Animoca Brands doubles valuation to $5B, OpenSea tops $3.5B in Jan volume, Microsoft eyes metaverse gaming: Hodler’s Digest, Jan 16-22

[ad_1] Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week NFT-focused Animoca Brands valued at $5B following $358M raise NFT and virtual property-focused firm Animoca Brands secured $358 million worth of funding earlier this week at a valuation of $5 billion.  The company said the fresh funds will go towards financing strategic acquisitions and…

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Small Love Potion (SLP) price doubles as Axie Infinity user growth explodes

[ad_1] Last week, Axie Infinity’s AXS token went on an impressive parabolic run and hit a new all-time high at $19.60.  Small Love Potion (SLP), a token in the Axie Infinity ecosystem that is minted through gameplay as a reward to users, also broke out with a triple-digit gain. SLP can then be used as a currency to breed Axies, which are nonfungible token-based creatures that populate the Axie Infinity world.  SLP/USDT 4-hour chart. Source: TradingView Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price of SLP surged 102%…

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