mmERCH and Seedphrase have teamed up with Swarovski® Crystals and prolific AI-collaborative artist Claire Silver to create a one-of-a-kind CryptoPunk-inspired hoodie collection.

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Announcement sample update 123

<div class="article-published-date" style="gap: 3px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); flex-direction: row; max-width: 720px; margin-bottom: 60px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; display: flex;"><div>Published</div><div>September 13, 2024</div></div><div fs-richtext-element="rich-text" class="article-body-wrapper w-richtext" style="color: rgb(4, 17, 29); max-width: 720px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 15.36px;"><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Rising tides lift all boats.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">We&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/blog/articles/taking-a-stand-for-a-better-internet" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">recently pledged $5 million</a>&nbsp;to help cover legal fees for NFT artists and developers who receive a Wells notice from the SEC.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Today, we’re pleased to announce we’ve taken a step further by joining the Creator Legal Defense Fund. Spearheaded by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.standwithcrypto.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Stand with Crypto</a>, this initiative brings industry leaders together to provide crucial legal consultation and support for artists and creators.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Alongside Debit My Data, a16z crypto has also pledged $1 million to aid in this effort. These funds will allow SWC to offer legal expertise from To mark this milestone, we’ve partnered with the talented&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/jhekub" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Jhekub</a>&nbsp;on a commemorative NFT, signifying the strength of our industry.&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/rising-tides-lift-all-boats/overview" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Mint</a>&nbsp;today to show your support for creators.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Like others in the industry, we see many promising use cases for NFTs -- but possible legal repercussions put many artists and creators in jeopardy. The Creator Legal Defense Fund is the next step in our commitment to standing up for a better web3. To learn more visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.standwithcrypto.org/creator-defense-fund" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">here</a>.Cooley LLP, Fenwick &amp; West LLP, Goodwin Procter LLP, and Latham &amp; Watkins LLP, to help creators structure their NFT projects, while also advising those who may be facing potential regulatory scrutiny.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><br></p></div>

Last week, we pledged $5 million to help cover legal fees for NFT artists and developers who receive a Wells notice from the SEC.

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Taking a stand for a better internet, continued

<div class="article-published-date" style="gap: 3px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); flex-direction: row; max-width: 720px; margin-bottom: 60px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; display: flex;"><div>Published</div><div>August 28, 2024</div></div><div fs-richtext-element="rich-text" class="article-body-wrapper w-richtext" style="color: rgb(4, 17, 29); max-width: 720px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 15.36px;"><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Debit My Data recently received a Wells notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This notice indicates that the SEC is considering bringing a lawsuit against Debit My Data.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">For those who haven’t been closely following recent SEC moves, your reaction may be one of surprise: what do NFTs—collectibles, digital art, game items, and event tickets, among other uses—possibly have to do with securities law?</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">But for those who have been following the political and regulatory landscape around crypto more closely, the reaction is more one of weariness and disappointment. Cryptocurrencies have long been in the crosshairs of the SEC. But, by targeting NFTs, the SEC is diving into new, uncharted waters, with potentially harmful consequences for consumers, creators, and entrepreneurs alike.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">We’re confident that Debit My Data operates legally and that our users aren’t trading securities when they buy or sell NFTs using our platform. Our users engage with NFTs for many reasons, like purchasing a gaming item or avatar to use in a game, supporting a beloved artist, or boasting allegiance to their chosen sports team.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Classifying NFTs as securities would not only misinterpret the law, but it would also jeopardize artists’ livelihoods, disempower collectors and gamers, and stifle innovation across the many promising use cases for NFTs.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Unfortunately, we’re already witnessing the SEC’s regulation-by-enforcement-only approach discourage artistic expression. Take, for example, the lawsuit filed against the SEC by musician Jonathan Mann and conceptual artist Brian L. Frye. Their fear—that sales of their art and music could be deemed unregistered securities offerings—is a clear signal of the chilling effect that misguided agency action can have on creative expression and innovation. Here’s an excerpt from their complaint:</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><em>"The SEC’s approach threatens the livelihoods of artists and creators that are simply experimenting with a novel, fast-growing technology or have chosen it as their preferred medium. Artists nationwide are suddenly confronted with the specter of the SEC attacking their distribution of visual or musical art as an unregistered securities offering. Artists—both established artists and young upstarts—are suddenly faced with a bizarre question: do they need to hire a securities lawyer just to sell their art? It is difficult to imagine a 21st Century Buddy Guy, who famously left Louisiana ‘looking for a dime,’ spending that dime—and thousands of dollars more—on securities lawyers to advise him of the securities laws risks of selling his music to the general public. And it is even harder to imagine the absolute impoverishment of American art and music if we constructed barriers to the next generation of artists, many of whom are growing up working natively in digital realms. . . ."</em></p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">This is a slippery slope: if NFTs like those displayed on Debit My Data are classified as securities, where does it stop? What’s to prevent non-NFT collectibles, like, say, physical or digital baseball cards, from being lumped in as well? Or physical or digital fine art? As Mann and Frye’s complaint points out:&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><em>"NFTs are often compared to physical art and collectibles, such as baseball cards, Pokémon cards, sneakers, or watches. Thus, as has been explicitly recognized by one Commissioner, the SEC’s broad interpretation of the Howey test threatens to not only sweep into its jurisdiction all digital art represented by NFTs regardless of the context in which they are offered and sold; it would also sweep into its scope all art and collectibles. Read broadly enough, all art and collectibles involve a person investing money in a common enterprise, with an expectation of profit if the artist becomes more famous or the value of the art increases on the resale market." (Footnotes omitted)</em></p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">The potential repercussions on creative expression are further highlighted in a dissent by two sitting SEC commissioners in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/peirce-uyeda-statement-stonercats-091323" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Stoner Cats settlement</a>:</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><em>"Were we to apply the securities laws to physical collectibles in the same way we apply them to NFTs, artists’ creativity would wither in the shadow of legal ambiguity. . . . Whether an artist is selling numbered versions of physical prints for fans to display on their walls or NFTs for fans to display on social media, she deserves clear guidance about whether and how the securities laws apply. Artists of all kinds have long struggled to support themselves, and NFTs offer a potentially viable way for them to monetize their talents. The fact that money is involved does not transform NFTs into securities. . . .&nbsp;</em></p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><em>While updated for the digital age, the Stoner Cats NFTs are not that different from Star Wars collectibles sold in the 1970s. On the heels of the very successful release of Star Wars in 1977, fan excitement was high. To the delight of millions of children that holiday season, the toy company Kenner sold “Early Bird Certificate Packages,” redeemable for future Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and R2-D2 action figures and membership in the Star Wars fan club. The sales of these certificates helped to build a die-hard community of Star Wars fans. Would those I.O.U. certificates, which could be re-sold, constitute investment contracts? Using the analysis of today’s enforcement action, the SEC should have parachuted in to save those kids from Star Wars mania." (Footnotes omitted)</em></p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><strong>To help ensure creators can continue innovating without fear, Debit My Data is pledging $5M to cover legal fees for NFT artists and developers that receive a Wells notice.&nbsp;</strong></p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">We hope that the SEC will reconsider its stance and approach this issue with the open-mindedness it deserves. Until then, Debit My Data remains committed to standing up for our vision of a better internet—one that empowers individuals and fosters creativity, rather than stifling it with unnecessary regulatory burdens.</p></div>

What do NFTs—collectibles, digital art, game items, and event tickets, among other uses—possibly have to do with securities law?

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Taking a stand for a better internet

