🇨🇦 Canadian Bitcoin miner Cathedra Bitcoin completely changes strategy after seven years of mining BTC.

The company is stopping BTC mining to follow MicroStrategy's strategy: acquiring as much Bitcoin as possible on the open market.

Mining has not delivered enough value to shareholders over the past three years, executives say.

“Meanwhile, other listed companies have adopted an explicit policy of increasing bitcoin per share, including MicroStrategy, and have been rewarded by the stock markets.”

Bitcoin Treasuries data shows that the company currently holds 23 Bitcoin, worth $2 .5 million, making it the 45th largest corporate Bitcoin holder.

https://x.com/cathedrabitc...

🔴 Coinbase accused of manipulating the price of Bitcoin, its CEO denies it.

Rumors claim that coinbase would issue IOUs instead of actually holding #Bitcoin , which could ease buying pressure on the market 📉

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong highlights the transparency of the audits conducted each year by Deloitte .

🧨💥 In Singapore, the number of stablecoin payments recorded by businesses has exploded since the beginning of the year! Adoption is going well in the city of the Merlion.

Bitcoin Dominance Hits 3-Year High

Bitcoin's market cap has surged to 57% of the total crypto market, its highest level since April 2021.

Meta Will Use Public Data From Adults In The Uk For Artificial Intelligence Training

Meta will start using publicly shared content from adult users in the UK on Facebook and Instagram to train its artificial intelligence models. The company will assess publicly available information, such as posts, comments, photos, and descriptions, from users on both platforms.

Meta emphasized that its AI is designed to reflect diverse global communities and plans to expand its AI initiatives to more countries and languages later this year. The company clarified that it does not use data from accounts of individuals under 18 in the UK.

In July, Meta halted AI assistant deployments in the EU following an order from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) due to data privacy concerns. Meta claims it uses Facebook and Instagram user data with their consent and offers an option to opt out.

UK-based adults on Facebook and Instagram will receive in-app notifications detailing Meta's data usage practices and offering an option to object to the use of their data for AI training. Meta stated that it will accept all existing and new objection forms.

The DPC, responsible for enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is intensifying its oversight. On September 12, it launched a cross-border investigation into Google Ireland Limited to determine if it complies with EU data protection laws in developing its AI models.

The investigation will focus on the use of EU citizens' personal data in training Google’s advanced language model, Pathways Language Model 2 (PaLM2), introduced on May 10, 2023.

The DPC also investigated the social media platform X and concluded the investigation after X agreed to meet the necessary compliance standards. On September 4, X agreed to stop using personal data of EU and European Economic Area (EEA) users to train its AI chatbot, Grok.

Crypto markets have suffered noticeable pullbacks following September 10’s highly anticipated presidential debate.

In the wake of self-proclaimed ‘Crypto President’ Donald Trump’s performance, scales have tipped in favor of Kamala Harris, with prediction markets illustrating renewed support for the Democrats.

Crypto Markets Tumble as Republican Confidence Wanes
The presidential debate had a resounding effect on the digital asset market. Following the event, $SOL price has dropped 5.1%, sliding from September 10’s high of $137 .9 to currently trade hands at $130 .84.

Beyond asset prices, CoinMarketCap’s Crypto Fear & Greed Index also dropped from a neutral 46.72 to a fearful ranking of 31.6.

The crypto market’s slide is expected to be due to the wider industry’s assumption that a Trump presidency will be favorable for the blockchain industry.

Commentators argue that Trump’s pro-crypto stance will greatly benefit the sector, with many analysts proposing that the approval of a spot SOL ETF hinges on a Republican victory. Meanwhile, some Solana community members expressed that regardless of who emerges triumphant in November, it will make little difference.

Over the past four years, the Biden administration has loomed large over the crypto industry. Gary Gensler and the S.E.C. (Securities and Exchanges Commission) have been widely criticized by the crypto community for their regulation-by-enforcement approach, which has seen the agency hand out a litany of lawsuits to crypto businesses throughout its time in office.

