NFT Market Performance - Blockchain NFTs are among the best performing NFT categories this year [1] - Infinex Patrons (Infinex) and One Gravity (0G Labs) are nearing all-time highs in USD terms [1] Ecosystem and Community Building - Chains launch NFTs or adopt existing collections, playing a vital role in the ecosystem and becoming the profile picture (pfp) of most builders [1] - NFTs are a great avenue for community building [3] - Blockchains benefit from having a headline NFT project [2] New Project Launches - Fogo, an L1 built for traders with $135 million in funding, is planning a Genesis NFT launch [2] - Historically, these collections have relatively low supply and cheap or free mints, mostly WL gated [2]

The Morning Minute (9.4)Powered by @yeet⏰Top News:-Crypto majors chop with ETH leading; BTC at $111,000-CFTC clears Polymarket for US operations; departing chair issues warning-Federal Reserve to host Payments Innovation conference ft. crypto and AI-Pump Fun flips Hyperliquid in daily revenue; PUMP jumps to $4.2B FDV-Collector Crypt CARDS token jumps another 50% to $450M FDV as Pokemon craze continues🌎 Macro Crypto and Memes-Crypto majors are mixed with ETH leading; BTC -0.5% at $111,000, ETH +1% at $4,420, ...

💡 LATEST: "NFTs turned out to be a fad."@kevinolearytv draws a line in the sand, explaining he is only buying physical assets with future tokenized ownership claims—like his record-breaking $13M sports card—and not "pixels drawn digitally."Thank you to @MidnightNtwrk 👋 for being a sponsor of CoinDesk media network. ...

💡 LATEST: "NFTs turned out to be a fad."@kevinolearytv draws a line in the sand, explaining that he is only buying physical assets with tokenized ownership claims—like his record-breaking $13M sports card—and not "pixels drawn digitally."Thank you to @MidnightNtwrk 👋 for being a sponsor of CoinDesk media network. ...

been seeing tweets about creators undercutting titty's 60k per tweet...you guys understand that if none of us take lower than 60k per post, we control the floor right?have we not learnt from NFTs? if we all HODL our ground, we will all be rich. ...

RT Swizzy (@SwizzyOnChain)Mr. NFT is into threads again, bringing back 2021 vibes.Give it a read, because you may think NFTs ate dead but they are super alive 🫡 ...

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Market Trends & Cryptocurrency Performance - Crypto majors show rebound, led by SOL; BTC reaches $113,000 [1] - Solana DeFi TVL recovers to all-time high (ATH) of $11.74 billion, a level unseen since January 2025 [1] - ETH ETFs experience net inflows of $307.2 million, while BTC sees $81.4 million [1] - Memecoin leaders are slightly green; DOGE +1%, Shiba +1%, PEPE +1%, PENGU +2%, BONK +1%, TRUMP +1%, SPX +1%, and FARTCOIN +4% [1] Token & Protocol Developments - CRO token surges 160% in 2 days following Trump Media treasury news [1] - PUMP jumps 9% after team discloses $10.7 million in buybacks last week, reaching $3.2 billion FDV [1] - OpenSea introduces its onchain copilot 'OpenSea MCP' as an open standard for AI integration [1][2] - Jupiter launches its Lend Public Beta in partnership with 0xFluid, featuring new vault, lending, and borrowing functionality [1] - Camp Network launches an L1 and its CAMP token to help creators protect and monetize IP for AI agents; CAMP opens at $900 million FDV [2] Institutional & Regulatory Activities - Metaplanet plans to raise another $880 million via stock sale to buy more Bitcoin [1] - Rex-Osprey files to list a BNB staking ETF, extending the tokenized yield ETF push [1] - The CFTC adopts Nasdaq's SMARTS to surveil crypto derivatives and prediction markets, aiming to flag manipulation [1]

Market Trends & Cryptocurrency Performance - Crypto majors rebound, SOL leads with a +9% increase; BTC is at $111,300 [1] - Bitcoin's 2-week Bollinger bands are at their tightest levels ever seen, indicating an explosive move coming soon [1] - Memecoin leaders are generally green, with DOGE +5%, Shiba +3%, PEPE +2%, PENGU +2%, BONK +5%, TRUMP +3%, SPX +5%, and FARTCOIN +4% [1] - Overall AI x Crypto market cap is up 1% to $1176B, with leaders being green [2] Institutional Investments & Adoption - Standard Chartered raises its ETH year-end price target to $7,500 and $25,000 by 2028 [1] - Google Cloud is developing its own L1 blockchain named 'Google Cloud Universal Ledger' aimed at being a "credibly neutral" platform for financial institutions [1] - SharpLink Gaming bought another 55,463 ETH for $252M, boosting its treasury to 797,704 ETH worth $3.6B [1] - David Bailey's Nakamoto announced a new $5B ATM program to buy more BTC [1] Protocol & Platform Updates - MetaMask launched Google and Apple login support, easing wallet recovery for mainstream users [1] - Gemini launched ETH and SOL staking services in the US [1] - Myriad crossed a major milestone with $10M in lifetime volume, while debuting several new markets and deploying new liquidity into the ecosystem [2]