<div class="article-published-date" style="gap: 3px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); flex-direction: row; max-width: 720px; margin-bottom: 60px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; display: flex;"><div>Published</div><div>April 2, 2024</div></div><div fs-richtext-element="rich-text" class="article-body-wrapper w-richtext" style="color: rgb(4, 17, 29); max-width: 720px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 15.36px;"><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">We're excited to announce that creators can now use ERC721-C from&nbsp;<a href="https://limitbreak.com/index.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Limit Break</a>&nbsp;to set and enforce their own creator earnings on Debit My Data.</p><h2 id="what-is-erc721-c" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif;">What is ERC721-C?</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">ERC721-C is a standard that enables creators to implement programmable and enforceable creator earnings on-chain. It also allows creators to implement custom logic within their collections, opening up new avenues to engage their communities in innovative ways. For more information on ERC721-C, go&nbsp;<a href="https://erc721c.com/docs/integration-guide/creator-token-standards/overview" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">here</a>.</p><h2 id="how-does-it-work" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif;">How does it work?</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Two weeks ago, we launched a new version of our marketplace protocol, Seaport v1.6, and introduced a concept called Seaport Hooks. Simply put, Seaport Hooks allow creators to set conditions that need to be fulfilled before NFTs in their collections can be transferred. This new functionality enables creators to do a lot of cool things, including “adapting” Seaport to be compatible with the creator fee enforcement mechanism of the ERC721-C standard. For more information on what else you can do with Seaport 1.6 and Seaport Hooks, check out our&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/blog/articles/introducing-seaport-1-6" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">recent blog post.</a></p><h2 id="who-is-eligible-" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif;">Who is eligible?&nbsp;</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">In order to leverage the 721-C compatibility hook, an NFT smart contract must already adhere to the 721-C standard or be upgradeable to one. The owner of that smart contract&nbsp;<strong>must</strong>&nbsp;then configure 721-C compatibility in the Debit My Data Creator Studio — 721-C contracts, by default, will not be purchasable on Debit My Data (with or without creator earnings) otherwise.</p><h2 id="what-do-i-have-to-do" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif;">What do I&nbsp;have to do?</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><strong>I’m using Debit My Data Studio to create my collection</strong></p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">If you’re launching a new collection using Debit My Data Studio, it takes just a couple clicks to implement this creator earnings enforcement method in your collection settings. After you’ve deployed your contract in Studio, click&nbsp;<strong>Set creator earnings</strong>.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Set your earnings percentage and recipient address by clicking&nbsp;<strong>Add earnings payout address and percentage</strong>. Then, you can enforce them on Debit My Data sales by clicking&nbsp;<strong>Turn on enforced earnings</strong>. You’ll be prompted to complete a signature request in your wallet.&nbsp;</p><div><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">If you deployed your Debit My Data Studio smart contract before 10:00am PST<strong>&nbsp;</strong>on April 2nd, 2024, you can set optional earnings in your settings, but won’t have the option to enforce your earnings.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><strong>I’m deploying an ERC721-C or ERC1155-C compatible custom smart contract</strong></p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">After you've deployed an ERC721-C or ERC1155-C compatible contract, or upgraded your existing contract, you can configure your earnings on Debit My Data in your collection settings.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Navigate to&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/studio" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Debit My Data Studio</a>&nbsp;and select&nbsp;<strong>Edit details</strong>&nbsp;for the collection you’d like to update your earnings</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">In the&nbsp;<strong>Earnings</strong>&nbsp;tab, set your earnings percentage and recipient address by clicking&nbsp;<strong>Add earnings payout address and percentage</strong>. Then, you can enforce them on Debit My Data sales by clicking&nbsp;<strong>Turn on enforced earnings</strong>. You’ll be prompted to complete a signature request in your wallet.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">If you don’t see the option to enforce your earnings, this means your smart contract isn’t compatible with ERC721-C/1155-C, but you’ll still be able to set optional creator earnings.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">If your smart contract is upgradeable, visit our&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.opensea.io/docs/creator-fee-enforcement" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Developer Docs</a>&nbsp;for technical information about how to make your contract compatible. After you’ve upgraded your contract, you’ll be able to enforce your earnings in your collection settings on Debit My Data.&nbsp;</p><h2 id="why-now-" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Why now?&nbsp;</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">The “hook” capabilities unlocked by Seaport 1.6, such as ERC721-C compatibility, are uniquely enabled by the recent March 13th Dencun upgrade to the Ethereum network.</p><h2 id="anything-else-to-know-" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Anything else to know?&nbsp;</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">This fee enforcement method makes your NFT collection on Debit My Data compatible with&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/limit-break/introducing-erc721-c-a-new-standard-for-enforceable-on-chain-programmable-royalties-defaa127410" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">ERC721-C</a>. As such, if you enforce your creator earnings according to the steps above, sales will only be supported on Debit My Data and other marketplaces powered by<a href="https://medium.com/limit-break/introducing-erc721-c-payment-processor-a-game-changing-nft-marketplace-protocol-355b840dfd5d" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">&nbsp;LimitBreak’s Payment Processor</a>, which at time of writing includes Magic Eden.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">You can manually allowlist other marketplaces as you see fit, but Debit My Data will employ “earnings matching” to help ensure that collectors are not unfairly disadvantaged on our site if creator earnings are set at different levels across other NFT marketplaces. Learn more in the&nbsp;<a href="https://support.opensea.io/en/articles/8867026-how-do-i-set-creator-earnings-on-opensea" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">FAQ in our Help Center article</a>.<br></p><h2 id="to-conclude" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">To conclude</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">We’d like to thank the&nbsp;<a href="https://limitbreak.com/index.html" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Limit Break</a>&nbsp;team for their work and collaboration in supporting ERC721-C compatibility with Seaport 1.6. If you have further questions, please reach out to our&nbsp;<a href="https://support.opensea.io/en/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Support Team</a>.</p></div></div>

We're excited to announce that creators can now use ERC721-C from Limit Break to set and enforce their own creator earnings on Debit My Data.

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Creator earnings: ERC721-C Compatibility  on Debit My Data

KOR Protocol is a decentralized intellectual property (IP) platform designed to help creators protect and monetize their work.

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In Conversation with Inder Phull of Pixelyn

<div class="article-published-date" style="gap: 3px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); flex-direction: row; max-width: 720px; margin-bottom: 60px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; display: flex;"><div>Published</div><div>October 1, 2024</div></div><div fs-richtext-element="rich-text" class="article-body-wrapper w-richtext" style="color: rgb(4, 17, 29); max-width: 720px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 15.36px;"><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">What if managing a virtual football club could give it lasting staying power? That’s exactly what&nbsp;<a href="http://footium.club/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Footium</a>, a multiplayer sports management game powered by&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/blockchain/what-is-blockchain" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">blockchain technology</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/nft/what-are-nfts" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">NFT</a>&nbsp;ownership, aims to deliver.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">After graduating from its closed beta in August 2024, the game is ready to challenge established favorites in the football management genre to create a game with long-term appeal. What began as a university hackathon project has grown into a thriving community of over 1,000 players, proving the demand for a new approach with deeper fan engagement. Seeking to shake up its category, the&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/web3/what-is-web3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">web3</a>&nbsp;sports management simulation offers a more social setting that brings fun to online competition, with a rewards system that keeps players coming back.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Founded in 2020 by classmates&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/georgebenton247" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">George Benton</a>&nbsp;(CEO),&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/logiclogue" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Jordan Lord</a>&nbsp;(CTO), and&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/jamesoleary32" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">James O'Leary</a>&nbsp;(CFO), Footium is gearing up to dominate the football management space by offering better in-game incentives, digital ownership and a community-driven experience where virtual football club owners compete for league supremacy.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">In this way, Footium raises the stakes for players by creating a virtual arena in which every club’s history gets recorded on blockchain. When playing Footium, you’ll know your every decision shapes your club’s long-term legacy, impacting your status among fellow players.