Volume Spikes on Drift Protocol’s Prediction Market
While Trump and Harris clashed heads on camera, traders took their chance to hit the prediction markets. Drift Protocol’s BET platform, a marketplace enabling users to trade the outcomes of real-world events, enjoyed an impressive surge of trading volume during the debate.

According to Dune Analytics, Drift Protocol’s BET protocol witnessed over $851k in daily trading volume. While falling short of market leader PolyMarket’s $14M daily volume, BET’s dramatic volume spike represented a 1,287% increase over the previous day’s trading.

According to BET’s dedicated market, Trump’s chances of winning the presidential election dropped from 54.2% to 49.5% since the debate began.

$TREMP Down, $KAMA Up
Finally, the landmark debate sent waves of volatility through Solana’s PolitiFi memecoin economy.

Unfortunately for $TREMP holders, crypto markets rejected the Presidential hopeful’s debate performance. $TREMP price crumbled under increased selling pressure, plunging 28% from.19 to currently exchange hands at.135, based on Step Finance data.

Meanwhile, the Kamala Harris-inspired $KAMA saw renewed support. $KAMA surged over 34%, rising from 0.007 to currently trade at.0094. Despite $KAMA’s superior performance, the memecoin still has a smaller market cap ($8.3M) than its PolitiFi rival $TREMP ($14.2M).

If the government was a real business it would have been bankrupt a long time ago. The only thing keeping it going is the fact that people pay their taxes out of fear of going to jail if they don't (violence) and most importantly THE MAGIC MONEY PRINTER.

Further proof of the charade: the US government has hired 87,000 new agents to collect taxes with an average salary of 100k/year.

So this cost taxpayers $8 .7 billion and these agents managed to collect $1 .3 billion.

So, a deficit of -$7.4 billion... which will be paid by taxpayers. And of course the government will boast about having collected $1 .3 billion more in taxes.

How did we get here?

🔮 According to Bernstein, Bitcoin could reach $90 ,000 by the end of the year if Trump becomes president again.

If Kamala Harris wins, BTC could test the $30 ,000-$40,000 range

🇯🇵 Japanese energy giant TEPCO is testing Bitcoin mining using excess solar power.

Agile Energy X subsidiary is testing #Bitcoin mining, with the aim of driving green energy adoption and potentially generating $2 .5 billion per year, by allocating just 10% of that excess energy to Bitcoin mining.

A lil weekly recap on #btc

• Analysts: US Fed rate cut could push Bitcoin down 20%
• Bitcoin price dips to new 1-month low after $57K US jobs data 'fakeout'
• Samson Mow: Bitcoin bears base $40K prediction on 'self induced fear'
• Trump vows to make US ‘world capital of crypto,’ taps Musk for new task force
• Coinbase secures partial victory over SEC in motion to compel discovery
• VanEck to shutter Ethereum futures ETF as investors shift to spot ETHV
• Report: US companies forecast to buy $10 .3B in Bitcoin over next 18 months
• Crypto venture capital funding surges to $633M in August rebound
• Chainalysis says Russia’s crypto infrastructure aims to skirt Western sanctions
• Monochrome confident as it files for Australia’s first ETF to hold Ether directly
• Binance CEO says CZ is banned from managing or operating the exchange
• Outlier Ventures says four-year cycle is dead after bitcoin's 'worst price performance following any halving to date.

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

This is crazy:

Interest expenses on the US federal debt have surpassed a RECORD of $3 billion PER DAY.

TRIPLING the amount paid 10 years ago and DOUBLING the amount paid just 2.5 years ago 😅💸

The bubble just keeps getting bigger, and the worst thing is that they are not doing anything to try to stop it...

Thanks Satoshi for getting us out of this... #Bitcoin

📆 13 years ago, on September 7, 2011, 2008 Nobel Prize winner in economics Paul Krugman accused Bitcoin of being a “dumb money.”

10 years later, on September 7, 2021, El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.

Sorry 🤭

📈 Bitcoin has failed to reclaim the important $60k support area in recent days ❌

With additional selling pressure from disappointing US economic numbers, the price dipped further below $55k today.

