Daily Market Update 1/22

In Today’s Market Update, We Cover Killabears Migrate to Solana, Kamino Points Launch, X Dedicated Payments Account, OpenAI Seeking Billions for Chip Venture, and More.

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Top Stories

Killabears: announces migration to Solana, customizable Cubs first

X: dedicated payments account; speculators bet on DOGE integration

Solana DeFi, Kamino: Points system & Hub for progress tracking

OpenAI: seeks billions for chip factories, expecting further shortages

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🎟️ Active Raffles:

NFT Market Recap

💰️ Notable Sales:
🎉 Notable Mints (EST):
  • 11:00 AM Bitcoin Boos: Boottalion

  • 11:00 AM Typical Friends: Tony Babel Limited Designer Edition

  • 11:00 AM Meme Card #190: ‘Girlwifhat’ by Emanuele Ferrari

  • 12:00 PM Speedtracer on Highlight

  • 01:00 PM BloodLoop: Hero-Shooter

⬆️ Top by Volume:
⬆️ Top by Sales:
🪅 Biggest Winners:
⛓️ NFT Vol. by Blockchain (7D):
  • ETH: $110M (24% ▲)

  • BTC: $60.5M (41% ▽)

  • SOL: $64.8M (45% ▲)

  • MATIC: $23.3M (35% ▲)

  • AVAX: $11.6M (14% ▽)

🪙 Top Tokens:
  • BTC: $ 40,651 (2.8% ▽)

  • ETH: $ 2,370 (4.6% ▽)

  • BNB: $ 310.08 (2.9% ▽)

  • SOL: $ 87.58 (6.3% ▽)

  • XRP: $ 0.529 (4.7% ▽)

📊 Market Stats:
  • Global Crypto Market Cap: $ 1.61T

  • BTC Dominance: 51.44%

  • BTC OI: $9.7B

  • Fear & Greed: 55

💹 Indices (Futures):
  • DOW: $38,078 (0.6% ▲)

  • S&P500: $4,867 (0.6% ▲)

  • NASDAQ: $15,433 (0.8% ▲)

  • FTSE100: $9,497 (0%)

  • HSI: $1,931 (0.9% ▲)

Other News

Web3 & Blockchain:
  • Animoca Japan, Darewise, Honda: partner for Life Beyond gameplay items, activities, & Ordinals

  • Ronin Wallet: update brings multichain support for ETH, Polygon, BNB

  • L1 Saga: play-to-airdrop for Solana, Avalanche, Polygon game users

  • 1inch DAO, Storm Partners: legal firm hired on retainer to defend members from liability, protect DAOs rights & interests

  • Trezor: 66k support users since 2021 victim in contact info breach

Crypto & Financial Markets:
  • Bitcoin ETFs: hold 95k BTC ($4B) in AUM after six full trading days

  • GBTC: outflows consistent, maintains highest management fee

  • Nasdaq, Cboe: file for Bitcoin ETF options; “the next logical step”

  • Meta: closes on ATHs after Zuckerberg’s 2023 “year of efficiency”

AI, Quantum & Emerging Tech:
  • Elon’s xAI: $500M funding, eying $15B valuation per Bloomberg

  • Elon: denies Bloomberg report of $500B raise, valuation estimate

  • Leading Video Game Studios: adopting AI for automation to speed up development, focus human talent on more important elements

Government, Policy & Regulation:
  • SEC: opens comment period on Nasdaq Bitcoin ETF options proposal

  • Brazil Stock Exchange: night trading with BTC ETFs, Ibovespa futures

Business, Corporate Strategy & Legal:
  • Tether: prints $10B in 3 months; nears $100B market cap club

  • Netflix, YouTube, others: no plan for dedicated Apple Vision Pro app

  • Bloomberg Litigation Analyst: Coinbase has 70% chance of full dismissal in SEC lawsuit

  • FTX Users: ask court to reject repayment based on Nov. 2022 prices; “…implore you to prevent the ongoing second act of theft taking place”

  • Third Circuit Court: independent examiner to investigate FTX fall

  • Terraform Labs: files for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Dalaware

  • B. Riley, Nomura: reportedly wrapped up in undisclosed SEC investigation

  • CFTC: charges Debiex with fraud for "pig butchering” romance scam

  • Colorado Pastor, Wife: raised millions for token claimed was created at God’s instruction, sued by Colorado Securities Commissioner

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