NFT & Crypto Updates

🖼 Tom Brady NFT Fetches $40K as Super Bowl Legends Hype Digital Collectibles The NFL All Day digital collectibles brand, developed by Dapper Labs, entered Super Bowl weekend with a surge of momentum. The sports-themed, digital-collectible brand issued promotional packs of NFTs during the NFL playoffs in January, resulting in several high-profile sales. Notably, a non-fungible token featuring Tom Brady fetched over $40,000, while a similar NFT featuring quarterback Aaron Rodgers sold for $34,000, according to Dapper Labs. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔫 Metaverse in Finance Market is Booming Worldwide According to HTF Market Intelligence, the Global Metaverse in Finance market to witness a CAGR of 9.2% during the forecast period (2024-2030). The Latest Released Metaverse in Finance Market Research assesses the future growth potential of the Metaverse in Finance market and provides information and useful statistics on market structure and size. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

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🔫 5G-enabled AR-animated avatar calls for the metaverse Rohde & Schwarz and Slalom are collaborating to realize 5G-enabled AR-animated avatar calls for metaverse and extended reality (XR) applications, considered critical to unlocking the full consumer potential of the 5G technology. The duo are developing essential tools to test XR use cases thoroughly prior to market launch and will demonstrate how to enable tomorrow’s augmented reality at MWC 2024. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔫 India’s Kochi City Partners with START LAND Inc. for Metaverse Expansion Kochi City in Kochi Prefecture has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative to harness the potential of the Metaverse, with a strategic focus on developing markets in product sales and tourism. The city recently formalized a comprehensive collaboration agreement with START LAND Inc., a prominent operator of virtual spaces, to leverage digital technology for regional revitalization. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔫 Apple is poised to bring metaverse mainstream and dominate the market Apple’s biggest new hardware launch in decades happened on Feb. 2 when the Vision Pro spatial computer hit the United States market. Based on the reported preorder sales and the company’s history of hardware hits, there are plenty of reasons for metaverse enthusiasts to be optimistic for the future. The Apple Vision Pro is a spatial computing device that takes the form of an augmented reality headset. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Doodles and G-Shock Collabs for a NFT-Inspired Watch Collection Doodles, the digital asset firm renowned for its vibrant and sought-after NFT collection, has joined forces with G-Shock, the luxury watch brand known for its durable and innovative designs. This partnership aims to launch an NFT-inspired watch collection that is not only a nod to the digital future but also a testament to the enduring appeal of high-quality craftsmanship. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Sotheby’s to Auction Ether Rock NFT in Sealed Bid Event Sotheby’s has announced that it is presenting Ether Rock, an early NFT collectible as a Sealed Auction, which will take place from February 14 to February 21. Only the bid that a person has to select the amount to bid and click “Place Bid,” submitted bid will be visible. The top bidder will be the one whose bid exceeds the current high bid. If not, the bidder will be able to see where their current bid stands, but not how much more they must bid to win the lot. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 9GAG CEO buys Stephen Chow NFT at 3,155% premium to floor price Ray Chan, the Hong Kongese co-founder and CEO of entertainment platform 9GAG, has purchased a Stephen Chow "Nobody" nonfungible token (NFT) at a price of 19.527 Ether ($47,300), representing a 3,155% premium over the collection's current floor price of 0.6 Ether ($1,450). The Nobody 889 "Monkey King" themed NFT has a special Sun trait present in less than 0.01% of the collectible series. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

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🖼 Stephen Chow’s “Nobody” NFTs Reach 10,000 ETH in Trading Volume Hong Kong movie director Stephen Chow launched an NFT collection titled “Nobody” on February 1 which has already reached nearly 10,000 ETH in trading volume on Opensea. At the time of writing, the collection has experienced trading activity of over 9,878 ETH (~ $22.8 million) with a daily volume of 2,699 Ether. In an X post published on February 7, Chow asked his followers for suggestions regarding potential Nobody community events. He also changed his profile picture on X and Instagram to a Nobody Avatar. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔫 Elastos joins forces with The Metaverse Bank According to the official press release, the service is set to cover a range of applications, from eKYC banking verification to educational qualifications. Including professional references, age, resident or fiscal status, or any other credential that may be required. The decentralised verification process offers individuals complete autonomy over shared information, eliminating intermediaries. This ensures full control and privacy, with no data exchange or retention by third parties. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

