The NFT market has seen a resurgence in the past week, with trading volume rising by 8.17% to $125.1 million. The number of buyers remained stable at 1.06 million, while the number of sellers increased by 8.09% to 38,494. Trading volume on the Ethereum and Immutable networks surged significantly. High-value transactions were mainly concentrated in the CryptoPunks series.

Recently, the NFT market transaction volume has significantly decreased by 18.43%, dropping to $116.9 million, but the number of buyers remains unchanged. The transaction volume on the Immutable and Ethereum networks has declined, while the Polygon network has seen significant rise. High-value transactions include multiple CryptoPunks sales, priced at several hundred thousand dollars.

In the past week, the NFT market trading volume surged by 37.10% to $144.48 million, with the number of buyers rising by 50.56%. The Immutable network had the highest trading volume, reaching $41.7 million. The high-value transactions of the CryptoPunks series stood out.

PANews June 8 news, according to Crypto.news report, CryptoSlam data shows that the NFT market has shown a mild recovery in the past week, with a transaction volume rise of 1.95%, reaching 106.2 million USD. The number of NFT buyers increased by 55.08%, reaching 826,992 people. Meanwhile, the number of NFT sellers rose by 18.12%, reaching 257,017 people. However, the number of NFT transactions decreased by 24.94%, to 1,651,758 transactions. The Ethereum network leads with a trading volume of $30.3 million, but its trading volume has decreased by 15.57% compared to the previous week. The Immutable network surged to second place with a trading volume of $16.4 million, with a rise rate of 123.21%. The Bitcoin network ranks third.

Digital Shield was invited to participate in the Nexus2140 Global Expo held in Goyang, South Korea, where it showcased its internationally CC EAL6+ certified Open Source Cold Wallet product to the South Korean market for the first time. The team from Hong Kong is dedicated to asset self-custody, and the latest product, DS Pro, features military-grade anti-attack capabilities.

Nick Tomaino, the founder of 1confirmation, pointed out on the X platform that Ethereum is the "origin" of multiple fields, but the market's response to its contributions has been tepid, and there is a lack of competitive spirit in the community. However, with the rise of on-chain activity and the popularity of stablecoins, Ethereum is gradually finding a balance between creativity and competition.

Gate News bot news, led by the former co-founder of OpenSea, OpenRouter has completed a $40 million seed round and Series A financing, aimed at accelerating the development of its large language model aggregation platform. The financing was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Menlo Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital and well-known industry angel investors. According to a source cited by The Wall Street Journal, the company's current valuation is $500 million.

Odaily News CUDIS announced that the second season will start at the end of July, lasting for 6 months and divided into 6 sub-seasons. Each month, 0.4% CUDIS will be distributed as rewards, with an additional 2.6% prize pool at the end of the season. Only CUDIS ring holders are eligible to participate. Users can earn HP points through daily tasks such as exercising, sleeping, wearing the ring, and recording emotions, and can gain bonuses through staking. HP resets to zero at the end of each season, supporting social challenges and data NFT minting, with some tasks allowing up to 500 points daily.

According to Gate News bot, The Block reports that Bitcoin (BTC) trading activity has reached its lowest point in a year and a half, with the 7-day moving average trading volume dropping to 316,000 last week, and then slightly rebounding to around 350,000 currently. This represents a significant decline compared to the network peak during the mid-2024 Bitcoin protocol adoption surge, which saw over 700,000 transactions daily.

After Yuga Labs sold the Moonbirds IP to Orange Cap Games, the market rebounded, and the weekly sales of Moonbirds surpassed $2 million, a rise of 2525% compared to the previous week. It has now become the seventh-ranked NFT series in weekly sales.

Gate News Bot news, on June 26, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, DATA (Streamr) is currently priced at 0.02 USD, having risen 15.51% in the last 24 hours, with a high of 0.02 USD and a low of 0.01 USD, and a current market capitalization of approximately 20.1 million USD, an increase of 2.69 million USD compared to yesterday. Important news about DATA (Streamr) recently

Gate News bot news, according to CoinTelegraph, Citibank is being sued by a person who claims to be a victim of a Crypto Assets romance scam, accusing the bank of ignoring warning signs that led to the scammer absconding with $20 million.

