Daily Market Update 12/15

Top Stories

SZN2 Updates

📣 Announcements:

• Earn XP through “Direct Minting” on Mintify

• Revealer 2.0, Blockaid integration, Custom Gas Presets, Site Actions

• Now supporting Valeria Games, SuperRare, Reservoir, and Zora listings

🎟️ Active Raffles:

NFT Market Recap

💰️ Notable Sales:

• 55 Ξ Fidenza #443

• 55 Ξ Fidenza #437

• 20.1 Ξ Pixelmon #4197

🎉 Notable Mints (EST):

• 11:00 AM 0010: ‘Curtains’ on Foundation

• 12:00 PM Dominikus: ‘Æons’ on gmstudio

• 03:00 PM Coco by Kero

• 05:00 PM Lucréce: ‘Monster Soup’ on Iconic

• 10:00 PM VIRTUAL G-SHOCK NFT

⬆️ Top by Volume:

• OVERWORLD INCARNA, floor of 1.3 Ξ (5% ▽)

• MATR1X KUKU, floor of 2.8 Ξ (5% ▽)

• Azuki, floor of 6.4 Ξ (1% ▽)

⬆️ Top by Sales:

• Poglin: Nycra, floor of 0.18 Ξ (15% ▽)

• Balthazar RaW Pass, floor of 0.32 Ξ (2% ▲)

• AlignDRAW, floor of 0.2 Ξ (13% ▽)

🪅 Biggest Winners:

• Gener8tive K-Compositions, floor of 6.5 Ξ (148% ▲)

• The Lab: Scientists, floor of 23 Ξ (60% ▲)

• InfiniGods - InfiniPass, floor of 0.22 Ξ (54% ▲)

Other News

Web3 & Blockchain:

• Chainlink Data Feeds: support for Polygon zkEVM developers

• Fetch.AI, SingularityNET: to curb AI hallucinations, inaccurate responses with decentralized technology

• Ledger CEO: hack was an “isolated incident”, promises stronger security control & to help victims

Crypto & Financial Markets:

• SafeMoon: files for “liquidation bankruptcy”; $SFM falls 50%

• Sotheby’s, BitcoinShrooms: three auction sales top $450k, five times highest estimate

AI, Quantum & Emerging Tech:

• Chat GPT-4.5: “leaked” screenshot ignites speculation over upcoming upgrade

• OpenAI: applications for second AI startup investment program Converge 2

• Google: cutting Gemini model costs to improve developer accessibility

• Michael Cohen: ordered to source seemingly AI-hallucinated cases referenced in motion filing

• Grindr, Ex-human: partner for personal AI online dating assistant

• Pope Francis: calls for ethical development of AI to serve humanity, reduce harm, promote peace & justice

Government, Policy & Regulation:

• NERC: warns of overwhelming, unpredictable energy demand with crypto mining expansion

• Brazil: signs overseas crypto tax bill into law, citizens to pay up to 15%

Business, Corporate Strategy & Legal:

• Teylor, Taurus: partner to tokenize small, medium enterprise loans, distribute monthly cashflow to holders

• TMX: Toronto Stock Exchange owner acquires VettaFi crypto ETF analytics tool

• Ripple: publishes CBDC white paper outlining basics, pros, cons, & barriers to adoption

• cyber.Fund: committing $100M to blockchain AI, IoT intersecting projects for “cybernetic economy”

• Google: to turn off and replace cookies for 30M on Jan. 4th, new tracking better for user privacy

• CoinList: $1.2M settlement with OFAC for alleged sanctions violations

• Solana DeFi Hacker: pleads guilty to two exchange hacks in “first ever conviction for such a hack”