Nexon America, an online gaming company and a subsidiary of the South Korean gaming giant Nexon, announced Tuesday that it has started accepting a number of crypto assets for in-game purchases as part of a deal with major crypto payment processor BitPay…. Read More: Gaming Giant Nexon America Starts Accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum For In-Game…
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As both fractional and traditional non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have seen exponential growth this year, the firm Otis has announced the launch of a marketplace called Otis House. The platform is a new NFT project that turns physical items into NFTs, and the tokens can be traded at any time for the physical items stored in…
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On December 14, Moonray PBC, the developer behind the multiplayer action-role-playing game (RPG) Moonray, announced that the project has raised $3.5 million from strategic investors. Moonray is considered the first metaverse and gaming non-fungible token (NFT) exchange built on the Bitcoin network via Stacks. Moonray PBC Leverages Stacks to Build a Blockchain Game on Bitcoin,…
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Big Tech has a monopoly in Web 2.0, something Web 3.0 technologies, such as the metaverse and crypto, are trying to break. The Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget wants to defend the metaverse from Big Tech giants aiming to make a foray into the nascent market. In a recent interview, Borget said that he is not…
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Juniper research report says cost savings for banks using blockchain tech could grow by 3,300% by 2030. Wells Fargo has partnered with HSBC to use its blockchain tools for the settlement of bilateral foreign exchange (FX) transactions. Wells Fargo would use the HSBC-developed FX Everywhere platform for interbank FX transactions. Developed by HSBC in 2018,…
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Nike, the American multinational footwear and sports apparel company has announced the acquisition of a startup called RTFKT Studios, a firm that leverages non-fungible token (NFT) assets, blockchain authentication, and augmented reality. Nike says the acquisition will allow the company “to deliver next-generation collectibles that merge culture and gaming.” Nike Steps Into the Metaverse by…
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The company stated its goal is to enable access to Bitcoin financial services for everyday individuals. On Tuesday, New York Digital Investment Group, or NYDIG, a financial institution specializing in Bitcoin financial services such as savings accounts, trading brokerages, 401(k)s, etc., announced it had secured a $1 billion equity investment led by WestCap. The funding…
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Major players from technology and crypto ecosystems participate in a new group to standardize blockchain. Six worldwide corporations have banded together to start the IEEE blockchain Identity of Things standardization. According to IEEE Chair of the Identity of Things Working Group Dr. Xinxin Fan, researchers from Lockheed Martin, Ericsson, Lenovo, Huawei, Bosch, IoTeX and China…
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On Monday, the blockchain game developer and investor Animoca Brands announced a partnership with the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) in order to develop a BAYC play-to-earn game leveraging the collection’s popular NFTs. Bored Ape Yacht Club has seen 23,016 sales to date and has a market valuation of around $2.05 billion.
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