OpenSea breaks daily sales volume record at $261M. Lega Serie A – first football league to enter NFT world.
Jan 19, 2022
Key Takeaways
Upstart NFT marketplaceLooksRare challenges OpenSea’s dominance, transacting over $1B in sales volume within a week after debuting. It aims to compete with OpenSea by offering trading rewards to incentivise customers. However, reports suggest that some traders are manipulating LooksRare’s token-based rewards system via wash trading. This brings the long-term sustainability of its model to question
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OpenSea’s record-high daily volume is $261M on 16 January 2022. The platform surpassed $3.5B in monthly Ether trading volume, setting new all-time high. OpenSea recorded a +150% increase in sales and a -2% increase in transactions. NBA Top Shot recorded a -2% increase in sales and a +36% increase in transactions.
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Lega Serie A is the first football league entering the NFT world on the occasion of the TIMVision Cup 2021. It presents another historical drop, celebrating the 2022 ‘Supercoppa FRECCIAROSSA’, played between FC Inter and Juventus Football Club on 12 January 2022.
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* Week-on-Week (WoW) % change is calculated based on the differences between two subsequent 7-day periods * Transaction count refers to the number of traders of the 7-day period * LooksRare launched since 10 January
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