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Blur’s planned website closure revived criticism of the royalty policies and token rewards that helped it overtake OpenSea during the NFT boom, but hurt creators. Nonfungible token marketplace Blur, which once overtook OpenSea as the largest NFT marketplace by trading volume, says it is shutting down its website next month — and some NFT collectors couldn’t be happier. Blur <a href="https://x.com/blur_io/status/2109735810857861203?s=20" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">>made</a> the announcement on X on Monday, its first post on the platform in more than a year. It said the frontend will shut down on Nov. 12, while its onchain marketplace will remain operational. Blend, a peer-to-peer perpetual NFT lending protocol, will also stop matching new loans. Blur said borrowers have until Nov. 12 to repay outstanding loans or allow them to default. It also promised a withdrawal interface after the shutdown. “Good riddance. You destroyed NFTs. Please shut down and never come back,” said NFT collector Cryptobscure in a reply to the post on X. “You may not have been able to complete your mission to destroy NFTs. But you acted with extreme determination and tried everything. Congratulations to us for surviving you,” NFT collector starfruit said in another post. The post renewed criticism of the strategy that helped Blur reach the top of the NFT charts in 2023: optional creator royalties and token rewards that encouraged traders to bid and flip NFTs. Its rise accelerated a <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/nft-creator-giant-swan-gothic-vr-dreamscapes-royalty-nightmare-opensea" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>shift toward lower creator royalties</span></a>, with rival OpenSea later moving to <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/opensea-disable-on-chain-royalty-enforcement-tool" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>optional creator fees</span></a> for new collections. Blur launched on Oct. 19, 2022, allowing sellers to customize royalty payments while offering larger prospective token rewards to those who paid higher creator royalties. But it entered a market where royalty protections were already weakening: competing marketplace Magic Eden had moved to optional royalties the previous week. By July of the following year, blockchain analytics platform Nansen reported that <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/trader-baits-bot-july-nft-volume-drops-nifty-news" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>effective creator royalty fees fell</span></a> to 0.6% in July 2023 from an average of 2.5% in 2022, attributing much of that gap to Blur’s growth, its minimum royalty policy and OpenSea lowering its own royalty requirements to compete. Blur didn’t disclose why it made the decision to shutter its frontend and wind down new lending activity on Blend. <em><strong>Related: </strong></em><a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/magic-eden-nft-whitehat-vulnerability" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span><em><strong>Magic Eden scare puts 3,
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Apple's new product launch week arrives: foldable iPhone, touchscreen MacBook, and smart home products all take the stage.
CoinWorld news: Apple's new product launch week is here: foldable iPhone, touchscreen MacBook, and smart home products all making their debut. Apple (AAPL.O) will launch a series of new products and upgraded versions of existing products this week, but investors are uncertain whether these new products can push the stock, which is among the most highly valued on the market and has been largely stagnant over the past few months, to rise further. Apple will hold a smart home product launch event on Tuesday, showcasing Apple's smart doorbell and thermostat. Later this month, the company also plans to launch a touchscreen version of the MacBook and a new iPad mini. In addition, the all-new foldable iPhone Duo will open for pre-orders on Friday. This product represents the biggest design change in the history of Apple's most profitable device, and its price is correspondingly high. This new product launch is crucial for Apple's stock price.
Ice Wheel Environment: The delivery lead time for data center chillers is currently around nine months in North America and Australia.
According to CoinWorld news, Ice Wheel Environment: The delivery period for data center chillers is currently around 9 months in North America and Australia. Ice Wheel Environment stated during an investor relations event that the delivery period for the company's data center chiller products is currently around 9 months in North America and Australia, and 3-4 months in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Top retail investors sell Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, buy the dip on LG Electronics
CoinWorld news: Top retail investors sold Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to bottom-fish LG Electronics. On Tuesday, South Korea's KOSPI plunged more than 6% intraday, falling below the 6,000-point mark. A group of individual retail investors with the best returns in South Korea sold shares of leading Korean chip companies such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. At the same time, they bought the dip in sharply fallen targets such as LG Electronics and APR.
