![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/18en.png)

# Today’s Highlight

**Coinbase officially announced the end of its Japan Operation**

# Spotlights

## 1.NFT & Gamefi

**This Google-backed web3 startup unlocks $27M to transform gaming in Africa**

Source: [https://techfundingnews.com/this-google-backed-web3-startup-unlocks-27m-to-transform-gaming-in-africa/](https://techfundingnews.com/this-google-backed-web3-startup-unlocks-27m-to-transform-gaming-in-africa/)

---

**BAYC MINT Dookey Dash‘s sewer pass delayed to Jan.18**

Source: [https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC/status/1615532953366589440](https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC/status/1615532953366589440)

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**Intella X team has raised $12 million in private funding**

Source: [https://twitter.com/TeamIntella/status/1615514382586515459](https://twitter.com/TeamIntella/status/1615514382586515459)

---

## 2.Defi & Cefi

**Coinbase Halting Operations in Japan**

Source: [https://www.coinbase.com/blog/halting-operations-in-japan](https://www.coinbase.com/blog/halting-operations-in-japan)

---

****BitOoda Completes First Phase of Series A led by RWE Energy Transition Investments****

Source: [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230117005848/en/BitOoda-Completes-First-Phase-of-Series-A-led-by-RWE-Energy-Transition-Investments](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230117005848/en/BitOoda-Completes-First-Phase-of-Series-A-led-by-RWE-Energy-Transition-Investments)

---

## 3.Web3

**Synergy Land moved from Solana to Polygon**

Source: [https://twitter.com/SynergyLandGame/status/1615380399093600257](https://twitter.com/SynergyLandGame/status/1615380399093600257)

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**TaxBit Announces Acquisition of Digital Asset Accounting Startup Tactic**

Source: [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/taxbit-announces-acquisition-of-digital-asset-accounting-startup-tactic-301723033.html](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/taxbit-announces-acquisition-of-digital-asset-accounting-startup-tactic-301723033.html)

---

**Luxury fashion meets blockchain on Syky, the Seven Seven Six-backed web3 platform**

Source: [https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/17/luxury-fashion-syky-seven-seven-six-web3/?tpcc=tcplustwitter](https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/17/luxury-fashion-syky-seven-seven-six-web3/?tpcc=tcplustwitter)

---

**Solana Foundation, Ripple, GBBC and Others Form Partnership to Promote Crypto Solutions for Climate Change**

Source: [https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/17/solana-foundation-ripple-gbbc-and-others-form-partnership-to-promote-crypto-solutions-for-climate-change/](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/17/solana-foundation-ripple-gbbc-and-others-form-partnership-to-promote-crypto-solutions-for-climate-change/)

---

## 4.Infrastructure

**Polygon PoS network has been upgraded**

Source: [https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1615370181630652417](https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1615370181630652417)

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**Ethereum Smart Contracts Deployment Jumped 293% in 2022: Alchemy Developer Report**

Source: [https://decrypt.co/119371/ethereum-smart-contracts-deployment-jumped-293-2022-alchemy-developer-report](https://decrypt.co/119371/ethereum-smart-contracts-deployment-jumped-293-2022-alchemy-developer-report)

---

**The Lamina1 Testnet is Now Live**

Source: [https://medium.com/@LAMINA1/attention-metaverse-builders-the-lamina1-testnet-is-now-live-9059308aafd](https://medium.com/@LAMINA1/attention-metaverse-builders-the-lamina1-testnet-is-now-live-9059308aafd)

---

**Ethereum Startup Obol Labs Raises $12.5M to Decentralize Validators**

Source: [https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/01/17/ethereum-startup-obol-labs-raises-125m-to-decentralize-validators/](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/01/17/ethereum-startup-obol-labs-raises-125m-to-decentralize-validators/)

---

**Latin American Web3 Infrastructure Provider Parfin Raises $15M**

Source: [https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/17/latin-american-web3-infrastructure-provider-parfin-raises-15m/](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/17/latin-american-web3-infrastructure-provider-parfin-raises-15m/)

---

## 5.Macro & Regulation

**Bank of America Says CBDCs Are the Future of Money and Payments**

Source: [https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/17/bank-of-america-says-cbdcs-are-the-future-of-money-and-payments/](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/17/bank-of-america-says-cbdcs-are-the-future-of-money-and-payments/)

---

**EU's final vote on MiCA regulation postponed until April**

Source: [https://www.theblock.co/post/202723/eus-final-vote-mica-regulation-postponed-april?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social](https://www.theblock.co/post/202723/eus-final-vote-mica-regulation-postponed-april?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social)

---

# Data

## 1.NFT 24hr Trading Volume

NFT 24hr trading volume $23,816,748.34 +43.18%

Market Cap $22.74B +0.23%

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/18-1.png)

## 2.Top NFT Collections by Market Cap

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/18-2.png)

Source: NFTGO

## 3.**24hr Top NFT Collections by Trading Volume**

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/18-3.png)

Source: NFTGO

NFT & Gamefi

Defi & Cefi

Daily Spotlights

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/17en.png)

# Today’s Highlight

****Canon USA Files for NFT-Related Trademark Application****

# Spotlights

## 1.NFT & Gamefi

****Canon USA Files for NFT-Related Trademark Application****

Source: [https://twitter.com/eliana_esq/status/1614952865700761602](https://twitter.com/eliana_esq/status/1614952865700761602)

---

## 2.Defi & Cefi

**Polygon：zkEVM Mainnet launch**

Source: [https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal/status/1615085171426078720](https://twitter.com/sandeepnailwal/status/1615085171426078720)

---

**3AC founders Zhu and Davies pitch to raise $25 million for new crypto exchange**

Source: [https://www.theblock.co/post/202589/3ac-zhu-davies-new-crypto-exchange](https://www.theblock.co/post/202589/3ac-zhu-davies-new-crypto-exchange)

---

**SUSHI REVITALIZED**

Source: [https://jared-grey.medium.com/sushi-revitalized-f2e9161d293f](https://jared-grey.medium.com/sushi-revitalized-f2e9161d293f)

---

**Visa Lists Alchemy Pay as Official Service Provider**

Source: [https://alchemypay.medium.com/visa-lists-alchemy-pay-as-official-service-provider-10118e3da72e](https://alchemypay.medium.com/visa-lists-alchemy-pay-as-official-service-provider-10118e3da72e)

---

## 3.Web3

**House of Blueberry raises $6M for digital fashion in the metavese**

Source: [https://venturebeat.com/games/house-of-blueberry-raises-6m-for-digital-fashion-in-the-metavese/](https://venturebeat.com/games/house-of-blueberry-raises-6m-for-digital-fashion-in-the-metavese/)

---

**Seoul government opens city’s metaverse project to public**

Source: [https://cointelegraph.com/news/seoul-government-opens-city-s-metaverse-project-to-public](https://cointelegraph.com/news/seoul-government-opens-city-s-metaverse-project-to-public)

---

## 4.Infrastructure

**DeFi Protocol Frontier Brings In-Browser Wallet Support for Aptos, Sui and 33 Additional Blockchains**

Source: [https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/01/16/defi-protocol-frontier-brings-in-browser-wallet-support-for-aptos-sui-and-33-additional-blockchains/](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/01/16/defi-protocol-frontier-brings-in-browser-wallet-support-for-aptos-sui-and-33-additional-blockchains/)

---

## 5.Macro & Regulation

**Nexo sues Cayman Islands regulator over rejected license**

Source: [https://www.theblock.co/post/202614/nexo-sues-cayman-islands-regulator-over-rejected-license](https://www.theblock.co/post/202614/nexo-sues-cayman-islands-regulator-over-rejected-license)

---

# Data

## 1.NFT 24hr Trading Volume

Market Cap $22.71B +0.65%

Volume(24H) $29,041,802.67+101.61%

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/17-1.png)

## 2.Top NFT Collections by Market Cap

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/17-2.png)

Source: NFTGO

## 3.**24hr Top NFT Collections by Trading Volume**

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/17-3.png)

Source: NFTGO

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/13en.png)

# Today’s Highlight

**Azuki Announces the Launch of Virtual City Hilumia**

# Spotlights

## 1.NFT & Gamefi

**NFT sales rise 13% in December, breaking 8-month streak of declines**

Source: [https://www.theblock.co/post/201528/nft-sales-rise-13-in-december-breaking-8-month-streak-of-declines?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social](https://www.theblock.co/post/201528/nft-sales-rise-13-in-december-breaking-8-month-streak-of-declines?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social)

---

**Tribeca Film Festival Will Sell VIP Passes as NFTs**

Source: [https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/12/tribeca-film-festival-will-sell-vip-passes-as-nfts/](https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/01/12/tribeca-film-festival-will-sell-vip-passes-as-nfts/)

---

**Azuki launched Hilumia**

Source: [https://twitter.com/AzukiOfficial/status/1613600118472847360](https://twitter.com/AzukiOfficial/status/1613600118472847360)

---

**MultiMetaVerse Announces Letter of Intent to Acquire Majority Equity Stake in Taomee**

Source: [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/multimetaverse-announces-letter-of-intent-to-acquire-majority-equity-stake-in-taomee-301720105.html](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/multimetaverse-announces-letter-of-intent-to-acquire-majority-equity-stake-in-taomee-301720105.html)

---

**Quantum Temple Raises $2 Million in Pre-Seed Funding to Leverage Web3 for Cultural Heritage Preservation**

Source: [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/01/12/2587682/0/en/Quantum-Temple-Raises-2-Million-in-Pre-Seed-Funding-to-Leverage-Web3-for-Cultural-Heritage-Preservation.html](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/01/12/2587682/0/en/Quantum-Temple-Raises-2-Million-in-Pre-Seed-Funding-to-Leverage-Web3-for-Cultural-Heritage-Preservation.html)

