NFT & Crypto Updates

🖼 'Final Fantasy' Maker Square Enix Teams With Animoca for Ethereum NFT Game Square Enix, the video game giant behind the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts franchises, announced Monday that it has signed a collaboration agreement with prominent metaverse investment firm and crypto game publisher Animoca Brands. The firms will work together to expand the game publisher’s Ethereum NFT game Symbiogenesis to a broader global audience. Specifically, Animoca’s newly established subsidiary, Animoca Brands Japan, will work with Square Enix on combined marketing efforts, including collaborations with some of the 400+ projects in Animoca’s portfolio. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

💰 Polygon NFT Activity Rebounds in April, Driven by Dew NFT activity on Polygon has gained traction in April. CryptoSlam data shows that the number of unique buyers of Polygon-based NFTs surged on April 18 to the highest level since June 2023. Over 36,000 NFT purchases were recorded on that day. Polygon ranks fourth among blockchain networks by NFT trading volume after Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana. As we reported via X, Dune data compiled by Sealaunch shows that Polygon NFT sales maintained above $1 million for seven consecutive days to April 18. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 NFT scam in India sees 71-year-old digital artist losing money in bogus platform fees According to a local report, Shivaprasad R (name changed), a practicing chartered accountant (CA), lost INR 1.58 lakhs (approximately $1895) in fees to the scammers who promised to buy out his art. Shivaprasad is a professional artist whose work has been featured in several local exhibitions and posted on Instagram and Facebook. In October 2023, the scammers, claiming to be an “NFT art dealer,” introduced the artist to a platform dubbed nfttradeplace.com. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Damien Hirst Launches Chainlink Price Index for NFT Project Damien Hirst’s first non-fungible token (NFT) collection is getting a dedicated price index courtesy of Chainlink, a crypto network and data provider. When Hirst – the British artist best known for wildly expensive works involving taxidermied sharks and diamond-studded skulls – released “The Currency” last year, the project took most of its cues from other popular NFT collections. Like CryptoPunks or the Bored Ape Yacht Club, “The Currency” consists of 10,000 images with slight variations. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Telegram Plans to Transform Stickers and Emojis as NFTs on TON Telegram, the popular instant-messaging platform, announces its plan to tokenize stickers and emojis, transforming them into NFTs on the TON blockchain. This move follows Telegram’s recent tokenization of usernames and anonymous numbers, which allowed users to claim up to 95% of sales revenue. By extending tokenization to stickers and emojis, Telegram aims to further integrate the app with the TON blockchain, leveraging its scalability and further provide communication solutions to its expansive user base. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Crypto Trading Game Banksters Concludes Airdropped NFT Contest With Its Mainnet Launch The educational NFT-based crypto trading game Banksters has celebrated the upcoming launch of its Mainnet with a new airdrop that rewards its most active and best performing players. The event ran from April 3 to April 17, and ended up with the 1,000 highest-rated Banksters’ players receiving an airdropped NFT showcasing various traits and levels of rarity. The NFTs were valued at a combined 100,000 USDT. ‘ Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 ASX Capital Introduces Private NFT Treasury Bonds on Core Chain ASX Capital is pleased to announce the launch of the first private NFT treasury bonds sale on the Core blockchain. The proceeds from this sale will be strategically invested in Commercial Real Estate across the United States. In March, ASX Capital introduced its treasury bond to the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector. The initiative is designed to bolster ASX liquidity, augment investment funds, and enhance transaction volumes. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 SBI Group to Unveil NFTs on XRP Ledger for World Expo 2025 in Japan Japan’s SBI Group has announced plans to issue non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the XRP Ledger for the upcoming World Expo 2025 in Osaka. SBI Group is a financial service conglomerate based in Japan. Using Ripple’s XRP Ledger, SBI will create and distribute visitor NFTs featuring MYAKU-MYAKU, the official character of the Expo. Attendees can obtain these digital collectibles by participating in Expo activities and utilizing the Expo mobile app. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Maison Margiela Launches Public Mint For MetaTABI NFT Collection The MetaTABI collection offers a unique blend of physical and digital experiences, catering specifically to Maison Margiela’s clientele. Developed in partnership with digital fashion house The Fabricant, the NFT launch plays on the concept of “phygital”—wherein physical products exist alongside a digital twin, typically either in the metaverse or on the blockchain. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Blur remained top NFT marketplace in Q1 as Magic Eden surged last month Blur remained the leading non-fungible token marketplace in the first quarter of this year with $1.5 billion in NFT trading volume. However, Magic Eden gained market share in March, with its trading volume for all NFTs surpassing Blur's. For the entire first quarter, Blur recorded $1.5 billion in trading volume for all NFTs, the highest among all marketplaces, giving it a market share of 27.6% for the period, up from 24.9% in the previous quarter, according to a CoinGecko report. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News