Key Takeaways

• The overall sales of major non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces decreased by -10% last week. Nifty Gateway recorded a -52% decrease in sales and a -64% decrease in the number of transactions.

• The NFT Hub launched on FT.com yesterday. This collaboration between Crypto.com and the Commercial Department of the Financial Times offers in-depth insights into the NFT market.

• Malicious actors are targeting NFT communities on Discord. Animoca Brands is compensating victims for their loss in a fraudulent NFT sale on the Phantom Galaxies Discord; the incident was orchestrated by hackers on 26 November. 

• The metaverses have recently recorded big sales activities in virtual lands. A plot of Genesis Land was sold for $2.5M on Axie Infinity last week. Just before last week, Metaverse Group purchased a real estate property on Decentraland for $2.4M; the group plans to use the newly bought asset to host fashion shows.

Crypto.com NFT in the spotlight

• The Honda's Helmets drop is on. The drop accompanies lucky draws, and one lucky winner will receive $5,000 worth of CRO.

• Crypto.com NFT has added new filtering features on marketplaces. The ‘Lowest Price (Buy)’ and  ‘Highest Price (Buy)’ filters will assist customers to find their perfect NFTs on Crypto.com.

Highlights

• NFT and crypto communities facing malware campaign on Discord

• Animoca to repay users 265 ETH stolen in fake NFT drop Discord hack

• Axie Infinity plot sells for $2.5M

• Decentraland virtual land plot sells for record $2.43M

• Adidas partners with Coinbase, obtains Sandbox land

• Ethereum (ETH) receives first NFT from Cosmos-based blockchain

• Christie’s partners with OpenSea to hold curated NFT auctions

• Rarible adds messenger feature to Ethereum NFT marketplace

• Ethereum stored algorithm NFT sells for $10,000

• Banksy’s most critically important and politically charged artworks ‘Commemorating September 11’ is being auctioned as an NFT

• Macy’s launches Ethereum NFT collection based on Thanksgiving day parade

• AMC and Sony to offer NFTs to people who buy advance Spider-Man tickets

• Linkin Park frontman Mike Shinoda to launch music NFTs on Tezos

• Napoleon Bonaparte’s physical objects to go up for sale as NFTs on Thursday

• Bundesliga inks two-year NFT deal, waits for NFT market to mature

* OpenSea, NBATopShot, and Rarible data were collected from DappRadar

* MakerPlace data were obtained from NonFungible.com

* Solanart data from Solanart.io

* Nifty Gateway data from data mining in Cryptoartpulse.com

* MakerPlace drop data from NonFungible.com

* Collectibles data from CryptoSlam.io

Top Artists

The following table shows top artists (by primary sales volume on each platform) and their art samples.

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