The global crypto market cap is $2.60T 4.98%▲ with a 24-hour market volume of $176.50B 3.02%▼. Bitcoin's dominance is currently 44.64% 0.28%▼. CURRENT PRICES BY MARKET CAP | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Bitcoin BTC | $61,125.57 | 3.78% ▲ | | 2 | Ethereum ETH | $4,244.28 | 6.42% ▲ | | 3 | Binance Coin BNB | $4,244..28 | 8.02%▲ | | 4 | Cardano ADA | $2.00 | 2.80%▲ | | 5 | Solana SOL | $197.48 | 4.24% ▲ | Source: CoinMarketCap, 5:00 EST
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 Digital collectible marketplace VeVe announced an expanded NFT collaboration with Disney. VeVe stated that the NFTs would begin to be released during Disney+ Day on Nov. 12. More: - VeVe’s previous IP partnership with Marvel has expanded to other Disney properties, including Star Wars and Pixar.
- Ecomi-owned VeVe dropped exclusive Marvel character NFTs for New York’s Comic-Con earlier this month.
- Disney described its NFTs as “Golden Moments” but did not share additional information on which characters will be featured during its Disney+ Day drop.
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TOP ETHEREUM NFT COLLECTIONS | # | Name | 24h Volume | 24h % | | 1 | Axie Infinity | $14.53M | 10.73% ▼ | | 2 | CryptoPunks | $6.42M | 3.97% ▼ | | 3 | Bored Ape Yacht Club | $3.04M | 35.00% ▲ | | 4 | Wall St Bulls | $2.62M | 655.47% ▲ | | 5 | Boonji Project | $2.50M | 275.58% ▲ | Source: DappRadar, 5:00 pm EST
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 The global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released updated guidance on virtual assets. The newly released report covers topics including DeFi, NFTs, stablecoins, and non-custodial wallets. More: - FATF is an independent, international group that develops and promotes global financial regulatory standards.
- The guidance does not classify NFTs or other digital collectibles as virtual assets under the FATF definition.
- The report potentially suggests that DeFi protocols like dYdX or OpenSea may need to require KYC checks and follow AML reporting requirements.
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 🍋Fresh Funding🍋 Alchemy, Blockchain Infrastructure: $250M ⮕ The Series C funding round was led by a16z with participation from Coatue, Lightspeed, Redpoint, Addition Capital, and others. More: - Alchemy (the “AWS of blockchain”) is a blockchain infrastructure provider offering node management and blockchain communication tools.
- Since Alchemy’s $80M Series B in April, the company has increased its revenue by 15x.
- Alchemy received a post-round unicorn valuation of $3.5B.
ClubNFT, NFT/Infrastructure: $3M ⮕ The seed funding round was led by Galaxy Digital and Galaxy Interactive with participation from CMT Digital, Draper Dragon, Red Swan Ventures, and others. More: - ClubNFT is an NFT infrastructure project offering NFT sharing, security, and discovery tools.
- The project was set up by NFT collector Artnome (Jason Bailey) and co-founded by the former manager of painting and sculpture at MoMa, Danielle King, and former Google employee Chris King.
- ClubNFT launched its website today and is currently beta testing its NFT backup service.
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▲ TOP GAINERS | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Dogecoin DOGE | $0.2986 | 22.74% ▲ | | 2 | Decentraland MANA | $0.9606 | 25.70% ▲ | | 3 | Polygon MATIC | $2.06 | 15.69% ▲ | | 4 | Enjin Coin ENJ | $2.36 | 12.53% ▲ | | 5 | XDC Network XDC | $0.09843 | 12.03% ▲ | ▼ TOP LOSERS | # | Name | Price | 24h % | | 1 | Shiba Inu SHIB | $0.00006068 | 21.50%▼ | | 2 | Stacks STX | $1.88 | 3.79%▼ | | 3 | Waves WAVES | $28.25 | 3.78%▼ | | 4 | Fantom FTM | $3.00 | 2.44%▼ | | 5 | The Graph GRT | $0.9517 | 1.24%▼ | Source: CoinMarketCap, 5:00 EST
*Limited to cryptocurrencies in the Top 100
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 Dogecoin (DOGE) jumped 30% over the last 24 hours following the Shiba Inu (SHIB) surge. DOGE is now trading around $0.30 and has regained its position in the crypto top 10. More: - SHIB briefly overtook DOGE yesterday as the ninth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap.
- Besides its dog-themed, meme-coin synergy with SHIB, there wasn’t any particular reason for the recent jump in DOGE’s price.
- DOGE is still down 60% from its ATH of $0.74 back in May, but the crypto managed to reach a two-month high of $0.335.
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Mercado Bitcoin partner company 2TM Group acquired a $1M stake in Fingerprints DAO. The acquisition was completed through the purchase of Fingerprint’s $PRINTS token. More: - Fingerprints DAO owns an impressive NFT collection, which includes 26 Autoglyphs and is valued at 20,000 ETH.
- A subcollection of Fingerprint’s NFT vault was previously featured in an auction at Sotheby’s Metaverse.
- 2TM Group CEO Robert Dagnoni stated that the acquisition came as the company explored the opportunities of DAOs and the value of curators in NFT ecosystems.
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 Blockchain protocol Ankr (ANKR) announced a $10M DeFi and Web3 fund alongside Ankr V2. The fund will distribute grants for web3 development promotion and education over the next two years. More: - Ankr V2 is a decentralized web service (DWS) protocol for Web3 development, providing services similar to what a cloud computing platform does for Web2.
- The project was previously testing a proof-of-concept on Fantom (FAN) and Polygon (MATIC) but will soon support Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Polkadot (DOT), and other blockchains.
- Ankr V2 will feature an open marketplace for node providers to monetize their infrastructure using Ankr’s native ANKR token.
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- The NBA’s Dallas Mavericks partnered with crypto trading broker Voyager Digital in a five-year deal as the team’s first crypto brokerage and international partner.
- Crypto exchange Liquid announced that it acquired a Type I Financial Instruments Business license from Japan’s regulators to offer crypto derivative products in Japan.
- Nayib Bukele bought the BTC dip, acquiring 420 BTC for El Salvador for around $25M.
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 |  | Griffin McShane is a New York transplant currently living in Brooklyn, NY. He is a graduate of Providence College, where he studied both computer science and business, and the University of Maine School of Law, where he earned his JD. Beyond his work at Inside, Griffin has written articles for CoinDesk and is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). |  | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 Ford. | |
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