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Lionel Messi has partnered with Ethernity NFT platform

3 years ago 1 min read

Lionel Messi NFTs, ‘The Messiverse’ Comes To Life Today

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

Justin Sun spent half million dollars on a rock

3 years ago 1 min read

Tron CEO Justin Sun Spent $611,170 on Ethereum Pet Rock NFT

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 2 mins read

A Blockchain-Based NFT Card Game Announces a Partnership With NBA Star

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 1 min read

CryptoPunk 8348 Goes For Sale For 60,000 ETH Worth $171 million

This year, non-fungible tokens took the art world by storm. NFT is a unit of data stored on a digital ledger, called a blockchain. More so, this blockchain certifies a digital asset to be unique and therefore not interchangeable. The digital asset can be online pictures and videos or even sports trading cards. CryptoPunk number 8348 is put on auction for 60,000 ETH worth $171 million. According to NFT, CryptoPunk #8348 is seen as the rarest of the 10,000 punks due to being the only one with 7 traits. In addition, the firm said that if this punk sells at

3 years ago 1 min read

Lionel Messi To Drop His First NFT Collection

Barcelona and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi announced on his official Instagram account that he will drop his first non-fungible token (NFT) soon. According to the post, Messi, one of the best players in the world team up with Ethernity, a digital protocol, and platform that produces super rare NFT collectibles. Moreover, Messi, the greatest player of all time himself made an appearance in a video, telling NFT investors to discover his first NFT collection on Ethernity Chain. In addition, the collection is called the ‘MessiVerse’, and the artwork was done by a great and very well-known artist, Kode Abdo, aka

3 years ago 1 min read

Mona Lisa Non-Fungible Token (NFT)

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

3 years ago 1 min read

Amazon.com Inc Denies Rumored Plans About Accepting Bitcoin Payments

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

3 years ago 1 min read

NYDIG Registers New Bitcoin Fund With SEC

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

3 years ago 1 min read

Crypto-Based Content Is No Longer Allowed on Tiktok Starting Today

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

For the first time since mid-June, Bitcoin went bullish around $39,000 following a recent sell-off.

3 years ago 1 min read

Experts Say Twitter CEO and Tesla CEO Are the Reason Bitcoin Hit $39,000

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 2 mins read

Theta Regains Its Force And Steals the Spot for Top Gainer of the Week

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

In a virtual Bitcoin (BTC) event, Elon Musk said he is positive about Bitcoin using green energy in the future.

3 years ago 2 mins read

Elon Musk: I Own BTC, SpaceX Owns BTC, Tesla Owns BTC

In a virtual Bitcoin (BTC) event, Elon Musk said he is positive about Bitcoin using green energy in the future. The virtual Bitcoin (BTC) event was organized by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk, Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood, and Steve Lee from Square Crypto. The thing that surprised people the most is that during the event, Musk revealed for the first time that SpaceX owns Bitcoin. This statement shocked the entire world. What is more, he said that Tesla is not accepting BTC payments now but maybe in the future. However, Musk didn’t give any details on how much Bitcoin