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• 📈 NFT Sales Reach $2B in March—Blur Leads Sales

• 👀 OpenSea Debuts Commission-Free 'Pro' Platform

• 🏘️ Homebase Tokenizes First Property with NFTs on Solana

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• Jack Daniel’s to Drop AR Game with Music NFTs (NFT Lately)

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• 'Lollipop' NFT Racing Game From Filmmaker David Ayer Coming to Polygon (Decrypt)

• Animoca Brands Help Yuga Labs Develop Legends of Mara (NFT Lately)

• From 90s Sensation to Modern-Day Digital Collectibles – POGs are Back! (NFT Evening)

• Papa John’s Unveils Exclusive NFT Collection: Culinary Metaverse Meets Digital Pizza (NFT Lately)

• Damien Hirst Creates ‘The Beautiful Paintings’ NFTs on HENI (NFT Lately)

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• Free POAP? Not for Commercial Users of the Ethereum Attendance NFTs (Decrypt)

• Asprey and Bugatti Unite With Phygital NFT ‘Objet’ Eggs (NFT Evening)

• Carbon-Backed NFTs ‘EcoSapiens’ Attract $3.5M Funding Surge (NFT Lately)

• Ralph Lauren x Poolsuite NFT Gifted to Community in First-Ever Brand Collaboration (NFT Evening)

• Damien Hirst Creates ‘The Beautiful Paintings’ NFTs on HENI (NFT Lately)

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• Hop into BNB Chain for an NFT Easter Egg Hunt (NFT Lately)

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• How NFT Tech Can Help Fight Climate Change (NFT Plazas)

• Batteries or Bitcoin: Is Mining the Best Use for ‘Excess’ Green Energy? (Decrypt)

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• Wrapped CryptoPunks [Floor Price - 57.80 ETH]

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NFT Sales Reach $2B in March—Blur Leads Sales

According to data from DappRadar, the NFT market boomed in February, hitting $2 billion in trades, marking a 117% jump! March saw a tiny dip, but here's the twist: 69% of trades were driven by Blur!

Here's What We Know:

• Blur is dominating the NFT sphere, contributing $1.35 billion worth of Ethereum NFT trades in March alone.

• The marketplace's reward token launch in mid-February contributed to mass flipping by "whale" traders.

• Consequently, debates over wash trading activity continue, following the platform relying heavily on token rewards.

• OpenSea still maintains the lead for having unique wallets. However, trading volume has dropped from $586 million in February to $424 million in March.

OpenSea Debuts Commission-Free 'Pro' Platform

OpenSea introduces a fresh new façade to override it's biggest competitor, Blur—revealing the launch of "OpenSea Pro".

Here's What We Know:

• OpenSea reinstates its 2.5% platform fee, whereas its new Pro version offers a temporary 0% fee for traders and maintains the 0.5% minimum royalty model for creators.

• The advanced platform emerges from the rebranded and expanded Gem V2, aiming to attract experienced users with advanced trading tools and aggregation from 170+ NFT marketplaces.

• In response to Blur's token rewards, OpenSea Pro also plans to feature NFTs as rewards.

• Keep an eye on NFT Lately for more deets coming soon. 👀

Homebase Tokenizes First Property with NFTs on Solana

Homebase has NFT-ified its first-ever property deed for a single-family home in Texas. Although some regulatory hurdles exist, the crypto startup has the license to tokenize properties and is riding the wave.

Here's What We Know:

• Homebase has tokenized its first property through NFTs, raising a whopping $246,800 on Solana.

• The Solana property was an attractive choice for the first-time customers now holding NFT property stakes, thanks to the network's ease of use and low gas fees.

• Following the success, Homebase plans to tokenize a second property, streamlining purchases with USDC.

Today's edition was written by Leah Alger.

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