Roland Guirdonan
Roland is a Public Relations & Communications guru with an immense passion for the blockchain and crypto industry. A fusion of his expertise and passion led to the dawn of Optimisus in 2020.
Articles by Roland Guirdonan
3 years ago
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According to Business Insider, Facebook says it is looking at building NFT-related features on Diem, a simple rebranding of Libra, a centralized, proof-of-stake (PoS) crypto project initiated by Facebook on a quest to solve the world’s money problems. During an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, David Marcus, co-creator and a board member of Diem said, “We think the world needs a better payment system.” Also, he added that after all these years, Facebook is nearly ready to deliver the solution. In addition, he noted, “We’re in a really good position to do so.” This comes as the project is still
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atNFT, the NFT marketplace, announced that the 8-Bit Universe collection will be revealed tomorrow. Non-fungible tokens have taken the world by the horn as the NFT market surges since the beginning of the year. Today, NFT announced the release of the 8 Bit Universe. Moreover, the digital art is a collection of NFTs that aims to bring back the nostalgia of 8-Bit gaming with a twist through its newly created metaverse. According to the company, there are 8888 available to mint, at the price of 0.08888. The first drop “Familiars” will highlight humans, aliens, zombies, wizards, and special characters. In
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Cryptograph NFT marketplace announced that ‘KOBE’ by Davis Factor Auction is now live. The auction features Kobe Bryant NFTs that are one-of-a-kind NFTs intended to immortalize Kobe’s legacy and help Mamba and Mambacita Foundation. Cryptograph is an NFT marketplace that is one-of-a-kind digital collectibles from your favorite icons and artists that raises money for charity forever, all secured by blockchain technology. Today, they announced that 8 never-before-seen NFTs are available for bidding. The digital image or photos presented in this auction are one of the world’s first impressions of Kobe at the beginning of his career. As mentioned above, there
3 years ago
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NFTs are still booming, and this time with one of the world’s best players, Lionel Messi. The 6th time Ballon d’Or has partnered with Ethernity — an NFT platform producing super rare, licensed, digital collectibles. The partnership with Ethernity is to bring the ‘The Messiverse’ to life. The collection drop extends beyond the range of a single series, set piece, or footballer. According to the report, the NFT collection deserves its own term, its own word, as big as the legend of Lionel Messi himself: “The Messiverse.” In addition, the design is done by Bosslogic, an Australian Artist with millions
3 years ago
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People react to Tron CEO about buying Ethereum Pet Rock NFT for $611K. Tron CEO Justin Sun said he bought the Ethereum pet rock craze that has mopped the NFT market. He announced that he spent half a million dollars on a rock with the laughing emoji. While you and we are crying about losing $10 or $50, people are spending a crazy amount on digital items (NFTs). Justin Sun threw a half-million dollars on drawings of rocks that were issued as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain back in 2017. He spent $611,170 on the digital art called
3 years ago
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Blockchain-based NFT card game, LegendsofCrypto (LOCGame), has announced a partnership with Michael Carter-Williams, an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 29 years old icon was drafted in the first round with the 11th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. According to the LOCGame team, the partnership is a long-term collaboration, allowing them to produce a series of personalized NFT cards for Michael Carter-Williams. Further, LOCGame said that the NFT partnership with the NBA player is an expansive marketing plan. The firm said that the project would
3 years ago
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Yes, you heard that right. Mona Lisa, one of the world’s famous portrait paintings by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, got its non-fungible token (NFT) on OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace. NFT’s official Instagram page announced that Monas is on OpenSea. In addition, they are a collection of 5,000 unique, programmatically generated NFT collectibles. According to NFT, these collectibles are “a representation of internet culture today mixed with classical art.” Moreover, the firm mentioned that the 27th Mona was listed for $450k and the 85th Mona, which is one of the rarest Mona collectibles, was listed for $250k. Also, NFT
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The e-commerce giant, Amazon.com, denies reports of it accepting crypto and Bitcoin payments by the end of the year. According to an Amazon spokesperson, the company won’t accept crypto payments by the end of 2021. But, it is still interested in blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency space. The denial news came on Monday when Amazon.com’s insider took to the media, saying Amazon has no specific plans to onboard digital assets for payments yet. The insider said, “Notwithstanding our interest in the space, the speculation that has ensued around our specific plans for cryptocurrencies is not true. We remain focused on
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An asset manager registers a new Bitcoin fund with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Stone Ridge Asset Management has been actively seeking new investment means for Bitcoin (BTC). Yesterday, Stone Ridge’s open-end mutual fund announced a new Bitcoin-focused investment policy. The parent of the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) has registered a new scheme with the United States SEC to add BTC to its open-end mutual fund. According to reports, the actual filing is on July 26, 2021. As per the reports, the main investment goal of the firm is capital appreciation. The Fund explores exposure
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Crypto-based content is no longer allowed on TikTok starting today. According to TikTok, certain types of ads will no longer be permitted on the platform. This includes crypto-based promotional content and some other topics. TikTok announced that on Friday 8 in an article from FT Adviser. The new guidelines on the platform will explicitly restrain users from posting promotional content about financial products, despite the poster’s location. The FT Adviser, Martin Bamford detailed the decision as follow, “TikTok said that branded content policy, the promotion of all financial services and products is now globally prohibited.” TikTok’s decision comes amid Dogecoin
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Experts Say Twitter CEO and Tesla CEO Are the Reason Bitcoin Hit $39,000. According to CoinMarketCap data, the crypto was trading at around $39,544.29 on Sunday evening. As a result, Bitcoin was up over 12.00% in the last 24 hours. In addition, this BTC rally lifted other coins known as altcoins. This includes Ether, Cardano, XRP, Dogecoin, and many others. These coins went up 8.5%, 12.91%, 9.84%, and 13.89%, respectively. More so, the rally resulted in over $114 billion added to the crypto market, according to CoinMarketCap. The rally comes after Bitcoin fell below $30,000 last week. At that time,
3 years ago
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With a 30% gain, THETA is the top gainer for the week. THETA recovers during the past week and many people are talking about it. The crypto increased by 30%, according to CoinMarketCap. Therefore, it makes Theta Token the top gainer of the week. Theta Token has come a long way since it was co-founded by Mitch Liu and Jieyi Long in 2018. In addition, it is a blockchain-powered network purpose-built for video streaming. In March 2019, Theta launched its own mainnet. The mainnet then operates as a decentralized network in which users share bandwidth and computing resources on a