The analysis is simple here, BTC remains in its 6-month range and accumulation continues with very likely an imminent retest of the bottom of the pattern in yellow towards $49k -$50k.

Will we have a final retest of the bottom of the pattern before the bullish explosion with around $90k by the end of the year? This is the scenario I favor after a halving that is moving further and further away and a very long accumulation that is making some lose patience and hope 😴

The technical side is not so bad, however the economic context will have to follow, because unfortunately the crypto market remains very sensitive to it.

We have been patient, and we will have to remain so for a few more weeks, but let's not give up 💪

Magic Eden, Solana’s leading NFT marketplace by trading volume, has surprised network participants with an unexpected announcement.

On September 5, the crypto juggernaut revealed it would be splitting its trading platform into two separate sites, Magic Eden International and Magic Eden US.

The move has drawn skepticism from the wider community, who speculate that the regulatory landscape in the U.S. could impact user eligibility for Magic Eden’s highly-anticipated airdrop.

MAGIC EDEN'S U.S. USERS FEAR AIRDROP EXCLUSION
In the official announcement, Magic Eden posited that the U.S. site “will still have great products you know and love while .IO [the international site] will give us the ability to cook up (and sauté) even more features…”, suggesting that the U.S. platform will offer a limited range of services compared to its international equivalent.

Magic Eden users have expressed concerns that these limitations could extend to airdrop eligibility. Throughout the year, Solana users based in the United States have frequently found themselves unable to claim tokens due to geographic restrictions.

Due to regulatory concerns and the ongoing scrutiny of the SEC (Securities and Exchanges Commission), many crypto projects, like Sanctum and Grass, avoid distributing airdropped tokens to U.S. users.

Regulatory clarity around NFTs and digital assets were further exacerbated in late August, when the SEC issued a Wells notice to OpenSea, an alternative NFT marketplace.

Claiming that the platform facilitated the sale of unregistered securities, the notice serves as a preliminary warning and often precedes formal legal action.

In what could be considered a tongue-in-cheek gag, the official Magic Eden 𝕏 account also added a playful line to it’s bio, stipulating that “Tweets are only for non US Residents”.

SolanaFloor engaged the Magic Eden Foundation for clarity sounding the airdrop eligibility of its U.S. users. At press time, the Magic Eden Foundation declined to respond.

$ME TRADES AT.20 DESPITE LACK OF TOKENOMIC CLARITY
Since the initial announcement of the Magic Eden airdrop, pre-market trading for $ME has witnessed volatility. After opening at.08 on August 28, $ME pre-market prices rose as high as.24 before stabilizing at.20.

Despite attracting over $700 ,000 in trading volume, pre-market trading platform Whales Market has been criticized for opening a market for a coin with an unknown supply.

Without any publicly revealed tokenomics, pre-market traders are speculating on $ME at unknown valuations, which could lead to significant losses for participants.

COINGECKO NAMES MAGIC EDEN CRYPTO’S LARGEST NFT MARKETPLACE
Despite 2024’s NFT market suffering challenging conditions and diminishing volumes throughout the year, Magic Eden has managed to reassert its position as the industry’s top marketplace.

Coingecko, a popular cryptocurrency analysis site, recently declared Magic Eden as 2024’s top NFT marketplace. Boasting 36.7% market share, much of Magic Eden’s success this year could be credited to its adoption of the Bitcoin ecosystem, including its integration of Ordinals, BRC-20 tokens, and Runes.

The bull market might be over

I don’t think it is, but it might be, and you should have a plan just in case

Like if Bitcoin is mostly down only for the next year and hits 18k, ETH gets to $900 , SOL hits $28…

Are you prepared?

📆 On September 6, 2021, El Salvador announced the acquisition of its first 200 bitcoins!

3 years to the day, the country holds nearly 5,900 and continues to buy 1 BTC daily 🇸🇻

Whales are accumulating #Bitcoin at record levels over the past 17 months. Let's recall the market situation we were in 17 months ago: just a few months after the start of the bull market.

It is clear that we are facing TREMENDOUS purchase prices for the next 12 months, both in #btc and #altcoins .

