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New MMA Mobile Game Incorporating NFTs Set to Launch in 2024
12 months ago 1 min read

MMA Mobile Game to Feature NFT Collectibles in 2024 Release

Notre Game, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is partnering with Singaporean MMA brand One Championship to create a mixed martial arts (MMA) mobile strategy fighting game with NFTs. The game, called One Fight Arena, is set to launch in early 2024, with early player testing scheduled for later this year. In One Fight Arena, athletes will become NFTs, providing owners with verifiable authenticity and statistics on character rarity. The game will also be released as a free-to-play mobile game, with no token elements required for those who want to play entirely for free. The game will feature One Championship’s roster

Romania Ventures into Web3 Territory with Launch of National NFT Marketplace
12 months ago 1 min read

Romania Takes a Step towards Web3 with Launch of NFT Marketplace

Romania’s National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics (ICI Bucharest) is driving Web3 adoption with the launch of a non-fungible token (NFT) trading platform. The platform, called ICI D|Services, is an NFT marketplace that allows institutional and public users to mint, manage, and trade NFTs. ICI Bucharest has shifted its focus to the blockchain, Web3, and NFTs due to their increasing popularity across the world. The platform is aimed at creating a bridge between public and private sector institutions and users in Romania. The launch of the platform will feature five unique NFT collections, developed in collaboration with Romanian

Yuga Labs Wins Copyright Lawsuit
12 months ago 1 min read

BAYC Creator Yuga Labs Wins Copyright Case

Yuga Labs, the creators of the famous Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection, have won a landmark legal victory in their trademark infringement case against Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen. The US District Court in California found that Yuga Labs is entitled to an injunction and damages, as well as being the rightful owner of the BAYC trademarks, which are legitimate and enforceable. The court declared that the use of the BAYC trademarks without the consent of Yuga Labs potentially caused confusion among potential buyers looking to purchase an authentic Bored Ape NFT. The case centered around the RR/BAYC

Ethereum Development Gets $1M Boost from ApeCoin Community
1 year ago 1 min read

ApeCoin Donates $1M to Help Accelerate Ethereum’s Progress

The ApeCoin community has made a significant contribution to the development of Ethereum by donating $1 million to fund public goods and further development work. The proposal, AIP-230, titled “I don’t hate apes, I just want them to fund public goods!” was passed by the community after a vote. The donation aims to give back to the Ethereum community, promote development work around account abstraction, and introduce developers to ApeCoin. The ApeCoin community plans to donate $300,000 to ETHGlobal and allocate $700,000 to fund 11 ApeCoin hackathons and at least five public good initiatives. The community will select the judges

Trump NFTs to Be Released Soon
1 year ago 1 min read

New Trump NFTs Set to Launch Soon

Former US President Donald Trump has announced the launch of the Series 2 of his Non-Fungible Token (NFT) collection on the Polygon network. According to Trump’s post on his social media platform, Truth Social, the new collection consists of 47,000 tokens, which is 2,000 more than his first collection. The price of $99 per token remains unchanged. Despite rising market demand, Trump chose not to increase the selling price of the new NFT collection, explaining on social media that he wanted his supporters to “have fun doing it” and make money. The announcement of the new collection, however, caused a

Binance has teamed up with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to launch the first-ever NFT of Brasileirão Assaí.
1 year ago 1 min read

Binance and Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) Launch NFT for Fans to Connect with Clubs and Learn About Crypto

Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange platform, has teamed up with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to launch the first-ever NFT of Brasileirão Assaí. The partnership aims to offer Brazilian football fans a chance to connect with their favorite clubs while learning about crypto and blockchain technology. Through the NFT Season Pass initiative, fans can claim a free serial code by registering at the Brasileirão Assaí website starting Friday, 14 April 2023. Interested fans must complete a KYC process on Binance after accessing the Binance NFT landing page to unlock the NFT. The NFT project is targeted at enhancing match

Sotheby's Brings Back Digital Art Sale After Diversity Concerns
1 year ago 1 min read