---

## 2.Defi & Cefi

**Orbiter Finance integrated taikoxyz on testnet**

Source: [https://twitter.com/Orbiter_Finance/status/1613474775929880582](https://twitter.com/Orbiter_Finance/status/1613474775929880582)

---

**Wyre accepts deposits and lift the 90% withdrawal limit effective immediately**

Source: [https://twitter.com/sendwyre/status/1613673423032418306](https://twitter.com/sendwyre/status/1613673423032418306)

---

**Crypto.com CEO nnounced the decision to reduce global workforce by about 20%**

Source: [https://twitter.com/kris/status/1613757935062253570](https://twitter.com/kris/status/1613757935062253570)

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**Crypto market maker CyberX raises $15 million led by Foresight Ventures**

Source: [https://www.theblock.co/post/201542/crypto-market-maker-cyberx-raises-15-million-led-by-foresight-ventures](https://www.theblock.co/post/201542/crypto-market-maker-cyberx-raises-15-million-led-by-foresight-ventures)

---

**DCG’s crypto broker Genesis owes creditors more than $3bn**

Source: [https://www.ft.com/content/eb22bfab-ef05-48ce-83de-ebb904a35dca](https://www.ft.com/content/eb22bfab-ef05-48ce-83de-ebb904a35dca)

---

## 3.Web3

**MoviePass Completes 
Seed Funding Round Led by Animoca Brands to Support Relaunch of the 
Brand, Web 3 Initiatives and Driving More Traffic to Theaters**

Source: [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/01/12/2588094/0/en/MoviePass-Completes-Seed-Funding-Round-Led-by-Animoca-Brands-to-Support-Relaunch-of-the-Brand-Web-3-Initiatives-and-Driving-More-Traffic-to-Theaters.html](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/01/12/2588094/0/en/MoviePass-Completes-Seed-Funding-Round-Led-by-Animoca-Brands-to-Support-Relaunch-of-the-Brand-Web-3-Initiatives-and-Driving-More-Traffic-to-Theaters.html)

---

Unstoppable Domains Add Ready Player Me avatar as profile picture and go from #UDFam to UDFab’ with UD branded items

Source: [https://twitter.com/readyplayerme/status/1613538524753530882](https://twitter.com/readyplayerme/status/1613538524753530882)

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**Digital Village finished $4million fundraise**

Source: [https://twitter.com/consoledao/status/1613619950895120386](https://twitter.com/consoledao/status/1613619950895120386)

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## 4.Infrastructure

**IOG launches a toolkit for developing custom sidechains on Cardano**

Source:[https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/01/12/iog-launches-a-toolkit-for-developing-custom-sidechains-on-cardano/](https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/01/12/iog-launches-a-toolkit-for-developing-custom-sidechains-on-cardano/)

---

**Crypto in space: Cryptosat and DoraHacks complete ZK proof experiment on space station**

Source: [https://www.theblock.co/post/201343/crypto-in-space-cryptosat-and-dorahacks-complete-zk-proof-experiment-on-space-station?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social](https://www.theblock.co/post/201343/crypto-in-space-cryptosat-and-dorahacks-complete-zk-proof-experiment-on-space-station?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social)

---

**Alkimiya raises $7.2 million to build 'decentralized capital markets for blockspace'**

Source: [https://www.theblock.co/post/201230/alkimiya-raises-7-2-million-to-build-decentralized-capital-markets-for-blockspace](https://www.theblock.co/post/201230/alkimiya-raises-7-2-million-to-build-decentralized-capital-markets-for-blockspace)

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## 5.Macro & Regulation

**FTX Cleared to Sell LedgerX, Japanese Units by Bankruptcy Judge**

Source: [https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/13/ftx-cleared-to-sell-ledgerx-japanese-units-by-bankruptcy-judge/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=coindesk_main&utm_content=editorial&utm_term=organic](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/01/13/ftx-cleared-to-sell-ledgerx-japanese-units-by-bankruptcy-judge/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=coindesk_main&utm_content=editorial&utm_term=organic)

---

# Data

## 1.NFT 24hr Trading Volume

NFT 24hr trading volume $26,200,420.09 -33.71%

Market Cap $22.3B+0.98%

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/13-1.png)

## 2.Top NFT Collections by Market Cap

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/13-2.png)

Source: NFTGO

## 3.**24hr Top NFT Collections by Trading Volume**

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/13-3.png)

Source: NFTGO

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/12en.png)

# Today’s Highlight

**AWS partners with Avalanche to scale blockchain solutions for enterprises, governments**

# Spotlights

## 1.NFT & Gamefi

s**udoswap snapshot 0xmons NFT holders and allocated $SUDO**

Source: [https://twitter.com/sudoswap/status/1613361426508427264](https://twitter.com/sudoswap/status/1613361426508427264)

---

**Bored Ape Yacht Club Will Launch the Game Dookey Dash**

Source: [https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC/status/1613331130249256962](https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC/status/1613331130249256962)

---

## 2.Defi & Cefi

**Cosmos-Based DeFi Protocol Quasar Raises $5.4M**

Source: [https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/11/cosmos-based-defi-protocol-quasar-raises-54m/](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/01/11/cosmos-based-defi-protocol-quasar-raises-54m/)

---

**Binance CEO outlines ambitions to grow headcount by up to 30% in 2023**

Source: [https://www.theblock.co/post/200837/binance-ceo-outlines-ambitions-to-scale?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social](https://www.theblock.co/post/200837/binance-ceo-outlines-ambitions-to-scale?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social)

---

## 3.Web3

**Nothing’s Phone (1) launched by Polygon and Nothing**

Source: [https://hiconsumption.com/nothing-phone-1-beta-membership/](https://hiconsumption.com/nothing-phone-1-beta-membership/)

---

**Lens launched Token Gated Publications**

Source: [https://twitter.com/LensProtocol/status/1612837913242341377](https://twitter.com/LensProtocol/status/1612837913242341377)

---

**AWS partners with Avalanche to scale blockchain solutions for enterprises, governments**

Source: [https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/11/aws-partners-with-avalanche-to-scale-blockchain-solutions-for-enterprises-governments/](https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/11/aws-partners-with-avalanche-to-scale-blockchain-solutions-for-enterprises-governments/)

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## 4.Infrastructure

**Measurement, reporting and verification blockchain pioneer Open Forest Protocol raises USD 4.1m in pre-seed round**

Source: [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/measurement-reporting-and-verification-blockchain-pioneer-open-forest-protocol-raises-usd-4-1m-in-pre-seed-round-301718406.html](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/measurement-reporting-and-verification-blockchain-pioneer-open-forest-protocol-raises-usd-4-1m-in-pre-seed-round-301718406.html)

---

**StarkWare announce the release of Papyrus**

Source: [https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1613154088866160641](https://twitter.com/StarkWareLtd/status/1613154088866160641)

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## 5.Institution

**Venom Foundation and Iceberg Capital launch $1B venture fund to invest in web3**

Source: [https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/11/venom-foundation-and-iceberg-capital-launch-1b-venture-fund-to-invest-in-web3/](https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/11/venom-foundation-and-iceberg-capital-launch-1b-venture-fund-to-invest-in-web3/)

---

****Oasys Launches Ecosystem Fund to Drive Mass Adoption of Blockchain Gaming****

Source: [https://medium.com/@oasys/oasys-launches-ecosystem-fund-to-drive-mass-adoption-of-blockchain-gaming-1668fa964d1](https://medium.com/@oasys/oasys-launches-ecosystem-fund-to-drive-mass-adoption-of-blockchain-gaming-1668fa964d1)

---

## 6.Macro & Regulation

**The Fed Will Keep Focusing on Crypto — Fed Governor Says 'We Do Not Want to Hinder Innovation'**

Source: [https://news.bitcoin.com/the-fed-will-keep-focusing-on-crypto-fed-governor-says-we-do-not-want-to-hinder-innovation/](https://news.bitcoin.com/the-fed-will-keep-focusing-on-crypto-fed-governor-says-we-do-not-want-to-hinder-innovation/)

---

# Data

## 1.NFT 24hr Trading Volume

NFT 24hr trading volume $38,300,173.46 +43.27%

NFT Market Cap $22.08B +0.78%

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/12-1.png)

## 2.Top NFT Collections by Market Cap

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/12-2.png)

Source: NFTGO

## 3.**24hr Top NFT Collections by Trading Volume**

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/12-3.png)

Source: NFTGO

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/16en.jpeg)

# Macro

- On January 12, US announced the December CPI data in December, which rose by 6.5% year-on-year, previous value was 7.1%; the month-on-month increase was -0.1%, previous value was 0.1%. Among them, the year-on-year growth rate was 6.5% (expected value 6.5%), the lowest value since October 21; the most concerned quarter-on-quarter growth rate was -0.1% (expected -0.1%), which was also the first negative growth in the past three years . The U.S. inflation data for December was basically in line with the perception of the outside world, which also gave the market more confidence and reason to think that the Fed will slow down the pace of raising interest rates. And the U.S. dollar index also fell sharply, falling below the low since June 22. After the release of the data, the Federal Reserve observed that the probability of raising interest rates by 25 basis points in the next February has increased by nearly 100%, and the probability of raising interest rates within 50 basis points of the next two times has also increased a lot. It shows that the market is becoming more and more convinced that the Fed will further reduce the pace of interest rate hikes.
- There are many reasons for the slowdown in US inflation: first, the sharp drop in energy prices, second, the improvement of bottlenecks in the supply chain, and third, retailers cut prices to destock. The slowdown in inflation may make the Fed slow down the pace of raising interest rates, and it is expected that the next rate hike may drop to 25bp. However, slowing down interest rate hikes does not mean turning to easing, and it is still far from the real "Loose monetary policy".