</p><h3 id="footiums-origin-story" style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.75em; font-family: Inter, sans-serif;">Footium’s origin story</h3><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Footium’s roots can be traced back to late 2016, when Benton, now the company's CEO and co-founder, was a university student with a keen interest in finance and technology. His journey into the world of&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/web3/what-is-cryptocurrency" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">cryptocurrencies</a>&nbsp;began when he joined his university's investment club and opted to focus on Bitcoin trading in its virtual portfolio.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">This initial exposure to cryptocurrencies sparked a passion that would shape Benton's career trajectory. He immersed himself in the crypto world, starting the first cryptocurrency club at the University of Leeds in 2017. Over the next few years, Benton gained valuable experience through internships at various crypto companies and worked at a web3 accelerator where he ran hackathons and managed operations.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">“It’s been good fun to see the crypto space evolve from the wild days of ICOs [initial coin offerings] to real products now that are actually usable,” said Benton. “I’m proud to be a part of this moment where blockchain can power the next era of gaming.”</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">At the time, Benton and his classmates shared a similar frustration with existing football management games. They found that single-player games became predictable and easy to exploit, while multiplayer versions often lacked proper incentives and fair competition, often forcing players into matchups with much more powerful opponents. Footium started as a side project to remedy these issues and gradually evolved into a full-time pursuit as the team&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/footium/announcing-footiums-3-35m-seed-round-c43242fd5a31" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">secured seed funding</a>&nbsp;in March 2022.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">“There simply wasn’t a clean fix for these problems with the football management genre,” said Benton. “In our case, we actually found that most of the problems could be solved by using blockchain to add real incentives and transparency within these games, not just a means for spinning up a currency."</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Footium utilizes the&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/blockchain/what-is-arbitrum" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Arbitrum blockchain</a>&nbsp;to produce verifiable results for game outcomes and trades and create a clear track record for all the ownable elements of the game, simultaneously mitigating the opportunity for exploits of the gameplay and creating a transparent reward system for players to engage with.</p><h3 id="footium-makes-players-the-managers" style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.75em; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Footium makes players the managers</h3><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Footium is a multiplayer blockchain-based football management&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/nft/gaming-nfts" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">game</a>&nbsp;that allows players to own and manage their virtual football clubs, similar to the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_Manager" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Football Manager franchise</a>, but with ownership of clubs and players secured on-chain. The game is designed to closely mirror the real-world football club ecosystem, with player transfers, youth academies, player retirements, and a competitive league structure.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Players compete across eight divisions, with the goal of advancing to higher tiers through strong performances, similar to the English football pyramid’s system of competitive league tiers. Each season consists of 22 matches spread out over three weeks, preceded by a pre-season for owners to strategize, make transfers on Debit My Data, and sign academy players before the competition begins.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">When games kick off, each match features a 2D visualizer that displays key match events such as shots, goals, and free kicks. The matches are then accompanied by a dynamic commentary stream which provides additional detail about on-field action, adding texture and a sense of action to the strategy-simulation game. Players can then manage their team live during the daily 30-minute matches to try and achieve victory, making calls on plays and lineup changes.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">As club owners, players are able to recruit procedurally generated players for their lineups with new players becoming available via their club’s youth academy feature, set their lineups for match-ups with opponents, invest in training their players, swap in-game players with other&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/footium-clubs" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Footium club</a>&nbsp;owners on Debit My Data, and, as each player ages a year per in-game season, bid farewell to their players when they eventually retire.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">One of Footium's unique selling points for players is the in-game clubs’ intellectual property. Rather than licensing existing teams, Footium allows players to create their own intellectual property (IP) with their clubs and develop entirely unique virtual brands with their creations. This approach has fostered a rather creative player base, as&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/footium-players" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Footium players</a>&nbsp;are designing&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/CoroadWanderers/status/1787227231644721562" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">custom physical merchandise</a>, redesigning&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/BraunborCity/status/1826258565788844120" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">club badges</a>, crafting&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/SallCityFC/status/1816118360662253576" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">team chants</a>&nbsp;using AI tools, and even&nbsp;<a href="https://www.foronashamstanley.com/digital-collectibles" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">minting NFT tickets</a>&nbsp;to commemorate significant matches — all based on the in-game clubs using player-created IP.</p><h3 id="footiums-economic-simulation-demands-a-shrewd-football-strategy" style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.75em; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Footium’s economic simulation demands a shrewd football strategy</h3><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Because Footium's gameplay lets players transform 2D players into digital items that can be bought and sold, fans get to live out the experience of a real-life football club owner in Footium. Its setup simulates the team-management economy and forces strategic decisions from the beginning. Each club in Footium is represented by an NFT, which grants the owner access to the game and the ability to manage their team.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Even the in-game player lifecycle in Footium mirrors that of real-world football: Each season, clubs can scout up to five randomly generated prospects from their youth academy. Managers can then choose to mint these prospects as NFTs, paying a fee in&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/blockchain/what-is-ethereum" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">ETH</a>&nbsp;to bring them into the active squad. Players age with each passing season until they eventually retire at age 32, at which point they can no longer be used in matches but will remain as collectible NFTs.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">“We aimed to build a system that felt fair and still closely mirrored the realities of managing a football club,” said Benton, adding that even though Argentina forward Lionel Messi is “out there defying the odds at his age,” retiring players lends better velocity to the game economy.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">“Players will always need to effectively manage their squads across seasons to stay competitive,” Benton explained.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Footium has recently introduced a rarity system for players, with common, bronze, silver, and gold tiers. Rarer players have higher potential but still require proper training and management to reach their peak performance, adding depth to the player market and team-building strategies.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">The game's economy is designed to be self-sustaining and rewarding for skilled managers. Prize pools are funded by fees collected from&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/nft/what-is-minting-nft" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">minting</a>&nbsp;new players and swapping existing ones. Benton says that 90% of these collected fees are redistributed to players as prizes for winning their leagues, with the remaining 10% serving as company revenue. This model ensures that successful managers can earn rewards for their efforts, while also providing a sustainable business model for Footium.</p><h3 id="whats-coming-next-for-footium-fans" style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 1.75em; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">What’s coming next for Footium fans</h3><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Currently, there are only 3,060 clubs available for players to collect and operate, but the team plans to expand the pool by adding new clubs to new divisions at the bottom of the league pyramid as the player base grows.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">As Footium progresses beyond its recent closed beta, the team is focused on growing the player base and refining the gaming experience, which has already demonstrated traction. Compared to in-app spenders in leading mobile games, Benton says Footium’s retention rates are in the top 2%.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Meanwhile, in the short term, Footium is preparing to fully launch its reward system with the arrival of Season 1, which went live in August 2024. Further out, the Footium team is looking to tackle the broader ecosystem of football gamers who’ve been playing titles like Football Manager or FIFA Ultimate Team.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">“I truly believe that we have the right formula of social, gameplay, rewards, and ownership that can address the mass market,” said Benton. “It has been a challenging journey building Footium to this point due to the novel obstacles we have had to overcome, but seeing the players enjoying the game so much is extremely rewarding for the entire Footium team.”</p></div>

