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Former President & COO of Activision Blizzard, Daniel Alegre, joins Yuga Labs as CEO (20th of December)

Nifty Thought

• Yuga, the home of BAYC, Otherside, Cryptopunksnfts, and others, is only a little more than two years old. However, when it comes to the metaverse they are competing against giants. They wanted to hire someone who has a track record of building at the top level in order to catapult Otherside and their other ambitious projects to new heights. Their search led them to Daniel Alegre, who will take over as CEO of Yuga Labs in the first part of 2023. Daniel is a seasoned and truly visionary leader with extensive experience growing media and gaming businesses. As President and Chief Operating Officer of Activision Blizzard, he has contributed to the company's amazing portfolio of worldwide gaming brands, including World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Diablo, Overwatch, and Candy Crush. At NN, we are optimistic about Yuga Labs' ability to continue pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the NFT realm and thus believe Daniel to be the right person for the job.

• Several media outlets, claim that some of the photographs in the Trump’s digital trading cards collection violate copyright laws and were used without a valid permit. These images were taken from numerous projects by companies like Amazon and Walmart. The NFTs however were produced by a little-known company NFT INT LLC. Therefore, the responsibility for using unlicensed images lies with them and not the former President. As expected, the collection sold out and is presently still doing well on the secondary market (although the floor price dipped to 0.25 ETH).

Project News

• Former President and COO of Activision Blizzard, Daniel Alegre, joins Yuga Labs as CEO:

Daniel Alegre @dalegre

@yugalabs — home of @BoredApeYC, @OthersideMeta, @cryptopunksnfts, and more — is a creative powerhouse driving innovation and storytelling in Web3. I am extremely excited to lead the team to the next phase of growth.

news.yuga.comWelcome to the club, DanielYuga Labs News

• Donald Trump suspected of using copyrighted images in sold-out NFT collection:

Matthew Sheffield @mattsheffield

It appears that Donald Trump's NFT image of himself as a cowboy comes from an Amazon image that was slightly altered. amazon.com/Scully-Rangewe…

whalechart.org 🐳 @WhaleChart

Example from one of his NFTs where they forgot to remove the entire watermark.

• Doodles provided holders with roadmap timetable updates:

doodles @doodles

Activate the power of the Dooplicator. January 2023

• Polygon collaborates with Hi and Mastercard to enable customers to design personalised web3 debit cards:

hi | Web 3 Neo-Banking @hi_com_official

Today, we're so proud to announce our collaboration with @PolygonStudios, allowing users to easily generate an NFT, using their favorite image, to customize a Debit Mastercard. The best part? It’s a gasless minting experience. Go to 🔗 polygon.hi.com

• RTFKT is collaborating with Division Street to help student-athletes:

  RTFKT @RTFKT

  RTFKT is teaming up with Division Street to support its mission to empower University of Oregon 🦆student-athletes to monetize their name, image and likeness. ℹ️ More info: rtfkt.com/faq/ar-helmet

• Rolling Loud, the world's largest hip-hop festival, is starting an NFT project named Loudpunxnft:

  DΞmon 😈 @ToTheDemon

  What if one of the biggest music festivals launched an NFT which gives you lifetime access? 👀 You don’t wanna miss this. Who’s ready for the alpha + how to secure the wl RIGHT NOW? A thread 🧵 (1/15) 👇🏻

Community News

• Sam Bankman-Fried will be brought back to the United States:

Bloomberg Crypto @crypto

ICYMI: FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s preparations to be extradited to the US have hit an abrupt and confusing snag in a Bahamas courtroom. His lawyer wasn't on the same page

trib.alBloomberg - Are you a robot?

• Dogecoin has a larger market cap than Coinbase:

Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru

JUST IN: #Dogecoin now has a larger market cap than Coinbase $COIN.

• •US Senate Banking chairman believes SEC should ban cryptocurrencies:

  whalechart.org 🐳 @WhaleChart

  US Senate banking Chairman says SEC should ban Crypto

Quick Stats:

• OpenSea ETH Daily Volume: 2,801 ETH (▼ 51.19%)

• Blur ETH Daily Volume: 5,960 ETH (▼ 32.03%)

• BTC: $16,827.86 (▲ 0.46%)

• ETH: $1,213.40 (▲ 2.34%)

• Solana: $12.35 (▲ 0.63%)

• Polygon: $0.80 (▲ 0.94%)

NFT Daily Winners:

• DigiDaigaku: 6.90 ETH (▲ 7.33%)

• Clone X: 6.09 ETH (▲ 2.19%)

• Azuki: 11.07 ETH (▲ 1.68%)

• VeeFriends: 4.70 ETH (► 0.00%)

• Doodles: 7.00 ETH (► 0.00%)

• Proof Collective: 31.00 ETH (► 0.00%)

NFT Daily Losers:

• CryptoPunks: 63.67 ETH (▼ 0.03%)

• Mutant Ape Yacht Club: 13.48 ETH (▼ 0.07%)

• Moonbirds: 7.70 ETH (▼ 0.26%)

• Bored Ape Yacht Club: 62.73 ETH (▼ 1.22%)

• Chromie Squiggles: 12.69 ETH (▼ 5.23%)

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