According to Gate News bot, CoinTelegraph reported that Vincent Liu, the Chief Investment Officer of Kronos Research, stated that although companies are adopting Bitcoin to diversify financial risks and tap into new liquidity amid the inflated national dollar debt levels, purchasing Bitcoin is still not enough.

Gate News bot reports that, according to CoinGape, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced its intention to list and trade shares of the Canary PENGU ETF in a filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The commission currently needs to decide whether to approve this fund, which would provide investors with the opportunity to invest in the PENGU meme coin and Pudgy Penguin NFT.

Gate News bot, researchers at Cornell Tech Campus are showcasing for the first time a use case for a cutting-edge concept that challenges a core assumption of blockchain security: only private key holders can control digital assets. The app, called Take My Ape, employs a process called "Liquefaction" that allows users to temporarily access blockchain assets, such as Bored Ape NFTs, without actually owning them. The program was released on Wednesday on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Cryptocurrency & Contracts Initiative (IC3). "The inherent philosophy of the cryptocurrency system and its security model is that private keys, as well as assets, are controlled by an individual or entity," the researchers wrote in a white paper. We launched Liquefaction, a wallet platform that proves its dangerous vulnerability by systematically breaking this fundamental assumption. ”

PANews reported on June 12 that Immutable said on the X platform: "IMX staking will be launched on Immutable zkEVM on June 19. Staking on Immutable X will end on June 19 as part of Immutable X's merger with Immutable zkEVM. Starting at 00:00 UTC on June 19th, IMX holders on Immutable zkEVM will be able to stake and earn IMX rewards for their active participation. There is a bi-weekly round of staking, and users need to trade NFTs on the marketplace using Immutable zkEVM to be eligible to participate. The total IMX reward is composed of Immutable taking 20% of the 2% protocol fee for each NFT transaction, which is paid in proportion to the total amount of staking and time. In addition, Immutable X has the last staking period also

Gate News bot message, blockchain gaming company Immutable announced that IMX stake will go live on June 19 with Immutable zkEVM. As part of the merger between Immutable X and Immutable zkEVM, staking for Immutable X will end on June 19. Since the launch of IMX staking, the IMX Eco Foundation has distributed 4.8 million IMX rewards, with an average of 67,605 IMX distributed weekly on Immutable X. Starting at 00:00 UTC on June 19, IMX holders on Immutable zkEVM will be able to stake and earn IMX rewards for their active participation.

According to Gate News bot, NFT company Pudgy Penguins announced the official start of a partnership with NASCAR (the National Association of Modified Racing Racing, which is by far the largest and most recognized racing group in the United States), but did not disclose too many details. While the NFT market appears to be experiencing a "slow death", with trading volumes plummeting and once-glamorous companies such as Yuga Labs dumping once-valuable assets, Pudgy Penguins is showing signs of continued growth. In addition to an upcoming mobile game in partnership with Mythical Games, Pudgy Penguins has also been selling physical merchandise at large retail stores such as Walmart and Target, and has had some success.

According to the Gate News bot, Blockworks reports that the NFT trading platform OpenSea will completely shut down version OS1 on June 16. In the new version OS2, the platform will remove features such as Deals, English auctions, Testnet support, and the shopping cart. OpenSea's official statement indicates that the usage frequency of these features is relatively low, while the "bargaining" feature is experiencing compatibility issues with the ERC 721-C royalty enforcement contract. This move has sparked opposition from some users, who point out that removing the "Deals" feature will increase the risk of NFT trading scams. It is worth noting that the "Deals" feature was launched in July 2023, providing users with the option to customize NFT exchange solutions.

The NFT trading platform OpenSea will take down the OS1 version on June 16 and launch the new OS2 version, which will no longer support features like Deals due to low usage rates and compatibility issues. Some users have expressed dissatisfaction with this, worrying about increased risks of fraud.