Footium, a multiplayer sports management game powered by blockchain technology and NFT ownership, is redefining the football management genre.

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Footium’s Fresh Take on the Sports Management Gaming Genre

<div class="article-published-date" style="gap: 3px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); flex-direction: row; max-width: 720px; margin-bottom: 60px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; display: flex;"><div>Published</div><div>September 19, 2024</div></div><div fs-richtext-element="rich-text" class="article-body-wrapper w-richtext" style="color: rgb(4, 17, 29); max-width: 720px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 15.36px;"><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Welcome to the Debit My Data digest. Let’s look back through the biggest NFT and web3 news of the week.</p><h2 id="cozomo-de-medici-acquires-beeples-first-everydays-in-motion-piece" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif;">Cozomo de’ Medici acquires Beeple’s first ‘Everydays in Motion’ piece</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Michael Winkelmann — the digital artist more famously known as&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/beeple-everydays" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Beeple</a>&nbsp;— just announced the first acquisition of his new series, “Everydays in Motion.” The collector is none other than&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/nft/art-nfts" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">art</a>&nbsp;influencer Cozomo de’ Medici, who curates an online collection&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cozomomedicicollection.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">described</a>&nbsp;as “the defining works of the digital renaissance.”&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">On September 17, the Medici Collection acquired “<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xf61644c36173a7738df728da07a6a16db86b8b70/1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">MARCH INTO THE FUCKING LIGHT</a>,” which portrays a man walking through a futuristic landscape and encountering a turquoise light beam. Without hesitation, the avatar advances through the portal and reemerges into a grayscale grid on the other side.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Beeple made headlines in 2021 when Christie’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-two-years-historic-beeple-sale-happened-nft-market" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">auctioned</a>&nbsp;his piece, “<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/beeple-5000" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Everydays: The First 5,000 Days</a>,” for $69.3 million. The digital artist has continued creating images every day,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.beeple-crap.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">racking up</a>&nbsp;an impressive 6,350 consecutive artworks.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">The new “Everydays in Motion” series explores more deeply the everyday worlds from Beeple’s images through animation. A total of 67 animated artworks currently exist, representing just 1% of the artist’s full body of work.&nbsp;</p><h2 id="pixelmon-participates-in-token2049-by-establishing-mon-hub" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Pixelmon participates in Token2049 by establishing MON Hub</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><a href="https://opensea.io/collection/pixelmongen1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Pixelmon</a>, the monster-collecting&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/web3/what-is-web3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">web3</a>&nbsp;game that&nbsp;<a href="https://decrypt.co/110542/nft-game-pixelmon-attempts-comeback-after-70m-horrible-art-reveal" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">crowdsourced $70 million</a>&nbsp;in 2022, made a splash at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.token2049.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Token2049</a>&nbsp;this week by launching&nbsp;<a href="https://lu.ma/MONHubOpenHouse20Sept" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">MON Hub</a>, a free open house where visitors played games and kicked off a night of networking.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">In addition to showcasing the Pixelmon intellectual property (IP), the MON Hub activation invited attendees to try out related gaming titles such as mobile RPG&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/wardensascent" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Warden Ascent,</a>&nbsp;the rogue-like action-adventure&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/pixelmonwont" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Warrior of Nova Thera</a>&nbsp;(where gamers play as Pixelmon avatars), and the multiplayer online battle arena&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/_EternalLeague_" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Eternal League</a>.</p><h2 id="azuki-creator-chiru-labs-buys-animecom" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Azuki creator Chiru Labs buys anime.com</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Chiru Labs, creator of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.azuki.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Azuki</a>&nbsp;brand, surprised the internet with its recent purchase of the&nbsp;<a href="http://anime.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">anime.com</a>&nbsp;domain name. The X&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/Azuki/status/1834396583867416704" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">announcement</a>&nbsp;stated the brand is providing “a new way to anime,” ostensibly teasing more to come. Currently, you can visit the new website and join the waitlist to collect limited-edition stickers.&nbsp;</p><h2 id="ccp-games-reveals-new-eve-frontier-space-survival-game" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">CCP Games reveals new EVE Frontier space survival game</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Icelandic game developer CCP Games just announced a new&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/nft/gaming-nfts" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">blockchain-based survival game</a>. Titled&nbsp;<em>EVE Frontier</em>, the game is set in a harsh hypothetical future swarming with feral drones. From the looks of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ccpgames.com/news/2024/awake-eternally-as-ccp-games-reveals-eve-frontier?utm_campaign=twitter&amp;utm_content=1726150441&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">teaser trailer</a>, players can expect some visually stunning (if a little macabre) graphics, intriguing subplots, and strategic collaboration among fellow gamers.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><div class="w-embed w-script" style="font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 15.36px;"></div></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px !important; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Those interested in applying for the closed playtest can visit<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.evefrontier.com/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">www.evefrontier.com</a><span>&nbsp;</span>or read through the game’s<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.evefrontier.com/en/faq" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">FAQ</a>.</p><h2 id="claynosaurz-goes-mobile-with-new-gameloft-partnership" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Claynosaurz goes mobile with new Gameloft partnership</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">The popular Solana NFT collection&nbsp;<a href="https://claynosaurz.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Claynosaurz</a>&nbsp;and French game publisher&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/gameloft" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Gameloft</a>&nbsp;are joining forces to bring their clay-style prehistoric world to your mobile phone. Web3 news outlet&nbsp;<a href="https://decrypt.co/249031/gameloft-claynosaurz-mobile-game-solana-nfts" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Decrypt</a>&nbsp;described the forthcoming game as a choose-your-own-adventure experience with hints of Pokémon Go, though full details haven’t been released yet.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Gameloft Chief Sales Officer Guilherme Lachaut&nbsp;<a href="https://venturebeat.com/games/claynosaurz-and-gameloft-partner-on-mobile-game-starring-titular-dinos/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">wrote</a>&nbsp;in a statement that the partnership represents an exciting moment for the company. He described Claynosaurz as “a brand that has rapidly built an engaged and passionate community,” acknowledging a shift in how traditional gaming IP can be built.</p><h2 id="moviepass-unveils-plans-to-integrate-usdc" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">MoviePass unveils plans to integrate USDC</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><a href="https://www.moviepass.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">MoviePass</a>, a subscription-based ticketing service for cinema lovers, has partnered with the&nbsp;<a href="https://sui.io/about" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Sui Foundation</a>&nbsp;to integrate stablecoin payments on the Sui blockchain. Previously, MoviePass offered an “all-you-can-binge” movie theater subscription plan for $9.99 per month. However, it&nbsp;<a href="https://decrypt.co/249702/moviepass-crypto-pivot-sui-usdc-integration" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">reportedly</a>&nbsp;overhauled its model to a credit-based system, which will soon be available for purchase via Circle’s USDC stablecoin.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">According to web3 outlet&nbsp;<a href="https://decrypt.co/249702/moviepass-crypto-pivot-sui-usdc-integration" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Decrypt</a>, the Sui Foundation is an equity investor in MoviePass.&nbsp;</p><h2 id="dookey-dash-unclogged-available-on-ios-and-android-this-thursday" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Dookey Dash: Unclogged available on iOS and Android this Thursday</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Bored Ape’s viral runner&nbsp;<a href="https://dookeydashunclogged.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Dookey Dash: Unclogged</a>&nbsp;dropped (no pun intended) on iOS and Android this Thursday. The team at BAYC celebrated with a live&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/BoredApeYC/status/1836102868073365811" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Download Party</a>&nbsp;on X Spaces at 2 p.m. ET, where co-founder&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/CryptoGarga" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Greg Solano</a>&nbsp;and chief product officer&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/EverydayZukini" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Spencer Tucker</a>&nbsp;made an appearance.</p><h2 id="phantom-rolls-out-new-username-capabilities" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Phantom rolls out new username capabilities</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><a href="https://phantom.app/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Phantom Wallet</a>, the leading&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/web3/what-is-crypto-wallet" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">digital wallet</a>&nbsp;compatible with the&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/blockchain/what-is-solana" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Solana</a>&nbsp;blockchain, has introduced optional usernames to simplify digital identity for users. The new functionality is expected to boost usability and allow users to more easily send crypto to others with Phantom wallets.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">In addition to usernames, Phantom Wallet&nbsp;<a href="https://www.altcoinbuzz.io/cryptocurrency-news/phantom-wallet-adds-easy-swaps-with-mayan-finance/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">has added</a>&nbsp;an easy-swap function that streamlines the process of bridging&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/blockchain/what-is-ethereum" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">ethereum</a>&nbsp;(ETH) to over 30 tokens on Solana.</p><h2 id="september-20-is-international-nft-day" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">September 20 is International NFT Day</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Friday marks the second annual&nbsp;<a href="https://www.internationalnftday.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">International NFT Day</a>, which honors the day the&nbsp;<a href="https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/standards/tokens/erc-721/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">ERC-721</a>&nbsp;non-fungible token standard was first developed.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Web3 enthusiasts first celebrated International NFT Day in 2022 to commemorate the day developer Dieter Shirley — part of the Dapper Labs team who created the early&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/nft/what-are-nfts" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">NFT</a>&nbsp;game&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/cryptokitties" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">CryptoKitties</a>&nbsp;— coined the term to describe the concept of indelible crypto tokens. Shirley first published the ERC-721 token standard on September 20, 2017.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">You can read more about how to get involved in International NFT Day&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/blog/articles/how-to-celebrate-international-nft-day-2023" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">on our blog</a>.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><br></p></div>

