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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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On January 12, 2023, the ESPN World Salsa Championships celebrated their 15th anniversary by releasing an NFT collection. Quick Take: While many of us do not often equate NFTs with dancing, the competition’s organizers and Noel Roque, CEO of World Dance Group, took the risk of linking the two. As a result, the WSC Golden
Anvi Saini
In a blog post published on Wednesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Ava Labs announced a partnership to grow blockchain use for enterprises, institutions, and governments. Quick Take: AWS will accommodate Avalanche blockchain infrastructure and decentralised applications (dApps), making it considerably simpler for developers to create nodes. Ava Labs also intends to introduce a ”subnet”
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Following the previous controversy fueled by Coffeezilla’s YouTube exposé, Logan Paul has announced a refund plan for his CryptoZoo NFT project, which was previously labelled as a ”scam”. Quick Take: The CryptoZoo Refund Plan YouTuber and Boxer, Logan Paul, today announced the details of a refund plan for dissatisfied customers and investors in his CryptoZoo
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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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National Geographic recently announced that it would release its inaugural NFT collection in collaboration with the NFT platform and web3 studio, Snowcrash. Quick Take: The collection includes 16 images of the break of dawn from throughout the globe. National Geo’s digital artists and photographers took all of the photos. Some of the artists on the
Anvi Saini
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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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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Recently, Game of Thrones, one of the biggest TV shows of all time, released their first NFTs to the public. They sold out the collection on the day of release. Quick Take: About the Game of Thrones NFTs Game of Thrones, which is often classed as one of the biggest (and best) TV shows of
Ross Wardrop
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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Edward Snowden and political activist Daniel Ellsberg have collaborated on a piece of Ethereum-based NFT artwork. The artwork will be auctioned off to raise money for their respective causes via a new live-streamed interactive show called PleasrHouse from the Web3 collective PleasrDAO. Quick Take: What’s the Purpose? Edward Snowden and the Web3 community have become
Anvi Saini
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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One of the most reputed musicians in the world, AR Rahman, announces the launch of a new metaverse platform, Katraar. Moreover, the metaverse platform will allow musicians and artists alike to upload their works and monetize them. The artist shared the announcement on the social media channel with a humorous caption. Quick Take: A Dedicated
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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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On January 4, polygon co-founder Sandeep took part in a Twitter space to discuss his plans to prioritize PFPs (profile picture) and NFTs in 2023. Johnny and The Matic man hosted him. Quick Take: The Twitter space show featured some of the industry’s most influential figures. A number of crypto project founders, team members, and community
Anvi Saini
It was recently announced that popular Solana NFT project, Y00ts, had moved to Polygon. Now, with the latest news and details, it was announced that Y00ts’ owners, DeLabs, received $3 million to do so from Polygon directly. Quick Take: The Initial Move to Polygon for Y00ts A couple of weeks ago, it was announced that
Ross Wardrop
NFT marketplace and OpenSea competitor, SuperRare, which is mostly known for high-quality NFT artwork, have let go of around 30% of their staff. The reasoning, overhiring in the bull run, and struggling during the ongoing bear run that’s affecting the entire industry, according to ’SuperRare John’ on Twitter. Quick Take: A History of SuperRare SuperRare
Ross Wardrop
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 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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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 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 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 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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BMW is raising the bar for car manufacturers in the Web3 race with the launch of a blockchain-based loyalty program Binance Chain (BNB Chain), the blockchain division of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange platform, and Coinweb, a leading blockchain infrastructure platform, will join forces with BMW to create a state-of-the-art loyalty program that leverages the
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