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A new study from Chainalysis shows that a small portion of participants reap most of the gains.
From their report:
- Investing frequently in a wide array of collections appears to lead to the highest profits
- Whitelisting - the practice of allowing a certain set of followers or others to purchase new NFTs at a much lower price than other users during minting events - helps those people significantly
- Users who make the whitelist and later sell their newly-minted NFT gain a profit 75.7% of the time, versus just 20.8% for users who do so without being whitelisted
Chainalysis cites Opensea data which suggests it's nearly impossible to reap outsized returns on minting purchases without being whitelisted.
The report also states:
"We also see possible evidence of the use of bots by investors looking to purchase during minting events, which could shut out less sophisticated users, and even result in failed transactions that cost them in fees."
You'll find a report preview on the Chainalysis blog.
The Magic Sidebar
We swear that Tony Dinh makes more improvements to Twitter than they do themselves!
Here's another tool from his growing line at BlackMagic.
The Magic Sidebar has a multitude of useful features including:
- Tweet inspirations
- Bookmark your favorite people
- Highlight notifications from people you follow
- Set reminders for a user or a tweet
- Steal the best tweets from anyone:)
- Compare your tweet performance
There are plans to make Magic Sidebar a paid product, but it's free while in beta.
You'll find the early bird pricing here.
Want a demo? Tony posted a bunch in this Twitter thread.
Flipping WordPress
Are you in the market to buy or sell a WordPress business?
We discovered a private acquisition marketplace for WordPress businesses called FlipWP.
FlipWP gives buyers access to the latest WordPress acquisition opportunities by signing up to receive their email listings. You'll also get direct access to owners - with no middlemen - for a membership fee of $299 per annum.
Sellers can list for free and there is no exclusivity obligation: If you sell to a member on the site, they charge you a 1% success fee.
FlipWP is a unique platform in the WordPress community.
If you've got a bunch of WP plugins lying around or a WordPress startup you want to quit, then this platform might be what you're looking for.
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🔷 Selling 250,000 NFTs: Last weekend, Murat Pak completed the largest primary sale by a living artist in history when he sold 266,855 pieces for between $400 and $525 each. The final number was at least $106 million. See more on Nifty Gateway. (That's what you call a good weekend).
🔷 An ETF for NFTs: Defiance ETF, a thematic ETF based in New York, has launched a first-of-its-kind ETF focused on Non-Fungible Tokens. The ETF will go by the ticker $NFTZ, and will support creators' efforts by bringing new funding to the ecosystem and educating investors on the ins and outs of the technology. (NGL: The headline for this article is a torment).
🔷 Is it art?: Dot art domain names became publicly available in 2017, but the pace of sales has picked up in 2021. It seems .art is following the upward NFT curve. Yinan Wang owns NFTart.com and has received 6 figure offers for the name since he acquired it.
🔷 No one is commenting: Several venture groups are considering buying into the Polygon project, which is built atop the Ethereum blockchain. That a collection of investors is looking to buy tokens isn’t a shock per se, but is indication that crypto really has moved from fringe to the center of the venture capital world. The investors are looking to purchase tokens worth $50 million to $150 million, sources said.
🔷 Reimagining NFTs: Sports-card pioneer Karvin Cheung is linking NFTs to physical products on his new platform, the Grid. People can buy NFTs of sports memorabilia, (like an NBA jersey) accrue points through trading and selling those NFTs, and wind up with the real jersey. Fast Company.
🔷 Bye bye weed tax: San Francisco is suspending its Cannabis Business Tax to help legal cannabis operations compete with the prices of illegal dealers. (Plus, your local weed dispensary probably has free delivery so there's a convenience factor involved).
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