Welcome to the Debit My Data digest. Let’s look back through the biggest NFT and web3 news of the week.

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This Week in Web3 and NFTs: Beeple, Pixelmon, Dookey Dash & more!

<p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Blue Cat and your favorite&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/cool-cats-nft" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Cool Cats</a>&nbsp;characters are getting an animated series. On September 24, the popular&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/nft/what-are-profile-picture-nfts" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">PFP</a>&nbsp;collection released the trailer for Season 1 of its new show, “The Milk Chug,” on X. This 13-episode series premiered on the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CoolCatsGlobal" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Cool Cats YouTube channel</a>&nbsp;on September 26.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Developed in collaboration with animation studio&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/TitmouseInc" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Titmouse</a>, “The Milk Chug’ showcases a voice cast brimming with Hollywood talent.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/childish_gamzeno/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Zeno Robinson</a>&nbsp;(<em>Dragon Ball Super, The Owl House</em>) stars as Blue Cat, while the supporting crew of Cool Cat friends is voiced by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thatdanstevens" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Dan Stevens</a>&nbsp;(<em>Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Cuckoo),&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/magslawslawson/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Maggie Lawson</a>&nbsp;(<em>Psych, Lethal Weapon</em>) and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/natashaleggero/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Natasha Leggero</a>&nbsp;(<em>Ugly Americans, Another Period)</em>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dan-stevens-the-milk-chug-animated-series-1236010553/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">others</a>.&nbsp;<br><br></p><h2 id="bad-egg-co-partners-with-panini-for-web3-physical-trading-cards" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Bad Egg Co. partners with Panini for web3 physical trading cards</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 40px !important;">The&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/nft/what-are-nfts" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">NFT</a>&nbsp;collectibles brand&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/bad-egg-co" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Bad Egg</a>&nbsp;has teamed up with leading trading card producer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.paniniamerica.net/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Panini America</a>&nbsp;to launch a collection of physical cards linked to the digital collection. Panini America is best known for its NFL, NBA, FIFA, Disney, and Marvel trading card collections, making its collaboration with Bad Egg a historic first step into&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/web3/what-is-web3" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">web3</a>&nbsp;tech.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 40px !important;"></p><div class="w-embed w-script" style="font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 19.12px;"></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 40px !important; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 36px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">As Bad Egg described in its<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://x.com/BadEggCompany/status/1838940888136868315" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">X announcement,</a><span>&nbsp;</span>this partnership puts Bad Egg, a web3-native brand, before a global audience via Panini America’s existing relationships with retailers like<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://x.com/Walmart" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Walmart</a><span>&nbsp;</span>and<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="https://x.com/Target" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Target</a>.</p><h2 id="museum-of-ai-arts-dataland-opening-in-los-angeles-california" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Museum of AI Arts — Dataland, opening in Los Angeles, California</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;"><a href="https://x.com/refikanadol" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Refik Anadol</a>, a new media artist best known for his innovative use of AI in creating data-driven art, announced on September 24 that he’s opening the world’s first museum of AI art. The museum, named “<a href="https://www.dataland.art/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Dataland</a>,” will occupy 20,000 square feet of space inside&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thegrandla.com/about" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">The Grand LA</a>, a contemporary multi-use development in downtown Los Angeles that opened in July 2022.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">Anadol’s Dataland announcement hit during the same week of his&nbsp;<a href="https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2024/09/press-release-large-nature-model-coral-unga-exhibit/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">exhibition</a>&nbsp;at the United Nations headquarters during&nbsp;<a href="https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Summit of the Future 2024</a>. His installation, “Large Nature Model: Coral” uses a data set of 100 million coral reef images to highlight environmental conservation and the role of technology in addressing climate challenges.</p><h2 id="soulbound-unveils-web3-livestreaming-at-twitchcon" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Soulbound unveils Web3 livestreaming at TwitchCon</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">On September 20, web3 social gaming company&nbsp;<a href="https://soulbound.gg/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Soulbound</a>&nbsp;introduced its new&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/blockchain/what-is-blockchain" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">blockchain</a>-based streaming platform at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.twitchcon.com/san-diego-2025/?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.brave.com%2F" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">TwitchCon 2024</a>. As reported by&nbsp;<a href="https://venturebeat.com/game-development/soulbound-unveils-web3-livestreaming-at-twitchcon/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">VentureBeat</a>, the platform provides streamers and creators with enhanced tools to grow and monetize their audiences.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">Soulbound’s features include automated transactions, prize pools managed by&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/blockchain/what-is-a-smart-contract" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">smart contracts</a>, and an NFT sticker marketplace designed to boost fan engagement.</p><h2 id="doodles-drops-its-first-ever-digital-comic-exclusively-for-og-holders" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Doodles drops its first-ever digital comic exclusively for OG holders</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;"><a href="https://x.com/doodles" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Doodles</a>&nbsp;just dropped&nbsp;<em>The Legend of Rubikron,</em>&nbsp;a whimsical digital comic that serves as a prequel to Captain Stoke’s adventures in the colorful animated film,&nbsp;<em>Dullsville and the Doodleverse.&nbsp;</em>The digital comic went out<em>&nbsp;</em>to OG holders who snagged a limited-edition&nbsp;<a href="https://rubiks.doodles.app/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Rubik’s Pack</a>&nbsp;during the sale running from September 18 to 20.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">The comic expands the&nbsp;<em>Doodleverse</em>&nbsp;storyline and unlocks rare wearables, plus a chance to score a 1-of-1, 20-carat Diamond Rubik’s Cube by high-end jewelry brand&nbsp;<a href="https://eliantte.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Elliot Eliantte</a>.</p><h2 id="larva-labs-autoglyph-30-hits-auction-block-to-support-ocean-conservation-" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Larva Labs’ Autoglyph 30 hits auction block to support ocean conservation&nbsp;</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;"><a href="https://x.com/larvalabs" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Larva Labs</a>&nbsp;will auction&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xd4e4078ca3495de5b1d4db434bebc5a986197782/30" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Autoglyph #30</a>&nbsp;on September 26 at&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/FairWarningArt" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Fair Warning</a>, an invite-only digital auction house that showcases rare art. The&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/CozomoMedici/status/1836491938276761979" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">proceeds</a>&nbsp;will benefit&nbsp;<a href="https://oceana.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Oceana</a>, a nonprofit organization that fights plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">As the creators of&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/cryptopunks" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">CryptoPunks</a>, Larva Labs introduced the 512-item “<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/autoglyphs" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Autoglyphs</a>” collection in 2019 as one of the first generative art NFT projects. Today,&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xd4e4078ca3495de5b1d4db434bebc5a986197782/25" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Autoglyph #25</a>&nbsp;is part of the permanent collection at the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Centre Pompidou</a>&nbsp;in Paris, while&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/assets/ethereum/0xd4e4078ca3495de5b1d4db434bebc5a986197782/115" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Autoglyph #115</a>&nbsp;is on display in the&nbsp;<a href="https://whitney.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Whitney Museum</a>&nbsp;in New York City.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">Autoglyph #30&nbsp;<a href="https://nftnow.com/art/larva-labs-autoglyph-30-fair-warning-oceana-auction/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">is estimated</a>&nbsp;to sell for $150,000 to $200,000.&nbsp;</p><h2 id="ubisoft-completes-its-champions-tactics-technical-beta-and-prepares-for-full-launch" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Ubisoft completes its Champions Tactics technical beta and prepares for full launch</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">Game publisher&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Ubisoft</a>&nbsp;has wrapped up the technical beta for&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/ChampionsVerse?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Champions Tactics: Grimoria Chronicles</a>, which&nbsp;<a href="https://nftinsider.io/champions-tactics-beta/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">ran</a>&nbsp;from September 18 to 23, 2024. The web3 tactical RPG, built on the Oasis&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/blockchain/what-are-layer-2-scaling-solutions" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">layer-two blockchain</a>, allowed players to test its turn-based PvP gameplay using Champion NFTs, a Ubisoft Connect account, and compatible&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/learn/web3/what-is-crypto-wallet" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">web3 wallet</a>.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">Players can expect the full release later in 2024, when, according to the game’s roadmap, Champion Tactics will be unveiled as a free-to-play game. While earned gold from the beta will not carry over to the public launch, Champion NFT and their masteries earned through gameplay will be preserved, along with in-game titles, emotes, and profile pictures.</p><h2 id="sothebys-contemporary-discoveries-sale-spotlights-digital-art-in-beyond-the-canvas-auction" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Sotheby's ‘Contemporary Discoveries’ sale spotlights digital art in ‘Beyond the Canvas’ auction</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">The latest Sotheby’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/contemporary-discoveries-5?departments%5B0%5D=Contemporary+NFT&amp;locale=en&amp;lotFilter=AllLots" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;"><em>Contemporary Discoveries</em></a><em>&nbsp;</em>auction features some well-known digital artists.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">You’ll likely recognize&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/jeremybooth" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Jeremy Booth</a>, whose bold Wild West style has&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/blog/articles/in-conversation-with-jeremy-booth" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">made an appearance</a>&nbsp;here in the Debit My Data blog. Additionally, a selection from&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/justinaversano" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Justin Aversano</a>’s touching “<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/twinflames" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Twin Flames</a>” collection is up for bid, starting at $8,000 USD.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; line-height: 25.2px; color: rgb(4, 17, 29); margin-bottom: 20px !important;">Also available is&nbsp;<a href="https://x.com/Mad_Dog_Jones" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Mad Dog Jones</a>’ futuristic piece, “<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/contemporary-discoveries-5/forever?locale=en" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Forever</a>,” known for blending cyberpunk aesthetics with philosophical undertones, along with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2024/contemporary-discoveries-5?departments%5B0%5D=Contemporary+NFT&amp;locale=en&amp;lotFilter=AllLots" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">pieces</a>&nbsp;from three more NFT creators among 373 total lots. Bids close on October 2.</p>

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This Week in Web3 and NFTs: Cool Cats, Autoglyphs, Ubisoft & more!

<h2>Ripple Caps RLUSD Supply at 53.1M: Strategic Move to Ensure Market Stability</h2><p>Ripple, the blockchain startup, has strategically introduced a 53.1 million supply cap on its RLUSD stablecoin, sparking interest in its market approach. This decision aligns with Ripple's commitment to regulatory compliance and ecosystem stability, aiming to prevent inflation by controlling the release of RLUSD and preserving its value.</p><p>CEO Brad Garlinghouse expressed optimism about the incoming Trump administration, anticipating it to boost crypto innovation and job growth. Ripple's careful issuance of RLUSD reflects a balanced approach to meeting market demand without compromising the token's perceived value.</p><p>Moreover, Ripple is focusing on long-term goals like exploring new markets and fostering partnerships, while ensuring compliance with regulations to position itself for future growth under the Trump administration's economic policies.</p>

