Thu, November 28

Meta (Facebook) Asked To Sell GIPHY by UK Competition Authority

The authorities have never before stopped a deal of this magnitude. Meta appreciates the help of the GIPHY team during this pivotal time. The UK competition authority has ruled against Meta’s (Facebook) proposed acquisition of Giphy, a platform for generating animated GIFs. The authorities have never before stopped a deal

October 18, 2022 1 min read

Ripple Announces $250M NFT Creator Fund Grantees

The fund’s initial group of investors was announced in April and this is the second. Ripple is still allocating all $250 million, despite the continuing bear market. Ripple has revealed the next round of grantees of its $250 million Creator Fund. The one which is dedicated to support the growth

October 18, 2022 2 mins read

Cricket May Soon Get Its Worldwide Spotlight

Westerners, particularly those from Europe and the US, usually seem genuinely shocked when presented with the following fact: cricket is the second most popular sport in the world after soccer. The latter has around four billion fans, while the number of spectators who enjoy cricket is estimated to be 2.5

October 18, 2022 3 mins read

Hype Heros: Bridging Legacy And Web3 Finance

Social investing and other innovations have revolutionized the financial markets. Platforms such as eToro, ZuluTrade, and other gigantic enterprises have really opened up the industry by providing social means of accessing top traders and real-time data.    But now it’s time to take social trading mechanisms to Web3, and this is

October 18, 2022 4 mins read

197 NFTs of Seven Treasuries NFT Collection Stolen

Several Meta-morphic Seven Treasures Collection NFTs were taken from LiveArtX, a platform for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), early on Monday. After gaining access to the platform’s treasury wallet, the exploiter moved 197 NFTs to an address, where they could be sold at prices well below their original listing prices and so

October 17, 2022 1 min read

Snoop Dogg Creates Music Video Via Web3 Firm Astro Project

The music video, animated in Unreal Engine, expands on the song’s use. Coinciding with the music video’s premiere, Astro gave out 11,111 digital donuts. Snoop Dogg is not new to Web3, NFTs and the metaverse world. His past collaborations and key interest in this sectors has been openly displayed by

October 17, 2022 1 min read

NFT Marketplace Magic Eden Offers Zero Royalty Option

Solana NFT market fluctuations seem to have cornered Magic Eden at this juncture. Coral Cube would also provide dealers with option of selling NFTs without paying royalties. Solana NFTs have reignited the discussion about creator royalties. And markets that don’t pay them are finding willing traders and expanding their market

October 16, 2022 1 min read

Masters of the Universe NFT Collection Launched by Mattel

The collection was released this week to coincide with MOTU’s 40th anniversary. Each MOTU drop, as stated by Cryptoys, will include 10,000 toys for each character. Cryptoys, a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform, and Mattel, Inc., a toy and game manufacturer, announced on Wednesday their intention to release a digital

October 16, 2022 2 mins read

Actor Anthony Hopkins NFT Collection Sold in 7 Minutes

The first NFT art collection by Academy Award-winning actor Anthony Hopkins, named “The Eternal Collection,” sold out on NFT marketplace OpenSea in under seven minutes. The collection is a series of over a thousand original artworks commemorating the actor’s decades-long Hollywood career, with visual references to his roles in films

October 15, 2022 1 min read

Japanese Gaming Company Konami to Enter Metaverse and Web3 Arena

To mark the 35th anniversary of Castlevania, the firm has already created an NFT collection. The development of Bandai Namco’s own multi-IP metaverse is already under way. One of the largest AAA game publishers and developers in Japan, Konami, has expressed interest in joining the metaverse and Web3 entertainment movement.

October 15, 2022 1 min read