If you are not able to see it now, it is because you have not been around for long, you lack training, and you trust what the brother-in-law of the neighbor on the 3rd floor or your trusted baker tells you, the typical retailer that the whales manipulate as they want, and who believes that BTC will fall to $30K .

You'll regret it in a year, save this post. I was already right in 2022 when BTC was at $20K and I announced the start of the bull market, the rest was history, and I will be right again now.

Opensea's homepage in 2018 - a great example of a first-mover in Web3.

Early entrants often define the standards and protocols for how things should be done in a new space. A lot of names could be mentioned to illustrate this: Uniswap, Aave, Yearn, Chainlink...

OpenSea leveraged network effects to become the dominant marketplace for NFTs, a fading narrative in 2024.

Hey Founder, what's your first-mover advantage ?

Source: http://web.archive.org/web...

WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES TO DePIN GROWTH??
In a recent appearance at ETHToronto, Frank Mathis highlights the next steps for DePIN’s future.

GenesysGo founder Frank Mathis is no stranger to the highs and lows of crypto’s thriving DePIN sector.

Drawing on his years of experience, Mathis joined other DePIN thought leaders at ETHToronto, including Helium COO Scott Sigel, to discuss the future of the sector.

“If DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable”
Like many passionate crypto community members, DePIN advocates staunchly argue that DePIN is inevitable. Speaking to hundreds of crypto enthusiasts at ETHToronto, Mathis offered a refreshing point of view.

The GenesysGo founder argues that value creation for contributors is one of the most integral aspects of running successful DePIN networks. Mathis highlighted that, while DePIN promises to reward contributors as decentralized software scales, “it’s shocking how much of that is running on AWS and Google Cloud.”

For example, over 50% of Ethereum node operators are hosted on AWS, Hetzner, and OVH servers.

Reiterating the importance of wealth creation for contributors, Mathis contends “what DePIN really is, is an attempt to take one of the most centralized layers of the stack and decentralize that amongst the people such that they start to participate in the growth and success of these models.”

GenesysGo’s ShdwDrive is one such example. The decentralized storage solution empowers users to earn $SHDW tokens by providing unused mobile storage to a distributed network, directly generating income from a device that lives in their pocket.

Reflecting the ideal DePIN model proposed by Mathis, network contributors benefit from the growth and success of the platform. The GenesysGo founder reinforced this notion, opining “DePIN is only as inevitable as the value that participants in the network get from it… if DePIN solves that, DePIN is inevitable.”

POOR PERFORMANCE “ONE OF THE BIGGEST FAILINGS OF DePIN”
On paper, the benefits of DePINs are obvious. However, in practice, these platforms often sacrifice performance and scalability in favor of decentralization. While this aids in value creation for contributors and increases security, it actually hamstrings performance and growth.

DePIN is often considered the natural evolution of the sharing economy, which delivered iconic businesses like Uber and Airbnb.

Drawing parallels between the pearls of the sharing economy and emerging DePIN projects, Mathis illustrated that “Uber became highly successful, not just because you’re able to share in pieces of things you don’t use everyday.. but because it worked well, it was fast, it was easy to use.”

Mathis argues that for DePIN projects to truly take off, they need to rival the performance standards set by centralized industry leaders. Referencing his experience with GenesysGo, the founder posits “in our case, our first principle [is] decentralized storage needs to be as fast, as secure, as stable, and perform every bit as well as a traditional Web2 cloud service.”

ABSTRACTION IS KEY
The Web3 user experience has long been considered one of the industry’s biggest obstacles to adoption. The complexities of wallet management and security have discouraged newcomers to space for over a decade, and continue to repel potential users today.

Mathis insists that abstracting the end-user experience away from blockchain technology is key to the success of the industry. Reinforcing this belief, the founder affirms “Your end user shouldn’t know that they’re interacting with Web3”

Looking towards the future, Mathis considers DePIN regulation will present a significant obstacle to the sector’s growth. However, instead of taking a chagrined approach to future regulatory concerns, the GenesysGo founder suggests that DePIN projects need to take on some responsibility.