# Fundraising

- From January 7th to January 14th, there was a total of 18 fundraising activities in the market. The total disclosed amount raised is $74 million. Breakdown of sebsector is:

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/16-1.png)

- Some of the biggest deals of the week are:
    - [**Worlds**](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230109005331/en/Worlds-Announces-21-Million-Series-A1-Funding-Round-to-Scale-Industrial-Metaverse-Platform), an 4D AI-based infrastructure for building the industrial metaverse, announces $21 Million series A1 funding round to scale industrial metaverse platform.
    - [**The Easy Company**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-easy-company-secures-14-2m-funding-for-new-crypto-wallet-with-social-features) secures $14.2M funding for new crypto wallet with social features, which seeks to help onboard more mainstream audiences into the Web3 ecosystem.
    - Crypto market maker [**CyberX**](https://www.theblock.co/post/201542/crypto-market-maker-cyberx-raises-15-million-led-by-foresight-ventures) raises $15 million led by Foresight Ventures
    - Automatic code security scanning service provider, [**MetaTrust**](https://www.cointime.com/news/guarding-the-moat-with-automatic-code-security-scanning-metatrust-says-the-key-to-web3-security-is-vigilant-and-continual-reassessment-55994) completed ten million US dollars seed round.
- [**Rootdata: crypto project raised $27.24 billion in 2022, with 1,538 funding rounds**](https://twitter.com/RootDataLabs/status/1612784456267595776)
    - Among all disclosed cases, crypto project raised $27.24 billion in 2022，down 3.2% from the amount of 2021, which is at $28.1 billion.
    - There were 1538 funding rounds in 2022, up 27.3% from 1208 rounds in 2021.
    - The top 5 sectors receiving the highest capital investment are infrastructure($7.57 billion), cefi($5.68 billion), NFT($3.46 billion), defi($1.65 billion) and gamefi($1.63 billion)
    
    ![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/16-2.png)
    
    ![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/16-3.png)
    

# NFT

- The NFT market cap increased by 3.04% in the past 7 days, and the overall trading volume decreased by 7.62%. The NFT market stats maintained at a relatively high value, and this week is a small retracement of the NFT market that has been on the upswing for the past month.

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/16-4.png)

- Over the past thirty days, the NFT market cap increased by 7.3% and the trading volume increased by 63.18%. Overall market has been gradually picking up recently.

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/16-5.png)

- The overall blue-chip index was at a relatively high position last week, and this week various emerging NFTs made a push and the blue-chip index declined. However, blue chip projects such as BAYC, AZUKI, DOODLES, all followed up with action. The overall market is developing benignly.

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/16-6.png)

> *Blue Chip Index is calculated by weighting the market cap (ETH/USD) of Blue Chip collections to reflect their performance. Source: NFTGO*
> 
- **[Azuki Announces Virtual City "Hilumia”](https://nftevening.com/azuki-announces-hilumia-metaverse-space-for-nft-holders/)**
    - AZUKI, the NFT project, announced the launch of the virtual city "Hilumia" on its official Twitter account on January 13, and the people who can now participate in the exploration include Azuki holders and community participants.
    - The "Hilumia" currently includes the following
        - High-quality toy store “Slowpoke's Toy Haven”
        - Design Platform “Ember Square”
        - Skater community “Golden SkatePark”
        - Opinion collection box “Garden Express”

[https://twitter.com/AzukiOfficial/status/1613600118472847360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2FWeb3-2023-1-16-8d10f3543c634614b51d3acc8a2a49d6](https://twitter.com/AzukiOfficial/status/1613600118472847360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.notion.so%2FWeb3-2023-1-16-8d10f3543c634614b51d3acc8a2a49d6)

- [**The Return of Open Edition**](https://metaversal.banklesshq.com/p/the-open-edition-boom)
    - Open Edition is a way of offering an unlimited number of copies for a specified time period. Usually at a more affordable place, Open Edition is a common way for individual creators to expand their reach. Before the PFP NFTs heated up, it used to be a common way of primary launch when art NFT was dominant.
    - Recently, many NFTs have been launched through Open Edition. This stems primarily from NFT infrastructure platforms such as Manifold and Zora introducing open, no-threshold launch tools in the second half of 2022. Prior to this, most NFT platforms' minting tools were invitation or review-based. On the other hand, the speculative attributes of the PFP category have been overdrawn in the bear market, and more eyes are turning to art NFTs, which were thought to store intrinsic values.
    - The Open Edition way of minting NFT are more fitted and attractive to NFT consumers and collectors, than investors. A speculative buyer will not welcome this approach due to the absence of a cap on the number of copies. On the contrary, buyers who genuinely appreciate the art will be delighted by the lower cost of collecting. In fact, other than Open Edition, limited edition and 1/1 NFT mints have all seen growth recently thanks to the "democratization" of the NFT minting tools.
- [**Turning Illiquid NFT Into Tax Saving](https://nftlossharvestooor.com/)**
    - Tax is not a topic that is often on everyone's mind, but it is an increasingly inevitable one. Recently a number of tools have emerged, helping users achieve tax reduction using NFTs that have been approaching worthless. Coinledger's tool NFT LOSS HARVESTOOOR, for example, are buying the user's NFT at a price close to zero, this realized loss can be reflected in the tax return as a capital loss, and ultimately treated as tax deductible and contributing to lower tax. In Coinledger’s case, they offer this tool for free, and hoping for people to use their more comprehensive fee-based tax software. Of course the tax system is country-based, so there will be market limitations for crypto tax service tool.
    
    ![NFT LOSS HARVESTOOOR website](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/16-7.png)
    
    NFT LOSS HARVESTOOOR website
    

# Infrastructure

- [**Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade and Selling Pressure**](https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/01/13/crypto-traders-are-already-placing-bets-on-ethereums-shanghai-hard-fork/)
    - As of January 9, 2023, the total number of ETH staking is about 15.85 million, which is about 13% of the total ETH volume. Recently, as the date of this major upgrade gradually approached, the community began to worry that the sell-off from such a massive unlocking would weigh heavily on the price of ETH, but in reality, it would have a limited impact on the ETH sell-off.
        - First of all, it should be noted that the staked ETH is unlocked in a gradual manner. In addition, the withdrawal rate will be adjusted according to the total amount of staked ETH to prevent instantaneous large outflows, etc.
        - Most of the users who participated in the early staking are long-term supporters of Ethereum and are relatively less willing to sell.
        - Most staking participants use Lido or go through CEX, and a number of staking users who wish to exit have already done so.
        - The better exit access brought by unlocking gives confidence to more users and is likely to attract more institutions or large investors to enter.
        - The cost of staking a large percentage of ETH is around $1,500 or more, which is higher than the current market price.
        - ETH is gradually going deflationary after PoS, and ETH staking can earn a return, currently around 4.2% annualized.
        - Ethereum has a developer base, an ecological base, a user base, and a relatively strong community consensus.
        - The ETH staking yield is a dynamic game, the less ETH staked, the higher the yield.
        - The Shanghai upgrade includes not only ETH stake unlocking, but also other upgrades that will also benefit its ecological long-term development.

# Web3 in Japan

- The National Tax Agency of Japan published the document [**"Tax Treatment of NFT (FAQ)"**](https://www.nta.go.jp/law/joho-zeikaishaku/shotoku/shinkoku/0022012-080.pdf) on January 13, 2023, which offers guidelines on NFT transactions.
- Anime, manga community and database [**MyAnimeList announced that it has cooperated with HIS, a large Japanese travel agency](https://www.notion.so/Web3-2023-1-16-8d10f3543c634614b51d3acc8a2a49d6),** to establish a virtual travel club "MAL Travel Club" as an overseas fan community, and at the same time test travel-related NFT sales.

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/16-8.png)

- Oasys announced the establishment of [**Oasys Ecosystem Fund**](https://www.neweconomy.jp/posts/287456), a fund focused on blockchain gaming. The fund aims to further develop the Oasys ecosystem through investment and incubation of early blockchain game projects.
- [**Coinbase gradually shut down most of its operations in Japan.**](https://tokeninsight.com/en/news/coinbase-to-close-most-of-japan-operations) However, it did not specify how many local employees were affected, nor did it elaborate on the solution.
- Yukimasa Ida, a high-profile rising star in the Japanese contemporary art circle, will release the first batch of NFT [**"Level of Distance"**](https://newfactorytokyo.io/pdf/【英訳FIX】LODプレスリリース第二弾.pdf) on the Japanese art NFT platform NEW FACTORY TOKYO. Ida's artistic creation is mostly oil painting. For a long time, Jay Chou has always admired Ida's creations. In 2021, he was specially invited to make a work "King of Rock", which was sold at a high price at Sotheby's auction.

