Key Takeaways

• South Korean tech giant Samsung announces an NFT platform for smart TVs. Upcoming Samsung smart TVs will have a built-in platform where users can browse, buy, and sell NFTs.

• Award-winning rapper Eminem has joined the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), purchasing one of the apes for 123.45 ETH, nearly $462,000.

• Square Enix CEO Yosuke Matsuda reveals plans for blockchain, metaverse, and NFTs. Square Enix is the company behind the Final Fantasy video game series, one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time. 

• OpenSea recorded a +2% increase in sales and a +23% increase in transactions. NBA Top Shot recorded a -12% decrease in sales and a-12% decrease in transactions.

Crypto.com NFT in the spotlight

• Mike Rashid King is an American entrepreneur, fitness & lifestyle enthusiast, professional boxer, and thought leader. The ‘Mike Rashid King Collection’ chronicle's the King's path throughout his storybook journey. Protecting and guiding his people, he must push them past their limits and towards glory.

• ‘Endless Emotion’, a collection of 7 pieces from Sergi Tugas, chronicles the beauty within embracing the uncertainties and instabilities of life. Sergi Tugas is a digital artist from Barcelona, Spain. Specializing in different techniques, including surrealism and concept art, he has consistently produced unconventional and stunning forms of NFT artwork that capture raw emotions and true feelings.

Highlights

• Ferrari enters the NFT universe by partnering with Swiss blockchain developer

• BlockbusterDAO wants to raise $5M in NFT sales to buy the defunct video brand

• Twitch co-founder's gaming-focused NFT platform Fractal officially launches

• OpenSea freezes $2.2M of stolen Bored Apes

• Space Pods: A stunning way to show off your NFTs in the Metaverse

• NFTs find true utility with the advent of the Metaverse in 2021

• Vitalik Buterin admits: I completely missed NFTs despite predicting DeFi

• EMURGO’s soon-to-launch NFT marketplace on Cardano opens registration for artists

• New ProShares Metaverse ETF to track Apple, Meta, Nvidia

• NFT project takes prime Hong Kong ad spot in Central as crypto firms test residents’ appetite for blockchain assets

• Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou latest celebrity to issue NFTs, selling 10,000 ‘digital bears’ designed by his fashion brand

* OpenSea and NBATopShot data from DappRadar

* MakerPlace data from NonFungible.com

* Solanart data from Solanart.io

* 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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