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🔫 Mark Zuckerberg is more interested in the metaverse than election integrity, report says Mark Zuckerberg's intense focus on the metaverse has replaced securing elections as the Meta CEO's top concern, four Meta employees with knowledge of the situation told The New York Times. Zuckerberg has been public with his desire to transform Meta — formerly known as Facebook — into a metaverse company, ploughing billions of dollars into developing metaverse technology. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Kokodi Launches ‘The Masks’ NFT Collection on Xterio Games Kokodi Inc, a video game company, has announced its latest “The Masks” NFT collection minting on the Binance-backed platform, Xterio Games. This NFT collection differs from KokoDi’s first collection, which focused on individual characters. The collection features 2,500 NFTs that offer both artistic value and in-game benefits, and is intended to support an upcoming extraction shooter game from the same developer. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Yuga Labs ‘Lost Its Way’ Says CEO as Bored Ape NFT Maker Reveals Layoffs Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs continued its recent shake-up by announcing a restructuring initiative on Friday, which will include a new round of layoffs following a previous wave last October. Yuga Labs co-founder Greg “Garga” Solano, who returned as CEO in February, announced the news via Twitter on Friday, sharing screenshots of a Slack message sent to the team. Source @Nfts_Hype

🪙 Ethereum leads with over US$7 mln in daily NFT sales Ethereum led Wednesday’s non-fungible tokens (NFT) market with a daily sales volume of over US$7.13 million, according to data from CryptoSlam. Despite recording the highest sales volume for the day, the leading NFT blockchain hasn’t topped US$10 million since April 4. Following Ethereum, Bitcoin followed closely behind in the second spot for daily NFT sales, just under US$7.13 million. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Ethereum NFT Magazine ‘Redlion Gazette’ Closes Its Chapters The Redlion Gazette—the world’s first weekly NFT magazine on Ethereum—ceased its operations at the beginning of the week, signaling the departure of an OG player in the blockchain art and media scene. “Yesterday marked the first Monday since 2020 without a Gazette release. As expected, it went unnoticed, confirming it was the right decision to end it. Still hurts though,” declared the mastermind behind the project, Redlioneye.eth, on X. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Justin Bieber’s NFT Investments Plummet From Millions to Mere Thousands Arkham Intelligence, a well-known blockchain analytics provider, has disclosed a significant dip in the NFT purchases of Justin Bieber. As per the platform, the famous Canadian pop singer purchased above $2 million worth of NFTs back in 2022 but now their value has declined to just $100K. The analytics platform also revealed that the wallet of the Bieber on Arkham currently contains a very low value. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Puffverse Raises $3M in Funding to Expand its NFT-Based Gaming Universe Puffverse has raised $3 million funding to further develop its unique 3D gaming universe. The funding round was led by Animoca Brands and saw contributions from several other notable investors including Sky Mavis, Arcane Group, Spartan Group, Foresight Ventures, HashKey Capital, and Xu Family Office. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Louis Vuitton & Pharrell Launches NFT Varsity Jacket Pharrell Williams and Louis Vuitton continue to innovate in fashion with a limited-edition varsity jacket. This offering is one of a kind, as it bridges the physical world with the digital universe, granting an actual premium leather jacket alongside a digital NFT collectible. Louis Vuitton’s VIA project, launched in June 2023, initially offered a digital recreation of their iconic trunk for a cool $41,000. Now, they are releasing a new version exclusively to VIA NFT holders, with a hefty price tag of $8,450. Source @Nfts_Hype

🖼 Melania Trump Unveils Personalized Mother's Day Jewelry Plus Solana NFT Former First Lady Melania Trump has announced a customizable $245 necklace, “Her Love & Gratitude,” to celebrate Mother’s Day on May 12, 2024; the necklace comes with a flower pendant, an adjustable chain, and options for personalization with names, initials, or dates. Buyers of the necklace will also receive a limited-edition digital collectible minted on the Solana SOL/USD blockchain. Source @Nfts_Hype

⬜️ Manchester City & OKX Crypto Exchange Partner for New NFTs One of the most popular and dominant football clubs on the planet, Manchester City has announced that its partnership with the OKX cryptocurrency exchange has led to the release of new non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Specifically, the two sides are collaborating on new commemorative football shifts that would be available as digital collectibles. Source @Nfts_Hype