SEC Tweet Becomes NFT

Terra grows with Ark's NFT integration, SEC tweet becomes NFT, and Solana Saga buyers net $1K NFTs.

Author

Leah Alger
January 11, 2024

This Week's Low-Down:

  • 🔗 Terra Advances with Ark-Powered Interchain NFT Integration

  • 💾 Digital Artist Turns SEC's Bitcoin ETF Hoax Tweet into NFT

  • 📱 Solana Saga Phone Buyers Score Big with Free NFTs Worth $1K

What's Happening Header

  • Crypto Market Awaits Spot Bitcoin ETF Decision Following SEC Hack (Bitcolumnist)

  • Otherside ‘Trip 3’ Trailer Revealed to Mixed Reactions (NFT Plazas)

  • Trillions of 'Notcoin' Farmed in Telegram Meme Coin Game—But There's a Catch (Decrypt)

  • Polygon Network Surpasses Ethereum in Daily NFT Trades (Bitcolumnist)

  • Sony Unveils ‘Digital Birth Certificates’ – Much Like NFTs (NFT Plazas)

  • Gas Hero Launch Boosts NFT Trading Volumes on Polygon (Bitcolumnist)

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

  • Elon Musk’s X (Twitter) Waves Goodbye to PFP NFTs (NFT Plazas)

  • Azuki Unwraps Anime Anthology Series with Director Taniguchi (NFT Plazas)

  • Game On: The Hottest Upcoming Gaming Token Airdrops (Decrypt)

  • Logan Paul Refunds $2.3 Million for CryptoZoo Scam Victims (Bitcolumnist)

  • OpenSea Simplifies NFT Access with New Email Wallet Setup (NFT Plazas)

  • XAI Airdrop on Arbitrum Puts $70 Million Into Gamers' Wallets (Decrypt)

Trending Collections on OpenSea:

Terra announces its new move, embracing interchain NFTs powered by Ark Protocol.

  • Post its 2022 collapse, Terra has been actively implementing community proposals and updates to revitalize its ecosystem.

  • Now, the blockchain network’s newest integration allows its NFT projects to be displayed across various blockchain networks to broaden exposure.

  • Terra also releases “Station v3 Extension” for web applications NFT accessibility, alongside a modest increase in LUNA's price to $0.66.

    Digital Artist Turns SEC's Bitcoin ETF Hoax Tweet into NFT

After a security breach at the SEC led to a fake tweet about Bitcoin ETF approvals, it was transformed into an NFT using Bitcoin's Ordinals Inscription.

  • Digital artist Billy Restey was responsible for immortalizing Gensler's tweet as an NFT, marking it as a unique digital collectible.

  • The Gensler tweet NFT was given a unique identification number (53,995,422) within the Ordinals system.

  • This critical tweet hack coincided with heightened investor anticipation for the SEC's decision on several major Bitcoin ETF applications.

    After the upheaval, the SEC eventually greenlit Bitcoin ETF applications!

Solana Saga Phone Buyers Score Big with Free NFTs Worth $1K

Owners of the Solana Saga smartphone received free Saga Monkes NFTs, which are now selling for over $1,000, surpassing the phone's initial price.

  • Saga Monkes NFTs, exclusive to Solana Saga Genesis holders, launched on January 6 with high demand and initial prices around $1,250 in SOL.

  • Within a day, Saga Monkes became the top-selling NFT project, achieving over $2.1 million in sales at an average of $1,069 per NFT.

  • The floor price of Saga Monkes NFTs, despite a slight dip, remains high at around $740, offering substantial returns for Solana smartphone users.

  • Solana Saga owners also gained from other airdrops like “BONK” meme coin and “Claynosaurz: Call of Saga” NFTs, also valued over $1,000.

Today's edition was written by Leah Alger