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The Solana ecosystem collectible card platform Collector Crypt announced that its total transaction volume in the past 24 hours reached 24.3 million USD, setting a new single-day historical record. During the same period, platform users opened a total of 123,425 card packs.Collector Crypt's card packs are products that randomly generate cards. After purchase, users must go through an authentication process to obtain tokenized versions of cards featuring Pokémon, One Piece, and sports stars, which can then be traded on the platform.On October 19, Pump.fun integrated the random card pack opening feature and collectible card trading market from Collector Crypt. On the first day of integration, Pump.fun users contributed approximately 20% of the total transaction volume of Collector Crypt's random card packs.

Solana rating card hosting and card drawing platform Collector Crypt released its Q3 2026 report: revenue of $433.5 million and gross profit of $25.4 million, both setting records, with increases of 8% and 12% compared to Q2, respectively. Card pack revenue was $433.1 million, almost constituting all revenue; buyback and redemption expenses were $408.1 million, accounting for 94.1% of revenue, with a quarterly gross margin of 5.9%.Sales reached $212.2 million in June but declined month by month, with July, August, and September at $157.3 million, $141.7 million, and $134.5 million, respectively, while the gross margin in September rose to 6.7%. Sales of card packs priced at $2,500 and above amounted to $169.6 million, accounting for 39% of card pack sales; the $1,000 tier dropped from $132.1 million to $53.4 million. After Jupiter began selling card packs on July 13, the number of active wallets increased from 7,051 to 9,127 over 30 days, while daily revenue per wallet decreased from $9,100 to $5,600.As of September 30, tokenized inventory was $55.1 million; market transactions totaled $8.6 million, accounting for about 2% of the business, with two initial edition Charizard cards sold in September for $600,000 and $825,000, respectively. Cumulative revenue surpassed $1 billion on August 13, and the token CARDS fell 14% to $0.195 in the quarter. Courtyard's Q3 revenue was $7.6 million, approximately 3.3 times that of Collector Crypt;

OKX will launch USDT spot trading for Collector Crypt (CARDS) on June 25 at 20:00. Users can start depositing at 10:00 on the same day, place advance orders from 19:00 to 20:00, and withdrawals will be available at 22:00. Please pay attention to the trading rules and related information.

According to Bloomberg, deep within a vault in Singapore known as the "Asian Fort Knox," lies a complete Triceratops skeleton that is 69 million years old—one of only 24 known in the world. A group of collectors owns it, including Yoann Turpin, co-founder of the crypto market maker Wintermute.The trading executive and his co-investors paid about $5 million for the over five-meter-long fossil, which was transported from Wyoming to Singapore's Le Freeport earlier this year. All four owners have invested in cryptocurrency, including Chaw Wei Yang, who operates a platform focused on collectibles called Co-Museum.This purchase reflects a shift in the tastes of the crypto elite. After experiencing the NFT craze of 2022, their interest in digital art has begun to wane. Nowadays, executives in the digital currency space are increasingly inclined to collect antiques, precious metals, and sculptures.

ChainCatcher message, according to the Web3 asset data platform RootData X tracking data, in the past 7 days, connecting real-world collectibles to the blockchain Collector has become the project with the most new X (Twitter) top personality followers. New influential figures on X who have followed this project include anonymous Twitter KOL Inversebrah(@inversebrah), well-known analyst 0xWizard(@0xcryptowizard), and SpiderCrypto(@SpiderCrypto0x).In addition, the projects with the most top personality followers on X also include Surf and Goblin.

ChainCatcher news, according to market data, the Collector Crypt token CARDS has increased by 612.7% in a single day, with a circulating market value surpassing 45 million dollars, and the current price is reported at 0.1457 dollars.Its 24-hour trading volume exceeds 20.4 million dollars. ChainCatcher reminds users that the prices of related tokens are highly volatile, and users should invest with caution.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cryptoslate, a collector who goes by the name John Galt on the Bitcoin Talk forum recently successfully redeemed a solid gold Casascius physical Bitcoin bar purchased in 2012, extracting 100 BTC from it, currently valued at over $10 million. It is reported that the bar was purchased for only $500 at the time, yielding an investment return of approximately 2,000,000%.Casascius physical Bitcoins were issued by Mike Caldwell in 2011, embedded with real Bitcoin private keys, and ceased production in 2013 due to regulatory pressure, now becoming a rare collectible in crypto history. According to data from casasciustracker.com, over 10,000 Casascius coins have been redeemed, with more than 18,000 still unclaimed.

ChainCatcher news, MakersPlace announced that due to ongoing market challenges and funding difficulties, the digital art platform will cease operations after six years. Effective immediately, the platform will disable minting, token imports, and new account creation, but art purchases will continue temporarily. Artists and collectors must transfer their works from the MakersPlace hosted wallet to personal wallets by June 2025, with related tools set to launch in February.MakersPlace stated that it will refund unused funds to investors and provide fair severance pay to employees. All Ethereum NFTs on the platform will still be accessible through the secondary market.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph Magazine, African waste collectors earn cryptocurrency through ReFi to support their households.The Aquapurge project, led by Ibrahim Aziz, addresses the ocean pollution crisis in Kenya through cryptocurrency. The project incentivizes community participation in cleanup activities through its PURGE token ecosystem. The project has held 23 cleanup events, collecting over 5400 kilograms of waste.

