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Platinum-selling rapper G-Eazy and Dutch designer Dzanar collaborated on NFT

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The Geralds came out on the digital collectibles platform OneOf, which is backed by Quincy Jones. The NFTs, which show different parts of G-personality Eazy’s life and hobbies, are sold in packs, so fans can buy different combinations and win VIP perks like getting to meet the top-charting rapper in person. Dzanar has done design work for some of the biggest names in modern music, such as Akon, Chris Brown, Ed Sheeran, Kesha, and others, making him a sought-after partner in the music business. The designer says he has synesthesia, a condition in which he sees and hears shapes and colors when he hears music. This shows in the way he can take apart music and make colorful and interesting visual works. Dzanar said in a statement, “I love to put my imagination to work and create art that breathes style and substance.” “Working with OneOf and G-Eazy on ‘The Geralds’ allows me to create art that bridges a wide range of areas. This project brings artistic freedom and beauty, which I find

The best marketplaces to buy unique and rare NFTs in India

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Non-Fungible Tokens, or NFTs, have become more popular in India and around the world in the past few years. NFTs are digital tokens that are encrypted and kept on the blockchain. Since NFTs are stored on the blockchain, they are unchangeable and can’t be changed. The blockchain also makes it easy to prove who owns an NFT. Even though NFTs can be used in many different ways, the most popular type of NFT on the market is NFT artwork. To buy an NFT, you need a place to store your cryptocurrency and a market for NFTs. A NFT marketplace is an online place where people can buy, sell, and trade NFTs using cryptocurrencies. List of India’s most important NFT markets We have made a list of the best NFT marketplaces that can be accessed from India, as well as the ones with the most NFTs and creators. WazirX NFT Exchange WazirX NFT Exchange WazirX is one of India’s best cryptocurrency exchanges, and millions of people have signed up to use it. After the success of its cryptocurrency exchang

Baseball card from Mark Zuckerberg’s Little League sold for $105,000

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Market Watch says that on Wednesday night, a former camp counselor of Mark Zuckerberg’s sold a Little League baseball card with his face and signature for $105,000. A few weeks before, in an Instagram post, Zuckerberg had given his approval to the sale, which was put on by ComicConnect:           View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) ComicConnect sells things like comic books, baseball cards, and props from movies. Also, ComicConnect auctioned off an NFT of Meta’s CEO when he was about 8 years old. It got eleven bids, and 11,000 Ethereum was paid for it. As of Thursday morning, 11 ETH was worth about $14,000 in US dollars. The card got 57 bids in regular dollars, and the winning bid on Wednesday night was for $105,000. Market Watch says that the 15% buyer’s premium brings the total to $120,750. Allie Tarantino, who used to work as a camp counselor, will get these funds. Tarantino is now

Christie’s Finally Goes On-Chain With New Ethereum NFT World market

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Christie’s has already made a mark in the NFT market, selling Beeple’s “Everydays: The First 5,000 Days” for $69.3 million in March 2021. The storied auction house is now fully embracing Web3’s decentralized ethos by launching a new marketplace in which auctions take place on the public Ethereum blockchain . The newly launched Christie’s 3.0 marketplace is designed to record all transactions on the Ethereum blockchain. The 256-year-old auction house asserts that it provides additional compliance and tax-related resources. The new Christie’s platform was developed in cooperation with Manifold, an early-stage company that specializes in smart contracts, the software that underpins NFTs and other decentralized applications. Christie’s has also partnered with the blockchain analytics company Chainalysis and the metaverse platform Spatial to add additional functionality to its marketplace. We recognize and bring young emerging artists to an international and digitally savvy market. C

Polygon’s infrastructure now has a communication system working with Web3

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Push Protocol, a decentralized network for communicating that used to be called Ethereum Push Notification Service, is now on Polygon’s PoS chain (EPNS). Cross-chain notifications and messages are used by the network to make it easier for decentralized applications, wallets, and services to talk to each other. Users can connect their wallets to the protocol’s app and get alerts about events that happen on the chain. MakerDAO, Uniswap, and Aave, which are all well-known DeFi protocols on the Ethereum network , use its services right now. Harsh Rajat, CEO and co-founder of Push Protocol, says that the company’s recent name change shows that it has decided to move into a world with multiple chains. Rajat said, “The launch of Push on Polygon is the first of many blockchains our platform will ultimately expand to, bringing an opt-in, native, censorship-resistant option to Web3 users everywhere.” Since its first launch on Ethereum mainnet in early 2022, the company has gained close to

Nike is profitable in the metaverse

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The athletic apparel company filed seven patents in November of last year, revealing its intentions to produce and market virtual footwear and clothing. Nikeland, a Roblox universe with online games and virtual goods, was introduced a few days later. It acquired RTFKT (also spelled “artifact”), a non-fungible token (NFT) studio that creates digital collectibles like virtual sneakers, in December. Nikeland attracted seven million visitors five months after it opened. Nike’s acquisition of RTFKT is now yielding millions of dollars. When the shoe company reports its profits tomorrow (Sept. 29) after market close, will these digital triumphs be sufficient to stop the stock decline? Nike shares have been sinking all year Nike’s revenues between December 2021 and February 2022 increased 5% year over year to $10.9 billion thanks to strong direct sales. However, as supply bottlenecks plagued the company in the ensuing quarter, revenues dropped 1% to about $12 billion compared to the same

