ChainCatcher news, Animoca Brands Japan announced on social media that it has launched its NFT trading platform SORAH.

ChainCatcher news, according to the Rarible official website, Rarible has officially integrated with the OKX Web3 wallet. Users can connect the OKX Web3 wallet plugin to create and trade NFTs on Rarible, among other activities. Rarible is an NFT marketplace and creation platform built on the Ethereum network, where users can earn Rarible's governance token RARI as rewards through NFT trading.It is understood that the OKX Web3 wallet is a heterogeneous multi-chain wallet that supports over 60 public chains. The app, plugin, and web versions are unified, covering five major areas: wallet, DEX, earning coins, NFT marketplace, and DApp exploration. It also supports features such as the Ordinals marketplace, creating MPC wallets, exchanging Gas, iCloud/Google Drive backup for mnemonic phrases, custom networks, and connecting hardware wallets. In addition, the OKX Web3 wallet will soon support AA account abstraction.

According to ChainCatcher news, DL News reported that Tiger Global has reduced its equity value in OpenSea from $126.8 million to $30.2 million, a decrease of 76%. Based on this, DL News estimates that Tiger Global has lowered OpenSea's valuation to $3 billion.According to the crypto data platform RootData, OpenSea announced the completion of a $300 million Series C funding round in January 2022 with a post-money valuation of $13.3 billion, led by Paradigm and Coatue, with participation from Tiger Global. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the NFT marketplace Magic Eden announced the addition of support for specific offers based on the attributes of NFTs. Buyer users can filter by one or more traits on the NFT collection page, or click "Offer" and select attributes, choose the quantity of NFTs to purchase, and make an offer. Seller users can view offers for NFTs with specific attributes with one click. (Source link)

According to ChainCatcher news, as reported by Decrypt citing DappRadar and Dune data, the NFT market trading volume in March was slightly above $1.95 billion, a decrease of about 4% from February's $2.04 billion.The vast majority of the trading volume came from Blur, where Ethereum NFT trading volume was nearly $1.35 billion, slightly up from about $1.32 billion in February. Blur's trading activity surged in mid-February when the platform launched the Blur Token, incentivizing large trades by "whale" traders. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, the community-based NFT trading market Coresky has announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by PAYSON LEE PRIVATE FOUNDATION.It is reported that Coresky has designed a brand new business model that drives NFT trading through Launchpad economic utility. Users trading NFTs in the Coresky Marketplace can earn "Tickets," which can then be used to extract NFTs from the primary market asset packages provided by the Launchpad. Coresky will design a community membership system based on users' on-chain trading behavior, with each tier having its own Corecard identity. Different levels of Corecards will regularly receive varying amounts of platform Tickets. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to ultrasound.money data, the total amount of ETH burned by the NFT market Blur has surpassed Chainlink and exceeded 5000 ETH, currently at 5,124.27 ETH, approximately 9 million USD. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Magic Eden co-founder and CEO Jack Lu tweeted that in 2023, Magic Eden's focus areas include increasing cross-chain appeal, developing services for NFT creators, and exploring new use cases such as rewards and social experiences. The company needs to review its team structure and roles, and has decided to lay off 22 employees and undergo a company restructuring.According to ChainCatcher previous report, on February 2, Magic Eden revised its $27 million funding from last March to $16.9 million. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, NFT marketplace Rarible announced the expansion of its marketplace builder to the Polygon network. Creators minting NFTs on Polygon can create their own specific NFT series brand for free and also utilize the platform's native aggregation tools to cover NFTs listed on other secondary markets. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, NFT marketplace SuperRare CEO John Crain announced that SuperRare will lay off 30% of its staff. He stated that the aggressive growth in recent months is clearly unsustainable, and that SuperRare had over-hired. He personally will "fully take responsibility for this mistake," while noting that "there is still a lot of innovation and transformation space in Web3, NFTs, crypto art, DeFi, and governance. Despite facing headwinds now, there are still incredible untapped opportunities." (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to a Twitter user, the NFT trading market Rarible may have authorization contract risks. Users who authorized the KyberNetwork1155Wrapper contract between the end of 2019 and 2020 should revoke their authorization as soon as possible to avoid potential risk events. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Argentine legendary star Javier Mascherano will create his own NFT trading market using the decentralized Web3 SaaS platform SaaSGo, and collaborate with the Move to Earn application STEPN to launch limited edition World Cup sneakers NFTs.Mascherano is a legendary Argentine star, currently the head coach of the Argentina U20 team, and a former captain of the Argentine national football team. He is the second most capped player in Argentina's history (only behind Messi) and one of Argentina's greatest defenders.SaaSGo is a decentralized Web3 SaaS platform that enables no-code deployment of DApps, supports over 20 public chains, and provides payment channels for cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies. Users can create their own DEX, Staking pool, or NFT market without code using SaaSGo, issue their own tokens or NFTs, and facilitate payments in cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Optimism ecosystem NFT marketplace Quix has announced the launch of the OP Bridgooors NFT series, with a total supply of 100,000 pieces, allowing any user who has used the Optimism NFT Bridge to claim (eligible addresses are updated every 10 minutes). Claims will end on January 1, 2023. Additionally, wallets holding the OP Bridgooors NFT will receive a 2% OP reward when purchasing NFTs on Quix.It is reported that Quix, formerly known as Quixotic, is the largest NFT platform on Optimism. The platform's market contract experienced a vulnerability in July, resulting in user losses of approximately $120,000, after which Quixotic refunded all stolen ERC-20 tokens to affected users. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the StarBlock NFT marketplace has supported the EthereumFair Chain since October 27, becoming the first NFT issuance and trading platform on ETHF. Its debut project PlaySkull World was completely minted in just 12 hours, with over 3000 participants. Within 24 hours of opening for trading, the total trading volume exceeded 290K $ETHF (140 $ETH), with a floor price reaching 200 $ETHF.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 SaaS platform Encentive has launched a one-click feature to create decentralized NFT marketplaces and has reached a deep cooperation with Mimic Black Cat. Mimic will establish an exclusive NFT ecosystem based on Encentive to build the Mimic Web3 brand.The Mimic NFT trading platform based on Encentive includes the following features: an exclusive user interface and brand frontend for the Mimic community, expanded support for ERC1155 contracts, customized royalty features, and compliant fiat payment options for purchasing the Mimic series NFTs.Encentive's decentralized NFT marketplace solution will also support secondary creation royalties for the Mimic community NFTs, entering the Mimic DAO reward pool for community governance and building the Mimic Web3 brand, establishing a more open, transparent, and innovatively incentivized Mimic Web3 community.