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong was gifted 2.6 trillion won in shares.
According to news from Bije.com, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong has been gifted shares worth 2.6 trillion won. Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong will receive Samsung Electronics shares worth 2.6 trillion won from Hong Ra-hee, honorary director of the Leeum Museum. Samsung Electronics announced on the 13th that Hong Ra-hee will gift 11.158 million shares of Samsung Electronics stock to Chairman Lee Jae-yong. Based on Samsung Electronics' closing price that day, the market value of the gifted shares is approximately 2.6 trillion won. Chairman Lee Jae-yong currently holds 105.219053 million shares of Samsung Electronics, with a shareholding ratio of 1.58%. After this gift is completed, Chairman Lee Jae-yong's shareholding will increase to 116.377053 million shares, and his shareholding ratio will rise to 1.75%, an increase of 0.17 percentage points.
BMI raises its average 2026 copper price forecast to $13,500 per ton from $12,700 previously.
According to news from Bijie, BMI has raised its average copper price forecast for 2026 from the previous $12,700 per ton to $13,500 per ton, citing market disruptions caused by tariff-related policies and continued constraints on copper supply. BMI analysts said: "For the remainder of 2026, we expect copper prices to remain volatile and highly sensitive to developments in tariff policy. The final policy decision of the U.S. government may dominate short-term market movements, while the overall structural supply tightness that still exists is expected to limit the extent of copper price corrections." In the long term, as the energy transition accelerates, the persistent copper supply gap and growing demand are expected to provide upward momentum for copper prices. BMI expects that by 2035, copper prices will reach $17,000 per ton, mainly driven by the electrification process and increased investment in clean energy infrastructure.
Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS.US) rose more than 2% in pre-market trading, reaching $10.2.
According to CoinWorld news, Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS.US) rose more than 2% in pre-market trading, quoted at $10.2. On the news front, Navitas Semiconductor launched its latest 24 kW, 800 V to 12 V DC-DC power board. The power board uses GaNFast™ technology and was developed in collaboration with NVIDIA, aiming to support the NVIDIA MGX ecosystem and promote the development of 800 V DC power architecture for AI data centers. The new power board is planned to be exhibited at the NVIDIA AI Factory MGX Wall partner showcase area during the 2026 OCP Global Summit. (Gelonghui)
After surging nearly 50% yesterday, dating app Bumble (BMBL.US) continued to rise more than 3% in premarket trading.
According to CoinWorld news, after surging nearly 50% yesterday, dating app Bumble (BMBL.US) continued to rise more than 3% in pre-market trading, reaching $3.924. On the news front, Bumble is in in-depth negotiations over a take-private deal valued at approximately $1 billion. People familiar with the matter revealed that the acquirer is Ithaca Holdings, an investment firm recently founded by two Silicon Valley executives. As of last Friday's close, Bumble had a market capitalization of approximately $335 million. If the aforementioned deal materializes, the acquisition premium would be close to 200%. Assuming the negotiations do not fall apart, the relevant transaction could be completed as early as this week. (Gelonghui)
Federal Reserve Governor Waller: The surge in U.S. Treasury yields is exerting some of the tightening effect of monetary policy.
According to news from Bijie, Federal Reserve Governor Waller said that the surge in long-term U.S. Treasury yields is suppressing demand in interest-rate-sensitive sectors such as housing and automobiles, thereby playing a role in tightening monetary policy to some extent. He pointed out that although this was not the Fed's intention, the rise in yields has indeed "played a role in policy tightening to some extent." Waller hinted that in order to curb inflation, the Fed may still need to raise rates further, but when considering the next rate hike, officials still have some flexibility in choosing the timing. Economists expect that inflation data to be released on Wednesday will show that the overall U.S. inflation rate accelerated in September due to the U.S.-Iran war pushing up energy costs, but core inflation is expected to have slowed.