NFT & Gaming Weekly: Crypto.com x Unstoppable Domains Drop, Send it NFTs Top Sales

Crypto.com and Unstoppable Domains offer premium Web3 domains. Send it NFTs minted by Solana’s Blinks top NFT sales. Mocaverse launches MOCA airdrop.

Quick Take

• Weekly Trend: On 4 July, Send it minted 100,000 NFTs on Solana in under ten hours using Blinks. The collection reached number one by 24-hour sales volume at US$1.37 million and entered the top ten weekly collections. 
• Top Crypto.com NFT Drops: Exclusive Premium Web3 Domain Drop, The Tactical Gear Depot, Lucid Dreams
• Notable NFT News: Crypto.com and Unstoppable Domains offer premium Web3 domains; Unstoppable Domains partners with Pudgy Penguins for Web3 access; Notcoin, 1inch, and Sign launch Triangle accelerator; Cardano enhances NFT and AMM with CIP25; Attack on Titan joins The Sandbox metaverse.

Chart of the Week

Send it, an NFT community on Solana, launched a free mint of 100,000 NFTs on 4 July. The collection was fully minted directly on X in less than ten hours using Blinks, a new Solana feature enabling users to perform blockchain transactions on any platform capable of displaying a URL. Send it topped NFT collection sales on 11 July with $1,373,441 in sales and made it to the top ten NFT collections by sales volume this week at $2,218,399. Over 12,000 unique wallets participated in the mint, with each NFT serving as a raffle ticket for 6.9 SOL and qualifying holders for future drops.

The following table shows selected top games by weekly volume in USD:

Gaming Token Performance

The total market cap for gaming tokens now stands at $21.69 billion, decreasing by +2.65% from last week.

News Highlights

• Crypto.com and Unstoppable Domains have partnered to offer 200 premium Web3 domains priced between $20 and $10,000 in a July sale. These blockchain-based domains provide full ownership rights and support native crypto payments. Additionally, Unstoppable Domains has teamed up with Pudgy Penguins to enable access to Pudgy World using .pudgy Web3 domains, offering single sign-on capabilities and enhancing user privacy and autonomy. 
• Mocaverse, the membership NFT collection for the Animoca Brands ecosystem, led NFT metaverse collections with a 49% share of the trading volume in Q2 2024, amounting to $21 million. On 11 July, Mocaverse’s MOCA airdrop went live, enabling Moca NFT and Moca ID holders to claim and stake their tokens for additional rewards. 
• Notcoin, 1inch, and Sign launched Triangle, a startup accelerator to support the development of consumer apps and enhance Telegram and TON ecosystems. The programme aims to improve TON UX, create ‘tap-to-earn’ mini-apps, and bridge Web2 and Web3 applications.
• Cardano introduced CIP25 metadata validation, enhancing NFT and AMM functionality by enabling dynamic interactions without centralised servers. Additionally, it has implemented the Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC), promoting interoperability with other blockchains and supporting Ethereum-compatible dapps.
• The hit anime series Attack on Titan is coming to the metaverse via The Sandbox, featuring NFTs and immersive environments. Kodansha Ltd., the renowned Japanese publishing company behind the series, has approved this collaboration. Fans can expect a LAND sale and interactive experiences that bring the series’ dystopian world to life.

Recent Research Reports

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• New Ethereum Layer-2s: Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) networks have surged in activity, now accounting for approximately 90% of all transactions on the Ethereum network, up from 77% before the Dencun upgrade. This report explores the new Ethereum L2 landscape by examining the following projects: Cronos zkEVM, Taiko, Morph, Blast, Reya, and MegaETH.

Recent University Articles

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