Sotheby’s Revives Digital Art Sale After Facing Criticism Over Representation

Sotheby’s has announced the relaunch of its “Glitch: Beyond Binary” art sale, featuring 34 lots of non-fungible tokens (NFT) from artists in the “glitch art” movement. The sale comes as a reboot of last month’s “Glitch-ism” auction, which faced criticism for its lack of female artist representation. Bidding for “Glitch: Beyond Binary” will open on April 19 and will feature artists from diverse backgrounds and identities, including those of different gender expressions, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, and neuro-types. Sotheby’s has enlisted Dina Chang and Dawnia Darkstone to co-curate the sale, ensuring greater representation and diversity in the artwork showcased. Glitch

Mastercard adds NFTs to its offerings with free music pass NFTs for users
1 year ago 1 min read

Mastercard releases free music pass NFTs with exclusive benefits for holders

Mastercard, a payments processing firm, has introduced a Music Pass NFT drop, which is available for free until the end of April. The digital collectible is part of the Mastercard Artist Accelerator program, which was launched in January. The Music Pass NFT provides collectors with numerous benefits, such as an AI-powered music generator app, educational resources, and access to a live concert in June featuring artists in the company’s accelerator program. The Music Pass NFT is being launched on Polygon, which is an Ethereum scaling network that has been adopted by various brands such as Starbucks, Nike, and Reddit for

Leading Japanese Snack Food Maker Calbee Inc. to Deploy Its Evolving Potato Chip NFTs on Astar Network
1 year ago 4 mins read

Leading Japanese Snack Food Maker Calbee Inc. to Deploy Its Evolving Potato Chip NFTs on Astar Network

Tokyo, Japan, April 11th, 2023 Astar Network, the smart contract platform for multichain, today announced that Japan’s leading potato chips and snacks company Calbee Inc. will issue evolving NFTs on the Astar blockchain as part of a new promotional campaign, “NFT Chips”. With Calbee’s NFT Chips Campaign, consumers who buy a pack of Usu-Shio, Consomme-Punch or the immensely popular Nori-Shio potato chips will be able to claim a free, evolving Potato NFT by participating in its origami-like game “Ori-pake”.  The game requires players to follow the instructions printed on the package and fold it in a very specific way, much like an

NFT and Traditional Artists Descend on New York for Babylon Art Exhibition
1 year ago 3 mins read

NFT and Traditional Artists Descend on New York for Babylon Art Exhibition

New York, US, April 10th, 2023 Babylon x NYC, an exhibition of more than 100 physical and digital artworks, will take place in New York City on April 12-13, 2023. The exhibition, set up by Babylon — a Web3 gallery specializing in primary sales of NFT editions — will showcase works by the project’s 30 Founding Artists, well-known for their impact on the NFT art space. Also featuring, as highlights exclusive to the exhibition, are works by prominent Armenian artist Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, whose debut drop on Ethereum will be hosted on Babylon, and — for the first time on public display — the

Adidas has introduced the last stage of its Into The Metaverse project
1 year ago 1 min read

Adidas doubles down on NFTs despite the market downturn

Adidas has introduced the last stage of its “Into The Metaverse” project, which brings forth its “ALTS” NFTs. While some companies have distanced themselves from NFTs since the peak of the crypto market in 2021, Adidas continues to delve into this trend. Chapter 1 of this launch was released in April 2023, and the following months will bring more functionality and enhanced holder benefits. With the ALTS NFT, users can start Phase 3, which enables them to burn Phase 1 and 2 tokens of ITM. The NFT has a dynamic user identification (PFP), which changes over time due to an

The arrest of former US President Donald Trump has had an unexpected impact on his NFTs
1 year ago 1 min read

Donald Trump NFTs See Surge in Sales After Arrest

The arrest of former US President Donald Trump has had an unexpected impact on the world of digital art, with his NFT collection seeing a surge in interest. In the 12 hours following his appearance in court, over 60 digital trading cards featuring the controversial billionaire were sold on the popular NFT marketplace OpenSea. According to reports, the most expensive purchase was a card featuring Trump holding a rifle and wearing an orange hat, which was sold for 0.697 ETH (around $1,333 USD) to a buyer known as paraguanads.eth. Most buyers spent around 0.5 ETH to acquire cryptographic images of

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