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‘Flurry’ of Walmart Patents Show Willingness to Embrace Crypto, NFTs and the Metaverse
17.1.2022
Walmart has developed plans that involve the creation of its own cryptoasset, launch collection non-fungible token (NFT) collections, and (yes, you guessed it) enter the metaverse, per reports citing filings made with the American Patent and Trademark Office....
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GemUni Disrupts Crypto Gaming With the Decentralized NFTs Gaming Platform for Play to Earn
17.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. GemUni, a Decentralized NFTs Gaming Platform for Play To Earn, has announced that its upcoming Initial DEX Offering (IDO) will be conducted on three launchpads GameFi, Red Kite, and KrystalGO on January 19th. GemUni is building a Decentralized NFTs Gaming Platform for everyone around...
Propy rallies 227% as real estate NFTs become reality and PRO lists at Coinbase
17.1.2022
A listing at Coinbase and the upcoming sale of the first real estate NFT in the U.S. appear to be providing a boost to PRO price
Foam Shoe Giant Crocs Files NFT and Digital Collectibles Trademark Application
16.1.2022
According to a recent trademark application, Crocs, the American shoe company based in Colorado may be delving into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Since 2004, Crocs has sold 300 million pairs of foam clog shoes and the application describes a protocol that can manage and store digital...
$2.5 Billion in NFT Sales This Week, Volume Climbs 161%, Meebits NFT Sales Surge
16.1.2022
During the last seven days, there’s been $2.53 billion non-fungible token (NFT) sales, up 161% over the past week. Ethereum’s blockchain recorded the most NFT sales with $2.45 billion of the aggregate while the Solana network saw around $31.9 million in NFT sales this week. Across...
Metaverse Trends in 2022: Prepare for More Gaming and New Virtual Experiences with NFTs
16.1.2022
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While ‘non-fungible token’ (NFT) may have been Collins Dictionary’s word of 2021, there’s a good chance that ‘metaverse’ came a very close second (Collins did indeed mention the word in its blog commemorating NFTs). Because ever since Facebook changed its company name to Meta...
Gift to Pope Francis Sold as NFT Raises $80,000 for Afghanistan
16.1.2022
A carpet presented by the United Arab Emirates as a gift to the head of the Catholic Church a few years ago has been sold in the form of NFT. While the original remains in the Vatican, its digital representation has been successfully used to collect funds for the people of Afghanistan. NFT...
Bank of America Says Solana Could Take Market Share From Ethereum, Become the ‘Visa of the Digital Asset Ecosystem’
16.1.2022
Bank of America’s analyst says that Solana could take market share away from Ethereum. Noting that Solana is optimized for micropayments, gaming, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the analyst expects “Solana could become the Visa of the digital asset ecosystem.” Bank of America...
Value Locked in Defi Jumps 2.3% in 7 Days, Ethereum NFT Sales Dominate, Fantom TVL Jumps 26%
15.1.2022
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols across a number of blockchains has increased from $233.95 billion since January 8, to $239.44 billion. Curve’s total value locked (TVL) dominance today is 9.76% with its $23.38 billion TVL. Meanwhile...
Konami Sold This Casltevania NFT (aka JPEG) for $26,538
15.1.2022
Konami has entered the NFT economy, also known as the hottest grift in the world right now. Yesterday, in an auction on OpenSea, the publisher launched its “Konami Memorial NFT Collection” and sold 14 items created to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Castlevania series. Somehow, someone...
How Music NFTs Could Disrupt the Music Industry
15.1.2022
Copyright issues, exploitation, no royalties. These are but a few challenges that musicians all over the world face when it comes to the production and distribution of their music. With the emergence of music non-fungible tokens (NFTs), there is the potential that the music industry can...
Fan Controlled Football raises $40M to expand league with Bored Apes and Gutter Cats
14.1.2022
“One of the most powerful things that tokenization does is release the energy of fans into tangible forms of value and meaning, we see this effect in NFTs and also social tokens,” said Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu
Nifty News: Mike Tyson loves Solana, Aoki stops show to flaunt NFT, Apple and the 'AR Verse'
14.1.2022
Apple is reportedly looking at AR over the Metaverse and Artemis has launched a mobile-based social media NFT platform
GAIMIN Brings Blockchain and NFTs to Minecraft
13.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Zug, Switzerland, 13th January 2022: As part of its strategic business objective to become the leading gaming technology company, GAIMIN announces a plug-in and metaverse environment that enables blockchain technology and NFTs to be used within Minecraft. GAIMIN has developed...
China aims to separate NFTs from crypto via new blockchain infrastructure
13.1.2022
China does not want its crackdown on cryptocurrencies to cause the country to fall behind in the NFT boom
LÜM to launch ‘Access Pass’ NFTs for 25 globally known musicians
13.1.2022
“We really wanted to model ourselves off NBA Top Shot. A community that was building collective value by bringing players underneath an individual umbrella,” said LÜM CEO and Founder Max Fergus
'Art emergency': Wikipedia editors vote against classifying NFTs as art
13.1.2022
“Wikipedia really can't be in the business of deciding what counts as art or not, which is why putting NFTs, art or not, in their own list makes things a lot simpler,” editor “jonas” wrote
Buy high, sell high: Custom pipe-maker to Snoop Dogg and Santana tokenizes bongs
12.1.2022
“As an artist, we need a certificate of authenticity to connect to the art. NFTs act as a certificate of authenticity and create value and legacy,” said Jerome Baker Designs Founder and President Jason Harris
Report: Ronin Sidechain Processed 560% More Total Transactions Than Ethereum Last November
12.1.2022
The blockchain-powered game Axie Infinity has been a very popular application during the last 12 months, as the game’s NFTs have outpaced every NFT collection today in terms of all-time sales. While Axie Infinity has seen $3.85 billion in all-time sales, Nansen researcher Martin Lee recently...
175-Year-Old News Cooperative the Associated Press Plans to Launch NFT Marketplace
11.1.2022
On January 10, 2022, the Associated Press (AP), the American non-profit news cooperative founded in 1846, has announced the news agency is launching a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. The AP NFT market was built by the distributed ledger technology provider Xooa and on top of the Polygon...