NFT Update: Former OpenSea exec sentenced to 3 months; Rarible continuing to support royalties; plus Market Data
1 min read · 23 Aug 2023
Kjetil Golid, 'Archetype #215', courtesy of Curated.
News
- Former OpenSea executive Nate Chastain has been sentenced to three months in prison over insider trading of NFTs in 2021.
- NFT marketplace Rarible has announced it will no longer aggregate orders from OpenSea, LooksRare, and X2Y2 due to their royalties’ policies.
- NFT investment fund Curated has added Archetype #215 by Kjetil Golid to its collection. The NFT was part of the 3AC collection auctioned at Sotheby’s.
- Crypto lending platform Maple Finance has raised $5m in funding.
Data
- The Top 3 NFT Sales over the past 24 hours were Otherdeed #104 for 155 ETH ($249k), CryptoPunk #4722 for 61 ETH ($100k), and CryptoPunk #1408 for 55 ETH ($91k).
- The Top 3 NFT Collections by Volume over the past 24 hours were Bored Ape Yacht Club with $2.5m (-48%), DeGods with $911k (+47%), and Mutant Ape Yacht Club with $760k (- 34%).
- The Top 3 NFT Marketplaces by Volume over the past 24 hours were Blur with $6.4m (- 20%), OpenSea with $3.2m (+37%), and Immutable X Marketplace with $620k (+57%).
- The Total Crypto Market Capitalisation is $1.09t, a 0% change over the past 24 hours.