NFT data
1. NFT total market value: 43.826 billion US dollars
NFT total market value, market value ranking of the top ten projects Data source: Coinmarketcap
2. 24-hour NFT trading volume: 4.261 billionUS dollars
NFT total market value, market value ranking of the top ten projects Data source: Coinmarketcap
3. Top NFTs in 24 hours
The top ten NFTs with the highest sales growth in 24 hours Data source: NFTGO
Headlines
There are only about 4 days left before the Bitcoin block reward is halved
On April 16, according to Kine Protocol, data showed that there are 574 blocks left before the Bitcoin block reward is halved, about 3 days, 19 hours and 46 minutes.
It is reported that the decentralized derivatives trading platform Kine protocol Welfare Center 2.0 is coming, with multiple rights and challenges to win the highest reward of 6600USDT.
NFT hot spots
1. The floor price of Bored Ape Yacht Club has fallen to 11.079 ETH
Golden Finance reported that the market shows that the floor price of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) has fallen to 11.079 ETH (about 33,924 US dollars), a decrease of 92% from its historical high.
2.Bitcoin Layer 2 project Bitlayer announced the launch of the official NFT Lucky Helmet
On April 16, to celebrate the launch of the mainnet, Bitcoin Layer 2 project Bitlayer announced the launch of the official NFT Lucky Helmet, with a total of 5,000 pieces, and plans to open casting from 10:00 on May 4, 2024 to 10:00 on May 5, 2024 (UTC).
Bitlayer Lucky Helmet holders will enjoy priority governance rights, potential token airdrops, and points and multiple multiplication rights in subsequent official activities. Lucky Helmet adopts a new paradigm for Bitcoin NFT asset casting: minted on Bitcoin, freely and efficiently circulated on Bitlayer, and supports users to use cross-chain functions to transfer it back to Bitcoin Layer 1. All NFTs will be distributed to Bitcoin evangelists and active participants in the community in the form of whitelists. Community users can actively participate in a series of official activities launched by Bitlayer from April 15 to May 1, including activities released with platforms such as OKX Wallet and Galxe, and have the opportunity to obtain whitelists.
DeFi Hotspots
1. DEX Drift on Solana plans to airdrop 100 million DRIFT tokens
Golden Finance reported that the Drift website and people familiar with the matter revealed that the Solana-based decentralized exchange Drift protocol plans to launch the DRIFT governance token and airdrop assets to users within a few weeks and establish a token-based governance structure. The new token follows a three-month points plan, and most of the 100 million tokens airdropped this time will flow to long-term users of Drift.
In DRIFT's token economic model, 10% of the total supply of DRIFT will be allocated to users, 22% to venture investors, 43% of tokens will be used for ecosystem development (which may include trading rewards, liquidity incentives and future airdrops), and 25% of tokens are reserved for protocol development paid to Drift contributors.
2. Arbitrum Ecosystem DEX CVEX Completes $7 Million in Financing
Golden Finance reported that Arbitrum Ecosystem DEX Crypto Valley Exchange (CVEX) completed $7 million in financing, led by Fabric Ventures and Kyber Capital Crypto Fund, with participation from AMDAX, Wave Digital, Funfair Ventures, Seier Capital Family Office, Five T Group and Saxon. The funds will be used to launch its decentralized exchange (DEX) mainnet this summer.
3. DePIN project SendingNetwork raises $7.5 million in financing
Golden Finance reported that the DePIN project SendingNetwork has raised $7.5 million in a round of seed extension financing. Several investors including Nomad Capital, Symbolic Capital, Web3.com Ventures, Galxe, SWC Global, Balaji Srinivasan and Yield Guild Games co-founder Gabby Dizon joined this round of financing. Following a seed round of financing of $12.5 million at the beginning of last year, this seed extension financing brings SendingNetwork's total funding to $20 million.
Sending Network is also building SendingMe, a decentralized application that combines chat, social and transactions, allowing users to control their own social layer. Sending Network expects to launch multiple test networks this year and launch the main network in the first quarter of 2025.
4. Ethereum's first decentralized ZK Proof verification layer Aligned Layer completed a $2.6 million seed round of financing, led by Lemniscap
Golden Finance reported that Ethereum's first decentralized ZK Proof verification layer Aligned Layer, powered by Eigen Layer, completed a $2.6 million seed round of financing, led by Lemniscap, with participation from Bankless Ventures and Paper Ventures Sreeram Kannan, Brandon Kase, Daniel Lubarov, DCbuilder, Chainyoda, Weikeng Chen, Sami BENYAKOUB (samnode_), Peter Fittin (SizeChad) and Lucas Kozinski, as well as strategic investments from StarkWare and O(1)Labs. The funds will be used to expand the team and accelerate the launch of the Aligned Layer mainnet, which is scheduled to launch in the second quarter of 2024.
5. Paradigm has open-sourced the OPStack-compatible testnet Rollup Reth Alphanet
Golden Finance reported that Paradigm announced the open source of Reth AlphaNet, an OP Stack-compatible test network designed to maximize Reth performance and promote cutting-edge research experiments in Ethereum.
AlphaNet is a testnet that does not hold assets of real value. It implements 3 unique EIPs and is committed to breaking the performance barrier of 1 Gigagas per second. The project is built on Reth instead of forking it. The Reth SDK allows extreme customization of nodes without forking nodes. AlphaNet's short-term goal is to test Reth performance, and its long-term goal is to work with the community to promote the expansion of Ethereum and its L2 ecosystem.
Metaverse Hotspots
1.Meta launches educational metaverse for children aged 13 and above
Golden Finance reported that Meta announced on April 15 that the company is introducing its enterprise-level virtual headset Quest service into the education field and launching an educational metaverse for children aged 13 and above. It is reported that the names and details of the relevant new products will be announced in the "coming months" and are expected to be fully launched by the end of 2024.
Disclaimer: As a blockchain information platform, Golden Finance publishes articles for information reference only and is not intended as actual investment advice. Please establish a correct investment concept and be sure to increase risk awareness.