Understanding Ripple's Strategic Cap on RLUSD Supply

<div class="article-published-date" style="gap: 3px; color: rgb(18, 18, 18); flex-direction: row; max-width: 720px; margin-bottom: 60px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; display: flex;"><div>Published</div><div>September 18, 2024</div></div><div fs-richtext-element="rich-text" class="article-body-wrapper w-richtext" style="color: rgb(4, 17, 29); max-width: 720px; margin-left: 32px; margin-right: 32px; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 15.36px;"><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Why just&nbsp;<em>collect</em>&nbsp;trading cards when you can step into their universe?</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">This week at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.asia.token2049.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Token 2049</a>&nbsp;in Singapore, web3 game developer&nbsp;<a href="https://parallel.life/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Parallel Studios</a>&nbsp;unveiled a new expansion of its popular trading card game that will flesh out the existing artwork into a 3D third-person shooter game built on Unreal Engine 5.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">With over 300,000 users already immersed in Parallel’s dystopian trading card universe, the new shooter — currently codenamed&nbsp;<em>Tau Ceti —</em>&nbsp;will evolve the franchise into a fully immersive experience. The new game’s name comes from the G-type star in a parallel&nbsp;<a href="https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/tau-ceti-e/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">solar system</a>&nbsp;about 12 lightyears from earth.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">While blockchain integration is core to the game’s DNA, Parallel Studios has crafted an experience that appeals to both hardcore crypto fans and casual gamers alike. Before venturing into gaming, Parallel’s universe began with a story. It is, first and foremost, a rich intellectual property (IP) rooted in a bleak futuristic sci-fi world. The team at Parallel Studios has consistently embraced the idea of deep narrative immersion, so much so that the founding team of six friends produces&nbsp;<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7Majn1wI5JmPOzpTzX7zoL?si=216890bea0884670" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">a podcast</a>&nbsp;peeling back the curtain to reveal its creative process.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Parallel debuted as a gaming universe in March 2021 with its&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/parallelalpha" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Alpha</a>&nbsp;NFTs, which remain the most-traded set in their ecosystem. By May 2023, the team rolled out&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/parallel-companions" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Companions</a>, which are interactive digital gameplay-enhancing collectibles. In October 2023, the&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/parallelplanetfall" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Planetfall Expansion</a>&nbsp;dropped, adding 120 new cards and customizable cosmetics to upgrade the game’s factions battling for control of a revitalized Earth.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">By June 2023, Parallel introduced the&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/collection/parallel-avatars" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Avatars</a>&nbsp;collection, 11,000 handcrafted profile pictures (PFPs) that doubled as NFT "backpack wallets” allowing players to more easily store items like skins, weapons, and in-game collectibles. The Avatar NFTs were developed according to the&nbsp;<a href="https://opensea.io/blog/articles/opensea-digest-may-20-2023#new-token-standard-erc-6551-has-arrived" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">ERC-6551</a>&nbsp;token standard, which designates the NFT as an independent account with the ability to own a wallet of its own. This development set the stage for&nbsp;<a href="https://parallel.life/colony/signup" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">Parallel Colony</a>, which launched in March 2024, where AI-based NFT characters are the primary players, guided by human gamers.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Parallel’s world-building hasn’t stopped there: By mid-2024, the team partnered with an artist collective known as Royal Academy of Illustration &amp; Design (<a href="https://www.raid.world/about/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">RAID</a>) — which they detail in a company&nbsp;<a href="https://parallel.life/blog/behind-the-scenes-parallels-comic-process" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">blog post</a>&nbsp;— to release NFT comic books, thereby expanding the sci-fi lore and deepening fan engagement with the Parallel universe even more.</p><h2 id="bringing-your-favorite-cards-to-life-in-3d" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Bringing your favorite cards to life in 3D</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Parallel’s new shooter game builds on the success of its trading card game’s foundations by taking familiar characters from its 2D artwork and turning them into fully rigged, animated 3D models using Unreal Engine 5.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">"We’re repurposing the 2D art from the cards and making it for this new world," said Kohji Nagata, head of game design and development at Parallel Studios. "It’s one of our first forays into this kind of crossover between our card game and the broader gaming universe."</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Nagata says the game offers a new way to interact with the characters, especially for players who found the slower pace of card-based strategy games less appealing. Now, the action takes center stage in an extraction shooter, a genre where players compete for valuable assets on a map to navigate richly detailed environments.</p><h2 id="the-action-isnt-just-for-blockchain" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">The action isn’t just for blockchain</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Parallel Studios has always been committed to integrating blockchain technology, but with this shooter, they’re making it optional. “In order to make these games approachable for web2 people, you have to lower the barrier to entry. That includes things like gas fees and wallets,” Nagata explained. “Our goal is to make the blockchain elements optional.” He says this approach allows players to dive right into gameplay without worrying about the technicalities of web3.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">For those who want to engage with web3 elements, however, a blockchain layer will enable players to mint items like weapons, skins, and characters as NFTs. Perhaps the biggest benefit of owning items as NFTs, says Nagata, will be the ability to carry them into different gaming environments, a feature known as “interoperability.”</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">"The idea of ownership and being able to extract things of value from a given map, then bring those into another map — or even lose them — that’s exciting," said Nagata. But for those who don’t care about that element, Parallel will still be a fun, competitive shooter.</p><h2 id="unreal-engine-5-sets-the-stage" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">Unreal Engine 5 sets the stage</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">The game is using Unreal Engine’s high-fidelity graphics and dynamic lighting to create a next-level gameplay experience. Nagata says this is a step up from the simpler graphics seen in earlier blockchain-based games and signals the possibility that web3 games can be as visually stunning as AAA-quality titles.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">It’s not about ego, either: Nagata says this level-up in graphics quality serves the story, going back to Parallel’s ethos from the beginning.&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">“We don’t want to limit the story and art we’ve created to a narrow audience,” he said. “Our goal is to distribute [the story] as broadly as possible. What we’ve created is more than just a simple, idle game. There’s deeper direction and engagement involved.”</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">At the heart of the Parallel IP lies a central question: can humanity, despite its differences, ever truly get along? The game’s five character factions — Marcolians, Augencore, Kathari, Shroud, and Earthen — represent divergent paths that humanity has taken after the earth goes dormant and mankind scatters across the galaxy. Each faction embodies different philosophies. All are shaped by their environments and survival strategies, yet they share a common origin: Earth.</p><h2 id="the-dystopian-narrative-invites-players-to-reflect-on-the-state-of-our-world" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">The dystopian narrative invites players to reflect on the state of our world</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Nagata says that within Parallel’s driving lore is a familiar cautionary tale: our self-destructive tendencies as humans. Particularly, he thought a lot about the way science and technology can lead to the earth's devastation when writing the game’s narrative with his co-founders.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">"Through tinkering with science, humans basically ravage the earth,” said Nagata, who studied both political science and philosophy in university. That’s kind of how the whole thing starts." The game therefore reflects a warning about the dangers of unchecked actions.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Still, he stresses that we’re all here together. Despite belonging to different factions with drastically different values and experiences, "If you asked any of these factions what they are, they would say, 'Well, we’re humans,'" Nagata explained.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">This central theme of commonality amid division serves as a cautionary reflection on our own world. "We're all fighting each other, thinking we're so different, but really, we all came from the same place," Nagata continued. "Unless we are able to see past those differences, it’s only going to end in the same conflicts. If you don’t learn from the past, you’re doomed to repeat it.”</p><div><h2 id="the-road-ahead-and-parallels-2025-alpha-release" style="margin-bottom: 40px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.25em; letter-spacing: -1px; font-family: Inter, sans-serif; color: rgb(4, 17, 29);">The road ahead and Parallel’s 2025 alpha release</h2><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Though no firm release date has been set for the new game’s release, Parallel Studios expects early alpha testing for the shooter to begin in 2025. Nagata says PC will be the primary platform, with potential expansions to mobile and consoles in the near future.</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">As the Parallel community eagerly awaits more details, the excitement is palpable. One independent (and admittedly non-crypto-loving) game reviewer praised the existing trading card game as “one of the most promising NFT games” on the market, while web3 news outlet Bankless&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bankless.com/parallel-vs-hearthstone" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(32, 129, 226); cursor: pointer;">plugged</a>&nbsp;it as “legitimately strong.”&nbsp;</p><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;">Fans can expect even more with Parallel’s evolution beyond trading cards into the lore of a high-octane third-person shooter. Think stunning graphics, intense gameplay, and the option to participate in the Web3 side of things — or not, if you’re just in it for a thought-provoking tale.</p></div><div><br></div><p style="font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 40px !important;"><br></p></div>

Parallel Studios announces new 3D shooter game powered by Unreal Engine

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<h2>Crypto Milestone Ahead: XRP and Solana Eye $200B Market Cap by Q1 2025</h2>
<p>The crypto market has kicked off 2025 with impressive gains as Bitcoin surpasses $96,000, leading a rally that has shifted focus to promising altcoins like XRP and Solana (SOL). Both cryptocurrencies are on the verge of potentially hitting a $200 billion market capitalization by the end of the first quarter of 2025.</p>
<h3>XRP Price Targets New Highs</h3>
<p>Currently trading at $2.40, XRP's market cap stands at $138.21 billion. Interest in XRP has surged, as indicated by a 1.89% increase in open interest for XRP futures, now totaling $2.60 billion. This optimism is partly due to the anticipated resolution of Ripple’s legal issues with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with a crucial appeal hearing scheduled just before an expected speech by President-elect Donald Trump. The potential end of this legal battle, along with the recent approval of Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin, could pave the way for the approval of a spot XRP ETF, potentially driving the price to between $3.50 and $4.</p>
<h3>Solana Gains Traction on Institutional Support</h3>
<p>Solana's current trading price is $212.92, with a market cap of $102.82 billion. The cryptocurrency is forecasted to double its valuation by Q1 2025, buoyed by growing institutional interest and solid fundamentals in its DeFi, NFT, and gaming ecosystems. The SEC’s response to Spot Solana ETF applications could further boost its market cap to $200 billion. Solana’s ecosystem has also seen substantial growth, with its Total Value Locked (TVL) reaching $9.13 billion, and securing significant partnerships with major institutions like Franklin Templeton.</p>
<p>Both XRP and Solana are setting up for a transformative first quarter in 2025, with potential market caps reaching the $200 billion mark. This would not only represent a significant milestone for each coin but also possibly alter the landscape of the cryptocurrency market.</p>

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Crypto Milestone Ahead: XRP and Solana Eye $200B Market Cap by Q1 2025