[https://twitter.com/yukimasaida_nft/status/1613130931329724417](https://twitter.com/yukimasaida_nft/status/1613130931329724417)

# More Weekly Highlight Roundup

- [**Wyre**](https://decrypt.co/119115/wyre-lifts-withdrawal-limits-funding-strategic-partner) Lifts Withdrawal Limits After Fresh Funding From Strategic Partner
- [**Crypto.com**](https://twitter.com/kris/status/1613757935062253570) CEO nnounced the decision to reduce global workforce by about 20%
- IOG launches a [**toolkit for developing custom sidechains**](https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/01/12/iog-launches-a-toolkit-for-developing-custom-sidechains-on-cardano/) on Cardano
- DCG’s crypto broker Genesis [**owes creditors more than $3bn**](https://www.ft.com/content/eb22bfab-ef05-48ce-83de-ebb904a35dca)
- [**AWS partners with Avalanche**](https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/11/aws-partners-with-avalanche-to-scale-blockchain-solutions-for-enterprises-governments/) to scale blockchain solutions for enterprises, governments
- [**Venom Foundation and Iceberg Capital**](https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/11/venom-foundation-and-iceberg-capital-launch-1b-venture-fund-to-invest-in-web3/) launch $1B venture fund to invest in web3
- Binance CEO outlines [**ambitions to grow headcount**](https://www.theblock.co/post/200837/binance-ceo-outlines-ambitions-to-scale?utm_source=telegram1&utm_medium=social) by up to 30% in 2023
- [**Nothing’s Phone (1)**](https://hiconsumption.com/nothing-phone-1-beta-membership/) launched by Polygon and Nothing
- [**Coinbase**](https://www.coinbase.com/blog/a-message-from-ceo-and-co-founder-brian-armstrong-to-coinbase-employees) Cuts 20% of Staff and 25% of Operating Expense
- Ondo Finance launched [**Tokenized US Treasuries and Bonds**](https://blog.ondo.finance/announcing-tokenized-us-treasuries-and-bonds/)
- [**Twitter Developing ‘Coins’ Feature**](https://decrypt.co/118824/twitter-coins-awards-stripe-payments) With Stripe Payments
- Baidu to Launch [**XiRang MetaStack**](https://technode.com/2023/01/05/baidu-to-launch-solution-that-enables-building-a-metaverse-in-40-days/), Enabling Metaverse Construction in 40 Days
- [**Gala Games**](https://twitter.com/GoGalaGames/status/1612299581731086337?s=20&t=KYQa5EShJjrOUFbwlAwVnw) developing Web3 film with The Rock and Mark Wahlberg
- Mastercard partners with Polygon to launch [**Web3 musician accelerator program**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/mastercard-partners-with-polygon-to-launch-web3-musician-accelerator-program)
- [**Monetary Authority of Singapore**](https://www.binance.com/bg/feed/post/152436) Has Increased Crypto Collateral Requirements Up 1.25:1 To Heal Risk

# What’s On Their Mind

[https://twitter.com/artnome/status/1488841834264674308?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email](https://twitter.com/artnome/status/1488841834264674308?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)

[https://twitter.com/waleswoosh/status/1613620126233858051](https://twitter.com/waleswoosh/status/1613620126233858051)

[https://twitter.com/apolynya/status/1613370896319918081](https://twitter.com/apolynya/status/1613370896319918081)

[https://twitter.com/0xPrismatic/status/1612628091083309057](https://twitter.com/0xPrismatic/status/1612628091083309057)

[https://twitter.com/0xPrismatic/status/1613717037758414850](https://twitter.com/0xPrismatic/status/1613717037758414850)

[https://twitter.com/MacroAlf/status/1613558214989160449](https://twitter.com/MacroAlf/status/1613558214989160449)

[https://twitter.com/AndrewSteinwold/status/1612528666486923275](https://twitter.com/AndrewSteinwold/status/1612528666486923275)

[https://twitter.com/dunleavy89/status/1612809318163746817](https://twitter.com/dunleavy89/status/1612809318163746817)

[https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1613565748244365312](https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1613565748244365312)

[https://twitter.com/zk7hao/status/1614430345528762370](https://twitter.com/zk7hao/status/1614430345528762370)

# About Us

## UneMeta

UneMeta is a curated social and NFT market space for quality and established IPs and Icons, aiming to create higher quality experience with NFT to everyone. UneMeta offers launchpad and marketplace service, linking web2 and web3 for IPs and Icons.

## HZGB

HZGB is committed to become the largest charting community in Chinese, with the popularization and promotion of traditional charting technical analysis as the cornerstone, and the industry investment research and building community DAO as the goal to attract and cultivate talents.
Our strength is that we have over 10,000 people, including elite traders, sharing chart analysis and summarizing historical market trends and price behavior. In addition, we regularly host live streaming of market analysis, and are committed to incubating and exploring Web 3 investment research.
We aim to become the largest aggregator community in the Web 3 world, so that more people can enjoy the benefits of the industry's development.

Macro

Fundraising

Weekly Web3 Chit-chat

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/11en.jpeg)

# An Open Letter To Une Community

Since day one of UneMeta, our mission has been to bring true quality content to everyone through the innovative technology of NFT, and although we have experienced great turbulence in the market, we never forgot why we started.

[We present this open letter](https://www.notion.so/An-Open-Letter-to-Une-Community-d2cf5363140c470196ea8093ebd6395e), to say thank you, and talk about what we look forward to in 2023. Thank you for taking the time to read it. Let’s build together in 2023!

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/en1.jpeg)

# Macro

- On January 5, the Federal Reserve released the FOMC meeting this round of interest rate hikes rose from 4.6% to 5.1% , which means that 2023 of at least 75 basis points. The minutes showed the need to maintain a restrictive monetary policy stance until subsequent data provide confidence that inflation is steadily falling back to 2%, which itself may take some time. The minutes also reiterated that it is unlikely that interest rates will be cut in 2023. The slowdown in the pace of interest rate hikes does not mean that the Committee's goal of achieving price stability has weakened, or that inflation has continued to be on a stable downward path.
- [**Portugal to end the title of "tax-free paradise”**](https://www.internationaltaxreview.com/article/2b3n19bqkr4qdpq7jdm2o/sponsored/2023-portuguese-state-budget-the-end-of-crypto-el-dorado)
    - Portugal has long been one of the ideal destinations for web3 builders, benefitting from flexible visa options and, more importantly, tax incentives for crypto assets (0% capital gains tax on crypto assets). But the benefit of the tax break will end in 2023. The Portuguese state budget for 2023 reveals that the new policy will apply 28% flat rate to a positive balance of capital gains and losses arising from the disposal of crypto assets unless they are held for more than 365 days, in which case an exemption will be available.

# Fundraising

- From December 30th to January 6th, there was a total of 10 fundraising activities in the market. The total disclosed amount raised is $28 million. Breakdown of sebsector is:

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/2.png)

- Some of the biggest deals of the week are:
    - Blockchain-based [**AirCarbon**](https://www.ledgerinsights.com/blockchain-aircarbon-exchange-raises-15-million/) Exchange raises $15 million, the startup provides exchanges for voluntary carbon credits and a variety of blockchain-based tokenized carbon assets.
    - Crypto gaming project [**Calvaria: Duels of Eternity**](https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/crypto-gaming-project-calvaria-raises-25m-in-presale-announces-ieo-on-bkex) raises $2.5M in presale, announces IEO on BKEX. Duels of Eternity is a full free-to-play (F2P) game that is available on mobile app stores and PC.
    - **[MSafe](https://www.finsmes.com/2023/01/msafe-raises-5m-in-seed-funding.html)**, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of a multi-signature wallet solution on the Aptos / Move ecosystem, raised USD$5m in seed funding led by Jump Crypto.

# NFT

- [**2022 NFT Key Stats, Overall Showing Growth Trends**](https://cryptoslate.com/27-stats-about-nfts-in-2022-who-are-the-big-winners/)
    - Cryptoslate has done a review of 27 sets of data on the NFT industry over the past year. 2022 NFT sales totaled $55.5 billion, up 175% compared to 2021; and a whopping 390 times higher compared to 2020. the number of NFT holders grew from 1.446 million to 3.778 million, an increase of 161.3%. In addition, NFTs on the Solana chain have exploded from obscurity in 2021 to 2022. Polygon also saw a moment of glory starting in the second half of the year after introducing several big brand partnerships.
        
        ![2017 - 2022 NFT Yearly Sales Volume](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/3.png)
        
        2017 - 2022 NFT Yearly Sales Volume
        
    - In addition to that, this article shows the objective development of the NFT industry from several perspectives. Although NFT starts to experience its first bear market in the second half of the year, the application potential of NFT will not be deprived of it and more innovative opportunities await us in 2023.
- **NFT Keywords for 2023**
    - Over the past two weeks, major research groups have released their industry outlooks for 2023. Several key judgments have been brought up in the forward looking view of NFT.
        - **Less speculation, more utilities.** The bear market is doing its job to remove NFT from speculation, and to give rise to a wider range of utilities leveraging the NFT technology. Adoption continues when more big commercial companies explore NFT, which will onboard tens of thousands of new users to the field.
        - **Web 2 IP is ported to Web 3 to unlock a stronger community.** IP becomes an important manifestation of NFT's intrinsic value  as well as an important vehicle for copyright protection.
        - **More convenient NFT experience.** Development of L2 and NFTfi make NFT access, application and transactions more convenient and efficient.
        - **More applications development on Non-transferable tokens** (not necessarily tied to decentralized identity)
    - *Recommended Reading：*
        - [**Coindesk: 23 Blockchain Predictions for 2023**](https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/19/23-blockchain-predictions-for-2023/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines)
        - [**a16z: A few of the things we’re excited about in crypto**](https://a16zcrypto.com/big-ideas-2023/)
        - [**coinbase: 2023 Crypto Market Outlook**](https://www.coinbase.com/institutional/research-insights/research/market-intelligence/2023-crypto-market-outlook)
        - ****[2023 CMC Crypto Playbook: NFT Market — 2022 Recap and Outlook for 2023 by Sfermion](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/2023-cmc-crypto-playbook-nft-market-2022-recap-and-outlook-for-2023-by-sfermion)****
        - [**FORKAST FORECASTS: NFTs may become the “Lego blocks” of Web3 in 2023**](https://forkast.news/video-audio/nfts-lego-blocks-web3-2023/)
- [**Japanese NFT Projects’ Holder Network**](https://oneseep.xyz/statics)
    - Due to the language barrier, most of the projects that operate in Japanese have a high degree of overlap and are mainly focused on the local Japanese user market. Japanese projects with international influence, though backed by famous Japanese IPs (e.g. Takashi Murakami), can reach the international market more widely because they use English as the main operating language, and therefore do not have a high overlap with the local market.
        
