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Theta Network (THETA) jumps 14%: here is why

Theta Network native token, THETA, recovered some of the losses it has experienced during the current crypto bloodbath from which the majority of the cryptos are trying to recover.

At the time of writing, THETA was trading at $1.23, up 14.65%. It has hit a daily high of $1.37.

Let’s dive into the reasons behind the THETA price pump.

THETA partners with Sony Electronics

One of the main reasons for the token rally is the announcement made by Theta Network about their new partnership with Sony Electronics, a prominent world-class tech company. 

According to the announcement, the tech company Spatial Reality Display will release a 3D NFT on ThetaDrop. The drop will go live tomorrow, June 17 at 1 pm PT, but the pre-funding and waitlist are already available.

According to the announcement, The Tiki Guy NFT will be a 3D asset that SONY’s limited electronic display will project, besides the NFT was made to be more frightening as possible. The website stated that the Tiki Guy is a limited edition NFT with a quantity of 500.

Meanwhile, ThetaDrop NFT Marketplace had earlier hosted drops for some of the prominent game shows and celebrities like the ‘American Idol and many more.

Replay launches their Theta Validator Node

Another reason for the rally is the announcement made by Theta that Replay, a video tracking, and payment platform, has launched its new Theta Validator Node which will be one of the 25 official node validators on the Theta network.

As the Theta Validator group continues to explore the various cross-section being used by different users, many media and big tech firms like Sony, Samsung, and Google are among the top in their validators. In addition, projects and Crypto exchanges like Gumi cryptos, blockchain, and Binance are part of it.

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The Sandbox rallies on its partnership with Lionsgate

The Sandbox metaverse native token, SAND, experienced significant price gains today after announcing its new partnership with Lionsgate, a prominent film producer in the United States, and its long-time partner, Millennium Films.

At the time of writing, SAND was trading at 0.873, up 3.78% after retracing from a daily high of $0.9753. The rally comes amid the ongoing ructions in the crypto market.

Lionsgate in the Metaverse world

Lionsgate and its popular franchises like Rambo, Expendables, and Hellboy will be featured in a metaverse LAND called ‘’Action City’’. With the new partnership, Lionsgate will feature one of the famous licensed properties that belong to the studio and Millennium Films.

According to The Sandbox claims, this partnership will make Lionsgate studio to be the first major Hollywood studio to join the metaverse. However, this will not be The Sandbox’s first major partnership as it has also featured content from The Smurfs, Snoop Dogg, and Adidas as well as selling LAND to great firms like HSBC.

Metaverse gains traction as the token’s prices decline

As the crypto markets continue to experience a drastic decline, the majority of the cryptocurrencies have not been left behind. However, cryptos with metaverse backup like The Sandbox and Decentraland have been in a better position, with the current growing interest in Metaverse and NFTs.

Besides that, investors tend to explore projects with services or tangible products during rising inflation and high-interest rates times. This has given SAND flexibility in the current market meltdown.

It’s important to note during the partnership there were no financial details disclosed but according to the reports, The Sandbox is looking for ways to raise over $4 billion.

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Highlights June 16: Crypto market rebounds after Fed rate hike

Most cryptocurrencies rebounded after the Federal Reserve finally announced its rate hike, the biggest in almost three decades. The crypto market was in the green this morning, with the majority of top 10 cryptos registering gains. 

Top cryptos

Bitcoin was up around 4% at time of writing, trading above $22,000. Ethereum climbed around 9%, XRP was up around 9%, and Cardano and Polkadot were around 11% higher. 

Solana has done well in the past 24 hours as investors bought the dip. It registered gains of around 18%. 

Cryptos outside the top 10 were doing well too. Tron’s TRX is one of the biggest winners with 19%. Avalanche and FTX Token are up around 10 resp. 11%. 

Top movers

Outside the top 20, the tendency was similar, with most coins adding 5-9% to their value. Notable standouts include Helium with 15%, Elrond with 21%, ApeCoin 17%, Stacks 12%, and 1inch Network 13%.

Elrond’s price is rising on new that the Romanian ICI, a National Institute for Research and Development in Computer Science, will use its token to create a decentralized domain name service and an institutional NFT marketplace.

On the losing side, XDC Network is down 5%. UNUS SED LEO was also not impacted by the rate hike news positively, with losses of just under 1%. 

Trending

The biggest winner today is ELEF WORLD, an NFT game that allows players to earn rewards for providing liquidity. These can be exchanged for the ELEF token anytime. The token is up 1,410%.

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Watchmaker TAG Heuer launches a smartwatch showcasing users’ NFT collections

TAG Heuer, a Swiss luxury watchmaker company, has ventured into the growing NFTs and crypto space despite the ongoing crypto market turmoil. It has launched a smartwatch with features that enable users to showcase their NFTs collections.

According to the company announcement, the new feature (TAG Heuer’s Connected Calibre E4) is more than a smartwatch since it has a verified proof of ownership that can turn into an NFT viewer for users to display their digital asset collection.

The announcement read:

“TAG Heuer presents a new way to bring these valuable and highly collectible artworks into the real world. For the first time, they can be worn on your wrist with verified proof of ownership. The TAG Heuer Connected Calibre E4 allows you to display NFT artworks on your watch by connecting your crypto wallet to guarantee authenticity.”

In addition, the company claimed that the move is “part of TAG Heuer’s expanding digital ecosystem of apps and watch faces, created by a team of in-house developers and bearing the brand’s trademark design signatures.”

Features of the new TAG Heuer smartwatch

The main function of the new feature is to enable multiple NFT transfers with the help of a paired smartphone to a new lens watch face that can display NFTs artwork and time simultaneously in three unique ways. Besides that, it also has “a conceptual design with a triangle and a circle representing hours and minutes.”

Additionally, the feature also connects to various crypto wallets like Ledger Live or Metamask securely as well as enables users to select the type of NFTs they want to showcase on their watch. No worry about the image size since the feature offers an image resizing option to fit on the screen.

Lastly, it’s important to note that this move is just one of the steps that the company is taking toward venturing into Web3 and integrating NFTs and blockchain technology.

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Top analyst shares thoughts on when Bitcoin is likely to ‘bottom’

Crypto analyst Rekt Capital says Bitcoin is likely to bottom in Q4 this year, based on historical details of a key Bitcoin event.

The Bitcoin network undergoes what is called “halving” roughly every four years – a period at the end of which network rewards for miners are cut in half.

Bitcoin could bottom in Q4 2022

As noted by the analyst, BTC price has reached a bottom well before the halving, as observed over since 2015.

“In 2015, BTC bottomed 547 days before the Halving. In 2018, $BTC bottomed 517 days before the Halving (discount March 2020 crash).”

The bottoms preceded the July 2016 block reward halving, which reduced miner rewards from 25 BTC to 12.5 BTC. The 2018 bottom preceded the third halving, which occurred in May 2020 and cut block rewards from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC.

Going by the previous halvings, Rekt notes:

“If Bitcoin is going to bottom 517-547 days before the upcoming April 2024 halving … then the bottom will occur in Q4 this year.”

On when this is most likely to be and what happens to Bitcoin price next, the analyst suggests October or November. And Bitcoin could see several price scenarios, including a “slow bleed” and accumulation.

“But BTC has dropped so much lately that it’s difficult to think the bottom won’t be in sooner. How could we get a Q4 2022 bottom? Slow-bleed, some relief, lots of consolidation,” he tweeted.

He thinks the consolidation to extend as far as December 2022.

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