BlockBeats news, on June 12, TrumpMeme officially announced that it has distributed commemorative NFTs to users who attended the TRUMP dinner, which can be viewed in the Solana Wallet used for the event. Additionally, on-chain information indicates that this series of NFTs is supported by Metaplex technology, and the data is stored on the on-chain data developer Irys platform.

Gate News bot message, the blockchain NFT project Pudgy Penguins officially announced a partnership with the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) in the United States. Through this collaboration, the "Pudgy Penguins" image will be promoted to racing enthusiasts worldwide. Currently, both parties have not disclosed specific cooperation content and details. Source: Wu says.

Gate News bot message, a research team at Cornell University's New York campus (Cornell Tech) has launched a blockchain asset temporary control technology called "Liquefaction." According to TheBlock, this technology allows for temporary usage rights of others' blockchain assets under specific conditions, such as Bored Ape NFT. In the actual demo, users pay $2 to get the temporary right to use $50,000 worth of NFTs, but they don't have full rights such as selling. The research team's technical solutions involve multiple blockchain application scenarios such as DAO voting, airdrops, and loyalty points.

Gate News, as Layer1 (L1) Block launches its Decentralizationhot storage Shelby, Aptos (APT) rose 12% on Tuesday, aimed at bringing high-performance data to the chain to unlock new forms of internet applications, content flow, and artificial intelligence (AI) inference.

Gate News bot message, according to CoinGape, the new XRP Ledger software update is now live, bringing a wealth of features. This update, named 2.5.0 software update, brings XRPcoin (XRP) one step closer to challenging the dominance of Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL).

According to ChainCatcher news and SoSoValue data, influenced by escalating tensions in the Middle East and the fermentation of risks surrounding U.S. involvement, all zones in the crypto market have experienced a decline, with an average drop of about 2% to 5%. Among them, the AI zone fell 5.32% in 24 hours, with Render (REN) and Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) dropping 6.01% and 7.66% respectively. Additionally, Bitcoin (BTC) fell 2.26%, dropping below $105,000. Ethereum (ETH) decreased by 2.49%, maintaining a narrow fluctuation around $2,500. In other zones, the CeFi zone has fallen by 1.71% in the last 24 hours.

PANews June 18 news, according to SoSoValue data, the crypto market experienced a comprehensive pullback today due to rumors of the U.S. getting involved and the escalating situation in the Middle East. The AI zone saw a 24-hour fall of 5.32%, with RENDER and VIRTUAL dropping 6.01% and 7.66% respectively. BTC fell 2.26%, losing the $105,000 mark, while ETH dropped 2.49%, hovering around $2,500. Other underperforming zones include Decentralized Finance (-4.20%), Layer2 (-4.39%), and NFT (-4.84%). Some counter-trend assets such as BCH (+5.32%) and TON (+0.07%) showed strong performance.

According to The Block, the number of Ethereum NFT trading users rose to nearly 40,000, reaching a level since June 2022. This increase coincides with the launch of OpenSea's OS2 rewards program. In addition, NFT use cases are expanding: Orange Cap Games completed the acquisition of Moonbirds IP, planning to apply it to the third version of the Vibes card game; Mythical Games' new title, FIFA Rivals, has announced the integration of Adidas digital assets.

Researchers at Cornell University of Science and Technology have for the first time proposed a use case for a cutting-edge concept that challenges a core assumption of blockchain security: only private key holders can control digital assets. The app, called "Take My Ape," employs a process called "Liquefaction," which allows users to temporarily access blockchain assets, such as Bored Ape NFTs, without actually owning them. The project was launched on June 11 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Cryptocurrency & Contracts Initiative (IC3).

Introduction A global cryptocurrency storm is sweeping across, with governments around the world imposing increasingly stringent regulations on cryptocurrencies, constraining the development space of digital assets like a tightening spell. Virtual currencies such as Bitcoin are facing unprecedented challenges, and the wave of exchange closures is forcing investors into a predicament. However, the innovative potential of blockchain technology still exists, and this storm may reshape the cryptocurrency ecosystem, leading the industry towards a more regulated future. Global Ban on Cryptocurrency: The Tightening Grip of Governments In recent years, the global cryptocurrency market has faced unprecedented challenges, with governments around the world tightening regulatory policies on virtual currencies. The ban on cryptocurrencies has acted like a tightening curse, firmly constraining the development space of digital assets. This wave of bans has swept across the globe, having a profound impact on the cryptocurrency industry. Bitcoin Becomes a Prisoner: The Wave of Exchange Closures and the Predicament of Investors Under the influence of the ban on currencies policy, many well-known cryptocurrency exchanges have been forced to shut down or withdraw.

