New Project Spotlight
NFT Collectibles
[COMING SOON] ‘76ers Heritage – Heart of Philly’ is a project by the Philadelphia 76ers, a top NBA team with three World Championships to its name. This drop commemorates the journey that brought the team to the global stage. The collection goes live on Crypto.com NFT on 6 April.
[COMING SOON] ‘YUROSAKO – OG Collection’ is a project by team Yurosako that’s based on the work of anime artist Mariam Hamdan. Dropping on 10 April on Crypto.com NFT, it features masks of an elite group of soldiers who will fight in an upcoming battle.
Blockchain Games
[LIVE] D.G.Pals released the latest update of DGP: Legends. The update includes a user interface revamp, balancing changes, and more DGPals playable in Legends. The team is also developing several new features, such as special edition egg types and a Player versus Environment (PvE) mode.
[LIVE] CroSkull released new Dragon Eggs in its item shop. The SkullDragons have six different traits and one special trait. The special trait is only associated with Legendary Dragons, of which there are eight in total.
NFT Metrics
The following table shows select top collections (by weekly sales volume on each platform) and a sample of their art:
Blockchain Game Metrics
The following table shows select top games by weekly Unique Active Wallets (UAW):
Gaming Token Performance
The total market cap for gaming tokens now stands at US$9.83 billion, down -4% from last week.
News Highlights
- Fashion company Gucci is partnering with Yuga Labs to bring luxury digital fashion into the metaverse. The companies plan to collaborate within Yuga Labs’ Otherside metaverse and its 10KTF collection, as well as explore joint opportunities between Web3 fashion and entertainment.
- Art Blocks, one of the leading generative art NFT projects, has launched its own NFT marketplace with enforced creator royalties. The marketplace lets art collectors browse listed NFTs across all existing Art Blocks collections, including those aggregated from other platforms like OpenSea and X2Y2.
- Square Enix has announced a set of collectible trading cards to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Final Fantasy VII. Each card pack contains six physical cards and one digital exchange card that can be redeemed for an NFT.
- Ticketmaster has debuted NFT-gated ticket sales, starting with the metal band Avenged Sevenfold. The new NFT ticketing feature allows artists to offer NFT holders special access to concerts and events.
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