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Months after selling over 50,000 NFTs tied to its Otherside metaverse, Yuga Labs is allegedly coming back for more. Word on the rumor mill has it that the company is gearing up for another NFT collection called “Mecha Apes.” According to a leaked document reportedly seen by Protos, the
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Today, "Blankos Block Party" made its debut on the Epic Games Store, making it the first Web3 project to be launched on the gaming marketplace. The NFT-based online creation game is inspired by designer/vinyl toy culture, allowing users to play and collaborate in a colorful virtual world.
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On Tuesday, the popular NFT project Doodles announced a $54 million raise at a valuation of $704 million. The funding round was led by Reddit co-founder and NFT enthusiast Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm 776, with participation from others like Acrew Capital, FTX Ventures, and 10T Holdings. The latest
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Universal Music Group is bringing in Grammy-award-winning producers to create music for its virtual metaverse band, Kingship. The metaverse band, which is based on characters from the popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection, has tapped on veteran producers James Fauntleroy and Hit-Boy to help create music for Kingship. The
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Starbucks is finally getting in on the Web3 frenzy. On Tuesday, the coffee retail chain announced its plans to incorporate an NFT-based reward program into its already successful “Starbucks Rewards” loyalty program. Known as Starbucks Odyssey, the new experience will allow customers to buy and earn NFTs that unlock immersive
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Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II in the U.K. on Thursday, over 40 new Queen-related meme tokens, and hundreds of similar non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been released into the crypto market. Since the news broke, new tokens have been launched on several decentralized exchanges on the Binance Smart
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German sports brand Puma has rolled out an interactive metaverse project dubbed Black Station to display a collection of its limited-edition sneaker NFTs. The sneaker tokens in question are part of the firm's "Futrograde" collection, which will be on exhibition during the New York Fashion Week
“Bowie On The Blockchain,” a charity NFT project celebrating David Bowie's musical legacy, is set to launch on Sept 13. The project is being launched in conjunction with OpenSea, alongside Web3 outfit, We Love Arts. It will feature works from nine different artists who were all inspired by
In what can be described as a first from the Japanese government, authorities have issued NFT awards to the winners of a nationwide digitization competition. According to a report from Japanese cryptocurrency & blockchain media platform, CoinPost, the so-called “digital certificates” of achievement were given to the local government authority
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With four months left till the end of 2022, the number of crypto, NFT, and metaverse-related trademark applications for the year has already surpassed last year’s figure. According to data shared by trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis on Tuesday, as of August 31, 2022, more than 3,600 trademark applications
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Vikas Khanna, a world-renowned chef and the author of the world’s most expensive cookbook, has teamed up with NFT platform Akshaya on a new cookbook product. Interestingly, the limited-edition product has an NFT twist to it. Dubbed “Sacred Foods of India,” the new book is a blend of both
LG Electronics has launched its own NFT marketplace called “LG Art Labs,” making it the second South Korean TV manufacturing giant to do so this year. The electronics titan announced the launch on Twitter on Sunday, noting that the platform will “offer a curated selection of world-class artists integrated seamlessly”
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In a rather ironic turn of events, an NFT company focused on identifying fraud in the Web3 space has fallen victim to a security breach. Rug Pull Finder’s NFT contract was compromised last week, allowing two people to mint 450 NFTs instead of one per wallet. According to a
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Hours after raising funds from an NFT auction, actor Bill Murray suffered a security breach that left the attacker with 119.2 ETH or $185,000. The NFT auction, part of an initiative to raise funds for Chive Charities, ended on August 31. The proceeds from the charity fundraiser were
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An eastern European cybercrime group known as the Belarusian Cyber Partisans has attempted to sell the passport information of its autocratic president Alexander Lukashenko and his close associates as NFTs. The hacktivist group insists that the move is part of a plan to raise funds for a grassroots campaign aimed
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The crypto arm of Andreessen Horowitz's a16z thinks that NFTs have a licensing problem, and it has the solution. The venture capital firm is looking to establish some industry standards for how NFTs can be used through an array of free licensing options. On Wednesday, the firm released