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Daily Market Update 12/27

Daily Market Update 12/27

In Today’s Market Update, We Cover The Plague Equity, HK Regulators Clarify ETF Rules, Apple Files to Halt Watch Ban, Microsoft Ships Copilot AI, and More.

Jake
December 27, 2023

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Top Stories

The Plague: introduces company equity for NFT holders via staking

Apple: files emergency request to halt Watch Series 9, Ultra 2 ban; Masimo argues IP infringement

HK Financial Regulator: outlines crypto ETF requirements for issuers

Microsoft: ships Copilot AI assistant to Androids app stores

SZN2 Updates

📣 Announcements:

New Feature! Custom Layouts: Swap, rearrange, add, remove modules
New Raffles! 3x FUTR One, Valhalla #6342, & Otherdeed #79244
Listing & Bidding XP, FUTR One, Creators, $ME, and [redacted]

🎟️ Active Raffles:

Sugartown Oras #4847
Valhalla #8202
Lil Pudgy #9159
Doing Biz Vinnie Hager
FUTR One x 3
Otherdeed #79244

y00t #1893
Opepen #14962
Chimpers #1528
Bean #4967
Gutter Cat #2852
Valhalla #6342

NFT Market Recap

💰️ Notable Sales:

75.5 Ξ CryptoPunks #9478
65 Ξ Fidenza #608
1.84 BTC Ordinal Punks

🎉 Notable Mints (EST):

02:00 PM UA3: Paddy’s Power Pass
03:00 PM Shroom Fam

⬆️ Top by Volume:

Azuki, floor of 5.69 Ξ (2% ▽)
BAYC, floor of 26.7 Ξ (4% ▽)
INSC(Ins-20), floor of 0.13 Ξ (60% ▲)

⬆️ Top by Sales:

UNIC (UNI-20), floor of 0.007 Ξ (89% ▲)
ETH.Maps, floor of 0.008 Ξ (53% ▽)
Gh0stly Gh0sts, floor of 0.3 Ξ (79% ▲)

🪅 Biggest Winners:

JeerGirl, floor of 0.19 Ξ (237% ▲)
Rarity Garden Unicorns, floor of 0.047 Ξ (213% ▲)
Skyborne - Nexian Gems, floor of 1.58 Ξ (55% ▲)

⛓️ NFT Vol. by Blockchain (24h):

ETH: $10.3M (19% ▲)
BTC: $14.1M (40% ▽)
SOL: $10.5M (29% ▽)
MATIC: $1.4M (47% ▲)
IMX: $779k (19% ▲)

🪙 Top Tokens:

BTC: $43,076 (1% ▲)
ETH: $2,337 (3.6% ▲)
SOL: $108 (4.3% ▽)
BNB: $310 (3.5% ▲)
XRP: $0.632 (0.8% ▲)

📊 Market Stats:

Global Crypto Market Cap: $ 1.69T
BTC Dominance: 51.55%
BTC OI: $10.6B
Fear & Greed: 73

💹 Indices (Futures):

DOW: $37,911 (0.05% ▲)
S&P500: $4,826 (0.05% ▲)
NASDAQ: $17,106 (0.1% ▲)
FTSE100: $9,829 (0.4% ▲)
HSI: $2,133 (1.8% ▲)

Other News

Web3 & Blockchain:

Mt. Gox: reportedly double-pays some creditors citing a "system issue”; requests returns of extra payments
BItcoin: faces protocol-level censorship if regulators require miner’s to filter for sanctioned addresses
Taproot Wizards: contributor launches Ordinals-rejecting script, saying “Merry Christmas, ord disrespectoors!”

Crypto & Financial Markets:

Cathie Wood: Spot Bitcoin ETF could be a short-term “sell the news” event
Solana: non-vote transactions hit yearly highs, typically represents movement between accounts, network activity

AI, Quantum & Emerging Tech:

Rejuve, CEO: seeks to use AI, decentralized tech to promote healthier living; “We’re living longer, but we’re living longer, sicker”

Government, Policy & Regulation:

HK Financial Regulator: proposes stablecoin licensing & regulatory sandbox
South Korea Public Officials: crypto disclosures begin next year

Business, Corporate Strategy & Legal:

MicroStrategy: purchases $615M in $BTC, pushing holdings to $5.9B
AstraZeneca, Gracell: acquired for $1.2B, a 61.6% premium; $GRCL surges 100%
Robinhood, Chartr: acquired for its analyst, newsletter specialties

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