CryptoSlam

DefiLlama: the total value of tokens sent to the Bitcoin DeFi market surpassed $1B; CryptoSlam: daily NFT sales volume on Bitcoin beat Ethereum in early January

Muyao Shen / Bloomberg :

PitchBook estimates VC investment in the crypto industry totaled $9.5B in 2023, down 68% YoY; CryptoSlam says NFT sales fell 63% YoY to $8.7B in 2023

Hannah Miller / Bloomberg :

CryptoSlam: Ethereum NFT sales jumped from $546.9M in December 2022 to $780.2M in January 2023, well down from ~$5B in January 2022; average prices were ~$372

Medha Singh / Reuters :

CryptoSlam and Forkast.News plan to merge and become Forkast Labs, offering crypto investors news, data, and tools; both are Animoca Brands portfolio companies

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg :

CryptoSlam: NFT trading volume fell from $24M on December 20 to $12.9M on December 25, compared to $80.8M on December 22, 2021, to $64.3M on December 25, 2021

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CryptoSlam: around 95%, or $18B, of the total trading volume on NFT marketplace LooksRare are users selling tokens to earn rewards, not genuine NFT trades

A closer look at the LooksRare platform that has quickly become the leading NFT marketplace by trading volume shows that most of the activity …

NFT marketplace LooksRare has amassed $9.5B+ in trading volume since its January 10 launch; CryptoSlam: $8.3B+ is users “wash trading” between their own wallets

Andrew Hayward / Decrypt :

CryptoSlam: CryptoPunks, an NFT platform with 10K pixel portraits, crossed $1B in transaction volume, with the cheapest artwork available for sale costing $450K

CryptoSlam: CryptoPunks, an NFT platform with 10K pixel portraits, crossed $1B in transaction volume, with the cheapest artwork available for sale costing $450K

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