Bitcoin ETF Updates

This Week's Low-Down:

• ⚖️ Anticipation Peaks as SEC Nears Decision on Bitcoin ETFs

• 🤔 Logan Paul's $2.3M Buyback Plan for Defunct CryptoZoo NFTs

• 🛒 Unity and Walmart Team Up to Innovate In-Game Shopping

• 11 Bitcoin ETF Applicants Update Their 19b-4 Filings (Bitcolumnist)

• Polygon NFT Volume Hits 6-Month High, Igniting Renewed Interest in Layer-2 Scaling Solution (Crypto News)

• Visa Elevates Customer Experience with Web3 Loyalty Program (NFT Plazas)

• Bitcoin Devs Preserve Classic Nintendo Games With Ordinals (Decrypt)

• Dave Announces to Repurchase $100M Stake From FTX in $71M (Bitcolumnist)

• Azuki’s Value Surges Amid Weeb3 Foundation Alliance Rumors (NFT Plazas)

• Shiba Inu Team Releases Step-By-Step Guide To Buy Shibarium-based NFTs (CoinGape)

• Pixels Unveil New ‘$PIXEL’ Token – Available via Gamified Airdrop (NFT Plazas)

• Upcoming Drops: Jan. 8 — Jan. 14 (nft now)

• French Red Cross Redefines Charity Aid in The Sandbox (NFT Plazas)

• Solana Falls Behind Polygon in Terms of NFT Trading Volume (U.Today)

• Animoca Brands Celebrates a Decade of Blockchain Breakthroughs (NFT Plazas)

• Thunder Terminal Hack Leads to More Than 86 ETH and 439 SOL Drained (nft now)

Trending Collections on OpenSea:

• Rarity Jump Genesis [Floor Price - <0.01 ETH]

• Inka Blinks [Floor Price - 0.02 ETH]

• BEANZ Official [Floor Price - 0.60 ETH]

  

  Anticipation Peaks as SEC Nears Decision on Bitcoin ETFs

The U.S. SEC is expected to announce a decision on Bitcoin spot ETF applications by January 10, with trading potentially starting January 12.

Web3 enthusiast Ben Armstrong (“Bitboy”) heads to Washington D.C. to champion Bitcoin ETFs.

• ETF applicants, including Blackrock and ARK, updated their S-1 filings

• The filings reveal competitive management fees, with Blackrock starting at 0.20% and ARK at 25 basis points.

• Firms are competing on price to capture early market share, indicating high demand for crypto ETFs.

• Strategies include fee waivers and substantial marketing efforts.

  

  Logan Paul's $2.3M Buyback Plan for Defunct CryptoZoo NFTs

YouTuber Logan Paul is refunding victims of his failed NFT game, CryptoZoo, with the condition that they waive their right to sue.

• Paul faced backlash and a class-action lawsuit for his CryptoZoo game that never launched.

• He's refunding buyers of in-game NFTs for CryptoZoo via a $2.3 million buyback program.

• “Bad actors" disrupted the development of the play-to-earn game.

• Read the full scope here.

Unity and Walmart Unite to Innovate In-Game Shopping

Walmart teams up with Unity, a trailblazer in real-time 3D (RT3D) content creation, to seamlessly incorporate Walmart's commerce APIs into games, merging digital and physical worlds.

• Walmart aims to connect the physical and digital realms, allowing in-game transactions for real-world products

• The collaboration offers creators the ability to market physical products in real-time 3D environments across various platforms.

• Moreover, the Unity Software-Development Kit (SDK) enables developers to integrate commerce APIs.

Today's edition was written by Leah Alger

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