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New Era of NFTs with RARI Chain Royalty Payments
Last updated: January 26, 2024 7:06 am EST | 3 minutes reading
In the last 24 hours, non-fungible tokens (NFT) the market remained largely unchanged, with the exception of NFT news about Pudgy Penguins, RARI network and Magic Eden.
Sales volume increased by 3.5%, currently at $31,574,164.
Buyers, sellers and transactions fell by about 1% each, per CryptoSlam.
Among the top 10 blockchains by NFT sales volume, one notable change is that Bitcoin surpassed Solana again in contention for second place. It is now significantly ahead of Solana: $7.99 million compared to $6.45 million.
When it comes to the top 10 collections, the biggest winner by far on the final day is Bored Monkey Yacht Club. It rose almost 300% to $794,844, compared to the next highest earner, Ordinalswith an increase of 11.5%. Froganas also rose 11%.
In terms of ranking by sales volume, Ordinals take first place with US$1.34 million.
In today’s NFT news, read about Pudgy Penguins reaching notable milestones, the newly launched RARI Chain mainnet ushering in the new era for NFTs, and Magic Eden releasing updates on its rewards program.
Pudgy Penguins Reaches 50,000 Account Milestone, Over 750,000 Toys Sold
O Chubby Penguin The team took to Twitter today to share several notable developments the collection has witnessed.
They stated that more than 55,000 accounts were created on chubby world.
More than 55,000 accounts have been created on Pudgy World, our Web3 experience that puts blockchain technology in the hands of everyday consumers. pic.twitter.com/zd2C7kBtHf
– Pudgy Penguins (@pudgypenguins) January 26, 2024
Meanwhile, in April 2022, the team licensed Pudgy Penguins and his younger siblings Lil Pudgys of supports for Pudgy Toys. They have enjoyed significant success since then.
Licensed Penguins have been featured in major retailers around the world. They sold over 750,000 toys in 7 months. These include ToysRUs, Hot topic, Wal-MartIt is Macy’s.
“In 2023, these penguins powered Web3; selling over 750,000 toys and reaching millions of people,” the team said.
The Pudgy Penguins and Lil Pudgys toy line has already “visited” nine countries. These include the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Spain, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.
The team argued that the toy line didn’t just benefit the Pudgy Penguins brand. It also “shed a positive light on Web3.”
These Penguins not only boosted the Pudgy Penguins brand, but also shed a positive light on Web3 by winning several major awards over traditional brands. pic.twitter.com/WcP1G0N2cW
– Pudgy Penguins (@pudgypenguins) January 26, 2024
In terms of sales volume, Pudgy Penguins rose 130% in 24 hours to US$597,812, ranking 11th.
Last week, the collection was in 12th place. It fell 63% to US$3.2 million.
New Era of NFTs with Rari: Royalty Payments Embedded in Every Transaction
The RARI Foundation launched the main network in RARI Chainone Ethereum Layer 3 (L3) Blockchain Activated Arbitrationwith the aim of starting a new NFT era.
The announcement he said that, “with lightning-fast transactions and near-zero gas fees, we are focused on building a path for new NFT use cases on a secure L3 powered by Arbitrum.”
The RARI Chain aims to solve scalability issues in the NFT space. Additionally, it incorporates node-level royalty payments and the system automatically distributes royalties at the time of sale.
The website added that “this marks the beginning of a new NFT era, empowering creators to take control of their livelihoods and secure legitimate royalties for their creative endeavors.”
The RARI Chain is LIVE on mainnet 🚀 We can’t wait to see what new ideas and projects will be built on the chain that incorporates node-level royalties. https://t.co/t0V87YsOcU
– RARI Foundation (@rarifoundation) January 24, 2024
Additionally, the team said there will be “near-zero gas fees.”
Since Testnet launched in November, the team saw 46 thousand wallets and 251 thousand transactions.
There is also the RARI DAOallowing anyone to participate in chain governance.
Meanwhile, the first ten artists have already collaborated with RARI for a series of open edition collection launches.
Magic Eden sees increase since Rewards launch
On Tuesday, the NFT market Magical Eden released its new rewards program for collectors and creators, topping the NFT news rounds.
In a single day, the platform said, “listings near the floor quadrupled.”
Additionally, there was a 250% increase in pools on the market, and almost 60% of new Solana NFT wallets were also in it.
Finally, Magic Eden was home to nearly 50% of the top 10 NFT collection listings.
Since Rewards launched yesterday:
🪄ME listings near the floor have quadrupled
🪄Almost half of all top 10 collection listings are on MIM
🪄Almost 60% of first-time Sol NFT wallets were in ME
🪄 250% increase in pools created in ME pic.twitter.com/FNFM3F7r6E– Magical Eden 🪄 (@MagicEden) January 24, 2024
Meanwhile, the retroactive drop promised to Solana OGs will begin next Friday. It will reward past activities dating back to 2021.
Magic Eden CEO Jack Lu commented that this is to show appreciation for the community’s support over the past three years.
I remember starting @MagicEden in September 2021 w/ @sidazhang, @ZhuoxunYin & @zhouzhuojie. We used a WordPress theme as the frontend for the marketplace and hacked the first version in 10 days. We never thought we would grow to where we are now and it was all because of the community… https://t.co/lk1Rndgs3M
-Jack Lu (@0xLeoInRio) January 26, 2024
The platform also shared a guide on how to earn diamonds.
Apparently you guys can’t read any of our articles, so here’s a simple guide on how to earn Magic Eden Diamonds.
The best way to maximize Diamonds is to get 100% Loyalty to get a 100% Diamond Bonus. You can quickly remove and relist all of your listings on Magic… pic.twitter.com/0bQdH8OcvP
– Magical Eden 🪄 (@MagicEden) January 24, 2024