Six top footballers, including World Cup winners and former Barcelona and Sevilla stars, are facing fraud charges, according to Gate News bot. Previously, a cryptocurrency company they promoted swept away millions of investors' funds. According to El Periodico, Barcelona's Fifth District Court has opened a criminal investigation into a cryptocurrency and NFT scam. Allegedly, the scam was led by a group of Spanish and Argentine businessmen, with the help of propaganda from the players. The case was filed earlier this year by 12 victims, accusing Shirtum Europa SLU and its promoters of defrauding investors of at least $3.4 million (€3 million) by selling non-functional NFTs related to footballers' portrait rights, which were purchased with the company's in-house token, SHI. Among those mentioned in the complaint are World Cup winners "Pap" Gómez and Lucas Ocampos, former Barcelona players Ivan Rakitic and Javier Saviola, as well as Nico Pareja and Alberto Moreno.

PANews June 11th news, according to Decrypt, the Fifth District Court of Barcelona is investigating a cryptocurrency fraud case involving professional football players. The company involved, Shirtum, is accused of defrauding investors of at least $3.4 million through an NFT project featuring star players. The six players involved include World Cup champion Papu Gómez, Lucas Ocampos, former Barcelona players Ivan Rakitić and Javier Saviola, as well as Nico Pareja and Alberto Moreno. Prosecutor documents show that this West-A joint venture evaded taxes through a complex corporate structure, and the player image rights NFT sold has never realized trading functionality. After the players participated in promotion as "founders," relevant social media was systematically deleted.

Gate News bot, Bitcoin Core developer Gloria Zhao recently posted on GitHub that the upcoming Bitcoin software update will increase the data limit of a split function, which will allow more images, text, and documents to be stored on the Bitcoin blockchain. Specifically, the Bitcoin Core 30 update, scheduled for release on October 30, will remove the 80-byte limit for the controversial OP_RETURN function and allow each output to carry up to 4MB of data. Three days ago, 31 Bitcoin Core developers signed a statement in support of the change, known as Merge Pull Request (MPR) #32406. Bitcoin developers had said on May 5 that data restrictions would be lifted.

According to BlockBeats news on June 24, Decrypt reported that Flashnet and Brale plan to launch the Bitcoin-native supported USD stablecoin USDB in collaboration with Magic Eden this summer, which will be supported by the Bitcoin layer two network Spark. Magic Eden will assist in distributing USDB and in its

According to Gate News bot reports from Cryptonews, Texas lawmakers have passed Senate Bill 1498, a bipartisan law that grants law enforcement the authority to seize Bitcoin, NFTs, stablecoins, and other Crypto Assets related to criminal activity. The bill has received full approval and will take effect on September 1.

Gate News bot reported that, according to CoinGape, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff has introduced the COIN Act, which aims to restrict White House officials and their families from participating in Crypto Assets-related activities. The act restricts public officials, including the President and Vice President of the United States, from initiating, promoting, or profiting from Crypto Assets.

Due to the easing of the situation in the Middle East, Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, resulting in a Rebound in the crypto market, with Bitcoin and Ethereum rising 4.26% and 7.37% respectively. Multiple zones saw a general rise, with the AI zone experiencing the largest increase at 13.44%. Other zones such as RWA, NFT, and Layer2 also performed strongly.

