Due to the rise in demand, it’s increasingly harder to purchase nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on their initial launch. Because of the limited supply, and high demand, some NFT drops have sold out after only a few seconds of release. With this, users who are interested in purchasing newly-released collections have no choice to wait until the initial owners decide to flip the NFTs for some profit, resulting in having to pay more or not being able to acquire any of the NFTs entirely. Because of this, Binance introduced a subscription mechanism that lets everyone have an equal opportunity to buy …

NFT trading volumes on OpenSea are surging in January amid a renewed speculative frenzy on Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC). According to data posted by “rchen8” on Dune Analytics, OpenSea has generated more than $700 million worth of trading volume since the start of 2022, with Jan. 3 being the biggest day of the year with a whopping $255.8 million worth of 24-hour volume. While popular onlookers as Wu Blockchain have asserted that the volume on Jan. 3 was a record high for OpenSea, previous data posted by rchen8 on Dune Analytics …

Nonfungible tokens and blockchain-based gaming projects saw a breakout in popularity over the course of 2021. This was due to their widespread appeal which attracted the attention of crypto newbies and experienced hodlers alike. This trend helped to further initiate the mass adoption of blockchain technology and from the look of things, its likely to extend throughout 2022. One project is making moves in 2022 is Phantasma (SOUL), a layer-one blockchain protocol that specializes in the creation of SmartNFTs and decentralized gaming applications. Its prices reflect that it's about to make a run for a new all-time high. Data from …

Twitch co-founder Justin Kan launched a new blockchain gaming-focused NFT marketplace yesterday dubbed Fractal. Fractal’s Discord group has since amassed more than 111,000 members, despite only being announced two weeks ago. At the time of writing, it appears that the most significant sale on the platform so far was for a Baby Scoot NFT that went for 4 Solana (SOL) worth roughly $680. The Solana-based marketplace enables users to buy, trade and hold NFTs used in blockchain games. In an announcement made yesterday, the firm unveiled its first partnered blockchain games, including The Sandbox, Nyan Heroes, Caveworld and Genopets, to …

For a product that began as a fad, nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have continued to gain momentum. Today there's virtually no facet of our lives that they haven't touched. Their popularity grows by the day as leading brands and new players look to integrate them into their businesses. NFTs owe their popularity to their convenient and interactive nature. They not only ease the exchange of physical products but also encourage interaction. Further, they've eased the process of authenticating physical things. The toy industry appreciates the importance of this asset class. The growing investment in this space shows just that. A case …

Kraken founder and CEO Jesse Powell recently shared in an interview with Bloomberg News that the crypto exchange will launch a nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace that will enable users to borrow funds against their NFTs. Powell explained that the company plans to enter the NFT space in early 2022 and hopes to add the feature to determine the liquidation value of an NFT and if it can be put up as collateral for a loan. “If you deposit a CryptoPunk on Kraken, we want to be able to reflect the value of that in your account," said Powell. "And if …

NFT marketplace Rarible officially launched its integration with proof-of-stake blockchain Tezos pm Thursday. This collaboration will allow Rarible to feature Tezos NFTs on its marketplace and support secondary sales of live Tezos projects while enabling users to mint low-fee NFTs. Rarible’s integration with Tezos marks the third layer 1 blockchain supported by the platform, alongside Ethereum and Flow, Dapper Labs’ blockchain network that powers NBA Top Shot. In Rarible’s effort to build a multi-chain platform to consolidate the NFT space, integrations with Solana and Polygon are next, according to Rarible CEO Alexei Falin, who told Cointelegraph: “Rarible firmly believes that …

Terra (LUNA) faces the prospects of hitting $100 in the coming weeks as it paints a classic bull pennant structure. In detail, Bull Pennants appear as the price trends inside a Triangle pattern after a strong move upside. Many analysts see it as a sign of bullish continuation, i.e., they think the instrument would eventually break above the Triangle's upper trendline to resume its price rally higher. Additionally, the profit target of a Bull Pennant structure typically comes to be equal to the length equal to the size of the previous price rally, called Flagpole, when measured from the breakout …

The Matrix’s NFT revelations Soaring demand for the Warner Bros.’ Matrix NFT avatar drop on Nifty’s this week caused the website's purchasing page to crash. Earlier this month, the film studio announced it would be dropping 100,000 unique Matrix-inspired avatar NFTs for $50 each as part of a promotional campaign for the new Matrix Resurrections film set to hit cinemas in the U.S. on Dec. 22. After more than 300,000 Matrix fans queued up for the drop on Nov. 30, Nifty’s was forced to start and stop the queue multiple times due to max capacity-induced “infrastructure issues.” Hello again everyone. …

Boson Protocol is a decentralized commerce protocol that seeks to enable the sale of physical goods, services and experiences in the Metaverse as nonfungible tokens (NFTs), and hopes to provide an infrastructure layer for exchanging assets of non-monetary value. For example, an NFT of a pair of sneakers bought using the Boson Protocol in the Metaverse would then be redeemable for that physical pair of sneakers in the real world, and vice versa. Ahead of the launch of its first Metaverse commerce experience in Decentraland, called Boson Portal, Cointelegraph spoke with Justin Banon, co-founder of Boson Protocol, to learn more …

OpenSea has become the first nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace to process 11-figures worth of NFT trades. According to NFT data aggregator Dapp Radar, the pioneering marketplace has hosted more than $10.3 billion worth of transactions since launching in December 2017. The platform has seen exponential growth this year, with the platform having processed $2.5 billion worth of trades for the entirety of the first half of 2021. Since the beginning of November, OpenSea has already processed $400 million worth of volume, and $1.85 billion for the past 30 days. Surging NFT game Axie Infinity ranks as the second-hottest NFT platform …

Many nonfungible token marketplaces are allowing digital collectors to identify artwork based on the wallet address of the creator through a partnership with software giant Adobe. In an Oct. 26 announcement, Adobe said it would be partnering with major nonfungible token, or NFT, marketplaces including OpenSea, KnownOrigin, and SuperRare to allow users to verify the authenticity of the digital content. Adobe’s Content Credentials can add an NFT creator’s wallet address and social media information to the metadata of tokens listed on the marketplace. "This partnership furthers our commitment to empowering users with more tools as we collectively rethink how we …