Singaporean NFT gaming company Matr1x announced on Thursday that it has raised $10 million in funding for its mobile gaming project. Folius Ventures led the latest A-2 round of financing, with cryptocurrency venture capital firm SevenX appointed as a joint lead investor. According to a statement, ABCDE Capital, Jambo, Initiate Capital, and FindSatoshi Lab (the maker of Stepn and the upcoming GasHero game) also invested.

On November 23rd, according to OpenSea Pro data, NFT whale dingaling purchased 8 Matr1 x2061 for 15.14 ETH 2 hours ago. In addition, dingaling stated on social media that MATR1X FIRE is one of the undervalued GameFi projects and also purchased 3 YATC for 38 ETH.

CoinGecko, a leading cryptocurrency data tracking company, has acquired Zash, an on-chain data analytics firm specializing in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) metadata across various platforms. The acquisition is in line with CoinGecko's goal of becoming a central hub for cryptocurrency-related information and providing users with a more comprehensive suite of data. CoinGecko plans to integrate Zash's NFT data into its API by Q2 2022, giving users access to a range of information relating to NFTs directly on CoinGecko. Zash's offerings include detailed insights into NFT metadata, historical trades, lending activities, and the identification of large-scale wash trades across 87 blockchain networks.

Christian, co-founder of NDV and NFT whale, has deposited 543.98 ETH into Blast and currently has 32,488 Blast Points, ranking third on the leaderboard.

Co-founder of NDV Crypto Fund and NFT whale Christian2022.mid announced that he has deposited over 500 ETH into the Layer2 network Blast, founded by Pacman, at the invitation of another well-known NFT whale, dingaling. Christian expressed high hopes for Blast team's significant initiatives in the coming year.

On November 20th, according to Decrypt's report, the Dfinity Foundation and SingularityNET have reached a partnership to develop artificial intelligence models that run on smart contracts, with the aim of connecting artificial intelligence with blockchain, smart contracts, and decentralized networks.

According to Layer2Gather statistics, Ethereum has always been the blockchain with the highest NFT collection and transaction volume, far exceeding other chains. Calculated by 7D transaction volume, the top 4 NFT markets on Ethereum account for 98.85% of the total transaction volume on Ethereum (approximately $118.4 million).

According to NFTGo data reported, the number of buyer addresses in the Ethereum NFT market in the past 24 hours was 5,620, and the number of seller addresses was 5,558. In the past 30 days, the number of profitable addresses was 43,955, and the number of losing addresses was 526,911. In addition, the current sentiment index of the Ethereum NFT market is 31, with a level of "Cold". Note: The NFT market sentiment index is calculated based on volatility, trading volume, social media, and Google Trends.

According to data from Cryptoslam, the Bitcoin on-chain sales have surpassed $797 million, making it the sixth highest blockchain in NFT sales, surpassing Cardano and second only to Ethereum, Ronin, Solana, Polygon, and Flow.

On November 18th, Web3 super app ParaX announced that it has supported NFT project Weirdo Ghost Gang "Little Ghost" for lending activities, providing instant liquidity for the NFT series.

Blur has announced that it will release an important announcement at 7 am Beijing time on November 20th to "take Bur to a new level". Previously, it was reported that Blur had planned to launch Season 2 airdrops on November 20th.

Nike and its NFT subsidiary RTFKT have released a co-branded sneaker, which will go on sale on November 20. Previously, RTFKT, a subsidiary of Nike, has issued NFT transactions totaling $1.4 billion, with revenue reaching $170 million. Its NFT series includes Clone X and Takashi Murakami, among others.

A one-of-a-kind NFT painting titled "EthBoy" depicting Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin as a jester has sold for 200 ETH, equivalent to $392,308, on the secondary market. The artwork was created by crypto artists Trevor Jones and Alotta Money and initially sold for a record-breaking 260 ETH in November 2020. The resale of "EthBoy" injects hope into the struggling NFT ecosystem, which has been facing an escalating crisis due to the optional nature of creator fees on major platforms like OpenSea. The original buyer of "EthBoy" will also receive a portion of the creator fee generated by the artwork's sale.

According to Magic Eden market data, on November 17th, the floor price of Bitcoin Frogs, an NFT in the Bitcoin ecosystem, rose to 0.123 BTC (about $4460), a 75% increase in 24 hours. In addition, the floor price of Goosinals, another NFT in the Bitcoin ecosystem, rose to 0.04 BTC (about $1448), a 100% increase in 24 hours.

LooksRare announced it will waive all agreement fees for NFT sales on its V2 market and Seaport implementation in the next 30 days. From today until 1:00 PM (UTC) on December 16, 2023, sellers listing any NFT on the LooksRare platform will receive 100% of the listed price.

Disney has announced a partnership with NFT company Dapper Labs to launch a digital collectible platform called Disney Pinnacle, which will tokenize characters from the Disney franchise, Pixar and Star Wars. The NFT platform is set to be fully released on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and for web browsers by the end of 2023. Meanwhile, industry executives predict that the upward trend in NFT sales volume will continue for the next six months, with NFTs now established as a unique class of digital assets separate from crypto. China has declared that stealing digital collectibles like NFTs will be liable for criminal theft sentences, while Roblox CEO David Baszucki has expressed his dream of in-game cross-platform NFTs and digital objects. Yuga Labs has confirmed that UV-A emitting lights set up at the recent ApeFest event in Hong Kong were likely the cause of eye-related complaints.

The Museum of Modern Art(MoMA) in New York has recently acquired two tokenized works of art, Refik Anadol's Unsupervised-Machine Hallucinations (2022) and Ian Cheng's "3FACE" from last year. This marks the first time that MoMA has added artificial intelligence (AI) and NFT to its collection.

On November 15th, according to Cryptoslam data, the Bitcoin NFT trading volume reached $15.891 million in the past 24 hours, surpassing the $9.937 million trading volume of Ethereum NFTs.

On November 15th, NFT lending platform BendDAO announced its future roadmap, with key milestones including: completing V2 product prototype development and comprehensive upgrade in Q4 2023; launching a test version in Q1 2024 to collect user feedback; officially launching the V2 version in Q2 2024, introducing new features and enhancing user experience; updating the V2 token economics and introducing on-chain governance in Q3 2024.

According to the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Aurelien Michel, the developer of the MAYC imitation game Mutant Ape Planet NFT, pleaded guilty to a fraud case involving about $3 million in the US federal court. Michel is a French citizen residing in the United Arab Emirates. He was arrested in New York earlier this year on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining $2.9 million. The US prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York stated that Michel faces up to 5 years in prison and has agreed to pay a confiscation fine of $1.4 million. （CoinDesk）