ChainCatcher news, the latest buyer of CryptoPunk 5822, which was sold today, is suspected to have revealed their identity on X as KOL collector VOMBATUS, while the seller is Chain's CEO Deepak Thapliyal. Additionally, VOMBATUS disclosed that the transaction price was 1500 ETH.Previous news, CryptoPunk 5822 was sold today at an undisclosed price and is currently held by an address starting with 0xc121. CryptoPunk 5822 is one of the 9 alien Punks and was sold in 2022 for 23.7 million dollars, setting the record for the highest PFP sale in history.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has signed an "exclusive" partnership agreement with Sotheby's to provide wallets to Sotheby's top NFT collectors. This free service lasts for one year. Ledger stated that as part of the collaboration, winners of Sotheby's NFT auctions will receive a limited edition co-branded Ledger x Sotheby's Nano X wallet, with plans to expand this product to Ledger Stax in the future.Ledger will also provide onboarding services for Sotheby's clients to help them understand the self-custody of digital assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Bitcoin Magazine has launched Rare BTC, providing over-the-counter trading services for collectors and high-net-worth investors to help users find and trade rare bitcoins and inscriptions.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the comprehensive Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining pool f2pool has launched an Ordinals auction page, where collectors can bid online for rare satoshis.The Ordinals protocol classifies the first satoshi of each block into different rarity levels based on the rarity of different Bitcoin blocks (such as difficulty adjustment blocks, halving blocks, etc.), thereby giving rare satoshis a certain collectible value. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to Artnet, the NFT marketplace OpenSea is blocking access to its platform for Cuban NFT artists and collectors to comply with U.S. sanctions laws. An OpenSea spokesperson stated that OpenSea complies with U.S. sanctions laws, and its terms of service explicitly prohibit sanctioned individuals, individuals within sanctioned jurisdictions, or services from using OpenSea.So far, more than 30 Cuban artists have had their OpenSea accounts delisted, and the Miami-based NFTcuba.ART has also been systematically blocked. Affected Cuban NFT artist Gabriel Bianchini stated that in the face of OpenSea's crackdown, artists are expected to turn to other NFT platforms such as Foundation or SuperRare. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, NFT collector sevenseason posted on social media that all 14 of his BAYC NFT collectibles have been stolen. At the time of the incident, he believed he was signing a licensing agreement with the NFT social IP platform Unemployed.According to Etherscan data, the 14 BAYC NFTs held by sevenseason's address (starting with 0xd82) were all transferred to the hacker's address (starting with 0x933) about 2 hours ago. Since then, the hacker has gradually made transactions with several new buyers at an average price of approximately 69 ETH (the current floor price for the BAYC series is 64.8 ETH), totaling a profit of about 968.95 ETH. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to NFTgators, Twitter is collaborating with marketplaces such as OpenSea, Rarible, Magic Eden, Dapper Labs, and Jump.trade to enable the Tweet Tiles feature for NFTs. This partnership will allow Twitter to introduce the feature to NFT collectors, enabling them to share collectibles that support calls to action (CTA) on the platform. The tweets will also be able to include NFT metadata, including the NFT/collection and creator's name.Tweet Tiles are Twitter posts that feature larger images, variable fonts, and prominent calls to action (CTA). Previously, Twitter's internal development team tested Tweet Tiles with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian, and now Twitter is expanding its pilot project to Web3.Tweet Tiles are a way to attach customizable formats to tweets, and users on iOS and the web may see and interact with Tweet Tiles that contain text, images, videos, or other elements, allowing for easy interaction with content and making the timeline more dynamic and visual. Tweet Tiles will automatically render when users paste a URL. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, now allows NFT collectors affected by EU sanctions on Russia to withdraw NBA Top Shot, NFL ALL DAY, and UFC Strike NFTs from Dapper Wallet to Blocto Wallet.In early October, Dapper Labs announced that due to new sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia, they were notified by their payment partner Circle that they are prohibited from providing crypto asset wallets, accounts, or custody services to accounts linked to Russia. This includes temporary measures such as prohibiting the purchase, sale, or gifting of any Moments from Dapper Sports, withdrawing from Dapper accounts, and using Dapper balance for purchases.On October 6, the EU confirmed a comprehensive ban on providing crypto services to Russians, including plans to strengthen existing crypto asset bans by prohibiting all crypto asset wallets, accounts, or custody services. Russians will not be able to hold any assets in EU crypto wallets. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the NFT project Azuki has launched a new feature for collector profiles, aimed at creating an Azuki metaverse based on the display of Web3 native community member profiles. Users can set up their profile pages to show earned badges, display held NFTs, participate in NFT airdrops, and more.Azuki stated that the profile setting feature is just the beginning, and more innovations will be explored as the community develops, such as IP interactions, community interactions, and other features. Badges will also continue to increase over time (for example, providing specific collectible badges for BEANZ and Bobu). (Source link)