{"id":294411,"date":"2025-06-15T06:55:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/former-crypto-executive-appointed-to-serve-as-secs-director-of-trading-and-markets-block-news-media-dao-llc\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T06:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:55:16","slug":"former-crypto-executive-appointed-to-serve-as-secs-director-of-trading-and-markets-block-news-media-dao-llc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=294411","title":{"rendered":"Former Crypto Executive Appointed To Serve As SEC\u2019s Director of Trading and Markets \u2013 Block News Media DAO LLC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The NFT market has experienced a strong rally, with sales volume jumping by 37.10% to $144.8 million.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cryptoslam.io\/\" target=\"_blank\">CryptoSlam<\/a>, this marks the biggest weekly gain in recent months for the sector.<\/p>\n<p>The spike coincides with Bitcoin\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/price\/bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\">BTC<\/a>) recent climb to the $105,000 mark. Ethereum (<a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/price\/ethereum\/\" target=\"_blank\">ETH<\/a>)\u00a0also had a slight 2.5% increase during the previous seven days. Last week, the total global cryptocurrency market cap increased from $3.28 trillion to $3.29 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>Market participation has surged greatly with NFT buyers increasing by 50.56% to 1,061,348, and NFT sellers rising by 8.09% to 38,494. NFT transactions have also grown by 7.88% to 1,749,437.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"immutable-dethrones-ethereum-in-sales\">Immutable dethrones Ethereum in sales<\/h3>\n<p>Interestingly, Immutable (<a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/price\/immutablex\/\" target=\"_blank\">IMX<\/a>) has overtaken Ethereum to claim the top position with $41.7 million in sales. It has surged by 156.01% from the previous week. This is one of the first times Ethereum has lost its leading position in months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14388731\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-14-at-11.45.21\u202fAM-1024x573.png.webp\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-14-at-11.45.21\u202fAM-1024x573.png\" alt=\"NFT sales pump 37% to $144.8m, Immutable dethrones Ethereum - 1\"\/> <\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Blockchains by NFT Sales Volume (CryptoSlam)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With $31.5 million in sales, Ethereum has fallen to second position, although it is still showing strong growth of 6.69%. At $1.9 million, Ethereum\u2019s wash trading has dropped by 2.91%.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin, at $19.4 million, is still in third place after rising 22.55%. Polygon (<a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/price\/pol-ex-matic\/\" target=\"_blank\">POL<\/a>) has increased 32.91% and is now in fourth place with $18.5 million. Mythos Chain, with $14.1 million, completes the top five.<\/p>\n<p>BNB (<a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/price\/bnb\/\" target=\"_blank\">BNB<\/a>) Chain has entered the top rankings in sixth place with $8.4 million, jumping 47.59%. Solana (<a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.news\/price\/solana\/\" target=\"_blank\">SOL<\/a>) sits in seventh with $6.3 million, up 5.30%.<\/p>\n<p>The buyer count has increased across all major blockchains, with Polygon leading at 35.63% growth, followed by Solana at 27.41% and Bitcoin at 23.22%.<\/p>\n<p>Guild of Guardians Heroes has taken the top spot in collection rankings with $24.7 million in sales. It has more than doubled with 132.53% growth. This gaming collection has benefited directly from Immutable\u2019s surge.<\/p>\n<p>Courtyard on Polygon has moved to second place with $17.2 million with a strong growth of 36.33%. Guild of Guardians Avatars holds third position with $10.3 million, more than doubling with 108.61% growth.<\/p>\n<p>DMarket maintains fourth place with $8.9 million, with a minimal growth of 0.15%. Uncategorized Ordinals on Bitcoin have entered the top five with $7.6 million, with a surge of 1,556.66%.<\/p>\n<p>CryptoPunks has disappeared entirely from the top collection rankings, a notable drop from its previous sixth-place position.<\/p>\n<p>Notable high-value sales from this week include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CryptoPunks #1831 sold for 150 ETH ($389,846)<\/li>\n<li>CryptoPunks #9778 sold for 150 ETH ($377,958)<\/li>\n<li>CryptoPunks #4868 sold for 76.5 ETH ($201,933)<\/li>\n<li>CryptoPunks #5586 sold for 70.07 ETH ($185,292)<\/li>\n<li>CryptoPunks #7516 sold for 60 ETH ($158,378)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFT market has experienced a strong rally, with sales volume jumping by 37.10% to $144.8 million. According to data from CryptoSlam, this marks the biggest weekly gain in recent months for the sector. The spike coincides with Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC) recent climb to the $105,000 mark. 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