Daily Market Update 12/19

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:

• 3.21 BTC Bitcoin Frogs 

• 57 Ξ CryptoPunks #6679

• 19.83 Ξ MAYC #10417

🎉 Notable Mints (EST):

• 09:00 AM Farcana

• 10:00 AM Indelible

• 11:00 AM Richard Nadler: ‘Izanami Islands’ on Verse

• 11:00 AM HODLERS: ‘Sphere-02’ by Julien Gachadoat

• 11:00 AM FIFA+ Collect

• 01:00 PM RalenArc: ‘Frolic’ on Alba[.]art

• 05:00 PM Robert Mallary Collection by mendezmendez

⬆️ Top by Volume:

• The Warlords Of Champions Tactics, floor of 0.23 Ξ (6% ▽)

• MATR1X KUKU, floor of 3.05 Ξ (1% ▽)

• OVERWORLD INCARNA, floor of 2.31 Ξ (18% ▲)

⬆️ Top by Sales:

• Animalia Tundra Titans, floor of 0.092 Ξ (7% ▽)

• Balthazar RaW Pass, floor of 0.16 Ξ (19% ▽)

• Poglin: Nycra, floor of 0.18 Ξ (11% ▽)

🪅 Biggest Winners:

• Metacene Apostle, floor of 1.4 Ξ (134% ▲)

• Library Onchain, floor of 3.5 Ξ (94% ▲)

• Purr Pass, floor of 5.4 Ξ (38% ▲)

Other News

Web3 & Blockchain:

• Unstoppable Domains: integrates .com domains into the platform

• Metafight: secures investment from Animoca Brands, undisclosed amount

• Helium Mobile: tweaks cell plan rewards as “suspicious” signups surge alongside $MOBILE

• Irys Arweave L2: allegedly plans to fork with intent to “drop the dataset and reset the token supply”

• Zilliqa: experiences disruptions as “critical situation” impacts network

• Zcash Founder Wilcox: stepping down as CEO, replaced by five-year VP Josh Swihart

• Solana Aurory: $830k exploit; Arbitrum bridge down amid investigation

Crypto & Financial Markets:

• ARK Invest: offloads $28M $GBTC, picks up $SQ

• Hegic, Whiteheart: potential insider trading of $WHITE prior to treasury redemption, liquidation announcement

• Solana Google Search Volume: spikes 250% from Oct. to Dec.

AI, Quantum & Emerging Tech:

• TomTom, Microsoft: partner to create conversational AI for vehicles

Government, Policy & Regulation:

• UK Treasury: to launch “digital securities sandbox” on Jan. 8

• Coinbase: appeals SEC rulemaking decision denial same day it was denied

• SEC: delays several Ethereum ETF final decisions until May

Business, Corporate Strategy & Legal:

• Revolut: halting crypto purchases on platform in UK to adjust for new FCA ad rules

• Binance, CZ: settlement accepted by judge, payments to CFTC conclude enforcement action

• EU, X Investigation: to review for disinformation, illegal content