Sotheby's Metaverse has sold over $13,52 million worth of NFT artwork and crypto collectibles on its first day of auctions. This and more news can be found in this handy daily digest to keep you up to date with the latest developments in the crypto world.
Bitcoin and Blockchain Adoption
📍Web3 game developers protest for Valve Corporation to accept blockchain and NFT-based video games. American video game corporation Valve Corporation is receiving dozens of requests and complaints from Web3 game developers such as Enjin, Fight for the Future, Blockchain Game Alliance (BGA) and many others who want the corporation to lift its ban on games based on blockchain and NFTs. Blockchain game developers have sent out various letters Valve Corporation noted that these games can improve the user experience in an unprecedented way, thanks to the potential of the blockchain. Web3 games make use of metaverses and DAOs, which provide new economic value opportunities for users and creators.
In total, 26 Web3 and blockchain video game developers and companies have now approached Valve Corporation to lift its ban on these games on the Steam platform. All of those who have asked the corporation to reconsider its decision point out that blockchain games are the future of this multi-billion dollar industry.
📍The blockchain ecosystem in Argentina continues its growth and development. UdeSA Blockchain Lab, the university blockchain center developed by the University of San Andrés in Argentina, is opening its doors to promote education and training on this powerful technology and innovation. Recently, the blockchain lab held an open talk with the participation of several important personalities from the industry in the region.
Representatives of the Stellar Development Foundation, the organization that developed the Stellar scalability blockchain and the XLM cryptocurrency, which has appreciated in value, also participated in the talk. 360% in the last year.
NFT and DeFi Markets
📍Rare Pepe inspired by Andreas Antonopoulos sold for over $3 million at Sotheby's Metaverse. the first market NFT British auction house Sotheby's has auctioned off the most expensive NFT from the Rare Pepe collection so far. It is the token inspired by the bitcoin writer and evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos. The “Pepenopoulos” NFT token was sold on the Sotheby's Metaverse platform for 3,65 million.
One of the NFTs in the collection Bored Ape Yacht Club sold for $3,4 million, making it the second most expensive NFT ever auctioned on Sotheby's NFT marketplace. Also, a digital certificate that is one of the first blockchain-based artworks sold for $1,53 million on Sotheby's Metaverse. In total, the NFT marketplace has auctioned more than 13,5 million in works of art and crypto-collectibles NFTs.
📍Immunefi closes $5,5 million in funding round. With the participation of companies such as Electric Capital, Blueprint Forest, Framework Ventures, Bitscale Capital, IDEO Colab, The LAO, and several others, Inmunefi closed its initial funding round with a total of $5,5 million. The first two investor companies were the ones that co-led the funding round. The creators of Inmunefi pointed out that the bug bounty platform DeFi will use the funds to scale its services and incentivize bug detection within the decentralized financial ecosystem.
Mitchell Amador, Founder and CEO of Immunefi said The Block Research said the company will focus on developing cutting-edge tools that efficiently detect vulnerabilities within the DeFi ecosystem and respond in a timely manner to the needs of this emerging blockchain industry.
Development and Technology
📍Adobe, the American software company, is joining NFT platforms to guarantee the authenticity of these tokens. According to the company, its alliance with non-fungible token markets and platforms such as Rarible, OpenSea, SuperRare and KnownOrigin will allow NFT creators to demonstrate the authenticity of their tokens and creations, through security, protection, verification and certification filters. Adobe will provide identity and certification tools to NFT markets and platforms to provide credentials to their users, which will help and facilitate the certification of their works and content, demonstrating ownership over them in an easy and reliable way.
“We have partnered with NFT marketplaces KnownOrigin, OpenSea, Rarible, and SuperRare to display content credentials, allowing collectors to see if the wallet used to create an asset was actually the same one used to mint it.”, the company said in its statement.
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