Daily Market Update 12/18

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:

• 0.8899 BTC Yuga Twelvefold

• 0.7019 BTC Ordinal Maxi Biz (OMB)

• 12.571 Ξ The Captainz #3772

🎉 Notable Mints (EST):

• 10:00 AM Sebastián Brocher: ‘Fluiroso’ on ArtBlocks

• 11:00 AM Meme Card #180: ‘Allegory of a Cycle’ by Victor Mosquera

• 12:00 PM MAN WITH AI MOVIE CAMERA by Dan Sickles

• 02:00 PM LVCIDIA//: EXPERIENCE 005 3 DIMENSIONAL

• 02:00 PM Champions Tactics: The Warlords

⬆️ Top by Volume:

• MATR1X KUKU, floor of 3.05 Ξ (2% ▲)

• BAYC, floor of 25.96 Ξ (3% ▽)

• MAYC, floor of 5.08 Ξ (2% ▽)

⬆️ Top by Sales:

• The Warlords Of Champions Tactics, floor of 0.23 Ξ (8% ▽)

• The Ant Republic, floor of 0.022 Ξ (104% ▲)

• KokoDi_NFT, floor of 0.14 Ξ (44% ▲)

🪅 Biggest Winners:

• Quirkies Originals, floor of 0.69 Ξ (74% ▲)

• Blips, floor of 0.22 Ξ (63% ▲)

• SERAPH Priority Pass, floor of 2.79 Ξ (56% ▲)

Other News

Web3 & Blockchain:

• Overworld Co-Founder: addresses mint issues, reveals plan to compensate failed WL minters

• Proposal ERC3643: reaches final stage; compliant RWA tokenization

• Voi: Algorand fork attempts reboot with new testsnet, wont inherent chain’s state, will have native token

• Manta Pacific: adopts Celestia’s module data availability solution to reduce transaction fees

• Solana: assessing Saga smartphone demand following $BONK FOMO-induced US-sellout, open to next-generation

• NFT Trader Exploit: $3M+ NFTs stolen in exploit of an old contract, funds returned & vulnerability resolved

Crypto & Financial Markets:

• Bitcoin Fees: hit 20-month highs as Ordinal inscriptions surge

• Jupiter: 1B $JUP airdrop set for Jan. to SOL DeFi users

• Tokenized Private Credit: hits $582M, 128% increase YoY; $1.5B ATH

AI, Quantum & Emerging Tech:

• Alibaba: AI video model using cascaded diffusion, Pika Labs & Stability AI competitor

• Resemble AI: new open-source tool to upgrade historical audio quality

• ChatGPT: geographic bias on environmental justice issues, Virginia Tech report

Government, Policy & Regulation:

• Grayscale: examining GBTC tax implications associated with spot ETF uplisting, retail redemptions

• Campaign for Accountability: doubles down on Circle-Tron relationship, money laundering claims

• BOK Governor: urges central banks to consider launching CBDCs, widespread stablecoin adoption could impair monetary policies

• Palau: extends partnership with Ripple for its CBDC phase 2

Business, Corporate Strategy & Legal:

• Hut 8, Celsius: new Cedarvale, Texas mining site to build equity

• Coinbase: to challenge SEC denial of petition to clarify new crypto rules

• FTX: losing $53k every hour on “bankruptcy fees”, filings show