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Ross is a Junior Web3 Journalist at Bitcolumnist. He is based in Europe and covers NFT & Web3 news and ecosystem developments.
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In the Pacific island of Palau, an intriguing experiment in digital citizenship is growing. By paying the RNS.ID platform a fee of just $248, anyone worldwide can secure digital residency assets to extend their visas for more beach life and mask their true identities to access banned crypto exchanges. Quick Takes: Empowering Accessibility and Innovation Valid for
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In the lead up to the recent Monaco Grand Prix at the weekend, Platinum Group, the ticket provider of Formula 1, confirmed their launch of NFT tickets for the event, and all 16 events remaining this season. Quick Takes: Platinum Group’s Formula 1 NFTs On Friday, Platinum Group announced their NFT tickets moving forward for
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Adventure Time is the latest IP to have NFTs released by Funko, something that the traditional physical collectibles company famous for their ’Pop!’ series have done with a handful of TV shows and films previously. Quick Takes The Adventure Time NFTs In collaboration with Warner Bros., Funko are releasing NFTs of the popular animated TV
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Despite historically being known as a ’crypto hater’, Peter Schiff is about to release a Bitcoin ordinals NFT art collection. Schiff has previously been heard calling NFTs ”worthless” and ”easy to replicate”. Quick Takes Schiff’s Ordinals Collection Finding crypto and NFT haters is common. But one who eventually goes onto create a collection of their
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Following the launch of their debut toy collection, OG NFT project Pudgy Penguins’ ’Pudgy Toys’ has seen instant success. Within the two day period so far, they have seen $500,000 in sales, and over 20,000 Amazon sales. Quick Takes Behind the Sales of ’Pudgy Toys’ ’Pudgy Toys’ is only the latest innovation in Pudgy Penguins’
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Following the prior bankruptcy of the company, an NFT collection of ’grails’ previously owned by 3AC (Three Arrows Capital) was sold at auction for a staggering $2.4 million, via top auctioneer Sotheby’s. Within the rare group of tokens were a Fidenza and Autoglyph, which garnered the most attention. Quick Takes The Auction Details On Friday,
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Following last month’s release of front-facing fellaz, Deadfellaz has released another new NFT collection within their ever-growing ecosystem, Streamingfellaz. With this launch, the IP have proved once more to be innovative and one of the front-leaders in the NFT space. Quick Takes: About the Latest Launch: Streamingfellaz Deadfellaz have released a further NFT sub-collection with
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Fast and Furious and Mattel, are set to release a new set of NFTs to celebrate the launch of the latest movie in the popular movie series: ’Fast X’. They will be launched on one of the industry’s top trending blockchains, Flow. It is set to be titled ’Hot Wheels NFT Garage x Fast &
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Star Trek star, William Shatner, has become the latest top celebrity to launch their own NFT collection, titled ’Infinite Collections’. The actor has been involved in crypto Twitter for a while, but is yet to release any NFTs. Quick Takes About ’Infinite Collections’ Infinite Collections by William Shatner launched on Thursday, April 27, as a
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According to recent reports, the producers of fan-favourite 2013 movie, Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, are looking towards web3 and to making NFTs. This, as a means to monetise merchandise from the valuable IP. Quick Takes The Potential NFTs The film’s rights holders, Red Granite Pictures, have partnered with a web3 solutions provider
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Camera giant, Canon, is set to launch a new NFT marketplace at some point this year, according to an announcement at NFT.NYC earlier this week. ’Cadabra’ is set to be a creator-focused space where the company’s US arm will control and select photographers whose work will feature on the platform. Quick Takes: Introduction to Canon’s
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The world of Brazilian football (soccer) has crossed paths with the web3 universe thanks to a Binance partnership. This will see the global company create NFTs of the South American country’s top mens’ football league, Brasileirão Assaí. Quick Takes: Brazilian Football x Binance Binance, who are known as one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges as well
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CryptoGPT, an AI-powered blockchain, has raised $10M in a recent Series A funding round led by DWF Labs, putting the company at a $250 million valuation. Quick Takes The Funding A recent Series A funding round of $10 million put layer two blockchain, CryptoGPT to an overall value of $250 million. The innovative firm are
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Find Satoshi Lab, the creators of the NFT game STEPN have launched a new NFT x AI tool, ’FairMint’, to support creators with an easier process of mass producing NFTs. It can be used as a part of the company’s GNT ecosystem which is already in full flow. Quick Takes About FairMint FairMint is a
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Thanks to the recent indictment of Donald Trump, and his name and image being in the news across the past week, the former President’s NFT collection depicting himself have gone up. Quick Takes The Details on Trump’s Indictment Last week, former President Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan, New York City.
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The Pokémon Company, one of the world’s biggest entertainment companies, is reportedly seeking a Corporate Development Principal with knowledge of web3 and NFTs. The position requires the candidate to be ”deeply connected” to people in the web3 and metaverse space. Quick Take: Pokémon’s First Official Web3 Endeavour This move has sparked excitement among fans and
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American E-commerce giant, Amazon, the multi-billion dollar firm, are set to make their first foray into the NFT world. They’re doing this following on from similar companies such as Google and Meta. They are due to introduce an NFT marketplace in the next month, according to some. Quick Takes: Amazon’s NFT Plans Jeff Bezos founded
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A Ukrainian family that are staying with British politician, Matt Hancock, are launching NFT art today with the profits going to the Care International charity. Quick Take About the Ukrainian Family’s Artwork Oleg Mischenko is a Ukrainian artist and member of National Union of Artists in Ukraine. Him, alongside his family who are staying in British
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American magazine, Playboy, are hoping to launch their ’MetaMansion’ virtual world in the metaverse this year, according to a DeCrypt interview with the company’s web3 lead, Liz Suman. Quick Takes About the Launch of MetaMansion It has been confirmed by the magazine’s Web3 Lead, Liz Suman, that they plan to launch a metaverse experience called
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After seeing great success with Electronic Arts (EA), the company’s founder, Trip Hawkins, has co-founded another company. This time, however, an NFT gaming based company called ’Games for a Living’. Quick Takes About Games for a Living Games for a Living has been co-founded by EA founder, Trip Hawkins, alongside Manel Sort, former VP at
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According to a court ruling earlier this week, federal judge Victor Marreo has deemed that Dapper Labs’ NBA Top Shot NFTs could be classed as securities. Quick Take The NBA Top Shot Court Ruling Initially, a class action lawsuit was filed in May 2021 by Plaintiff Jeeun Friel who claimed that NBA Top Shot NFTs
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Although it is not their first rodeo in the web3 space, as they have made collections in the past, Italian luxury car giant, Lamborghini, are set to launch their first VeVe NFT collection. Quick Take: Lamborghini’s VeVe NFTs This Sunday, February 19, Automobili Lamborghini are set to launch their first NFTs on VeVe. Both platforms
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Historical American men’s magazine, GQ are making their first moves into the web3 space with an innovative collection of NFTs. Quick Take: GQ Magazine’s First NFTs: GQ3 GQ’s entry into the NFT and web3 space with their GQ3 collection demonstrates their commitment to evolving with the times. The collection name references the industry as a
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Bitcoin’s version of CryptoPunks NFTs, among other collections, are on the up as the new Ordinals protocol is coming into the blockchain. Quick Take: Bitcoin NFTs: A Background In January 2023, a new protocol was confirmed to be made available for users on the Bitcoin blockchain, titled ’Ordinals’. Simply put, it allows for NFTs to
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