Gate News bot news, according to the platform announcement on June 17, 2025: Gate will launch the Namada( spot trading on June 19, 2025, at 18:00 (UTC+8), opening the NAM/USDT trading pair. At the same time, the platform will hold a Launchpool event lasting over 20 days, where users can participate by staking GT, USDT, and NAM to share a total reward of 1,428,572 NAM tokens. The event will be conducted in two phases: the first phase is from June 17, 2025, 21:00 to June 19, 21:00, with a prize pool of 230,000 NAM; the second phase is from June 19, 21:00 to July 9, 21:00, with a prize pool of 1,198,572 NAM. The system will distribute rewards hourly based on the proportion of users' staked assets. Namada is a Layer-1 blockchain project based on Proof of Stake (PoS), dedicated to building a multi-chain composable privacy layer. The project is developed in Rust and implements cross-chain communication through the CometBFT consensus mechanism and IBC, aiming to provide data protection services for existing chains, DApps, tokens, and NFTs. The total supply of the project token NAM is 1 billion.

According to the blue-chip NFT project CryptoPunks announced on the X platform, today, eight years after the establishment of the project, NODE officially launched the transfer of ownership of the CryptoPunks Discord, and the ownership will be transferred to the community moderators. CryptoPunks said that the NODE Foundation had previously acquired its IP from Yuga Labs, and that this move and the decentralized structure of the project are in line with the spirit of Punks, which is to transcend traditional boundaries and be community-driven.

According to Gate News bot, as reported by Coindoo, Arbitrum is an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling platform that continues to attract long-term buyers. Although CoinCodex predicts a more moderate target price of between $0.27 and $0.40 for 2025, other institutions expect a larger rise. CoinDataFlow predicts that ARB could reach $0.79 this year, with a potential increase of 97%.

NFT staking brings new revenue opportunities to the digital asset market, offering diverse mining strategies and platform choices. However, investors need to be wary of risks such as smart contract vulnerabilities and market fluctuations, and reasonably diversify their investments to drop potential losses. Understanding market dynamics is key to achieving success.

According to Gate News bot, a document revealed that President Trump made $57.3 million from his family's cryptocurrency project, World Liberty Financial, which lawmakers called "open corruption." This "windfall" came from World Liberty Financial's token sale. The platform is a decentralized finance platform co-founded by Trump with his three sons – Donald Jr., Eric, and Barron – before winning the 2024 election. The 234-page document, submitted to the government's ethics office, shows that Trump's cryptocurrency investments paid off handsomely after his administration took office. For example, he has successfully monetized his political brand through multiple projects ranging from meme coins to golf resorts, with a total revenue of more than $600 million.

Gate News bot message, the Cardano (ADA) ecosystem continues to steadily rise. Currently, the platform has 2004 active projects, of which 820 focus on non-NFT applications and 1184 are NFT-centric.

PANews reported on June 9 that Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, posted that the price of collectible gifts on the Telegram platform has risen several times in the past 30 days, driving a surge in NFT activity on the TON chain. At present, TON has become the blockchain with the highest daily NFT transaction volume in the world, second only to Ethereum if off-chain transactions are not counted.

Gate News bot reported that last month, the number of monthly active users of NFT trading platform OpenSea hit a new high since mid-2023. According to Dune Analytics, the platform had 467,322 users make one or more transactions in May, which is on par with levels from mid-2022 to early 2023. The number of active users in June is likely to be the same, or even higher, and currently stands at 236,091. Despite a resurgence in interest in OpenSea, the platform's monthly trading volume is still well below the levels seen in 2021 and early 2022 (before the NFT market downturn). Last month's trading volume was $81 million, while January 2022 peaked at over $5 billion. The surge in active users may be attributed to the official launch of OS2 on May 29, as well as user expectations for potential rewards. This beta is only open to Gemesis NFT holders (94,757 NFTs created by OpenSea in April 2023) and mainly tests new features.

Golden Finance reported that last month, the monthly active user count on the NFT trading platform OpenSea reached its highest level since mid-2023. According to data from Dune Analytics, the platform had 467,322 users who made at least one transaction in May, which is comparable to the levels seen from mid-2022 to early 2023. The active user count in June may be on par with or even higher than that of May, with the current number reaching 236,091. Despite the resurgence of user interest on OpenSea, the monthly trading volume of the NFT platform is still far below the levels seen before the decline of the NFT market in 2021 and early 2022. Although last month's trading volume was $81 million, it peaked at over $5 billion in January 2022. The surge in the number of active users may be attributed to OS.