        ![Japanese NFT Projects’ Holder Network](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/d6f919ba-e01f-450d-80d8-d969fd3ca4f3/Untitled.png)
        
        Japanese NFT Projects’ Holder Network
        
    - In Japanese business terminology, there is a term called **[Galapagosization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal%C3%A1pagos_syndrome)**, which refers to the phenomenon of "optimizing" alone in an isolated market environment, losing interchangeability with those outside the region, and eventually falling into the danger of being eliminated in the face of highly adaptable and viable varieties from foreign countries. This concept is often cited when discussing important Japanese industries, such as automobiles and consumer electronics. The NFT industry in Japan may still be a very small industry, but some people have begun to associate this process with the development of domestic NFT projects.

# Defi

- **[The liquidity staking narrative heats up](https://twitter.com/TheDeFinvestor/status/1610619795925254144)**
    - Staking has been one of the most popular DeFi products used by many cryptocurrency enthusiasts, but its lack of liquidity has also been one of the major challenges faced by investors. Recently, the liquid staking narrative has been picking up steam as the Ethereum Shanghai upgrade is gradually approaching. According to JP Morgan, staking returns will increase to $40 billion by 2025, almost five times the size of the current market, with ETH 2.0 set to become a major driver of the sector.
    - Simply put, liquidity staking allows users to stake their cryptocurrencies to earn low-risk interest while also keeping their funds liquid to maximize capital efficiency. Essentially, liquidity staking is granted to L-tokens at the same rate as the user's original token in exchange for staking their tokens in their respective protocols. The liquidity staking narrative track may present a good investment opportunity if the Ethereum Shanghai upgrade launches the ETH staking withdrawal function as expected.

# Web3 in Japan

- [**Japan to lift the ban on foreign stablecoins like USDT in 2023**](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/12/27/japan-plans-to-allow-local-listing-of-foreign-stablecoins-nikkei/). The report also pointed out that the remittance limit will be set at 1 million yen ($7500) per transaction.
- Astar founder **[Sota Watanabe founded "Startale Labs"](https://www.neweconomy.jp/posts/286913)** to develop Astar Network and multi-chain Dapps with the goal of large-scale social adoption of Web3. Mr. Watanabe appointed as CEO, based in Singapore, but plans to establish a subsidiary "Startale Labs Japan" in Japan in January.

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/5.png)

- ****[Tokio Marine](https://news.bitcoin.com/insurance-giant-tokio-marine-to-offer-its-services-in-the-metaverse/)****, Japan's largest property insurance group, announced that it will start providing insurance services in the Metaverse "Virtual AKIBA World (VAW)" operated by JR East.
- Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Bank, Japan Exchange Group (JPX), NTT DATA, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Trust Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, and SBI PTS Holdings are planning to form a [**joint venture to build digital infrastructure**](https://www.metaverse-style.com/trend/10666). The company is expected to be established after September 2023.

# More Weekly Highlight Roundup

- Korea's leading ICT company, Lotte Data Communication, unveils a more advanced [**'hyper-realistic' metaverse platform**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/koreas-leading-ict-company-lotte-data-communication-unveils-a-more-advanced-hyper-realistic-metaverse-platform-301714285.html)
- Millions of [**Shopify Merchants Can Now Use Avalanche NFTs**](https://medium.com/avalancheavax/millions-of-shopify-merchants-can-now-use-avalanche-nfts-through-venly-e7f27711458a) through Venly
- [**Fed minutes**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-minutes-rate-cuts-2023-inflation-risk-focus-194814712.html): No rate cuts in 2023, inflation risk remains in focus
- [**Celsius Network Wins Ownership Rights**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/celsius-network-wins-ownership-rights-to-customer-crypto-deposits-11672865422) to Customer Crypto Deposits
- [**Animoca Brands**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-05/hong-kong-crypto-mogul-aims-to-raise-1-billion-for-web3-fund) is looking to raise about $1 billion this quarter for its new Web3 and metaverse investment fund
- **Bitcoin Turns 14**
- Crypto firm [**Wyre said to shut down**](https://www.notion.so/Daily-Spotlights-2023-1-4-96df834e620f41ba8235db6fa6b281e5) as CEO admits "scaling back"
- Sam Bankman-Fried [**pleads not guilty**](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/03/sam-bankman-fried-pleads-not-guilty-to-fraud-charges-in-new-york.html) to federal fraud charges in New York
- NFT Marketplace’s [**Blur’s token $BLUR**](https://twitter.com/blur_io/status/1608852940743405569) will launch at the end of January
- DefiLlama launches meta [**DEX aggregator**](https://twitter.com/DefiLlama/status/1609989799653285888)
- Cameron Winklevoss pens [**open letter**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/cameron-winklevoss-pens-open-letter-to-barry-silbert-about-gemini-s-blocked-funds) to Barry Silbert about Gemini’s blocked funds
- [**Italian Parliament Approves 26% Crypto-Gains Tax**](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/12/30/italian-parliament-approves-26-crypto-gains-tax-under-2023-budget/) in 2023 Budget

# What’s On Their Mind

[https://twitter.com/9gagceo/status/1607242681075527682](https://twitter.com/9gagceo/status/1607242681075527682)

[https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1605075861966684160](https://twitter.com/AndreCronjeTech/status/1605075861966684160)

[https://twitter.com/blockworksres/status/1607793283350269953?s=20](https://twitter.com/blockworksres/status/1607793283350269953?s=20)

[https://twitter.com/ChrisF_0x/status/1608151393528954888](https://twitter.com/ChrisF_0x/status/1608151393528954888)

[https://twitter.com/harry_forj/status/1607868950364278786](https://twitter.com/harry_forj/status/1607868950364278786)

[https://twitter.com/0xKepler/status/1610228239020216320](https://twitter.com/0xKepler/status/1610228239020216320)

[https://twitter.com/joel_john95/status/1610938716364886016](https://twitter.com/joel_john95/status/1610938716364886016)

[https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1611707008897683461](https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1611707008897683461)

# About Us

## UneMeta

UneMeta is a curated social and NFT market space for quality and established IPs and Icons, aiming to create higher quality experience with NFT to everyone. UneMeta offers launchpad and marketplace service, linking web2 and web3 for IPs and Icons.

## HZGB

HZGB is committed to become the largest charting community in Chinese, with the popularization and promotion of traditional charting technical analysis as the cornerstone, and the industry investment research and building community DAO as the goal to attract and cultivate talents.
Our strength is that we have over 10,000 people, including elite traders, sharing chart analysis and summarizing historical market trends and price behavior. In addition, we regularly host live streaming of market analysis, and are committed to incubating and exploring Web 3 investment research.
We aim to become the largest aggregator community in the Web 3 world, so that more people can enjoy the benefits of the industry's development.

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/19enn1.jpeg)
# Macro

- On Thursday, the Federal Reserve announced a 50 basis point rate hike, pushing interest rates to 4.5%, marking the most aggressive pace of interest rate hikes in more than 40 years. The U.S. economy cannot avoid a slowdown in growth in 2023, which will affect U.S. monetary policy. Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the U.S. CPI rose 7.1% on a year-on-year basis in November, beating expectations. Yet U.S. inflation remains well above the Fed's 2 percent target. The threat of inflation in the US is not over yet. U.S. wages or service costs had peaked. U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in November, while the labor market remained tight, with initial jobless claims falling last week.
- [**Japan announced the 5-year "Ruling Party Tax Reform Outline", to enforce less stringent crypto tax rules**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-set-to-ease-30-crypto-tax-on-paper-profits-for-token-issuers)
    - The current administration agreed to ease the 30% corporate tax for local crypto firms. Exempt companies from paying taxes on the paper gains they hold on cryptocurrencies after they are issued. Prior to this tax reform, The ruling currently requires crypto firms to pay 30% on their ownings even if they haven’t gained profits through a sale. for example, the issuance of ￥10 billion worth of cryptocurrency required paying a tax of ￥3 billion(30%), even if the cryptocurrency was not sold. In the future, only the amount sold will be taxed, which will encourage more regulated IEOs to happen in Japan.
    - Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet is expected to complete its annual taxation standards by the end of 2022. The relaxed rules could go into effect for Japan’s next financial year starting on April 1.

# Fundraising

- From December 10th to December 16th, there was a total of 29 fundraising activities in the market. The total disclosed amount raised is $539 million. There’s a significant pump in amount raised this week, probably the highest for the past few months. Breakdown of categories is:

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/19enn2.png)

- Some of the biggest deals of the week are:
    - **[Amber Group Raises $300M](https://cointelegraph.com/news/amber-group-raises-300m-to-recover-from-ftx-contagion)** Series C After FTX Contagion
    - Private layer-2 chain [**Aztec Network secures $100 million**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/aztec-network-secures-100-million-in-series-b-funding-led-by-a16z) in Series B funding led by a16z
    - [**Crypto Insurance Firm Evertas**](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/12/crypto-insurance-firm-evertas-bucks-bear-market-with-14m-raise/) Bucks Bear Market With $14M Raise
    - **[Blocknative](https://www.finsmes.com/2022/12/blocknative-raises-15m-in-series-a-1-funding.html)**, a CA-based web3 infrastructure company, raised $15M in Series A-1 funding
    - Creditor offers [**Bitcoin miner Core Scientific**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/creditor-offers-bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-72m-to-avoid-bankruptcy) $72M to avoid bankruptcy

# NFT & Gamefi

- The total market capitalization of the NFT market decreased by 1.38% in the past 7 days, and the overall increase in trading volume was 46.80%. The total market capitalization of the NFT market remained shrinking this week. However, due to market shock, trading volume rose and overall entered into instability.