💀 96% of NFTs would now be considered “dead”

This is what emerges from the NFT Evening report.

43% of NFT owners are currently unprofitable.

The average lifespan of NFTs is said to be only 1.14 years.

https://nftevening.com/are.../

📊 Weekly Outlook Charts Sep 2-6:

$BTC $SOL $ETH $WIF

Markets just took a turn 📉
What happened and where are we going?

Bull over? 😞

Heres what you need to know: 👇

🚨Market Breadth is flashing warning signs, with MMMTH, MMMFI, and MMMTW indicators suggesting a potential rotation out of risk. When combined with other indicators such as market fear/greed being neutral, AAII sentiment being 2% off its 1 year bullish high, its likely we will see a rotation out of risk such as crypto - paving a short opportunity for risky assets in crypto (political tokens, meme tokens etc)

https://www.tradingview.co.../

📉 #DXY retest of trend line on broad market pullbacks/weakness. Bearish continuation expected until EOY. Short term upside, longer term downside. 96 on DXY still on the table.

https://www.tradingview.co.../

📈 #SPY breadth is peaking on the 200, 50, and 20 D (see market breadth above)

When the market is running low on breadth, there will be some rotation or correction. Selling expensive stocks for cheaper ones (most likely cyclical's) will cause some selling pressure on the bigger names like NVDA, AAPL etc. Expect sidways choppiness for the majority of the market.

Ichimoku still indicating bullish continuation. Q4 will be good. Target at 6000 remains.

https://www.tradingview.co.../

⛽️ #USOIL staring its trend toward $61 oil as expected. It would have to be an alarming geopolitical situation to turn the course of OIL back up

https://www.tradingview.co.../

⚠️ #btc bulls be very cautious here!

Bear case:
1. SPY breadth running out of steem
2. SPY seasonal weakness in September
3. BTC is below 20 W EMA, 50/200 D MA bearish cross
4. BTC Weekly close below the ichimoku cloud.

Still possible for a 70k retest at trendline, but Bear case outweighs the bull base

https://www.tradingview.co.../

📉 #eth still lagging behind. Alts in general will enjoy a beating as BTC chops/declines.

2k retest is on the horizon.

https://www.tradingview.co.../

Today, many people do not invest in #Bitcoin because they believe it is supposedly too expensive.

👉 It's a bit like in 2017, when some people were saying: "The #btc is too expensive" when it was at $5 ,000.

But today, with $5 ,000, you only get 0.09 #btc . That is 11 times less than 7 years ago.

👉 Certainly, 1 #btc is now inaccessible for many. However, imagine in 2040, when 0.09 #btc will also be inaccessible.

🔷 In 2040, these same people will say: "If only I had bought 0.09 $BTC in 2024."

🔶 While in 2024, they were saying: "BTC is not worth it, it is already too expensive."

👉 Obviously, you are not going to make a x10 in a year, unlike some #altcoins . However, #Bitcoin is made to be kept.

This is why I tweeted a few days ago, saying that not having a single dollar of #btc in your wallet is a big mistake.

Some people did not understand this post, saying:

“It’s too expensive, we won’t make big multiples unlike altcoins, etc.”

However, at no point did I say that you had to be 100% on #Bitcoin , but simply have a little in your wallet.

Thank me in 15 years. 🚀

A 19-year-old trader lost $64 ,500 🙉

📊 Weekly Outlook: September 2-6 📊

Market News & Sentiment 📰

- BCA research warns of AI sector slowdown impacting stock market more than economy 🤖- Labor market weakness expected to continue 💼
- Fed blackout period begins after September 6 🗣️
- Market anticipating 25bps rate cut in September 📉
- Analysts forecast 2 more ECB rate cuts by year-end 📊

Events This Week 📅

- Monday:
🇬🇧 UK Manufacturing PMI 📊

- Tuesday:
🇺🇸 US Manufacturing PMI, Fed GDP Now 📊

- Wednesday:
🇪🇺 EU Composite PMI, Services PMI 📊
🇨🇦 CAD Interest Rate Decision 📈
🇺🇸 US Job Openings, Beige Book 📊
Earnings: Dollar Tree 📊

