TradFi Apes Into Polymarket 📈🤝🔮 Crypto news and key statistics summarized in 90 seconds every weekday on @NiftyNoonNFT⬇️: Nifty Thought: In a landmark move bridging traditional finance and the crypto industry, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has announced a $2 billion strategic investment in Polymarket. This significant capital injection places the crypto-based prediction market at a massive $9 billion post-money valuation, signaling major institutional confidence in the platform. Polymarket allows users to trade on the outcomes of real-world events, from politics to sports, with markets settling in stablecoins. This investment comes at a pivotal time for Polymarket, which is actively preparing for a relaunch in the United States. The company has been paving the way for its re-entry by acquiring a US-licensed derivatives exchange and recently received a no-action letter from the CFTC, a notable shift from previous regulatory challenges. The backing from a financial behemoth like ICE not only provides substantial capital but also lends immense credibility to Polymarket as it aims to establish a regulated presence in the US market. Highlighted News: 🧊 Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) — the parent company of @NYSE, is making a $2b @Polymarket strategic investment at a $9b post-money valuation: 📜 Two big pieces of TradFi-meets-crypto news this morning: 3️⃣ This BNB’s post-ATH growth is powered by: 📈 BNB flips XRP’s market cap, storming into No.3 MC spot: 🛑 Did the NFTStrategy meta just end? Project and Community News: - S&P Dow Jones Indices has launched the S&P Digital Markets 50—its first-ever index combining 15 cryptocurrencies with 35 crypto-linked stocks: - SharpLink generated 451 $ETH from staking rewards last week (liquid + native staking): - @REXShares and @OspreyFunds have filed a Form N-1A with the SEC for a staked SEI ETF: - Nodestrategy moved 8 BTC to a hot wallet (of their 37.819 allocated to buy monkes) and immediately market purchased 1 BTC of monkes: - Grayscale Zcash Trust (Ticker: $ZCSH) is the only way to get exposure to @Zcash $ZEC in the U.S. through your brokerage account: - @Plasma partnering with @TrustWallet, the largest non-custodial crypto wallet, to get Plasma’s stablecoin rails into the hands of everyone, everywhere: - @MeteoraAG Introducing the Phoenix Rising Plan: - @nansen_ai teaming up with @SuiNetwork and bringing onchain analytics firepower to one of the fastest-growing ecosystems in crypto: - Introducing the Atlas upgrade for the ZK Stack: - Securitize has exploded past $4.5B in tokenized assets — cementing its role as the cornerstone of a rapidly growing $30B+ RWA market: - @FWDInd team launches an institutional-grade Solana validator, powered by @DoubleZero’s high-performance global network: - Introducing vHYPE. Deposits open Oct 16: - A fork of Punk Auction launched, for Pudgies: - PainStrategy is now live: - @grass have raised $10m from @polychain and @tribecap: - @solana swaps on @backpack wallet are now fully powered by Titan Prime: - Last Selfie sold for 2,600,000 USDC + CryptoPunk #4589: Quick Stats: 👾 Blur ETH Daily Volume: 613.58 ETH (▲ 33.25%) 🌊 OpenSea ETH Daily Volume: 4,348.59 ETH (▼ 7.10%) 🟠 BTC: $122,681.65 (▼ 1.50%) 🔷 ETH: $4,478.41 (▼ 4.87%) 🟣 Solana: $222.05 (▼ 3.37%) 🟪 Polygon: $0.24 (▼ 4.47%) Top NFT Sales: CryptoPunks #9968: 58.00 ETH CryptoPunks #3745: 56.50 ETH CryptoPunks #1020: 49.00 ETH NFT Daily Winners: 🍭 Mocaverse: 0.52 ETH (▲ 5.38%) 🚬 CryptoPunks: 48.49 ETH (▲ 0.52%) NFT Daily Losers: 🏳‍🌈 Chromie Squiggles: 3.60 ETH (▼ 0.05%) 🐱 Quantum Cats: 0.02 BTC (▼ 0.45%) 🦧 Bored Ape Yacht Club: 8.82 ETH (▼ 1.25%) 🧙‍♂️ Taproot Wizards: 0.16 BTC (▼ 1.52%) 🐵 NodeMonkes: 0.06 BTC (▼ 2.48%) 🏴‍☠ Captainz: 0.36 ETH (▼ 3.34%) 🐧 Pudgy Penguins: 9.60 ETH (▼ 3.73%) 💼 Ordinal Maxi Biz: 0.02 BTC (▼ 4.71%) 👩🏻 Milady Maker: 1.74 ETH (▼ 7.56%) ⛩ Azuki: 1.67 ETH (▼ 8.24%) 😡 Mad Lads: 33.28 SOL (▼ 12.17%) 🧦 Bitcoin Puppets: 0.03 BTC (▼ 12.49%) 👾 Tensorians: 1.90 SOL (▼ 24.00%) Notes: If you find quick daily crypto updates helpful, please feel free to follow for more informative content: @NiftyNoonNFT The content on this account is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.