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/19enn3.png)

- Over the past thirty days, the total market capitalization of the NFT trading market increased by 0.46% and the trading volume increased by 7.29%. Overall market volatility has gradually moved upward.

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/19enn4.png)

- The overall blue-chip index continued to fall after rebounding last week, and the overall market sentiment was not high.

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/19enn5.png)
> *Blue Chip Index is calculated by weighting the market cap (ETH/USD) of Blue Chip collections to reflect their performance. Source: NFTGO*
> 

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/19enn6.png)
[**shibuya.xyz**](https://www.shibuya.xyz/)

- [**Shibuya- building the A24 of web3**](https://www.shibuya.xyz/)
    - On December 8th, Shibuya announced that it has raised a $6.9 million seed round led by a16z crypto and Variant. Shibuya produces long-form video content through community co-creation. Members of the community hold NFTs and vote on the direction of the story.
    - "White Rabbit" is the first high-quality animation launched by Shibuya, divided into seven chapters, two chapters have been completed, and the third chapter will be released on January 10, 2023.
    - Shibuya has offered two series of NFTs. the first series is the platform's pass NFTs, where the holder of the corresponding chapter pass can vote on the direction of the chapter at the end. The second series is ERC721's Steak NFT. The platform has issued $WRAB aka White Rabbit tokens, which are awarded whenever a user stakes a pass, votes, and stakes Steak NFT.
    - Shibuya has already established a partnership with Azuki, and will select a favorite Azuki to guest star in the anime based on a community vote. Community participation in film production is an experiment for Web3, but it is also a double-edged sword. It is crucial that the quality of community participants is selected based on criteria other than monetary investment, and that the rules for rewards are detailed.
- **Music NFT, a solidly growing NFT category in a bear market**
    - Music NFT has been around for a short time, but the discussion has been low. Recently there have been several web3 music platforms that have received funding one after another, and some of the traditional music majors are actively exploring music NFT.
    The dune dashboard of sound.xyz, one of the leading music NFT platforms, shows the growth trajectory of music NFT over the past year. Since the middle of this year, music NFT seems to be bucking the general trend to open up the growth mode. **[Billboard's analysts @Kaspar_](https://twitter.com/_Kaspar__)** who follow web3 music shared that this is not just at Sound.xyz, but the same upward trend has been seen in other platforms as well. The reason for this is that this year, many artists have begun to choose a low-price, high-availability model to sell NFT, a model that is more conducive to attracting more listeners to learn about and buy music NFT than the previous niche selection model of low volume.
    
![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/19enn7.png)    
    **[Sound.xyz & Sound Protocol Dune Dashboard](https://dune.com/nicoelzer/sound-xyz) by @nicoelzer**
    
    - However, it should be noted that the market for music NFT is still at a very early stage, and according to the dune, there are only about 6,000 collectors on sound.xyz. And because music NFT often involves streaming media royalty sharing, the need to coordinate partners and comply with laws and regulations here is more complex. And the collection and consumption nature of music NFT is stronger than the investment nature, in this still speculation prevails in the mainstream NFT market, and the counterpart of the buyer market is quite narrow.
    - We can see that the music NFT model is gradually being validated. The bear market has brought a lot of "de-speculation" phenomenon, has been the music NFT market is more steady expansion, we believe that in the next year the product and application will have a lot of quality leaps.

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****Kanpani Girls RE:BLOOM****

- **[DMM to relaunch its popular browser game in a blockchain version](https://dmm-corp.com/press/service/1790/)**
    - Founded in 1993, DMM.com is a Japanese e-commerce and entertainment company with over 39 million users. DMM announced its entry into the Web3 business in early 2022.
    - 'Kanpani Girls' was originally a browser game published by DMM GAMES. During teh game’s peak time, there were 2.5 million user accounts. The browser version was discontinued on July 12, 2021. Next year, the game will be relaunched in a blockchain version. DMM.com will also be building its own “Verse”, Layer2 on gaming blockchain Oasys.

# Infrastructure

- [**Fuel, Ethereum modular execution layer, plans to launch on Ethereum mainnet next year**](https://twitter.com/fuellabs_/status/1603064633878683652)
    - Ethereum is moving towards massive scalability in the consensus and data availability layers. Proto-danksharding is coming soon, and sharding is scheduled for release in 2023. In the future, the relatively slow and computationally expensive EVM will no longer be sufficient to keep up with the expanding bandwidth supply of the consensus and data availability layers. L2 needs to match these scalability improvements by building and deploying more high-performance VM on the execution layer.
    - By adopting new and improved VM design principles, modular layers like Fuel can be specifically optimized for efficient and scalable computing, superior developer experience, and maximum security. Ethereum’s scaling efforts have focused on providing bandwidth to modular execution layers while increasing transaction execution speed relying on these layers. Fuel therefore focuses on providing fast and efficient computation on the execution layer to support Ethereum's scaling roadmap. The FuelVM instruction set is specifically designed to both express and prove fraud in the EVM.
    - Fuel was designed with cutting-edge developer experience, and Sway language has already gained significant traction. By building a Rust-based DSL and synthesis tools that developers love, Fuel is positioned to attract a large number of new developers to the ecosystem. Fuel will be deployed on Ethereum and create a trust-minimized bridge between the two networks instead of migrating to an alternative L1.

# Defi

- [**JPMC research reveals insights on US household’s crypto use**](https://www.jpmorganchase.com/institute/research/financial-markets/dynamics-demographics-us-household-crypto-asset-cryptocurrency-use)
    - Most crypto users made their first transactions during spikes in crypto-asset prices.
    - Usage of crypto is broader and deeper for men, Asian individuals, and younger individuals with higher incomes.
    - Crypto holdings for most individuals are relatively small—as median flows equal less than one week’s worth of take-home pay—but almost 15 percent of users have net transfers of over one month’s worth of pay to crypto accounts.
    - Most individuals who transferred money to crypto accounts did so when crypto-asset prices were significantly higher than recent levels, and those with lower incomes likely made purchases at elevated prices relative to higher earners.

# Web3 in Japan

![](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/19enn9.png)
**Virtual Market 2022 Winter Closing Day**

- The Metaverse Exhibition **[Virtual Market 2022 Winter](https://winter2022.vket.com/)** hosted by Japanese VR company HIKKY was held on the 3rd of this month and will last until the 18th. This is the world's largest VR event held in Metaverse, and will restore the urban scenes of Paris, Nagoya and Sapporo to the greatest extent. There are many brands in this exhibition, including many well-known international brands such as Lenovo, Yamaha, Sony, Disney and so on. Users can shop online for goods, attend concerts, etc.
- Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, together with Kogia, officially launched the demonstration experiment of NFT utilization [**"e-Kaga Citizen System"**](https://www.neweconomy.jp/posts/282285).
- [**Alibaba Cloud, fashion and entertainment company TSI HOLDINGS, and game studio JP GAMES**](https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000333.000009786.html) have launched a project to jointly build metaverse service, which will create a next-generation shopping environment by organizing events that combine fashion and sports.
- [**DEA, a GameFi platform**](https://www.metaverse-style.com/game/10610), announced on December 14 that it has raised $10 million (approximately 1.35 billion yen) from LDA Capital, an American alternative investment group.
- Zen Place, the Pilates yoga studio with the largest number of stores in Japan, [**launched Zen Metaverse**](https://www.zenplace.co.jp/metaverse). Customers will be able to experience classes in the Metaverse, as well as shop in virtual stores.

# More Weekly Highlight Roundup

- [**SBF Arrested**](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/business/ftx-sam-bankman-fried-bahamas.html) in the Bahamas After US Prosecutors File Charges
- [**Donald Trump**](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/109518512543023262) launches $99 NFT collection
- Animoca Brands announces [**Mocaverse**](https://www.animocabrands.com/animoca-brands-announces-mocaverse-the-nft-collection-to-empower-web3-community-connections), the NFT collection to empower Web3 community connections
- Amber Group buys regulated crypto platform [**Sparrow Exchange**](https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/startups-tech/temasek-backed-amber-group-buys-regulated-crypto-platform-sparrow-exchange)
- [**PayPal Working With Crypto Wallet MetaMask**](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/14/paypal-partners-with-crypto-wallet-metamask-to-offer-easy-way-to-buy-crypto/) to Offer Easy Way to Buy Crypto
- [**Magic Eden**](https://www.theblock.co/post/195089/magic-eden-introduces-discount-and-rewards-system-for-marketplace-users) introduces discount and rewards system for marketplace users
- [**Forbes partners with The Sandbox**](https://medium.com/sandbox-game/forbes-partners-with-the-sandbox-and-enters-the-metaverse-with-an-interactive-multiplayer-614c2305468) and enters the metaverse with an interactive multiplayer experience.
- MakerDAO and GnosisDAO join forces to launch the [**DAO-to-DAO strategic alliance**](https://twitter.com/MakerDAO/status/1603041893251694592?s=20&t=bXcoGk2CktEMyTIEdqDsng)
- [**SUI Token Allocation Out**](https://sui.io/resources-tokenomics/sui-token-allocation/)
- [**Binance CEO Zhao**](https://www.notion.so/12a0ca7ec1f64e168179d9e7a98e1657) Warns Bumpy Road Ahead in Message to His Staff
- [**Apple**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/apple-to-allow-third-party-app-stores-in-windfall-for-nfts-and-crypto) to allow third-party app stores in windfall for NFTs and crypto
- Ava Labs Launches [**Core Mobile Wallet**](https://medium.com/avalancheavax/ava-labs-launches-core-mobile-wallet-the-last-crypto-wallet-youll-ever-need-2596c9b66be9), a multichain mobile wallet
- Binance NFT launched [**Ape Staking Program**](https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/binance-nft-marketplace-will-launch-ape-nft-staking-program-4352ac39da8640cc86435d981174a7e7)
- Hong Kong's New [**Bitcoin and Ether Futures ETFs**](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/15/new-bitcoin-and-ether-futures-etfs-launching-in-hong-kong/) Raise $79 Million in Trading Debut
- [**The Block CEO resigns**](https://www.theblock.co/post/193753/the-block-ceo-resigns-after-failure-to-disclose-loans-from-bankman-frieds-alameda) after failure to disclose loans from Bankman-Fried’s Alameda

