Daily Market Update 1/30

In Today’s Market Update, We Cover Immutable zkEVM Launch, Blueprint Bryan Johnson NFTs, ChatGPT Update, Neuralink First Human Implant, and More.

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Jake
January 30, 2024

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Top Stories

Immutable zkEVM: developer early access, and 2024 game launches

OpenAI: API price cuts, update to counter GPT4 “laziness” complaints

Blueprint, SuperTeamDAO: launch free Bryan Johnson NFTs on Solana’s DRiP with artist Degen Poet

Neuralink: first implant in a human subject; Elon: person is “recovering well”

SZN2 Updates

📣 Announcements:

  • Mintify 2.0 is LIVE! Mobile-First Design, Enhanced Speed, and More

⏳️ What’s Up Next:

  • Mintify ERC721C Marketplace with Listing & Bidding XP

  • Creator Leaderboard, Loot Boxes, & more teasers

🎟️ Active Raffles:

NFT Market Recap

💰️ Notable Sales:
🎉 Notable Mints (EST):

  • 01:00 PM QBX Founders Key

  • 01:00 PM Stefano Contiero: ‘Disconnected’ on Unit London

  • 02:00 PM Deborah Kass: ‘feel good spins for feel bad times’ on ARSNL Art

⬆️ Top by Volume:
⬆️ Top by Sales:
🪅 Biggest Winners:
⛓️ NFT Vol. by Blockchain (24h):

  • ETH: $9.7M (7% ▲)

  • BTC: $6.8M (19% ▽)

  • SOL: $8.5M (11% ▲)

  • MATIC: $1.4M (23% ▽)

  • BNB: $3.1M (337% ▲)

🪙 Top Tokens:

  • BTC: $ 43,392 (3.5% ▲)

  • ETH: $ 2,321 (2.7% ▲)

  • BNB: $ 308.75 (0.9% ▲)

  • SOL: $ 105.20 (9.3% ▲)

  • XRP: $ 0.526 (0.6% ▲)

📊 Market Stats:

  • Global Crypto Market Cap: $ 1.68T

  • BTC Dominance: 52.6%

  • BTC OI: $10.1B

  • Fear & Greed: 61

💹 Indices (Futures):

  • DOW: $38,417 (0.2% ▽)

  • S&P500: $4,945 (0.2% ▽)

  • NASDAQ: $17,661 (0.2% ▽)

  • FTSE100: $9,748 (1% ▲)

  • HSI: $2,005 (0.3% ▽)

Other News

Web3 & Blockchain:

  • VeeFriends: Burn Island Eruption 15 live with NBA All-Star Weekend grand prize

  • Quantum Cats: pushes mint to Feb. 1 amid website traffic issues, 30% of supply minted before being paused

  • dYdX Foundation: launches liquid staking with Stride & upcoming 100k STRD airdrop to liquid-stakers

  • Starknet, Celestia: collab to improve data availability for L3 chains

  • Magin Eden: launches multichain wallet, audit reports

  • Floki Inu: blocks HK users from staking programs after regulator flags as “suspicious investment products”

  • Binance Labs: SkyArk Chronicles misrepresented its investment leading up to $115M NFT mint

Crypto & Financial Markets:

  • Invesco & Galaxy: lower spot Bitcoin ETF fee to 0.25% from 0.39%

  • GBTC: outflows slow down but still outpace crypto fund inflows

  • Anthony Scaramucci: predicts Bitcoin breaking $170k after April halving, long-term target of $400k

  • MIM Stablecoin: depegs to $0.76 after exploit, DAO pledges to buy back and burn

  • Polymarket: traders place 55% odds on second Trump presidency

AI, Quantum & Emerging Tech:

  • Huggingface: Hallucinations Leaderboard ranking AI models on how prone they are to generate inaccurate content

Government, Policy & Regulation:

  • Biden Admin: publishes key actions on AI three months after initial executive order, exceeding requirements

Business, Corporate Strategy & Legal:

  • Bitpanda: exiting Netherlands to comply with regulations

  • Binance: now allows large traders to keep assets at independent banks

  • Portal: raises $34M for Bitcoin-based DEX, staking & swapping “without giving up custody, privacy or security”

  • Mesh: secures $6.5M funding from PayPal, $5M paid in $PYUSD

  • Coinbase: introduces USDC/USD conversion fees for $75M+ orders over 30 days

  • German Police: seize $2.2B BTC in its largest crypto seizure ever

  • HyperVerse Founders: charged over $2B ‘crypto-mining’ ponzi; SEC: “the only thing that HyperFund mind was its investors’ pockets”

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