Quick Take
- Loaded Lions announced the upcoming launch of its official token, LION.
- US President Donald Trump released his fifth batch of digital trading cards on Bitcoin Ordinals.
- Azuki-linked Animecoin Foundation launched its ANIME token.
- Sony Group’s Soneium blockchain went live on mainnet.
- Our latest reports found that global crypto owners reached 659 million by the end of 2024, the AI agent landscape has surpassed a market capitalisation of US$15 billion, and more adoption is expected following Trump’s crypto support.
Chart of the Week
US President Donald Trump launched his fifth batch of digital trading cards, ‘Trump Bitcoin Digital Trading Cards’, on Bitcoin Ordinals. It launched with 160 cards on 9 January and is only available for owners with 100 NFTs from the previous ‘Mugshot Edition’ collection to claim until the end of the month. The full collection will comprise 200 cards. At the time of writing, the total trading volume of the cards has reached US$620,100.
The following table shows selected top games by weekly volume in USD:
News Highlights
- Loaded Lions announced the upcoming launch of its official token, LION, with details of an airdrop to be revealed soon. Details on an upcoming airdrop will be revealed soon.
- Sony Group has launched the Soneium blockchain mainnet, marking a significant step in its Web3 initiatives. Developed by Sony’s three subsidiaries, Sony Block Solutions Labs, S.BLOX Inc., and SNFT Inc., the mainnet aims to simplify blockchain adoption for creators and businesses with tools for application development. Parallel to the launch are updates to the S.BLOX crypto asset exchange and the introduction of an NFT issuance and fan engagement service.
- Animecoin Foundation launched its ANIME token on 23 January. Built on the Ethereum blockchain and the Arbitrum Layer-2 network, ANIME is a culture coin linked to the popular Azuki NFT collection, with a fixed supply of 10 billion tokens. The launch will feature an airdrop, with over half the token supply distributed to the community. A significant 77% of the total token supply is available for trading, while the remaining will follow various vesting schedules.
- Telegram mini app SEED announced a partnership with Layer-1 SUI to create a Web3 gaming ecosystem. The initiative will include the SEED combinator programme to support game and application creation on SUI, a new NFT minting platform, and a SEED token airdrop for existing players.
- South Korea’s Lotte Group announced a strategic partnership with Arbitrum to launch a virtual platform called Lotte Caliverse. It aims to leverage blockchain technology to provide an immersive digital environment with virtual shopping, entertainment events, and gaming features.
- Ronin Network partnered with Transak, a crypto on-ramp developer, to simplify fiat-to-crypto transactions and NFT purchases. Ronin users will be able to purchase select crypto with credit cards and Apple Pay, in addition to direct fiat-to-NFT purchases via Transak’s NFT checkout service.
- Indian Railways has partnered with Chaincode Consulting to issue NFT-based train tickets to passengers travelling to the Hindu festival Maha Kumbh Mela. The NFTs will be minted on Polygon.
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- Performance Review for 2024 Highlighted Projects: In this report, we analyse the price performance of key trends in the 2024 cryptocurrency landscape, and best-performing sectors such as AI.
- AI Agent Landscape: AI agents are taking off, with the market cap of top tokens increasing exponentially within the past few months. This report delves into its emerging use cases.
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This report is not directed or intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity who is a citizen or resident of, or located in a jurisdiction, where such distribution or use would be contrary to applicable law or that would subject Crypto.com and/or its affiliates to any registration or licensing requirement.
The brands and the logos appearing in this report are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Nothing in this report is intended to suggest that NFTs are investment products, nor securities, nor anything similar or “financial” of any description. NFTs are to be reserved for fun only and NOT with any expectation of “value”, “profit”, “yield” or “investment”. You are also aware that NFTs are not a store of value, are not a generally accepted medium of exchange, and are considered very illiquid and volatile.
