TechCrunch Summary (2023-05-11 10AM)

Source: Tensor is climbing to the top of the Solana NFT marketplace totem pole

Summary
NFT trading platform Tensor has gained 45% of Solana’s NFT market share, nearing its position as the biggest Solana-centric NFT marketplace. Meanwhile, Solana’s ecosystem has been growing stronger, evident through the Mad Lads collection being one of the top collections by volume ahead of some Ethereum blue chip collections.

Fact

📈 Tensor reached 45% of Solana’s NFT market share, surpassing Magic Eden’s 44%.

🚀 Tensor launched a private beta in June 2022 and opened to the public the following month.

🤝 Despite the competition, Tensor’s goal is to grow Solana 10x.

💰 Solana is the third-largest blockchain for NFTs by sales volume, with over $3.96 billion in all-time sales according to data from NFT aggregator CryptoSlam.

Source: ‘Bigolas Dickolas’ is more powerful than the Pulitzer Prize

Summary
An anime fan’s enigmatic tweet about a novella with queer, dystopian time-travel, “This is How You Lose the Time War,” has propelled the book to #3 on Amazon’s book list. This success is surprising since Twitter is normally not a useful place to sell books.

Facts

📈 “This is How You Lose the Time War ” reached #3 on Amazon’s book list due to a mysterious tweet from an anime fan named “bigolas dickolas wolfwood”

👌 The tweet garnered 10 million impressions, without a link, simply displaying the book cover and the text, “everyone buy this book”

📚 The novella has also won the Hugo and Nebula awards among its sci-fi fans when it came out

💥 The virality of books usually occurs on TikTok through BookTok and not on Twitter as no link is provided that redirects customers to buy

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