Microsoft acquires gaming giant Activision Blizzard for Metaverse venture. Twitter launches NFT profile picture verification.
Jan 26, 2022
Key Takeaways
On 19 January, Microsoft announced that it will acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard in a deal valued at $69B. With the deal, Microsoft says it will develop ‘building blocks for the metaverse’.
Twitter launches NFT profile picture verification on 21 January. With this adoption, users can associate their Twitter account with a connected wallet address.
Italian luxury fashion house Prada and sportswear giant Adidas will launch new NFTs on Polygon between 28 – 31 January. The collections are designed by the digital artist Zach Lieberman, and the overall sale will be donated to a charity supporting artists and creators.
LooksRare recorded a +2% increase in sales and a -30% drop in transactions. OpenSea suffered a front-end attack with the exploiter withdrawing $800K on 24 January 2022. OpenSea recorded a +10% increase in sales and a -16% drop in transactions.
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To celebrate the NBA’s 75th anniversary, the 76ers launched a new NFT collection ‘76ers Legacy 07: Our Show’ to showcase their exclusive history. The 76ers are one of the most storied franchises in the NBA, having won three World Championships, earning nine trips to The Finals and making 49 playoff appearances over 70 seasons.
Elsa Majimbo, Mohamed Kheir, and Pepijn Temming are multi-award-winning designers in comedy, design, and architecture. Their latest NFT collection, ’The Alphabet’, brings to life the foundational building blocks of our stories – letters.
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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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