- Thursday:
🇺🇸 US Jobless Claims, Fed Balance Sheet 📊

- Friday:
🇪🇺 EU GDP 📊
🇺🇸 US Payroll Data, Participation Rate, Unemployment 📊
Earnings: Kroger 📊

Risk Appetite 🤔

- Truflation: 1.55% 🔥
- Market Fear/Greed Index: 63 (neutral) 📊
- Market Breadth: Extreme Greed 🚀
- Put/Call Ratio: Neutral 📊
- Junk Bond vs Investment Grade: Fear 😬
- AAII Sentiment: 2% off 1-year bullish high 📈
- Crypto Fear/Greed Index: 28 (Fear) 😨
- High Yield Bond Premium: 3.15% (slight decrease) ⬇️
- High Yield Effective Yield: 7.8% (slight increase) ⬆️

Market Breadth 📈

- SPX stocks above 200D MA: 62% (increase from last week) 📈
- SPX stocks above 50D MA: 66% (increase from last week) 📈
- SPX stocks above 20D MA: 79% (substantial increase from last week) 🚀
- NASDAQ new highs - new lows: 61 📊
- SPY 52-week highs - 52-week lows: -7 📊
- SPY New highs - New lows: Monthly 114, Weekly 93 📊

Other 📊

- Fed Rate Monitor Tool: 70% probability of 25bps, 30% probability of 50bps 📊

📅 13 years ago someone sold 30,000 #Bitcoin for.03 per BTC which was around $900 at the time.

Today, these 30,000 #btc would be worth more than 1.7 billion dollars...

🤑 EXPLOSION of cryptomillionaires! 💣

In one year, their number has JUMPED by 95%! 172,300 new crypto RICHES!

🛫 They are fleeing MASSIVELY to tax havens to protect their profits! 🌴
🇸🇬 Singapore
🇭🇰 Hong Kong
🇦🇪 Emirates

BTC, Bitcoin's local setup is still holding, holding the local support zone. But still, now the main movement is following a medium-term setup, a medium-term pattern. Now the price is just below the middle of this pattern and below 60,000, there has been no consolidation below. The bulls have literally several days to return the level of 60,000 and go above the local resistance zone. Also, the local key zone is 62,000, where there is an open level. Let me remind you that many major players and traders are waiting for September 11th. US inflation data, which can be used to predict a future rate cut on September 18. Two key days in September! There is minimal time left. A market reversal is more than likely to occur during these dates. But don't expect that one candle will reach the highs in one hour! The altseason is 21 years old, the main part of altcoins went to the historical max. 8 months. And a number of other altcoins were moving towards a historical maximum of +-16 months (for example, LUNA). On this squiz, the whales actively bought Bitcoins and took them off the exchanges while the paper snot whined and sold their bitcoins.

the withdrawal from the exchanges exceeds the input - 40%, 17,000 btc

Altcoins, the month of September will be key, an additional set of altcoins will be closer to September 11th. It is on the dogosrok-the average day. The turnaround will be fast and many will bite their elbows. But there is still time and perhaps one of the last chances. Let me remind you that we are at the beginning of a new cycle!

https://www.tradingview.co.../

🔎 Bitcoin is 12% from its ATH but nobody cares about cryptos...

Bitcoin search interest (in blue) is at 19, compared to an average of 28 over the past 5 years 😬

Interest in "crypto" looks like a flat EEG 💀 

❌ Zero Hype so far

BIG SUPPLY, BIG PROBLEMS AS SOLANA’S NFT MARKET REJECTS LARGE COLLECTIONS

Fresh minting mechanics are bringing greater security to Solana NFTs, but new mints and large collections struggle to garner attention and are trading below mint price.

New NFT collections have learned a painful lesson this week. If it wasn’t obvious due to stagnant floor prices and diminishing trade volume, launching a fresh collection in these conditions is a difficult task.

Despite commentators claiming these hyped collections will usher in a “new era” and whitelist spots selling at over $50 apiece on open markets, launches from Pathfinders and Hermans have failed to meet expectations.

