NFT Update: Nifty's shuts down; Base launching August 9; plus $433k CryptoPunk

NFT Update: Nifty's shuts down; Base launching August 9; plus $433k CryptoPunk

1 min read  ·  03 Aug 2023

Coinbase's layer-2, Base, goes live August 9.

Coinbase's layer-2, Base, goes live August 9.

News

  1. NFT platform Nifty’s has shut down as of today.
  2. Coinbase is launching its Ethereum layer-2 network Base in public on August 9.
  3. Zero-knowledge start-up zkPass has raised $2.5m in a seed funding round.
  4. NFT gas usage on Ethereum has hit a two-year low, according to data from analytics platform Glassnode.
  5. CryptoPunk #6634 was purchased for 235 ETH ($433k).

Data

  1. The Top 3 NFT Sales over the past 24 hours were CryptoPunk #6634 for 235 ETH ($433k), CryptoPunk #819 for 92 ETH ($170k), and CryptoPunk #7049 for 75 ETH ($138k).
  2. The Top 3 NFT Collections by Volume over the past 24 hours were Bored Ape Yacht Club with $3.2m (-10%), Mutant Ape Yacht Club with $1.4m (-28%), and Gods Unchained with $554k (-40%).
  3. The Top 3 NFT Marketplaces by Volume over the past 24 hours were Blur with $7.6m (-13%), OpenSea with $2.3m (-17%), and Immutable X Marketplace with $646k (-34%).
  4. The Total Crypto Market Capitalisation is $1.22t, a 0% change over the past 24 hours.

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