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🔫 Roblox Builds In-House LLM to Bring Real-Time Chat Translation to Metaverse Roblox, an online gaming platform, has developed an AI-enabled real-time translation system that allows gamers to communicate via text with one another despite speaking different languages. The “unified translation model” is able to translate text messages at a base latency of 100 milliseconds, making for a seemingly seamless, instantaneous messaging process. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🪙 Polkadot Sets New Record For NFT Minting Speed Web3 protocol Polkadot has set a new blockchain speed record, minting 4,930 NFTs per minute, beating previous records set by Solana and Polygon. The record was achieved during an NFT drop for interactive storytelling game Forever Has Fallen, utilising Polkadot’s Unique Network parachain, which is tailored for composable NFTs. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔫 Roblox Introduces Real-Time AI Translation on Metaverse to Overcome Language Barrier Roblox revealed it has added automatic chat translations into its metaverse to allow users around the world to communicate without a problem, regardless of the language they speak. The new AI-based feature provides real-time translations of chat messages among users.According to CoinTelegraph, Roblox's artificial intelligence technology, which it calls the "unified translation model," currently supports 16 languages. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Japan Airlines and Hakuhodo to launch NFT collection Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) and Hakuhodo Inc have partnered to develop a joint collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). According to a blog post by KOKYO NFT, the initiative, scheduled to launch in February 2024, aims to convert unique experiences from six regions of Japan into non-fungible tokens. In parallel with the upcoming challenge, an advertising campaign uses dynamic origami-themed NFTs. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🪙 Ethereum NFT collections outgrew ETH in January January marked a month of growth; however, it was mainly for NFT collections. While ETH gained ~2% in the previous month, some of the top NFT collections grew more. For instance, Nansen NFT-500 and Blue-Chip 10 registered a growth in their value of 9.35% and 9.76%, respectively. ETH alone, the crypto is down by 1.09% in the last 24 hours, trading at $2,269.61. It further reflects an increase of 1.55% in the last 7 days and a fall of 1.38% in the last 30 days. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔫 ‘Parallel’ Teases Open Beta Plans as New Ethereum NFT Cards Launch Parallel, the NFT card-battler that Decrypt’s GG named as its 2023 game of the year, may soon be launching to a much larger audience amid teases of an open beta launch on the horizon. Currently available in a closed beta test that’s gradually letting more players in, Parallel said on Twitter (aka X) late Wednesday that info on the open beta is coming “soon.” Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🇯🇵 Japan Education Ministry Plans to Use Metaverse to Help Foreign Students Find Jobs After Graduating The government plans to utilize the metaverse in a program to make it easier for exceptional foreign students to stay in Japan and enter the work force after graduating. The government has set a target employment rate of 60% for foreign students in Japan by the end of 2033. The rate rose steadily from 31.9% in fiscal 2013 to 48.0% in fiscal 2018, but has since leveled off, and was 46.5% in the latest available statistics from fiscal 2021. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 From NFT Punchline to $8 Million Raise, ‘Pixelmon’ Preps for MON Token Launch Pixelmon began its crypto odyssey as one of the most egregious examples of NFT FOMO, as collectors shelled out $70 million for knockoff Pokémon creatures that were so ugly, even the game’s founder called the artwork a “horrible mistake.” But two years and an ownership change later, between a fundraise and an impending token launch, Pixelmon is gunning to have a big 2024. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔫 H&R Block Brings Block City to the Minecraft Metaverse Today H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) announced the launch of a new tax-themed gaming experience in Minecraft that kicks off on Saturday, Feb. 3 with a live-streamed Minecraft Competitive League (MCL) competition at 2 p.m. EST. “Gaming and taxes are an unlikely pairing, which is exactly why we wanted to do this,” said Jill Cress, chief marketing and experience officer, H&R Block. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Starbucks Korea's NFT initiative saves 600,000 disposable cups Starbucks Korea announced on Thursday that its recent NFT eco-project, designed to promote reusable cup adoption, has led to saving approximately 600,000 disposable cups from use over a two-week period from Jan. 16. With around 600,000 eco-stamps distributed among 260,000 active participants, orders for personal cups surged by 49 percent on the app, while overall usage increased by 32 percent. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 ‘Quantum Cats’ Launch Faces Technical Glitches, Taproot Wizards Postpones NFT Sale “Quantum Cats” Bitcoin NFTs was marred by technical issues, forcing the company to postpone the sale. Despite an initially successful minting of nearly 1,000 cats, server overload led to an unexpected delay, causing frustration among eager buyers. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Starbucks Korea's new NFT service boosts consumers' tumbler use Starbucks Korea's new non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are boosting its customers' use of tumblers and contributing to the brand's environmental initiative by reducing demand for single-use cups, the coffee franchise said Thursday. The company said it saved around 600,000 single-use cups within two weeks since launching the service on Jan. 16. It saw a 49 percent year-on-year increase in the number of customers using tumblers when placing orders via Siren Order, the company's mobile order system. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 CoinDesk Brings Back 'Microcosms' NFT Consensus Ticket CoinDesk has reopened minting of Microcosms, an NFT that rewards holders with tickets to Consensus for three years as well as other perks. Minting opened on Wednesday, Jan. 31, at 1 p.m. ET (18:00 UTC) at the price of 1 ETH and will remain open until Thursday, March 14, at 1 p.m. ET or until the collection sells out, whichever comes first. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 SBINFT Launches New NFT Marketing Platform to Bring Brands into Web3 SBINFT began as just another marketplace for digital art NFTs, they took a pivotal step in June 2023 with their partnership with the Oasys blockchain. This moved their focus from artwork collecting towards the lucrative world of blockchain gaming NFTs. By rebranding its marketplace and gearing up to onboard top gaming developers, SBINFT positioned itself at the cutting edge of the industry. Clearly, their leadership did their homework and recognized where real value and growth would emerge. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔫 EA CEO Suggests an EA Sports Metaverse Is in the Works The latest to discuss these ideas is Electronic Arts, with CEO Andrew Wilson responding to a question during today's earnings call about a potential EA Sports metaverse with what sounds a heck of a lot like a concrete plan to make one in the near future. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Magic Eden debuts ‘Emmy’, a multi-chain wallet for streamlined NFT trading NFT marketplace Magic Eden has launched its web3 wallet Emmy, featuring multichain compatibility for improved utility. The new wallet broadens the scope of compatibility, functioning seamlessly with Solana, Bitcoin, Polygon, and Ethereum, and is tailored specifically for users active in the NFT marketplace and those engaged in cross-chain collecting. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Pudgy Penguins’ Ambitious NFT Licensing Tool ‘Overpass’ NFT leader Pudgy Penguins introduces a groundbreaking method for intellectual property (IP) licensing via its ‘Overpass’ tool, removing the complexities of traditional Web2 licensing structures. By collaborating with SaaSyLabs — renowned for its work on Yuga Labs’ ‘Made by Apes’ platform — the celebrated NFT project now makes it possible for NFT owners to license their IPs for merchandise hassle-free. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔵 OpenSea Is Down 96% In Sales From ATH The non-fungible token market downturn experienced in the past two years continues to impact more NFT projects. OpenSea, one of the leading NFT market platforms, is the latest NFT project hinting about selling the project to potential buyers over the poor performance concerns. In an exclusive interview with DL News on Friday, Devin Finzer, the Chief Executive Officer of OpenSea NFT marketplace, revealed that OpenSea has received acquisition intentions and remains open to potential acquisitions. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔵 NFT Giant OpenSea Keeps Options Open for Potential Acquisition The collapse of the non-fungible token (NFT) market last year dealt a blow to OpenSea, raising questions about its once staggering $13.3 billion valuation. Now, the popular NFT marketplace is at the center of acquisition discussions, with CEO and co-founder Devin Finzer expressing an open-minded approach to potential deals, including the possibility of being acquired itself. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