Will Solana’s NFT market ever witness another successful 10,000 NFT collection? Or are small supplies the only way of conserving value?

ONLY 21% OF PATHFINDER'S RISK-FREE NFTs MINTED

Despite proposing a new, risk-free method of launching Solana NFTs, the Pathfinders collection faces difficulty minting out. At press time, only 2,125/10,000 NFTs have been minted, falling well short of expectations.

Pathfinder’s novel LST-backed NFT collection launched with noble intentions. Providing an alternative mechanic that aims to protect minters, the collection has launched Solana’s first un-ruggable NFTs.

Unlike standard NFT mints, Pathfinders NFTs are minted using pathSOL, the project’s native liquid staking token. Holders reserve the right to redeem their NFT for the underlying pathSOL used to mint the asset, essentially securing the NFT’s value at a minimum of 2pathSOL.

Regardless, Solana’s NFT community has largely ignored the project’s novel approach to minting. Supporters of the new mechanic took to social media to express their disappointment with the NFT community’s apparent apathy. 

Commentators noted that network participants have collectively poured thousands of SOL into extractive and malicious actors, but are unwilling to support builders providing meaningful alternatives.

‘Hyped’ New Mint Immediately Under Floor - Are Presales to Blame?

Boasting a sold-out presale that constituted 55% of the total supply, the Hermans NFT collection suffered a similar fate. Priced at 1.5 SOL per NFT, Hermans struggled to attract interest during the public mint, forcing the team to take drastic action.

Hermans trading on secondary marketplaces like Tensor and Magic Eden was locked until the mint was complete, meaning holders were unable to list their assets. The team took it upon themselves to buy all unminted assets. The Hermans’ treasury now holds over 1,600 NFTs, roughly 33% of the supply.

Almost immediately, the collection began trading beneath mint price as presales and regretful minters clamored to liquidate their holdings for SOL. Hermans currently exchange hands at 0.84 SOL, down 44% from the original mint price.

While poor NFT market conditions are a significant contributor to the recent slew of disappointing NFT launches, social media commentators have argued that NFT presales are also to blame.

Low Supply NFT Collections Retain Value

In recent years, NFT markets have witnessed countless large supply collections suffer devastating downtrends. 

Top Solana collections like Mad Lads, Tensorians (pictured), and Claynosaurs have all endured significant drawdowns, while dozens of less-resilient projects have effectively plummeted to zero.

Comparatively, low supply and 1/1 NFT collections have retained their value remarkably well. Limited supply art collections like Boogles, Dead King Society, and The SixNine are typically only available through OTC deals and have maintained comparatively stable floors, regardless of SOL price fluctuations.

Arguably, this suggests that the most valuable utility NFTs offer is access to exclusive communities. Alternatively, it could also indicate that low-supply collections with low market liquidity create an elite sense of perceived value, which has supported the valuations of these co

Daily Memecoin Recap - August 27

Volume was slow today with $btc & $sol decreasing

Cat Meta
$smh -> $1 .15m to $3m (2.6x), "So Much Higher"
$sicko -> $200k to $1 .35m (6.75x), heavily pushed today
$mood -> hit $520k , twitter community instead of an account

Dog Meta
$spikedog -> hit $625k , "4chan dog", good meme
$updog -> hit $335k , $bane CTO lead (ATH $7m ), CTO

Tron Memes
$biao -> $3m to $6 .5m (2.2x), famous Chinese meme
$elmo -> hit $8m , heavily pushed by KOLs, based on elmo

$vangogh -> hit $4 .1m, based on a justinsuntron tweet

More Cooks On $sol
$deebo -> $230k to $1 .55m (6.7x)
$money -> hit $580k , "Just give me my money"
$that -> hit $530k , "tinfoil hat",
$sym -> hit $390k , "Symphony", CTO
$mp3 -> hit $350k , "mood: Printing Trillions", twitter community instead of an account

Traditional markets are historically low volume during summer -> Crypto majors follow -> Memecoins follow

Looking for a push sometime into end of year, for now patience is key, focus on quality over quantity