<h2>Ripple Targets Key Areas in the Middle East and Africa: XRP Expansion in the Pipeline?</h2><p>In a recent post, Ripple executive Reece Merrick discussed important cryptocurrency trends for 2025, particularly focusing on the Middle East and Africa (MEA). Merrick revealed that banks in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar are increasingly adopting blockchain technology for enhanced payment speeds and tokenized assets, with Ripple being a preferred partner.</p><p>Ripple has been strategically placing itself in the cryptocurrency world, prioritizing cross-border transactions and forming robust partnerships with financial institutions. As XRP's adoption rate increases, its market value is expected to see significant growth in 2025.</p><p>Reece Merrick, managing director for Ripple in the MEA region, recently emphasized Ripple's commitment to boosting the digital asset ecosystem across MEA. Ripple's influence is also expanding into Asia, where about 80% of banks are now incorporating XRP into their financial operations.</p><h3>The UAE's Growth as a Digital Asset Hub</h3><p>According to Merrick, the UAE is swiftly becoming a global center for digital assets, driven by progressive regulations and strong government support for blockchain innovations. The emphasis on stablecoins is setting the stage for a future-oriented financial system.</p><p>A significant transformation is taking place as the UAE adopts stablecoins as legal tender. With dirham-backed coins and frameworks for foreign stablecoins, the UAE is aiming to establish a safer, faster, and more inclusive financial ecosystem, revolutionizing cross-border payments. The efficiency and affordability of the XRP Ledger make it an ideal tool for international remittances.</p><p>This change is evident in the MENA region's remittance landscape, which is seeing a shift towards crypto-driven solutions. By utilizing stablecoins, the UAE is leading efforts to reduce costs and accelerate transfers, enhancing connectivity between the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa.</p><p>Despite regulatory hurdles from the SEC, Ripple has solidified its presence in the UAE. Last year, it received preliminary approval from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to improve its end-to-end payment systems. This approval allows Ripple to expand its cross-border payment services, including Ripple Payments Direct (RPD), to a wider audience in the UAE.</p><p>Ripple also partnered with the DIFC Innovation Hub in Dubai, promoting blockchain innovation in a region that houses over 1,000 tech companies and venture capitalists. This partnership follows Ripple's 2021 pledge to invest 1 billion XRP in the global development and usage of the XRP Ledger. Moreover, the National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) joined the RippleNet network in 2020, further strengthening Ripple's position in the area.</p><p>African fintech companies, like MFS Africa, are increasingly integrating Ripple's solutions to streamline cross-border transactions, contributing to regional growth. As more countries adopt crypto-friendly regulations, Ripple is set for widespread global adoption, potentially surpassing Ethereum as a major altcoin.</p><p>The potential approval of an XRP ETF by the SEC could further enhance Ripple's market position, increasing its legitimacy and appeal to investors and institutions. Currently, XRP has surged by 0.42% in 24 hours to $2.47, driven by a general recovery in the cryptocurrency market and increased network activity.</p>

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Ripple's Strategic Expansion in the Middle East and Africa: A Focused Approach on XRP Growth

<h2>Bullish Start for XRP & XLM in 2025: Major Price Surges Expected</h2><p>As we step into 2025, the cryptocurrency market is witnessing a promising start for Ripple (XRP) and Stellar (XLM), with analysts predicting significant price movements. After a period of consolidation at the end of 2024, both cryptocurrencies are challenging key resistance levels, hinting at potential breakouts.</p><h3>XRP Eyes $3 Amid Recovery Attempts</h3><p>Ripple's XRP, after consolidating for over a month, is showing signs of a breakout from the bullish pennant resistance, with a target initially set at $2.68. A successful breakout could push the price beyond $3, especially as market indicators like MACD suggest reduced selling pressures and a potential bullish crossover on the horizon.</p><p>Important to the price movement, the SEC lawsuit against Ripple might see a resolution with the political changes expected as Donald Trump takes office and Paul Atkins possibly heading the SEC. This could significantly impact XRP's legal standing and market behavior.</p><h3>Stellar's XLM Targets 30% Surge</h3><p>Stellar’s XLM has exhibited resilience, bouncing from a falling wedge pattern and possibly initiating a bullish breakout. This movement is supported by an increase in trading volumes and bullish divergence on the OBV indicator, although a slight correction might occur due to the bearish Supertrend.</p><p>Current projections suggest XLM could surpass its 2024 highs and set a new all-time high above $1, with potential to reach the $0.50 mark as trading momentum continues to build.</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> This analysis is for informational purposes and not investment advice. Readers should conduct their own research or consult with financial advisors before making any investment decisions.</p>

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Bullish Start for XRP & XLM in 2025: Major Price Surges Expected

<h2>Best Crypto to Buy Now: Wall Street Experts Predict 25,000% Gains by 2025!</h2><p>Imagine discovering the best crypto to buy now, a cryptocurrency set to skyrocket by 25,000% in just a few years. Wall Street analysts are turning their attention to an unexpected sector of the market: memecoins. Once dismissed as speculative assets, memecoins have evolved into innovative projects combining viral appeal with cutting-edge blockchain technology. Recent predictions spotlight a select group of 2025 memecoin winners that could deliver massive gains. Among them, DexBoss stands out as a potential frontrunner.</p><p>As the best crypto to buy now, DexBoss is quickly gaining traction, with its unique features and growing community setting it apart. Its innovative approach and increasing popularity make it a strong contender for those looking for the best crypto to buy now. Let’s explore five cryptocurrencies that analysts believe have extraordinary upside potential, with a special focus on why DexBoss might be the next crypto to explode and achieve unprecedented growth.</p><h3>6 Best Crypto to Buy Now</h3><ul><li>DexBoss (DEBO)</li><li>Aureal One (DLUME)</li><li>yPredict (YPRED)</li><li>MemeKong (MKONG)</li><li>TurboPepe (TPEPE)</li><li>ShibaLite (SHIBL)</li></ul><p>These memecoins are more than just entertainment, they fuse innovation with opportunity, making them the best cryptos to buy now. Backed by Wall Street analysts predicting a staggering 25,000% upside by 2025, these viral meme-inspired cryptos showcase the boundless potential of the ever evolving cryptocurrency market, offering massive gains for both seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers.</p><h3>Why DexBoss Leads the Pack</h3><p>In the evolving world of cryptocurrencies, identifying the best crypto to buy now requires research and insight. DexBoss emerges as a standout with its innovative deflationary model, robust trading tools, and lucrative staking rewards. By strategically reducing token supply and boosting user engagement, it positions itself for substantial value growth. While projects like Aureal One, yPredict, MemeKong, TurboPepe, and ShibaLite offer unique features, DexBoss’s advanced technology and user-focused incentives make it a top contender for the next crypto to hit $1. For investors aiming for massive gains in the crypto boom of 2024, DexBoss presents an exciting opportunity.</p>

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Exploring High Potential Cryptocurrencies for Massive Gains in 2025

<h2>Experts Predict How High XRP and Dogecoin Could Soar in 2025</h2><p>According to financial analysts, XRP could see dramatic price increases, potentially reaching between $8 and $20 in the upcoming cycle. Similarly, Dogecoin (DOGE) is expected to experience significant growth once it surpasses a key psychological threshold.</p><p>Recently, XRP surged to $2.5 after consistently finding support at $1.9. Dogecoin also showed a robust performance, with a 13% increase in its 24-hour price chart, contributing to a weekly gain of 22.9%. Market data suggests that Dogecoin might reach new heights above its previous $0.78 record.</p><p>Experts like Altcoin Daily and Ash Crypto provide insights into possible short-term price targets for XRP and DOGE, indicating strong market movements could be on the horizon. Armando Pantoja also highlights Ripple's potential to challenge Bitcoin by leveraging its efficient blockchain for P2P payments, which might propel XRP to even higher valuations.</p><p>Moreover, the progressive adoption of Ripple and favorable crypto regulations could further boost its market cap, potentially reaching levels comparable to Bitcoin's current valuation. For Dogecoin, analysts anticipate both opportunities and volatility in 2025, with significant bullish trends expected.</p><p>This analysis serves to inform potential investors about the bullish prospects of XRP and Dogecoin, emphasizing the transformative potential and market dynamics expected in the near future.</p>

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Experts Forecast Promising Future for XRP and Dogecoin in 2025

<h2>FOX Business Analyst Suggests SEC Could Drop Ripple Case Amid Ruling Backlash</h2><p>Charles Gasparino, a senior correspondent for FOX Business, has speculated that the ongoing lawsuit against Ripple by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) might see significant developments with the incoming U.S. administration. Gasparino believes that under the leadership of potential SEC Chair Paul Atkins, appointed by President-elect Donald Trump, there may be a reassessment of the SEC's approach, especially concerning programmatic XRP sales.</p><p>In an interview on the POMP Podcast, Gasparino criticized the SEC's aggressive legal actions, attributing them to unclear regulations in the U.S. crypto industry. He also commented on Judge Analisa Torres's ruling in the case, calling it "idiotic" and arguing that it unfairly differentiated between institutional and retail investors, undermining U.S. protections for smaller investors.</p><p>Gasparino's remarks have stirred controversy within the crypto community, with some accusing him of bias. However, he maintains that his analysis is impartial and objective. Despite the criticism, crypto market analysts remain optimistic, predicting that a favorable settlement for Ripple could potentially lead to a significant surge in XRP prices.</p>

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Potential Changes in SEC's Approach to Ripple Lawsuit Under New Administration

<h2>Ripple Holds Over $100B in XRP, Fueling Market Leadership</h2><p>Ripple maintains a robust valuation with over $100 billion in XRP, positioning itself as a leader in blockchain infrastructure. The company's CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, confirmed this during a discussion with Devin Ryan from JMP Securities, emphasizing the significant impact on Ripple’s market stance.</p><h2>Regulatory Optimism and Growth Prospects</h2><p>With a potential IPO on the horizon by 2026, Ripple is experiencing positive regulatory shifts and increasing demand for its products, such as Ripple USD (RLUSD) and custody solutions. These factors contribute to a promising growth trajectory for the company.</p><h2>IPO Plans and Strategic Decisions</h2><p>Despite previous plans, Ripple had put its IPO aspirations on hold due to unfavorable conditions under the former SEC administration. However, with recent changes in the SEC leadership, Ripple now sees a more favorable environment for potentially going public in the near future.</p><h2>Ripple’s Market Position and Expansion</h2><p>Ripple continues to solidify its role as the preferred blockchain partner for financial institutions. The expansion of job openings in the U.S. indicates a strategic shift to focus more on the domestic market, amidst the challenges of rapid growth.</p><h2>Insights on Ripple’s IPO Timing</h2><p>John E. Deaton from CryptoLawUS speculated that Ripple could launch its IPO as early as late 2025 or early 2026, aligning with the company’s strategic preparations and market conditions.</p><h2>Current Market Performance of XRP</h2><p>As per the latest data from CoinMarketCap, Ripple’s XRP is trading at $2.40, showing a significant increase over the past week, despite a slight decrease in the past 24 hours. This reflects the growing investor confidence in Ripple’s stability and future prospects.</p>

