NiftyNoon: Is Blast Dead?

After an extremely hyped token generation event in June, Blast has consistently lost market cap and mindshare over time with many wondering if the once booming ETH layer 2 can revive (August 12, 2024)

Highlighted News:

• @PacmanBlur addresses Blast community on how team will expand scope and support assets more directly:

  

  https://x.com/PacmanBlur/status/1821356134625653199

• Has $BLAST been completely run dry by the airdrop farming?:

  

  https://x.com/riddlerdefi/status/1821495582784946362?s=46

• @unbanksyETH takeaways after discussion with @PacmanBlur:

  

  https://x.com/unbanksyeth/status/1821574686922400214?s=46.

• BitGo announces the move of its WBTC business to the world’s first multi-jurisdictional and multi-institutional custody via a unique partnership and joint-venture with BiT Global:

  

  https://x.com/bitgo/status/1821927623494439130?s=46

Project and Community News:

• Kamala now leading 51-46 on Polymarket: https://x.com/tyler_did_it/status/1822259777415614836?s=46

• Franklin Templeton MMF launched on Arbitrum: https://x.com/fti_da/status/182154568247118s=46&t=7OCp4Uzsfaj0ICjv0p6hPw

• The City of Santa Monica, California, has added a new "Bitcoin Office" section to its website: https://x.com/wublockchain/status/1822089837740228826?s=46

• All three of Trump's sons have now been caught up in memecoin drama: https://x.com/blockworks_/status/1822302134647378321?s=46

• Ripple USD (RLUSD) is now in private beta on XRP Ledger and Ethereum mainnet: https://x.com/ripple/status/1821942246939488574?s=46

• Runecoin, the team behind $RSIC, teases a season 2: https://x.com/rune_coin/status/1821934647623712808?s=46

• A Letter For WBTC Custodians (Old & New): https://x.com/weremeow/status/1822345168869003411?s=46

• the @base core team doesn't have BD: https://x.com/jessepollak/status/1822727072168738858?s=46

• @ethos_network First Stop - CT, the primary arena of crypto engagement: https://x.com/ethos_network/status/1821992228467679238?s=46

• Otherside Poker pushed a week back to 8/21, at 6pm ET: https://x.com/cryptogarga/status/1821968562896171364?s=46

• @fantasy_top_ shares update on Bids Management: https://x.com/fantasy_top_/status/1821797225405768098?s=46

• Few realize the rate at which the Open Metaverse is growing: https://x.com/animocabrands/status/1822845622019572146?s=46

• Here are some notes from today's Abstract Pudgy Meeting in Discord: https://x.com/husker_eth/status/1822757193587839474?s=46

• @Uniswap teamed up with @circle and the Copenhagen Business School to find out what really drives crypto prices: https://x.com/Uniswap/status/1822630373580226661

• @limitbreak share details on progress, major products, and contributions to the web3 community: https://x.com/limitbreak/status/1822046424781160697?s=46

• Beeple’s pepefest concludes in an uneventful success: https://x.com/beeple/status/1822801036488101918?s=46

• $MEME is now listed on AscendEX: https://x.com/Memeland/status/1822607298898075787

• According to Cointelegraph, security researchers have discovered an attack method called Dark Skippy that hackers can use to extract private keys from Bitcoin hardware wallets: https://x.com/wublockchain/status/1821918362005598431?s=46

Quick Stats:

• Blur ETH Daily Volume: 728 ETH (▲ 25.51%)

• OpenSea ETH Daily Volume: 208 ETH (▼ 22.38%)

• BTC: $59,643.79 (▼ 1.36%)

• ETH: $2,678.02 (▲ 1.58%)

• Solana: $149.39 (▼ 1.58%)

• Polygon: $0.43 (▲ 1.23%)

Top NFT Sales:

• Rare Pepe (2016 - 2018) #52797273465606109053260334516277720123594475882126304335661589339357462454990: 38.00 ETH

• ETH Froganas #2j58T1KRc62UXNd1WxAjaUTJkQ4hLAzbeoDWqCR4rYnM: 499.00 SOL

• SOL Froganas #2j58T1KRc62UXNd1WxAjaUTJkQ4hLAzbeoDWqCR4rYnM: 495.00 SOL

NFT Daily Winners:

• 🐱 Quantum Cats: 0.28 BTC (▲ 16.39%)

• 🦧 Bored Ape Yacht Club: 9.85 ETH (▲ 2.10%)

• ⛩ Azuki: 3.97 ETH (▲ 1.53%)

• 👩🏻 Milady Maker: 3.87 ETH (▲ 0.65%)

• 👾 Tensorians: 8.63 SOL (▲ 0.59%)

• 🏳‍🌈 Chromie Squiggles: 3.24 ETH (► 0.00%)

NFT Daily Losers:

• 😡 Mad Lads: 51.75 SOL (▼ 0.48%)

• 🚬 CryptoPunks: 21.80 ETH (▼ 1.80%)

• 🐧 Pudgy Penguins: 8.30 ETH (▼ 1.89%)

• 🍭 Mocaverse: 1.75 ETH (▼ 2.71%)

• 💼 Ordinal Maxi Biz: 0.16 BTC (▼ 3.43%)

• 🧦 Bitcoin Puppets: 0.07 BTC (▼ 3.89%)

• 🏴‍☠ Captainz: 2.06 ETH (▼ 5.89%)

• 🐵 NodeMonkes: 0.11 BTC (▼ 10.13%)

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