W3 Metaverse • DeFi • NFTs

🖼 NFT Battler ‘Cross the Ages’ Launches $CTA Amidst Latest Fundraise Cross the Ages, a web3 NFT card battler backed by industry giants Ubisoft and Square Enix, has launched its $CTA token alongside news of a recent equity funding round, raising $3.5M led by Animoca Brands. Cross The Ages has already amassed a total of $23.5M in funding, comprising a $3M seed round and a $9M private round disclosed in 2022. In addition, the company secured $3M through a token pre-sale in the previous year, followed by an extra $5M from community contributions in February 2024. Source t.me/Nfts_Defi_Metaverse_News

🖼 London Stock Exchange to Welcome NFT Investments Listing NFT Investments recently announced its commitment to list on the Aquis Stock Exchange Growth Market (AQSE) in London. This change marks a noteworthy development as it will be the first investment firm dedicated uniquely to the NFT market to be listed on a major London stock exchange. This allows investors to participate in the burgeoning NFT market through a publicly traded unit. The company foresees its market capitalization of approximately £25 million (US$34.4 million) upon listing. Source t.me/Nfts_Defi_Metaverse_News

🖼 Mercedes-Benz NXT Partners with Mojito to Launch New NFT Collection Mercedes-Benz NXT, the German automotive giant’s Web3 arm, is launching a new non-fungible token (NFT) collection in partnership with Mojito, a suite for creating NFT marketplaces. The collection is called ‘The Era of Technology’ and is the second of seven eras in the company’s ‘Icon’ series. Notably, the team said that due to regulatory and taxation requirements, only collectors from the EU, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, the U.K., the US, and Taiwan will be able to participate. Source t.me/Nfts_Defi_Metaverse_News

🔫 ZF Launches Employer Branding Metaverse to Transform Talent Acquisition and Employee Engagement Friedrichshafen, Germany. ZF announced today the launch of its Employer Branding Metaverse. This state-of-the-art virtual environment is set to redefine the standards of talent acquisition and employer branding by merging innovative technology with interactive candidate engagement. Beyond reading about ZF on the career website, candidates can now dive into a virtual world tailored to showcase the essence of the brand, the corporate culture, and the exciting opportunities that await them. Source t.me/Nfts_Defi_Metaverse_News

🔫 Religious leaders debate going to church in the metaverse When the first radio and television broadcasts began to trickle into homes around the world, religious programming was among the early mainstays of both new mediums. Now, as the world pivots away from flat, 2D screens and frequency-bound audio broadcasts, religious practitioners from around the globe have begun adopting metaverse, Web3, spatial computing, and artificial intelligence technologies as conduits to faith. Source t.me/Nfts_Defi_Metaverse_News

🖼 Guild of Guardians becomes top-traded gaming NFT collection ahead of global launch Ahead of its global launch on Wednesday 15th May, Guild of Guardians has become the top traded gaming NFT collection spanning across all blockchains, as per CryptoSlam. While its in-game hero collection had a trading volume of $125,000 during the week 6th-13th May, its PFP avatars have shot up and hit over $3 million in trading volume in the last 7 days, and over $500,000 in the past 24 hours. The floor price is currently $121, which compares to a floor price of $3.50 for the in-game NFT characters. Source t.me/Nfts_Defi_Metaverse_News

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🇺🇸 Trump’s Pro-Crypto Bluster at NFT Gala Lacked Policy Substance During his first stint in the White House Donald Trump was no fan of cryptocurrencies; he once tweeted they were "based on thin air." He later sold millions of dollars worth of NFTs. This week, he rebranded himself as crypto's candidate of choice. "If you’re in favor of crypto you’re gonna vote for Trump because they want to end it," he said at a Wednesday night party in Mar-a-Lago, referring to Democrats and President Joe Biden. Source t.me/Nfts_Defi_Metaverse_News

🔫 Virtual coaches unite as The Voice enters the metaverse Fans of the global singing competition show The Voice can now experience the thrill of coaching their own star in a new metaverse experience that connects the actual show with virtual reality. On May 8, the decentralized gaming platform developer The Sandbox revealed a partnership with the Virtual Brand Group (VBG) and ITV Studios — the production compan behind the show — to launch “The Voice Coach Battle.”. Source t.me/Nfts_Defi_Metaverse_News

🖼 OKX Marketplace Now Supports Zero-Fee zkLink Nova NFT Trading OKX today announced that it has added support for zkLink Nova NFTs on its OKX Marketplace. With this addition, users can trade all zkLink Nova NFTs with zero fees on OKX's multi-chain Marketplace. OKX Wallet also recently added support for zkLink Nova. To date, OKX Wallet has incorporated support for over 90 mainnets. The addition of zkLink Nova support enables users to interact with and discover a wide range of zkLink dApps on OKX Wallet's Discover and Cryptopedia platforms - such as Aqua and NativeX. Source t.me/Nfts_Defi_Metaverse_News