# KOL on Twitter

[https://twitter.com/0xPrismatic/status/1602319420298256384](https://twitter.com/0xPrismatic/status/1602319420298256384)

[https://twitter.com/_Kaspar__/status/1588275307831705600](https://twitter.com/_Kaspar__/status/1588275307831705600)

[https://twitter.com/a16zcrypto/status/1603433052780175366](https://twitter.com/a16zcrypto/status/1603433052780175366)

[https://twitter.com/daniiicloud/status/1602678181064069122?s=20&t=xrVbm_rcc4IiCR8tK16v_g](https://twitter.com/daniiicloud/status/1602678181064069122?s=20&t=xrVbm_rcc4IiCR8tK16v_g)

[https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1603319660807852033?s=20&t=AbmlhZ80NrZm4WNRaiUtKQ](https://twitter.com/KimDotcom/status/1603319660807852033?s=20&t=AbmlhZ80NrZm4WNRaiUtKQ)

[https://twitter.com/AlanaDLevin/status/1601636132139081729](https://twitter.com/AlanaDLevin/status/1601636132139081729)

[https://twitter.com/Tocelot/status/1602338827284238337](https://twitter.com/Tocelot/status/1602338827284238337)

[https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1602572957728980992?s=20&t=uPelqXOF9KS28rRrYUYPxg](https://twitter.com/DefiIgnas/status/1602572957728980992?s=20&t=uPelqXOF9KS28rRrYUYPxg)

[https://twitter.com/apixtwts/status/1603390935387226114](https://twitter.com/apixtwts/status/1603390935387226114)

# About Us

## UneMeta

UneMeta is a curated social and NFT market space for quality and established IPs and Icons, aiming to create higher quality experience with NFT to everyone. UneMeta offers launchpad and marketplace service, linking web2 and web3 for IPs and Icons.

## HZGB

HZGB is committed to become the largest charting community in Chinese, with the popularization and promotion of traditional charting technical analysis as the cornerstone, and the industry investment research and building community DAO as the goal to attract and cultivate talents.
Our strength is that we have over 10,000 people, including elite traders, sharing chart analysis and summarizing historical market trends and price behavior. In addition, we regularly host live streaming of market analysis, and are committed to incubating and exploring Web 3 investment research.
We aim to become the largest aggregator community in the Web 3 world, so that more people can enjoy the benefits of the industry's development.

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# Macro

- Data released on Thursday showed new claims for unemployment benefits edged up to 230,000 last week, in line with market expectations. But continuing claims jumped to 1.671 million, a 10-month high, suggesting the labor market is deteriorating. November PPI will be released on Friday, CPI will be released next Tuesday, and the Fed will announce its December policy decision just a day after. With markets largely expecting a soft landing starting next week, U.S. stocks are trying to find their footing and there are some signs in U.S. Treasuries. But market sentiment remains subdued. The problem is that US stocks lack domestic stimulus.

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/1215en-1.png)

- **Central bank digital currency(CBDC)**
    - CBDC are digital tokens, similar to cryptocurrency, issued by a central bank and pegged to the value of that country's fiat currency. Unlike consensus-based cryptocurrencies, or collateralized stablecoins, CBDC is a digital currency backed by the state. According to different users and uses, the World Economic Forum divides central bank digital currencies into two categories:
        - One is the wholesale central bank digital currency, which is mainly issued to institutional entities such as commercial banks, and is mostly used for large-value settlements.
        - The other is the retail central bank digital currency, which is issued to the public and used for daily transactions.
    - In March 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14067 to ensure the responsible development of digital assets and to place the highest priority on research and development to design and deploy CBDC. In addition to the United States, as of May 2022, the central banks of 110 countries and regions around the world are promoting the research and development of central bank digital currencies. Although most of the views believe that the use of CBDC can improve financial inclusion and stabilize currency status, there are still many opposing voices. For example, the implementation of CBDC may destroy consumers and other economic interests generated when commercial banks compete to attract customers. CBDCs are also seen as competitors to stablecoins.
    - For more, read there articles from Blockdata:
        - ****[The State of CBDCs in 2022](https://www.blockdata.tech/blog/general/the-state-of-cbdcs-in-2022)****
        - ****[Regulation, Stablecoins and CBDC’s - What you need to know](https://www.blockdata.tech/blog/general/regulation-stablecoins-and-cbdc-s-what-you-need-to-know)****
# Fundraising

- From December 3rd to December 10th, there was a total of 21 fundraising activities in the market. The total disclosed amount raised is $163 million. Breakdown of categories is:

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/1215en-2.png)

- Some of the biggest deals of the week are:
    - DeFi derivatives protocol [**Perennial raises $12 million**](https://www.theblock.co/post/192883/perennial-defi-derivatives-protocol-funding-mainnet), launches mainnet.
    - Digital collectibles firm [**Forum3 raises $10 million**](https://www.theblock.co/post/193666/digital-collectibles-firm-forum3-raises-10-million-in-seed-funding) in seed funding. Forum3 works with brands to develop loyalty rewards programs using NFTs, such as at Starbucks.
    - [**Syncfy raises $10m**](https://ibsintelligence.com/ibsi-news/syncfy-raises-10m-in-seed-funding-to-build-open-finance-platform-in-latin-america/) in seed funding to build open finance platform in Latin America.
    - [**Bitwave raises $15 million**](https://fortune.com/crypto/2022/12/06/bitwave-15-million-series-a-crypto-accounting-software/) Series A to expand crypto accounting software.
    - Pplpleasr’s [**Shibuya NFT Video Platform**](https://decrypt.co/116749/pplpleasrs-shibuya-nft-video-platform-raises-6-9m-to-build-the-a24-of-web3) Raises $6.9M to Build the 'A24 of Web3'.
    - Binance Labs Leads Private Round II for [**GoPlus Security**](https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/binance-labs-leads-private-round-ii-for-goplus-security-to-build-open-permissionless-userdriven-security-services-2729295307357186183) to Build Open, Permissionless, User-Driven Security Services

# NFT

- In the past 7 days, market Cap&volume of the NFT changed by -0.19%, transaction volume increased by 20.21%.The NFT market was relatively flat this week, with little change in the total market value.

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/1215en-3.png)

- In the past thirty days, the market cap of the NFT trading market +0.34%, and the transaction volume -20.05%. The overall market has not fluctuated much, and the total market value has increased compared to 30 days ago.

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/1215en-4.png)

- Last week the rebound of the overall blue-chip index continued, the BAYC floor price returned to 68E, and the blue-chip index rebounded significantly.

    ![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/1215en-5.png)
    

> *Blue Chip Index is calculated by weighting the market cap (ETH/USD) of Blue Chip collections to reflect their performance. Source: NFTGO*
> 

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/1215en-6.png)

- [**RTFKT will launch Web3 sports shoes "Cryptokicks iRL" that support Move to earn, but it triggers fud**](https://cirl-lookbook.rtfkt.com/)
    - This sale is limited to 19,000 pairs, and supports automatic lacing, tactile feedback, enhanced lighting, gesture control, walking detection, wireless charging, WM NFC link, app connection, AI/ML algorithm and other functions. The sneakers will be sold as NFTs that can be redeemed for physical objects. But this sale has caused a lot of FUD, because the physical exchange only supports postage within the United States. Some netizens speculated that the reason for food mailing only within the United States is because the follow-up Move to earn only supports American users.
- [**Apple’s tax invasion**](https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/apple-wants-to-tax-ethereum?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)
    - On December 2, Coinbase stated that Apple blocked the release of its new version, which currently prevents users from using Coinbase Wallet iOS to send NFT. The reason is that Apple requires Coinbase Wallet iOS to pay for the gas required to send NFT through its in-app purchase system for a 30% fee. The next day, MetaMask co-founder Dan Finlay expressed strong resistance to Apple's "abuse of monopoly" on Twitter, and called on the encryption industry to unite and completely abandon the Apple App Store.
    - On the one hand, this 30% fee is prohibitive to develop mobile terminals. On the other hand, for project parties that want to develop mobile terminals, this part of the cost may be passed on to users accordingly. Bankless called Apple's behavior "tax of innovation", no matter how you look at it, it is a suppression of web3 innovation.