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🖼 iSHANG and Earth Exchange Launch Eco-Friendly NFT Staking Initiative iSHANG, Coinstreet Group’s Web3 branch, in collaboration with Earth Exchange, has launched an innovative NFT Staking Program. This initiative is a response to the 2023 COP28 climate conference in the UAE and represents a significant step towards environmental sustainability. This new token, adhering to UN Climate Standards, establishes a value for each digital carbon unit, ensuring authenticity and preventing fraud. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🔫 CEO Pioneers VR Meetings to Revolutionize Remote Work Culture In an ambitious move to transform remote work culture, Jussi Havu, CEO of Glue Collaborations in Helsinki, has introduced virtual reality (VR) meetings as a regular part of the workweek. The company wants to bring VR into regular offices to help with the challenges of remote work. XR technology is becoming popular for making meetings better, especially for small groups that need focus. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🇨🇳 Chinese metaverse tech company Semidux (Cayman) Holding files for a $17 million US IPO Semidux (Cayman) Holding, a Chinese provider of products and services for metaverse computing infrastructure, filed on Friday with the SEC to raise up to $17 million in an initial public offering. Its offerings encompass chips, customized servers, and cloud gaming terminals, as well as computing resource optimization software, technical and maintenance services, and server rentals, which cater to the evolving needs of the metaverse industry. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 FC Barcelona denies rumors of the auction of Alexia Putellas' NFT FC Barcelona has issued a statement denying information from the newspaper 'Ara', which claimed that the buyer of an Alexia Putellas NFT had a direct connection with the Barça Vision project. This Friday had trascended in the newspaper 'Plough' an information that suggested that the person that bought the digital work (NFT) of Alexia Putellas, captain of the FC Barcelona and twice winning of the Balloon of Gold, was directly related with the project of Barça Vision. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

🖼 Ronaldo Plays with His NFT Collection Holders in Binance Event Cristiano Ronaldo is keeping his promises to nonfungible token (NFT) holders. On January 25, Binance shared a video featuring Ronaldo enjoying a football game with fans and NFT holders, joined by Binance partner Khaby Lame and Croatian footballer Maria Marković. Ronaldo’s participation is part of a long-term NFT partnership established in 2022, resulting in the launch of his initial NFT collection in collaboration with Binance. Source NFTs | OpenSea | News

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