Over the past seven days, X2Y2 generated $144.16 million worth of NFT
sales compared to OpenSea’s $117.64 million, while Crawley Town F.C. is
set to launch a tokenized third kit.
Yuga Labs has finally broken its silence over the conspiracy theory
that alleges the team embedded alt-right and Nazi memes/imagery into the
artwork and branding behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC).
As Cointelegraph previously reported, the BAYC conspiracy theory
was once again brought into the limelight on June 20 after YouTuber
Philion published a video exploring the supposed evidence that artist
Ryder Ripps initially compiled at the start of this year.
In a Medium blog post shared
via Twitter on June 25, Yuga Labs co-founder Gordon Goner said that the
team finally decided to clear the air after the theory had gotten so
much attention that one of their favorite podcasters was talking about
it.
“We’ve not responded in further detail to these allegations because frankly they are insanely far-fetched.”
“That
said, we woke up this morning to a podca///ster we respect talking
about this conspiracy theory, and that was pretty surreal. Made us feel
like it was time to come out and put an end to all this,” he added.
In
particular, Ryder Ripps alleged the BAYC NFT artwork featured racist
caricatures of Black and Asian people, and the project’s logo and
branding have several nods to certain Nazi symbology and language. The
artist also made a BAYC derivative NFT collection called RR/BAYC as a
satire and protest against Yuga Labs.
While the team didn’t
address all of the points outlined against the BAYC, it flat out denied
the allegations that its logo was derived from the Nazi Totenkopf (skull
and crossbones) symbol. It also reiterated that using Apes in the BAYC
is a nod to crypto degens and not a racist troll. However, not everyone
was pleased with their response, as several points went unaddressed.
dude’s
— jpəġ jəđ (@h0listicrypto) June 24, 2022
like ‘we’re minorities’ and gets some sham cover from the ADL. Well I’m
a jew and descendant of holocaust survivors and this imagery offends me
but keep gaslighting pic.twitter.com/kbJlJaEYE4
In an update later that day, the Yuga Labs team also stated it had
taken legal action and filed a lawsuit to “stop the continuous
infringement, and other illegal attempts to bring harm” to the firm and
community. Although It didn’t mention Ryder Ripps by name directly by
name.
(1/2)
— Yuga Labs (@yugalabs) June 25, 2022
The outpouring of support from our community today has been
overwhelming. We will continue to be transparent with our community as
we fight these slanderous claims. In order to put a stop to the
continuous infringement, and other illegal attempts to bring harm to...
Volume on NFT marketplace X2Y2 surges past OpenSea
Over the
past several weeks, the sales volume on Ethereum-based NFT marketplace
X2Y2 has surged past the top platform in the sector OpenSea.
According to data
from DappRadar, X2Y2 generated $144.16 million worth of NFT sales from
just 11,534 traders over the past week, compared to the $117.64 million
generated from 155,734 traders on OpenSea.
The
X2YX platform launched in February earlier this year, and while it
doesn’t appear to host the sale of any top-tier NFT projects, it does
provide an OpenSea Sniper feature that enables users to bundle NFT
purchases on both X2YX and OpenSea into one transaction.
X2YX has
seen its daily volumes surge to new highs in June, with its highest
ever recorded day of volume coming on June 6 with $32.92 million. One of
the reasons behind the platform's bullish growth this month appears to
be its zero trading fees promo from June 1 until June 30.
Crawley Town to release soccer kits tied to NFTs
Professional
English football (soccer) club Crawley Town F.C. are rolling out a
soccer kit (playing uniform) that can only be obtained by fans that
purchase the corresponding NFT.
Crawley Town currently plies its
trade in the fourth tier of the English professional league structure,
and it was acquired by sports-focused crypto firm WAGMI late last year.
Pro-teams
generally have three different kits each season, one for home games,
one for away and a third alternate kit. In this instance, the third kit
will be offered to fans via the sale of NFTs.
Speaking with U.K. news outfit the Mirror on June 25, Crowley Town co-owner Preston Johnson stressed
that the club is not trying to launch NFTs for a quick profit and is
instead looking for ways to integrate the tech with avenues such as
shirts and ticketing:
"Our NFTs are more like virtual season tickets. They're not items we're trying to sell to local fans.”
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BCware launches NFT app in Shopify App Store
California-based Web3 tech firm BCware has launched
a new multi-chain NFT app in the Shopify App Store that enables
merchants to provide NFT buying and selling services from multiple
blockchains in their stores.
The app is currently integrated with
Ethereum, Polygon, Flow and Solana, and also enables customers to pay
via fiat or cryptocurrency. The firm also stated that the app will
support “wallet onboarding for buyers who are new to crypto.”
The
move comes the same week that Shopify rolled out an NFT-gated
storefronts feature that allows brands/merchants to make their online
stores more exclusive.
Sell Where You Tweet
— Shopify (@Shopify) June 22, 2022
You know Twitter is where your people are, and now they can discover your products directly on your profile.
So next time you have a tweet doing numbers, you can plug your own products instead of someone else’s. Right @trixiecosmetics? pic.twitter.com/teuIkQkzbL
Other Nifty News:
On June 24, Eminem tweeted that a new song
called “From The D 2 The LBC” would be released. The post included the
song’s art, which is in a comic book style with two cartoon monkeys
representing both Snoop Dogg and Slim Shady and their connection to the Bored Ape Yacht Club.
Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has signed an exclusive multi-year NFT partnership with crypto exchange Binance. The collaboration aims to introduce soccer fans to the Web3 ecosystem through global NFT campaigns.
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