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Telegram game and engagement platform Major will launch its token and begin airdropping MAJOR to players Thursday while Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving, and now on-chain claims are open for eligible players. Players who met the criteria to be eligible for the MAJOR token, which will launch on The Open Network (TON), can now connect a TON wallet ahead of the token generation event at 12pm UTC on Thursday. Major previously let players select a centralized exchange to claim to, including OKX and Bitget, as well as selecting to have the airdrop go directly to the Wallet app on Telegram. Today’s…

CryptoPunk #8348, a one-of-one CryptoPunk and the only one with seven traits, was loaned for $2.75 million in a historic financing deal facilitated by NFT lending platform GONDI. The loan, which has a six month maturity and a 20% interest rate, must be repaid by the borrower—notable NFT collector Seedphrase—in that time, or he’ll yield his Punk to the lending party. Originally purchased in May 2020 for 85 ETH ($18,000 at the time), Punk #8348, which has become synonymous with Seedphrase’s online identity, has not changed hands since. “This is comparable to using a Picasso as collateral in the traditional…

contributor Posted: November 28, 2024 Vitalik Buterin donated 320 ETH tokens worth $1.07 million. ETH surged by 1.09% over the past 24 hours. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum [ETH], has recently turned to selling memecoins, offloading four different memecoins for a total of 24.5 ETH tokens, valued at $81.8K. This includes selling 330 billion $LEDOG for 10.96 ETH, 3.03 trillion $DOGC for 10.8 ETH, 19.95 million $99 for 1.58 ETH, and 300 million $VITALIK for 1.14 ETH, as reported by SpotOnChain. After selling these four memecoins, he made a massive donation to Coin Center by donating 320 ETH tokens…

Following first word of a crossover back in July, the popular manga and anime series “Attack on Titan” has expanded into Ethereum metaverse gaming platform The Sandbox with a new game called Attack on Titan: Invasion. Attack on Titan: Invasion lets players become soldiers defending the Trost District against Titan attacks, working alongside characters like Eren Yeager, Mikasa Ackerman, and Armin Arlert from the source material. Players must complete training and successfully resist multiple invasion cycles to reach the final quest with Eren. Playable on Windows and Mac, The Sandbox’s latest addition challenges participants to protect humanity by defeating waves…

Animoca Brands made a strategic investment in Igloo, Inc., the parent company of Pudgy Penguins. The fund aims to expand NFT as consumer crypto, in addition to its Mocaverse platform. Igloo, Inc., the parent company behind the Pudgy Penguins NFT collection, will receive a strategic funding round from Animoca Brands. The fund, which is still one of the most active investors in Web3 and NFT, is in search of project complementing its Mocaverse brand. The Mocaverse includes NFT, digital identity, and metaverse features, aiming to revive consumer crypto with a gamified element. Animoca Brands has continued its support for Web3…

Ethereum-based arena battler game Moonray is now responsible for the largest free gaming NFT mint on OpenSea to date, after users minted some 220,629 “Jadeon Adam” character skins over a 48-hour period. This NFT mint gave players an earthy green in-game character skin that they can wear while fighting. The free NFTs, minted on Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-2 network Base, were claimed between November 19-21. Moonray is an Ethereum-based combat arena game available on PC via the Epic Games Store. It has previously run a play-to-airdrop campaign, rewarding players’ in-game progression for a slice of its soon-to-launch MNRY token, and has…

Art Blocks, the popular platform and collective for on-chain artwork, announced on Wednesday that it has achieved a longstanding goal: ensuring that the vast majority of its projects can now be accessed and viewed solely by navigating the Ethereum blockchain. While all Art Blocks projects have been created on Ethereum since the collective launched in 2020, those pieces have always required a back-end generator provided by the company to be viewable online. Now, however, even the mechanisms needed to view and enjoy some 90% of all Art Blocks pieces have been configured on-chain. That means that as long as the…

Donald Trump’s crypto portfolio surged $1.6M, driven by Ethereum’s 38% monthly rally. Justin Sun invested $30M in Trump’s blockchain-focused DeFi project, World Liberty Financial. Donald Trump’s recent presidential victory has sparked a notable reaction across financial markets, particularly within the cryptocurrency sector. Trump’s crypto holding surge Following his election win on the 5th of November, data from market intelligence firm Arkham Intel indicated substantial growth in Trump’s crypto portfolio. This surge aligned with a broader rally in cryptocurrency prices, reflecting a market uptrend fueled by renewed investor optimism and policy speculation in the wake of his triumph. Interestingly, while Bitcoin…

contributor Posted: November 27, 2024 Base reinforced its lead as the top Ethereum layer 2 with new TVL ATH. Daily transaction count soars to new highs as utility continues to fuel growth. The Base network’s relentless push to become the top Ethereum [ETH] layer 2 this year has paid off. Despite this win, it continues to achieve new milestones to secure its leading position, and perhaps even extend its dominance. Here’s a look at the Base network’s latest milestones. Base is currently the top Ethereum layer 2 by Total Value Locked (TVL). It recently extended this lead by pushing into…

Despite its best efforts, Tron’s TVL remained lower than Ethereum’s. ETH also remained far ahead of TRX in certain metrics. After a two-year battle for supremacy, Ethereum [ETH] has officially reclaimed its position as the leading blockchain for Tether [USDT] dominance, overtaking Tron [TRX]. According to recent market data, Ethereum now accounts for 44.56% of the Tether supply, slightly ahead of Tron’s 42.97%. This shift marks a significant milestone for Ethereum and has wider implications for the blockchain ecosystem.  Ethereum vs. Tron: Breaking down the numbers AMBCrypto’s analysis of DefiLlama’s chart revealed the extent of Ethereum and Tron’s dominance in…