Stijn Van Schie

The Morning Minute (9.18) ⏰Top News: -Crypto majors chop ahead of FOMC today; BTC at $59k -Odds of a 50 bps rate cut at 51% with $52M wagered -Bitcoin deposited to exchanges hits multi-year lows -Wintermute introduces new prediction market OutcomeMarket focused on elections -Sui partners with MoviePass to allow USDC for movie subs 📰NFT Headlines: -Ethereum led NFT trading volume with $3.5M on the day; BTC was next with $1.9M, and then Solana with $1.8M -ETH NFT leaders were slightly red; Punks -1% at 29.44 ETH, Pudgy -1% at 10.8, BAYC -2% at 11.8 ETH, Azuki +6% at 5.75, Doodles +7% to 1.86 ETH -Cyberkongz VX (+30%) and Topia Worlds (+18%) were notable top movers -A Hoodie Cryptopunk sold for 130 ETH, which was 170 ETH less than the last Hoodie which sold (albeit with better traits) -BTC NFT leaders were mixed; NodeMonkes +8% at 0.139 BTC, Puppets +1% at 0.082 BTC, Quantum Cats -1% at 0.243; OCM Genesis +20% -The Runes leaders were mostly red; DOG -5% at $229M mc, RSIC -6% at $56M mc, PUPS even at $22.5M -Solana NFTs were mostly green; Mad Lads +10% at 66 SOL, SMB Gen 2 +4% at 28, DeGods -3% at 27 SOL, Claynos -2% to 17 -BAYC shared new details and gameplay for Season 2 of Dookey Dash which starts on Sept 19 💰 Token, Airdrop & Protocol Tracker -Gemini announced deposits and withdrawals for WIF with trading starting soon -Hamster Kombat announced that Season 1 of its in-game rewards will end on Sept 20, with those rewards converted into HMSTR tokens -Wintermute introduced a new prediction market OutcomeMarket focused on the U.S. election and powered by TRUMP & HARRIS tokens -Limitless raised $3M to build a prediction market on Base, with focus on daily markets (like the price of a crypto token at end of day) vs longer duration markets (like the election) -Wallet Connect introduced its Connect Token (WCT) as its native token of the WalletConnect Network 🌎 Around Crypto and Web3 -Crypto majors are mixed this morning ahead of FOMC and the rate cut decision; BTC +1 at $59,900; ETH -1% at $2,300, SOL -3% at $129 -Memecoin majors are slightly red with DOGE -1%, PEPE -2%, WIF -2%, BONK -2%, MOG -1% -The Binance-listed NEIRO ran another 140% on the day to $370M mc, becoming the 2nd biggest meme on ETH by market cap -U.S. Congressmen have requested clarity from the SEC on a framework for handling crypto airdrops, on the same day that the SEC settled with FTX auditor Prager Metis for $1.95M -The amount of Bitcoin deposited to exchanges has hit new multi-year lows -Circle launched USDC support for businesses in Mexico and Brazil, expanding its stablecoin reach -Sui partnered with MoviePass to allow USDC payment options for movie subscriptions 🚀 Memecoin Movers $NEIRO (+140%, $360M market cap, ETH) $MOODENG (+140%, $17M market cap, SOL) $BILLY (+64%, $33M market cap, SOL) $BOBO (+20%, $88M market cap, ETH) $TURBO (+15%, $355M market cap, ETH) 🗓Today's Mints: Yoon Hyup x Avante Arte - City Fountain (9:00 a.m. ET) Mutable Trees (10:00 a.m. ET) Error 404 (12:00 p.m. ET) pxlshrd x Verse - Conversations (1:00 p.m. ET) Taproot Witches (5:00 p.m. ET)