Ripple's Strategic Holdings and Future Prospects Amidst IPO Speculations

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<h1>Ripple's Strategic Holdings and Future Prospects</h1>
<p>Ripple, a prominent player in the blockchain sector, currently holds over <strong>$100 billion</strong> worth of XRP tokens. This substantial asset base supports Ripple's high valuation and leadership in providing blockchain solutions for financial institutions.</p>
<h2>Interview Insights with CEO Brad Garlinghouse</h2>
<p>In a recent discussion with Devin Ryan from JMP Securities, <strong>Brad Garlinghouse</strong>, the CEO of Ripple, revealed the significant amount of XRP the company holds. He emphasized that this bolsters Ripple's market position and is crucial to its valuation. Garlinghouse expressed his optimism about the year 2025 and Ripple's focus on real-world utility of blockchain technology.</p>
<p>According to an update from CNF, Ripple was valued at $11 billion following a share buyback in 2024, but Garlinghouse suggests that this figure is now outdated, indicating a potential increase in the company's current valuation.</p>
<h2>Ripple's IPO Aspirations and Regulatory Climate</h2>
<p>While Ripple has considered an IPO in the past, unfavorable conditions under the previous SEC administration led to a deprioritization of these plans. However, with the recent departure of SEC Chair Gary Gensler, there is renewed optimism about potential regulatory changes that could favor the crypto industry.</p>
<p>Ripple's focus has also expanded to include offerings like custody solutions and its stablecoin, Ripple USD (RLUSD), which are seeing growing demand.</p>
<h2>Looking Forward: Ripple's Market Strategy and Expansion</h2>
<p>Ripple is enhancing its presence in the U.S. market with new job openings, signaling a strategic shift from its previous global approach. This move aligns with Ripple's goal to become the blockchain partner of choice for financial institutions.</p>
<p>Despite the challenges associated with rapid growth, Ripple's strong foundation makes it well-positioned for future success. John E. Deaton from CryptoLawUS speculated that Ripple could potentially launch its IPO as soon as late 2025 or early 2026.</p>
<h2>Current Market Position</h2>
<p>As per recent data from CoinMarketCap, Ripple's XRP is trading at <span>$2.40</span>, reflecting a minor decrease over the past 24 hours but an <span>18.73% increase</span> over the past week, underscoring its resilience and potential for growth.</p>
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Ripple, a leader in blockchain infrastructure, holds over $100 billion in XRP, fueling optimism for its future. CEO Brad Garlinghouse discussed the potential for significant growth and a future IPO, highlighting the strong market demand and a favorable regulatory outlook.

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<h1>Ripple's Strategic Growth and Potential IPO in 2026</h1>
<p>Ripple, a key player in the blockchain infrastructure sector, is currently holding over <strong>$100 billion</strong> worth of XRP tokens. This substantial holding underscores Ripple's strong valuation and market leadership.</p>
<h2>Company Insights</h2>
<p>During a discussion with Devin Ryan from JMP Securities, <strong>Brad Garlinghouse</strong>, Ripple's CEO, revealed these figures, highlighting their significance for the company's valuation. Garlinghouse expressed excitement for the year 2025, focusing on the <strong>real-world utility</strong> of Ripple's offerings.</p>
<p>A recent valuation pegged Ripple at <strong>$11 billion</strong>, following a share buyback in 2024, but Garlinghouse suggests that this figure is now outdated, indicating a much higher current valuation.</p>
<h2>Regulatory Optimism and Market Expansion</h2>
<p>Ripple's optimism about regulatory changes, especially with the departure of the previous SEC Chair, Gary Gensler, positions it well for future growth. This optimism is supported by an increasing demand for Ripple’s <strong>custody solutions</strong> and its stablecoin, <strong>Ripple USD (RLUSD)</strong>.</p>
<h2>Future Prospects and IPO Speculations</h2>
<p>Despite previous reservations about going public, the strategic shift in regulatory landscapes has made an IPO a more viable option, potentially as early as late 2025 or early 2026, according to John E. Deaton, Founder of CryptoLawUS.</p>
<p>Ripple's trajectory is further supported by its recent expansion in the U.S. job market and its continued focus on being the preferred blockchain partner for financial institutions. The company's solid foundation is expected to support its rapid growth and strategic objectives.</p>
<p>As of the latest updates, Ripple's XRP is trading at <strong>$2.40</strong>, reflecting a slight decrease in the past 24 hours but showing a significant surge in the past week.</p>
<p><i>This article is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as investment advice.</i></p>
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Ripple, a leader in blockchain infrastructure, holds over $100 billion in XRP, indicating a strong market position and potential for an IPO by 2026. CEO Brad Garlinghouse discusses the company's valuation, regulatory optimism, and the focus on real-world utility, reflecting a robust trajectory for Ripple's future amid evolving crypto landscapes.

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Ripple's Strategic Growth and Potential IPO in 2026

<h1>XRP's Potential Surge and Market Dynamics</h1>
<p><strong>Author:</strong> Bhushan Akolkar <strong>Edited by:</strong> John Kiguru <strong>Date:</strong> January 7, 2025</p>
<p>XRP, Ripple's native cryptocurrency, is currently under the spotlight with its market cap reaching <strong>$140 billion</strong>. Analysts are forecasting a surge that could push its market cap to <strong>$500 billion</strong>. This optimism is partly driven by the SuperTrend indicator's recent bullish signal on the 12-hour chart, historically associated with a <strong>470% rally</strong>.</p>
<h2>Technical Analysis and Market Sentiment</h2>
<p>Notable crypto analyst Ali Martinez reported the bullish SuperTrend signal on January 6, indicating strong bullish momentum. Similarly, a TD Sequential buy signal suggests a possible rebound, while a bullish pennant formation on the 8-hour chart points to an immediate price target of <strong>$3.5</strong>.</p>
<p>However, veteran trader Peter Brandt has advised caution, noting the current price pattern needs swift validation to prevent potential declines. Brandt emphasizes that the flag pattern should be acted upon quickly to maintain its bullish potential.</p>
<h2>Broader Market Impact</h2>
<p>Following Donald Trump’s recent electoral victory, XRP has seen significant gains, now ranking as the third-largest cryptocurrency. It has outperformed major counterparts like Tether (USDT) and BNB Coin (BNB), with more than <strong>15% gains</strong> weekly.</p>
<p>In addition to market performance, XRP has been added to the portfolios of major asset managers like Grayscale and platforms like Artemis, enhancing its credibility and utility in transactions.</p>
<h2>Investor Guidance</h2>
<p>The article concludes with a disclaimer regarding the informational nature of the content, advising readers to conduct their own research and consult financial advisors before making investment decisions.</p>
<p><em>Source: CNF, Tweets from Ali Martinez and ZAYK Charts, and commentary by Peter Brandt.</em></p>

XRP is poised for a potential 470% increase as the SuperTrend indicator turns bullish, suggesting a rise in market cap from $140 billion to $500 billion. Key insights from crypto analysts and traders highlight both optimistic forecasts and cautious evaluations of XRP's price patterns, market performance, and technical signals. The blog also discusses the inclusion of XRP in new crypto offerings by major asset managers.

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XRP's Potential Surge and Market Dynamics

<h2>XRP Set for Major Surge</h2><p>XRP's market cap has recently hit $140 billion, with predictions of rising to a $500 billion market cap. The SuperTrend indicator on a 12-hour chart has turned bullish, historically signaling a potential 470% increase. Analyst Ali Martinez confirmed this bullish signal, which last occurred before a significant price jump in XRP. Despite this, veteran trader Peter Brandt advises caution, noting the need for swift validation of XRP's current flag pattern to prevent potential decline.</p><h2>Market Sentiment and Technical Analysis</h2><p>Crypto analysts are expressing a mix of cautious optimism and strong bullishness. Captain Faibik pointed out an impending bullish flag breakout that could lead to a 50% rally. On the other hand, Peter Brandt highlighted the urgency in confirming this bullish pattern to capitalize on the possible surge. Furthermore, Grayscale and Artemis have added XRP to their asset lists, recognizing its value in transactions and as a store of value.</p>

This article discusses the bullish signals for XRP, including a 470% potential surge based on the SuperTrend indicator. It highlights various technical analyses and market sentiments from experts like Peter Brandt and Ali Martinez. Also, it mentions the inclusion of XRP in the investment portfolios of major crypto asset managers.

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