# Gamefi

![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/1215en-7.png)

- [**Blockchain Gaming Platform WEMIX to Implement Token Deflation Policy, Reviewing WEMIX's Past Two Months**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/wemix-delisting-saga-continues-at-south-korean-court)
    - WEMIX announced an immediate buyback destruction campaign, 90 days to destroy $10 million worth of tokens, and with the WEMIX deflationary policy, of course it is better to have a corresponding solution than not, but for the overall WEMIX situation belongs to a drop in the bucket.
    - WEMIX tokens are blockchain gaming platform tokens in WeMade. There are 1 billion WEMIX, 74% of which will be used to support the ecology, which would have been a great long-term construction plan, but at the beginning of this year, WeMade sneakily sold 50 million WEMIX coins, making about 250 million USD, and the news broke out, which immediately caused panic selling among retail investors and WEMIX coin price plummeted from 7,000 won to 4,000 won. It is estimated that this is a first-time offender, and exchanges and retail investors can't find any obvious evidence, so they can only keep an eye on it.
    - On October 20, 2022, WeMade announced the official launch of the public chain Wemix 3.0 mainnet, the termination of the previous WEMIX token, and the launch of the new mainnet token WEMIX. The Wemix 3.0 ecosystem focuses on three major additions to the Wemix platform: Wemix Play, NILE, and the Wemix DeFi service.
    - On October 28, 2022, the five major Korean exchanges discovered that the actual liquidity of WEMIX greatly exceeded what they had disclosed to the exchanges and flagged WEMIX with an "investment warning" and requested WeMade to submit relevant information and materials within the clarification period, but WeMade refused to acknowledge it.
    - WeMade's successful transition and layout to the blockchain industry in early November 2022 was also recognized by capital, with WeMade announcing the completion of a 66 billion won (approximately $46.57 million) strategic financing through convertible bonds with participation from Microsoft, Shinhan Asset Management, and KIWOOM Securities, and the company will continue to actively invest in building a global digital economy platform.
    - On November 24, 2022, after two extension periods, the five major exchanges that make up the DAXA further removed Wemix from the platform. This action will perhaps gradually restore investor trust and ensure transparency in the circulation of virtual assets used in the P2E gaming market, preventing future similar incidents from damaging investors. The reasons were: significant deception of the actual circulation, provision of insufficient or incorrect information to investors, submission of erroneous data during the clarification period, damage to market trust, etc. Then WEMIX dropped directly to just 20%. The CEO of Amusement held an emergency conference that day, crying that this was a "super bullying" incident by the exchange against WEMIX! To take legal action against the exchange, an injunction was filed to invalidate the downgrade.
    - It is undeniable that WeMade has played a positive role in the development and promotion of blockchain games, but they have also further ruined their reputation with greed and completely lost the trust of players. No matter how the technology iterates and how the format changes, the player-oriented core can never be shaken.

# Infrastructure

- [**Ethereum Account Abstraction**](https://blog.pantherprotocol.io/ethereum-account-abstraction-everything-you-need-to-know/)
    - Recently, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted a new version of EIP-4337, an Ethereum account abstraction proposal he co-sponsored in September 2021, adding signature aggregation that includes the BLS signature algorithm. The signature aggregation feature enables builders and batch submitters to also aggregate signatures (e.g., BLS, SNARKs), significantly reducing the data on the chain.
    Buterin said that ERC-4337 provides something really valuable and necessary for account abstraction, providing a "decentralized fee marketplace" for user operations using smart contract wallets.
    - Currently, one of the main drawbacks of Ethereum is the complexity of the user experience. Account Abstraction is said to reduce complexity and increase effectiveness by omitting unnecessary details from the Ether account system. Account abstraction provides users with the ability to simplify the use of their accounts, thus reducing the requirement to understand the underlying processes. Just like we use a Gmail account without needing to know how it works. With account abstraction, we have the opportunity to move away from the dreaded world of helper words, different signature options can be enabled, gas fees can be sponsored by Dapp or paid via legal tender, etc., significantly lowering the barrier for Web2 users to enter the Web3 world.
- [**Polygon PoS Chain Launches Parallel EVM Engine to Double Transaction Speed**](https://polygon.technology/blog/innovating-the-main-chain-a-polygon-pos-study-in-parallelization)
    - Researchers at Polygon PoS have now announced an innovation that will double the speed of the Polygon PoS chain: the Parallel upgrade .
    - Implementing Block-STM on the Polygon PoS chain works by first reading and writing all transactions and then recording them in a data structure called a "DAG," which is a directed acyclic graph.
    While Aptos performs both execution and validation, the parallel EVM system on the Polygon PoS network executes transactions prior to validation, making it easy to execute metadata with derivative dependencies.
    The parallel engine significantly improves the throughput of the Polygon PoS chain, as the Polygon PoS network can now process multiple transactions simultaneously. With the minimal metadata approach, gas throughput increases by 1.6x and there is a clear path to 2x speedup, significantly improving the already lightning-fast Polygon PoS network.
    - Polygon PoS' research into Block-STM and parallelization was inspired by the open-source, publicly available work done by Aptos Labs, keeping the spirit of Web3 alive through public construction.

# Web3 in Japan

- [**Oasys, the gaming blockchain, announced the closing of a new strategic round**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/oasys-completes-strategic-funding-round-084600417.html) from Galaxy Interactive, Korean gaming giant Nexon, and MZ Web3 Fund, among other investors. The core objective of Oasys' strategic funding round is to strengthen its verifier network while expanding its pool of gaming partners to enhance the Oasys ecosystem.
- Datachain, a subsidiary of Speee, a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, announced that it will start a [**technical collaboration on cross-chain technology**](https://coinpost.jp/?p=413560) with SBI R3 Japan, a joint venture between Mizuho Research, a think tank subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, and SBI. They plan to start with cross-chain technology research and also plan to study practical use cases in the future.
- [**Huobi Japan plans to conduct IEO for Japan Open Chain**](https://coinpost.jp/?p=414106), a Japanese-made blockchain compatible with Ether Virtual Machine (EVM), which was released in beta in April this year. "Japan Open Chain" aims to build a legally and technically secure blockchain network by operating all operator nodes, validators, nodes, and servers in Japan.
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan's second-largest bank, has announced that it will begin demonstration [**experiments using soul-bound tokens (SBTs)**](https://cointelegraph.com/news/japan-s-sumitomo-mitsui-to-issue-soulbound-tokens-to-explore-web3) for proof of identity verification and other proofs.
![Untitled](https://storage.unemeta.cn/file/1215en-8.png)

- [**Ginza Wako Mall's 2022 Christmas season commemorative windows**](https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000140.000025779.html) will showcase a combination of reality and digital experiences such as AR and NFT.

# More Weekly Highlight Roundup

- SEC wants firms to disclose if they have [**crypto exposure**](https://www.theblock.co/post/193407/sec-wants-firms-to-disclose-if-they-have-crypto-exposure)
- Australian cryptocurrency exchange [**Digital Surge**](https://www.news.com.au/finance/markets/australian-cryptocurrency-exchange-digital-surge-goes-into-administration/news-story/7be81e0051a04c3f7f4db5e0a2d8f8a6) goes into administration
- [**ImmutableX and MoonPay**](https://www.immutable.com/blog/immutable-x-and-moonpay-bring-nft-checkout-to-immutable-x-partners) Bring NFT Checkout to ImmutableX Partners
- **[Bitcoin․com Completes VERSE $50M Token Sale](https://news.bitcoin.com/bitcoin%e2%80%a4com-completes-verse-50m-token-sale-launches-token-on-verse-dex/)**, Launches Token on Verse DEX
- [**Telegram**](https://telegram.org/blog/ultimate-privacy-topics-2-0) allows Sign up without a SIM card
- Readers can [**earn $DESK**](https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2022/12/06/desk-upgrade-on-coindesks-website-offers-tokenized-reader-experience/) by reading on CoinDesk
- [**Warner Music Group and Polygon**](https://www.theblock.co/post/192422/warner-music-group-and-polygon-team-up-on-virtual-vinyl-platform) team up on virtual vinyl platform
- [**Windows media player Winamp**](https://www.winamp.com/wp-content/uploads/press-release-2022.12.06-winamp-player-now-supports-audio-nfts.pdf) avalible for music NFT now
- Starbucks Launches [**Beta of Web3 'Odyssey'**](https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2022/12/08/starbucks-launches-beta-of-web3-odyssey-loyalty-program/) Loyalty Program
- [**ApeStake.io online**](https://twitter.com/HorizenLabs/status/1599795768625270784)
- Crypto lender [**Nexo says it's leaving the U.S**](https://www.theblock.co/post/192204/crypto-lender-nexo-says-its-leaving-the-u-s-cites-regulatory-dead-end)., cites regulatory 'dead end'

# KOL on Twitter

[https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1599806250283282432](https://twitter.com/Blockworks_/status/1599806250283282432)

[https://twitter.com/FinanceYF3/status/1600189884479655936](https://twitter.com/FinanceYF3/status/1600189884479655936)

[https://twitter.com/blockworksres/status/1600536954365280256](https://twitter.com/blockworksres/status/1600536954365280256)

[https://twitter.com/adambrotman/status/1600887062621605897](https://twitter.com/adambrotman/status/1600887062621605897)

[https://twitter.com/brycent_/status/1600872130333200384](https://twitter.com/brycent_/status/1600872130333200384)

[https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1600171286985965578](https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1600171286985965578)

[https://twitter.com/0xKofi/status/1600552180221722631](https://twitter.com/0xKofi/status/1600552180221722631)

[https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1600854935515844610?s=20&t=Zxt0Mfpz9d63EjKYSjMVig](https://twitter.com/volodarik/status/1600854935515844610?s=20&t=Zxt0Mfpz9d63EjKYSjMVig)

[https://twitter.com/jaimeschmidt/status/1600986466137432065](https://twitter.com/jaimeschmidt/status/1600986466137432065)

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## UneMeta

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