Data indicates that NFT Sales Volume in the past days are up by 24.73% at $152,180,952.06. Most of these transactions come from Ethereum NFTs, which account for about $120 million in sales. However, buyers of NFTs are down about 46% and transactions are down by 35.14%!

Trading volumes in NFTs have decreased 97% since the start of the year,  according to Bloomberg. Also, a Statista and Pitchbook survey revealed that NFT games saw $1.73bn of investments between September 2021 and September 2022, a significant increase from $573 million in the year-ago period. 

The Reddit Collectible Avatars NFT initiative crossed the 5 million mark this week, according to blockchain data from Dune. They’re not highly concentrated amongst whales, either, as the project has more than 4.25 million total unique wallets. About 3.95 million of those wallets hold a single Reddit NFT!

In a move that could benefit NFT and crypto apps, Apple reportedly plans to enable the installation of apps from external sources outside of its own App Store on iPhones and iPads. The changes are being made in response to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act, which requires tech companies to fully comply with restrictions by 2024.

According to Bloomberg, the rollout of support for external apps from third-party sources and marketplaces will initially begin only in Europe to comply with the new law. However, the functionality could be expanded to other territories depending on whether those countries adopt similar regulations.

The reported changes come amid growing pushback to Apple’s closed ecosystem, which not only philosophically clashes with Web3’s decentralized ethos but also has led to restrictions around the ways that apps can utilize NFT assets.

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Epic Games is expanding its metaverse campaign into the world of programming. The Unreal Engine developer has launched Verse, a new web3 programming language for the metaverse.

According to a presentation prepared by Epic Games, Verse focuses on five key principles that the company believes will be key to building the metaverse. Like its web2 3D tech platform, Epic has made Verse open-source. The language is focused on enabling the creation of social interactions in a shared real-time 3D environment and supporting an open economy governed by rules and with no corporate overloads.

The open-source product will also be available for all programmers, artists, and designers. Verse also seeks to support interoperable content with live updates of running code, while also leveraging operational standards from multiple game engines including Unity.

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Dogamí, an augmented reality mobile game involving NFT pets, has raised $14M in seed funding!

Founded in mid-2021, DOGAMÍ has launched a mobile application that allows users to play, feed, pet, and walk with their virtual NFT dogs and be rewarded with the native $DOGA cryptocurrency. DOGA House is exclusively available to owners of a Dogamí NFT for both iOS and Android.

The company intends to use the funds to expand its range of Web3 games and applications for mainstream audiences. In the coming months, DOGAMÍ plans to introduce new features and improvements, including personalization of Dogamí avatars with branded accessories, development of the game environment, new animations and interactions, augmented reality, mini-games, and competitions between Dogamers.

In other news,

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• Splinterlands Announced Monumental Land NFTs Release. Read More