NFT & GameFi Weekly (30/09/2022)

Apple now allows apps to sell NFTs in its App Store. OpenSea adds support for Optimism. PUBG creator announces a new blockchain metaverse game.

Key Takeaways

• Apple will allow apps to sell NFTs on its App Store. Current app developers can sell NFTs and new apps can also incorporate NFTs within them. Apple will take a 30% cut of each transaction.
• Leading NFT marketplace OpenSea added support for the layer-2 scaling solution Optimism on 28 September. OpenSea specifically onboarded popular Optimism-backed NFT projects, including Apetimism, Bored Town, MotorHeadz, and OptiChads.
• PUBG creator Brendan Greene announced a new blockchain metaverse game. The new game is named Artemis, and will be a virtual metaverse with an AI population, where players can trade NFTs. PUBG is one of the most popular games on Steam with a devoted legion of fans.
• X2Y2 recorded a -13% decrease in sales and a -15% decrease in transactions. Meanwhile, OpenSea‘s sales were positive at +23% and its transaction count also increased +31%.
• The total market cap for GameFi tokens now stands at US$8.44 billion, down -4% from last week.

Crypto.com NFT in the Spotlight

• Tero Labs partnered with Crypto.com NFT to launch a new NFT collection: “Rough Diamonds”. It features 1,111 limited-edition NFTs representing the most gifted next-generation Brazilian football stars.
• Bandanaboi’s “PHAZES” is a collection of 100 unique digital artworks living on the Crypto.org Chain. Each artwork is related to an emotion that the artist was experiencing on a given day. Some pieces are fun, whereas others are introspective. The collection will be expanded in 3 seasons.
• “Lords Of The Lands” is a decentralised metaverse of a futuristic medieval era, and the first metaverse to be available on the Web, iOS, Android, and virtual reality apps. It consists of 2,000 unique “Lord” NFTs that are virtual reality-ready avatars that can be coupled with a “LadyLord” to breed a GenX LOL.

NFT Highlights

• Meta opens NFT sharing on Instagram and Facebook to all US users
• Someone just paid US$4.5M for a CryptoPunks Ethereum NFT despite bear market
• Universal Studios announces NFT scavenger hunt for Halloween
• Italian Serie A soccer team AC Milan to launch NFT initiative
• Christie’s goes fully on-chain with NFT marketplace launch
• Fortress Blockchain Technologies joins forces with Google Cloud to launch private data storage for NFTs

GameFi Highlights

• Nifty News: Napoleon Dynamite cast reunites in Web3 animated series, Sega’s blockchain game and more
• AXA Hong Kong partners with The Sandbox to become first insurer in Hong Kong to enter metaverse
• YGG partners with the Kapital DAO, leading provider of Web3 gaming asset management tech, to superscale operations
• Mirandus: open world MMORPG finally in Web3

NFT Transaction Benchmark

The following chart shows select top NFTs and their historical floor prices:

Top Collections

The following table shows select top creators (by sales volume on each platform) and a sample of their art:

GameFi Top Gainers & Losers

Top Games Metrics

Daily Gamers by Blockchain

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