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Forever Apes Reveals Ways to Build Your Own Bored Ape

LEGO fans can now build their own Bored Ape #254 thanks to instructions made by BAYC story-makers, Forever Apes Forever Apes — the company that commemorates the stories, experiences, and art of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) community — announces plans to create LEGO build instructions for Bored Apes. Quick Take: Build Your Own

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Web3

Doodles Acquire Award-Winning Disney Animation Collaborator, Golden Wolf 

Doodles is acquiring Disney animator, Golden Wolf, to elevate its story-telling and character-development capabilities Web3 brand and NFT Project, Doodles, today unveils that it is acquiring Golden Wolf, a collaborator for ’Rick & Morty’ and Disney animation. Quick Take: The Importance of the Acquisition Web3 media and entertainment firm, Doodles—created by Burnt Toast—announced today that

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BAYC Reveals Sketch of the NFT Project’s ”Future”

”Gary the Dog Prophet” drops hints about BAYC’s future by creating an intriguing sketch and posting it on Twitter As more Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) members enter the NFT project’s sewers for an interactive minting event for Dookey Dash, BAYC’s ”Dog Prophet”, Gary, teases the community with a sketch of ”the future”. Quick Take:

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Press Release

MoonRock Finance Launches Liquid Staked Ether Index Token

Coinscribble – January 19th, 2023 / MoonRock Finance, a provider of cryptocurrency index tokens, today announced the release of its Liquid Staked Ether index token (ticker symbol: LSETH). The LSETH index token provides a basket of the leading liquid Ether staking rewards tokens. For users interested in diversified ETH yield, LSETH provides a simple, one-click

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BAYC Sewer Pass Mint Hits High Sales of Over $10M

MAYC and BAYC Sewer Pass NFTs generate more than $10M in trading volume on secondary marketplaces in less than 48 hours It’s undoubtably a proud moment for Yuga Labs. The OG collectible’s new NFTs, Sewer Pass, has generated more than $10M in trading volume on secondary marketplaces. Quick Take: Yuga Labs’ New NFTs – What’s

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Rarible Unveils Marketplace Builder for Polygon-Based NFTs

Rarible unveils marketplace builder that is available to all creators, regardless of their Web3 skills or financial resources The NFT market is FINALLY experiencing a bull(ish) trend! And Rarible’s recent announcement couldn’t have come at a better time. The Web3 platform — that enables the creation, sale, and purchase of digital art ownership rights through

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Moonbirds Grails Season III Is Now Minting

Moonbirds Grails Season III is mint-ready, featuring some of the top-selling NFT artists of all time Today has been a hot day in the NFT world as two OG NFT collections share the same minting calendar. First, BAYC — after a little blip — launched its Dookey Dash NFT collectibles a day late. Immediately after,

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Yves Saint Laurent Files Trademark Application to Exhibit NFTs

On top of showcasing luxury shoes and makeup, Yves Saint Laurent is looking to exhibit NFT and metaverse initiatives this year Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on January 12, 2023, for its name and logo to enter the metaverse and NFT space. Quick

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Web3

Azuki’s Hilumia: Exploring the OG NFT Project’s New Virtual World

Azuki’s Hilumia metaverse creates new opportunities for communication, collaboration, and commerce After much anticipation, Azuki finally opens the gates to Hilumia — the NFT project’s metaverse that embodies the company’s history, present, and future. This new virtual space promises an innovative way to interact with the community, offering a preview of upcoming developments along the

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The Sandbox Celebrates the Lunar New Year with Unique Event

The Sandbox celebrates the Lunar New Year by hosting numerous experiences from big brands across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan A subsidiary of Animoca Brands, The Sandbox, is launching a Lunar New Year Event to celebrate a creative and cultural moment in the metaverse as the year of the Rabbit — a symbol of longevity, peace, and prosperity in

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Featured

Does Instagram’s NFT Feature Now Have Widespread Acceptance?

More Instagram users are taking advantage of the social channel’s NFT feature. But does it bridge the gap between Web2 and Web3? In May 2022, Instagram’s parent company, Meta Platforms, introduced NFT sharing as a test feature for specific users, enabling them to link their digital wallets and display non-fungible tokens (NFTs) they have created

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Lunar New Year Celebration in the McDonald’s Metaverse

McDonald’s metaverse players can witness the transition the Year of the Tiger to Year of the Rabbit through an impressive 3D illusion McDonald’s welcomes a new way to celebrate the Lunar New Year by partnering with digital entrepreneur and storyteller, Karen X Cheng, to bring an immersive digital world. Quick Take: McDonald’s Virtual Lunar New

