The Nightly Mint: Daily NFT Recap
It’s our first Monday edition of The Nightly Mint, and while NFT activity (and prices) are stuttering as the broader crypto market, and markets at large, embrace rocky tides. According to Dune Analytics, OpenSea activity in recent days hasn’t been this low since December; while the market is still seeing substantial volumes, there is clearly a ‘cooling’ period that we’re seeing relative to January and February’s activity. OpenSea daily volume in ETH is still at a cool ~$50M USD per day in recent days, but that pales in comparison to January and February....
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