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South Korean Gaming Watchdog Won’t Budge on Tough Anti-NFT Stance
25.11.2021
South Korea’s gaming regulator has reiterated its stance that games that feature tradeable non-fungible tokens (NFTs) cannot be distributed in the nation.
As previously reported, in 2019, the Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) refused to issue a rating to Infinity Star, a game...
Gaming Token Gala Jumps Amid Increased Gaming Sector Bullishness
25.11.2021
GALA, a crypto token issued by blockchain gaming firm Gala Games, is continuing to soar higher in price amid increased bullishness across the entire crypto gaming and metaverse sector....
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Adidas Originals & Coinbase Strike Partnership, But Keep Details Vague
25.11.2021
The Adidas brand Adidas Originals has announced it has made a foray into the world of crypto – with a purposely obscure tweet about a partnership with the American exchange heavyweight Coinbase.
With a cryptic bent, the brand wrote:
“We’ve partnered with Coinbase. Probably nothing.”
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Watch: VP of WazirX NFT Marketplace on NFT Trends, Challenges, Solutions, and More
24.11.2021
Although only a small portion of the Indian population has purchased non-fungible tokens (NFTs) so far, the market is ripe for growth as there is a lot of interest in creating and monetizing content there, Vishakha Singh, Co-founder and Vice President (VP) of WazirX NFT Marketplace, told...
South Korean Draft Law Calls for Life Sentences for Crypto Market Manipulators
24.11.2021
The South Korean government has unveiled a new draft crypto law that includes strict punishment for token market manipulation-related offenses – proposing massive fines and hefty jail sentences for offenders....
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Watch: Tone Vays on Bitcoin Narratives, Bear Market, DeFi, NFTs, and Ethereum
22.11.2021
Renowned bitcoin (BTC) analyst, trader, and producer of the Uncofiscatable Conference Tone Vays expects a somewhat shorter and milder crypto bear market compared to the one in 2018 if the price of BTC continues its “slow and steady” climb upwards and there’s no exponential explosion....
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Crypto Gaming Could Become Blockchain ‘Killer App’, Says Atari Exec
19.11.2021
An Atari executive has hinted that crypto gaming scalability could one day eclipse all other blockchain technology-related activity combined – explaining that crypto games “could become a blockchain killer app” because “there are a lot more gamers than there are traders worldwide.”...
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NFT-Collateralizing South African Startup Raises $5 Million in Latest Seed Round
19.11.2021
A South African startup, NFTfi, is reported to have recently raised $5 million which the company intends to use for boosting its business of collateralizing non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Cryptocurrency Loan Marketplace According to a Techcrunch report, NFTfi’s $5 million capital raise was...
Aussie Programmer Creates 'Educational' Pirate Bay For JPEG Versions of NFTs
19.11.2021
Amid a rapidly rising interest in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) across the world, Australian software developer Geoffrey Huntley has uploaded nearly 18 terabytes of digital artwork copies to a server, creating a new torrent site where anyone can download them - as a 'lesson' on NFTs. ...
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Torrent Website Called The NFT Bay Reignites Controversy Over Non-Fungible Tokens
19.11.2021
There’s a new website the crypto community has been discussing called The NFT Bay, a web portal that operates in a similar fashion to The Pirate Bay (TPB), because the platform hosts a huge selection of NFTs stemming from various blockchain platforms for free. On Thursday, the...
Play-to-Earn Games Offer Alternative for Unbanked in South East Asia
18.11.2021
Crypto-based play-to-earn games like Axie Infinity (AXS) are paving the way for unbanked people in some countries in South East Asia to bypass dealing with banks altogether, and instead rely on their play-to-earn accounts, panelists at a discussion about blockchain gaming in South East Asia...
Watch: Polygon's Co-founder On 'Holy Grail' of Scaling, Ethereum Merge, NFTs, and More
18.11.2021
Polygon (MATIC), a layer 2 (L2) scaling solution for Ethereum (ETH), will continue to focus on zero-knowledge (ZK) technologies as the team believes it is “the ultimate holy grail for blockchain scaling,” Polygon’s Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer (COO) Sandeep Nailwal said in an exclusive...
NFTs Still Face Legal Challenges, But More Clarity Expected Soon
18.11.2021
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are currently facing some legal challenges, but more clarity on how the digital collectibles will be treated from a regulatory standpoint could be coming soon, panelists at a virtual seminar hosted by crypto tracking website CoinGecko agreed....
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Younger OpenSea is Reportedly to be Valued More Than Crypto OG Gemini
18.11.2021
Non-fungible token (NFT) markeplace OpenSea is reportedly set to be valued more than crypto exchange and industry senior Gemini.
OpenSea is seeing new investment offers that could result in its valuation increasing some six times, to USD 10bn - or even higher, reported The Information, citing "two...
Liquidity Premium a Driver of NFT Prices and Value
17.11.2021
A “liquidity premium” is driving up non-fungible token (NFT) prices – as these tokens “can meet more demand” than physical goods in the “real world,” according to Alex Svanevik, the CEO of the blockchain analytics platform Nansen.
Today, he was speaking at a CoinGecko-run conference named “NFTs...
KuCoin Makes a USD 100M Bet on Metaverse
17.11.2021
The investment and research arm of KuCoin exchange, KuCoin Labs, has launched a USD 100m fund to support metaverse-related projects and promote the metaverse education programs, assisting the public - particularly the younger generation - get acquainted with this new concept. ...
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SAND Rallies as Sandbox Unveils its Upcoming Metaverse Event
17.11.2021
The Sandbox gaming platform announced The Sandbox Alpha, an upcoming event that will allow players to explore the ecosystem's metaverse for the first time and earn rewards in the process.
The news had pushed SAND, the native token of The Sandbox ecosystem, to its new all-time high of USD 3.63...
Topps Releases NFTs Featuring Science Fiction-Themed Collectible Card Series Mars Attacks
16.11.2021
On Monday, the sports and entertainment collectibles giant Topps announced the launch of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on the firm’s classic science fiction-themed trading card series Mars Attacks. The limited-edition NFT collection will be hosted on the NFT platform Curio and will...
Visa Executive Says Crypto Is ‘Becoming Cool’ — Sees Whole New Class of Mainstream Consumers Entering the Space
13.11.2021
Visa’s head of crypto sees a “whole new class” of mainstream consumers entering the crypto space due to non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The executive further says: “Crypto is becoming cultural. It’s becoming cool.” Visa’s Executive: ‘Crypto...
Business Giant Hankook Readies Crypto, NFT Move
12.11.2021
Hankook Technology, a South Korean conglomerate and part of the business group that comprises one of the world’s largest tiremakers (Hankook Tire & Technology), has announced that it is branching out into crypto and non-fungible tokens (NFTs)....
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