Hop Protocol takes a strong lead with nearly 4,000 ETH bridged, with Celer and Across following behind with 1,100 ETH and 1,050 ETH bridged, respectively. At its current ranking, bridging with Hop Protocol will likely make users eligible for the extra NFT.
Be sure to keep up to date on their challenges, as users who accumulate 13/16 NFTs over the 8 weeks will be eligible for another NFT.
Arbitrum has not specifically indicated how or if there will be any functionality for these NFTs, but there is speculation that they could be used for an Arbitrum token airdrop.
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Once again, the ‘blue chip’ NFT collections are dominating NFT trading volumes as the free mint narrative peters out. This week, the most significant move among the ‘blue chip’ NFTs was in CryptoPunks, which soared over 40% from a floor price of 48E (17 Jun) to 68E (20 Jun). This comes on the news that Noah (previously at Christie’s) will be joining Yuga Labs as the Brand Lead for CryptoPunks, to ensure that there’ll be “no Punks on lunchboxes”.
Interestingly, Punks were already flying off the shelves (>100 sold in 24 hours), and prices started moving up even before the announcement on 19 Jun, which has led to speculation of insider trading. It seems too much of a coincidence to believe it was just due to normal price volatility, although there’s no way to prove this conclusively. CryptoPunks have unique provenance and history, and I believe they will continue to be valuable in the years to come.
On the other hand: Steve Aoki, famously known as a top signal in NFTs, just bought a Punk this week.
A good piece of news — OpenSea has migrated to Seaport, its new web3 marketplace protocol. This is a long-awaited major improvement for OS and improves its competitiveness vs marketplaces like LooksRare, which has been adding features rapidly. Some benefits include:
Save an estimated 35% in gas fees when selling or transferring NFTs.
Make collection offers on all items in a collection, or trait offers for specific traits. This could improve the liquidity for NFTs.
We sit down with Colin Brady (Chief Creative Officer) and Luke Paglia (Chief Operating Officer) from AMGI Studios, the team behind My Pet Hooligan, a desktop PvP video game that takes place in their proprietary Metaverse The Rabbit Hole. We discuss the cultural impact of strong IP, Hooligram technology, Pixar-level expressiveness in-game, and much more.
Show Notes:
(00:00:00) – Introduction.
(00:01:37) – The power of a global brand / strong IP.
(00:10:33) – Overview of AMGI Studios.
(00:16:30) – User generated content, immi, and Hooligrams.
For more, you can see our latest Delphi Podcast releaseshere.
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