ChainCatcher news, the NFT marketplace Rarible has launched an NFT aggregator that allows users to compare prices across multiple NFT markets and filter NFTs based on criteria such as price, trending projects, and blockchain types (Ethereum, Solana, Tezos, Flow, Polygon, etc.). Rarible plans to announce more news this Thursday. (The Block)

ChainCatcher news, according to a report by bizjournals, disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the NFT trading market raised $202,500 in a pre-seed funding round, with participation from Gossamer Capital. The funds will be used to pay existing employees' salaries and to hire new staff.According to the documents, the company aims to raise $900,000, but its founder and CEO John Ennis revealed that the actual amount raised will be higher, although he did not provide a specific figure. John Ennis also stated that the initial funding plan was to raise $500,000 in the pre-seed round and $3 million in the seed round.It is reported that NeoSwap was established in March of this year, spun off from Aigora. NeoSwap primarily helps users group and reallocate ownership of NFTs and currencies, encouraging more people to participate in NFT exchanges, but the platform has not yet determined a monetization model. (bizjournals)

Chain Catcher news, the NFT trading market TreasureDAO on Arbitrum plans to raise $3.5 million through a token sale. This round of financing will be led by Digital Strategies Guild, with participants including 1kx, Neon DAO, ID Theory, Arbitrum, Skycatcher Crypto, IOSG, Alchemy Ventures, IndiGG, StreamingFast, and others.It is reported that this financing will sell 14,964,375 MAGIC tokens, which will be released over two years after a one-year lock-up period. TreasureDAO's move aims to balance the ratio of tokens to dollars in its treasury in an uncertain environment and to bring in new partners.In addition to the financing, TreasureDAO will also spend $1 million to purchase 500,000 tokens of the PvP strategy game BattleFly, gFLY, to support game development. Both proposals await DAO voting approval. (Source link)