Virtual experiences are becoming the “new norm” as Decentral Games expands their virtual nightlife offerings. Virtual land governance DAO Decentral Games is continuing to expand into the metaverse nightlife space with the launch of an Atari-branded casino. The casino will be the third such gambling establishment for the DAO, which purchases land in virtual worlds…
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Paris Hilton is bullish on non-fungible tokens and thinks the pandemic “illuminated the importance of digital worlds—and NFTs,” Paris Hilton revealed she is not only bullish about NFTs but also has a good understanding of potential applications of the technology, in an extensive blog post explaining her excitement about the sector posted on April 6.…
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A government-run token exchange could be on the horizon for the United Arab Emirates At a panel for the World Economic Forum’s Global Technology Governance Summit today, United Arab Emirates minister of economy Abdulla Bin Touq Al Marri said that cryptocurrency and asset tokenization will be key to the country’s plans to double its economy…
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Playboy bunnies are set to hop into the NFT market, Saturday Night Live sold that NFT sketch for more than $360,000 with all the proceeds going to charity. Playboy centerfolds will be sold as NFTs after the classic men’s magazine announced a partnership with Nifty Gateway today. The entertainment and lifestyle brand, famous for its…
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The popular NFT collectibles CryptoPunks are set to be showcased across Miami from April 12 as part of a month-long city-wide public art exhibition. Nearly 100 characters from the popular crypto-collectibles project CryptoPunks will be displayed across bus shelters and billboards in Miami for one month from April 12. The showcase will be hosted by…
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A Californian couple has used tokenized rings to immortalize their marriage on the Ethereum blockchain. Rebecca Rose and Peter Kacherginsky, employees of leading U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase, have revealed how they used Ethereum’s blockchain to become lawfully wedded. On April 3, Rose posted to Twitter to announce the pair had tied the knot on March…
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Among the first publicly-traded companies to jump on the NFT bandwagon, they won’t be the last In a flurry of price action reminiscent of 2017 mania, shortly after announcing that they had acquired NFT display and tracking platform Tokenwave, pop-culture collectibles giant Funko’s stock (NYSE: FNKO) rallied over 20%. Unlike many price-pumping announcements heavy on…
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Mark Cuban recently stated that Bitcoin is a better alternative to gold, and compared Ethereum’s smart contracts to the internet boom of the late 1990s. Billionaire Mark Cuban believes Ethereum is the closest thing we have to being a true currency and views Bitcoin as a better alternative to gold. The Shark Tank and Dallas…
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Warner Bros. cast a wide net, granting licensing for the movie to three different parties Nonfungible tokens seem to be popping up everywhere lately — so why not on the big screen? Digital collectibles and virtual reality platform Terra Virtua is planning to launch today a line of Godzilla vs. Kong nonfungible token (NFT) collectibles…
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NYT likens the NFT bubble to the plague induced “tulip mania” of the 1600s, Polkamon NFTs generate more than $1 million in gas fees, and a man fails to sell 50% of a house as an NFT Having just flogged an NFT column for half a million dollars, the New York Times is now wondering…
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