NFT & Gaming — 🆕 Loaded Lion: Mane City introduced Season 3; Cronos and ChainGPT partnered to power scalable AI and NFT solutions

LoadedLions: Mane City introduced Season 3. OpenSea launched Solana token trading. Magic Eden acquired the crypto trading app Slingshot.

Quick Take

• Loaded Lion: Mane City introduced Season 3 with the launch of the Fractured Fate NFT collection.
• Cronos and ChainGPT partnered to power scalable AI and NFT solutions.
• OpenSea launched Solana token trading.
• Magic Eden acquired the crypto trading app, Slingshot.
• Immutable plans to merge its original Immutable X network with its newer Immutable zkEVM Layer-2 blockchain.
• Gaming platform Immutable plans to merge the Immutable X and Immutable zkEVM networks.
• Aavegotchi NFT gaming community voted to migrate from Polygon to Base.
• CryptoPunk #3100 marked a US$10 million loss in the recent sale.

News Highlights

• Loaded Lion: Mane City introduced Season 3 with the launch of the Fractured Fate NFT collection, which includes 25,000 plots across seven regions, enhancing gameplay with new territories and strategic depth.
• OpenSea introduced Solana token trading, allowing users to trade Solana-based tokens such as dogwifhat and Fartcoin. This feature is currently available to a select group of beta users, with plans to add Solana NFT support in the near future. 
• Solana NFT marketplace Magic Eden acquired crypto trading app Slingshot to expand beyond NFTs and provide a platform for trading all assets across different blockchains.
• Cronos, an EVM-compatible blockchain, and ChainGPT, an AI-powered blockchain infrastructure, announced a strategic partnership to power scalable AI solutions. The collaboration enables ChainGPT to enhance its AI NFT Generator and support low-cost, scalable NFTs.
• Immutable, an Ethereum gaming platform, plans to merge its original Immutable X network with its newer Immutable zkEVM Layer-2 blockchain by late 2025. This move aims to unify the company’s gaming ecosystem and create a single chain for Web3 gaming.
• The Aavegotchi NFT gaming community voted to migrate from Polygon to Base. The decision comes amid a downturn in the NFT market and a desire to consolidate liquidity and attention among Ethereum rollups. The migration is expected to take four to six weeks and will involve the 1:1 minting of Aavegotchi assets on Base.
• CryptoPunks NFT collection is experiencing a decline in value. The recent sale of CryptoPunk #3100 for 4,000 ETH ($6.08 million) reflects a $10 million loss from its original purchase price.

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