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Web3

Azuki BEANZ Official: A Guide on OpenSea’s High Demand Assets

A comprehensive guide about why Azuki’s BEANZ Official collectibles regularly hit the top spot on OpenSea BEANZ Official by Azuki is a hit on OpenSea, regularly reaching the top spot for highest 24-hour trading volume. The 19,950-piece collection, featuring algorithmically generated small species that sprout from the dirt to become a sidekick of an Azuki, is

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Web3

Yuga Labs’ NFT Sales Soar Following Dookey Dash Game Teaser

Owners of BAYC and MAYC NFTs can gain a free NFT to access Yuga Labs’ new ”skill game”, Dookey Dash, launching next week The sales of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) NFTs are surging this week following BAYC teasing about Yuga Labs’ new game, Dookey Dash, on Twitter. Quick

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Vespa Signs Patent to Steer Into the Web3 World

Vespa’s move into NFTs shows the importance of using blockchain technology to improve customer experience and increase revenue Italian motor vehicle manufacturer Piaggio has applied with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to register the Vespa trademark into the metaverse and NFT space. Piaggo Revs Up New NFT-Related Plans for Vespa Piaggio joins the

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WARNING: NFT Pokémon Game Infects Players With Malware

Hackers of an NFT Pokémon game have been stealing gamers’ data, spreading malware, and taking control over users’ computers It’s been a crazy month for Pokémon. Only last week, Pokémon took legal action against the NFT game, Pokéworld. Now, a fake non-fungible token (NFT) version of the Japanese pocket monsters are infecting people’s computers with malware. Beware of

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Avalanche NFTs Now Available for Shopify Users via Venly App

Shopify unveils the expansion of its NFT integration that allows merchants to sell Avalanche NFTs using the Venly app Shopify enables millions of merchants to design, mint, and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with a click of their fingers using the Venly app. Quick Take: Introducing the New NFT App Shopify and Avalanche have partnered to

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Mutant Ape Planet Arrested for Alleged $2.9M NFT Rug Pull

Mutant Ape Planet was falsely offering tokens with staking capabilities, merch and other giveaways via its ape collectibles The curator of Mutant Ape Yacht Club’s knock-off collection — Mutant Ape Planet — confesses to defrauding investors of $2.9M. Quick Take: An In-Depth Look at Mutant Ape Monkeying Around The developer of Mutant Ape Planet—Aurelien Michel—faced arrest on

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LG and Oorbit Collaborate to Bring the Metaverse to TVs

LG and Oorbit collaborate with a leading metaverse platform – PIXELYNX – to bring 3D, innovative worlds to peoples living rooms Cloud Web3 service, Oorbit, revealed its partnership with LG Electronics. The collaboration aims to bring interoperable virtual worlds to LG TVs, allowing users to experience immersive games and other virtual experiences in a way

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Interviews

Hunting Down the CEO of Playable Bear NFTs [Minted Teddy Interview]

NFT Lately goes on a teddy bear hunt with Minted Teddy’s CEO, Zoran Kovacevic, to discuss his playable, child-friendly NFTs Must Read: Toymint Introduces Child-Friendly NFTs, Minted Teddy Can you tell me about yourself and your NFT project? My name is Zoran Kovacevic and I am the CEO and founder of Minted Teddy. Minted Teddy

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Malibu Files Patent to Crack Open NFT Initiatives

Malibu files patent to open up NFT initiatives, including operating a virtual bar that includes a home delivery service The Absolut Company requests to trademark Malibu⁠—its top-selling Caribbean rum⁠—for use in the virtual reality world of NFTs. Quick Take: Malibu’s Web3 Wishlist to the USPTO The Absolut Company is working toward launching virtual versions of one of

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Coinbase Penalized $50M for Poor Anti-Money Laundering Measures

Coinbase to pay $50M fine and invest $50M in improving compliance in NYDFS settlement over money laundering allegations The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) found that Coinbase (which has its own NFT platform (Coinbase NFT)) has been laundering illicit funds. As a consequence, the centralized cryptocurrency exchange has agreed to pay a $50M

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Pussy Riot and Rolling Stone Create NFTs to Support Women

Pussy Riot and Rolling Stone combine efforts to create an unusual NFT project to support women’s reproductive rights Feminist protest performance group Pussy Riot and America’s hottest music, culture and politics magazine – Rolling Stone – are uniting. Together, they are creating an unusual NFT project that explores the intersection of art and sexuality. Bringing

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Toymint Introduces Child-Friendly NFTs, Minted Teddy

Toymint releases Minted Teddy NFTs alongside physical versions as part of its mission toward ”creating a better world for children” Unlike many other NFT collections, Toymint brings the unordinary to the Web3 realm by involving children with NFTs accompanying physical toy teddy bears. Quick Take: Toymint’s Minted Teddy Collection – The Process Toymint⁠, a Vancouver-based Web3 toy

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