $1B inflows

  • Cathie Wood: Bitcoin to play crucial role in emerging markets, capital to rotate from precious metals

  • Chainalysis Report: crypto crime in 2023 down 54% YoY

  • TrueUSD: deploys daily attestation service, attempts to regain dollar peg

AI, Quantum & Emerging Tech:

  • Quantinuum: secures $300M raise at $5B valuation to build the “world’s first universal fault-tolerant quantum computers”

  • Meta: new focus to integrate, expand generative AI research; bringing AI research teams “closer together”

Government, Policy & Regulation:

  • SEC: delays decision on Fidelity’s spot ETH ETF; firms file for leveraged Bitcoin ETFs en masse

  • Canada: to provide greater clarity on custodianship, what funds can do with crypto

  • HK Crypto Firms: plan to launch spot BTC ETFs in coming months

Business, Corporate Strategy & Legal:
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