Coral boosts $20M from FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto to create a Backpack

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The developer of the popular framework called Anchor, which is used by Solana developers to create smart contracts, Coral, wants to build a Web3 equivalent of the Apple app store. In order to achieve this, Backpack, a new type of wallet platform, is being introduced. As well as being able to see a library of “executable NFTs,” or “xNFTs,” which serve as entry points to other apps, users of Backpack may also store tokens and NFTs. Since customers may browse over and utilize other applications from their Backpack in addition to its wallet capabilities, the layout is comparable to that of the app store on an iPhone. For instance, a new Backpack user can access applications that let them purchase, list, or stake tokens or NFTs as well as browse and use other previously underused applications like the decentralized trading platform Mango or the NFT marketplace Magic Eden, all in one location. “Backpack is a lot of things,” Armani Ferrante, founder of Coral, tells Fortune. “But, funda

Apple is allowing NFT in-App purchases

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Apple is making waves in Web3 with its recent announcement that it will allow games and apps selling NFTs to be installed and sold in its App Store. The App Store, home to more than 3.5 million apps and 984,000 games, now allows existing apps with NFTs and new apps which sell NFTs — though Apple doesn’t accept cryptocurrency as payment. Rather than, buys must be paid for with traditional fiat currency, something many NFT and crypto enthusiasts find difficult. The technology giant is facing criticism for charging a 30% transaction fee on NFT buys — much higher than the rate charged by NFT marketplaces such as OpenSea and Magic Eden. But apart from the critics, not everyone in Web3 sees Apple’s newest move as a negative light. For instance, Web3-based Gabriel Leydon said Apple’s NFT adoption could put an “ETH wallet in every mobile game with 1B+ players.” So far, Apple has been tight-lipped about NFTs and cryptocurrencies. The biggest move we’ve seen in Web 3 from the company was

To “power the Metaverse,” startup Hadean raises £28M

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Hadean, a startup, has raised £28 million to develop its metaverse infrastructure technology. The technology from the London-based company already supports digital twins for businesses and immersive virtual environments. Leading the Series A round was Molten Ventures. Aster Capital, 2050 Capital, Alumni Ventures, Entrepreneur First, and InQTel also joined. Epic Games made a separate investment. “Hadean’s computing power will provide the infrastructure that’s needed as we work to create a scalable metaverse,” said Marc Petit, VP of Epic’s Unreal Engine Ecosystem.  “The company’s technology complements Epic’s Unreal Engine by enabling massive amounts of concurrent users and unlocking new tools for creators and developers. We are pleased to contribute to Hadean’s growth and look forward to continuing to work together to lay the foundation for the metaverse.” Hadean has multi-year contracts in the entertainment industry, including ones with Sony, Gamescoin, Minecraft, Pixelynx, and e

Walt Disney is looking for a corporate attorney for emerging technologies like NFTs, DeFi and metaverse

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a multi-media company An “experienced corporate attorney” is needed by The Walt Disney Company to work on transactions involving cutting-edge technologies like non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain, DeFi (decentralized finance), and the Metaverse. The position was posted on Sunday. As a result, it might soon enter the metaverse . Co-founder of Ethereum Scaling Solution Polygon, Sandeep Nailwal, tweeted that this was a proof of the industry’s widespread usage. Early signs of #MassAdoption https://t.co/eyawnGl0i7 — Sandeep | Polygon 3⃣ (@sandeepnailwal) September 25, 2022 Disney is seeking a Principal Counsel – Corporate Transactions, Emerging Technologies and NFTs to work on emerging technology transactions encompassing DeFi, NFT and others, according to the job posting on its careers website. Disney metaverse Since a few years ago, the entertainment conglomerate has made suggestions for adding theme park metaverse. In a 2020 LinkedIn post, Tilak Mandadi, the former ex

At the VB Event Center in Decentraland, there is a MetaBeat Event

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The MetaBeat event on September 29 at the VB Event Center is a lead-up to the MetaBeat event on October 4 at SVN West in San Francisco. On September 29, you can hear from Cathy Hackl, Chief Metaverse Officer of Journey, Ryan Kieffer, Chief Metaverse Officer of TerraZero Technologies, Matthew Kanterman, Director of Research at Ball Metaverse Research Partners, and other metaverse thought leaders about how the metaverse is changing how enterprise organizations communicate and do business. Listen to the sessions listed below, make a delicious real-life cocktail with the on-demand mixologist in the rooftop bar (the ingredients for the signature cocktail are also listed below), and find the VB logos hidden around the venue to get a VentureBeat jacket that you can only wear at the event. Register here if you want to go to the event in person: metabeat.venturebeat.com. The VentureBeat team would like to meet you in person as well as in avatar form. 12:01 p.m. Pacific The Enterprise Meta

The New England Patriots get into Web3 in a chain

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Web3 Company Chain has made a deal with Kraft Sports + Entertainment, the company that owns the New England Patriots, to become the official blockchain partner for the next four years. In 2022, people will know Web3 Company Chain best for its collaboration with Tiffany on the NFTiff drop. Because of the four-year deal, Chain is the second big business to work with a National Football League team. Blockchain.com and the Dallas Cowboys made a deal in April of this year. Chain has a partnership with four important Kraft Sports + Entertainment affiliates: the New England Patriots, the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer, Gillete Stadium, and Patriot Place. A joint statement from Chain and Kraft Sports + Entertainment says that the company will focus on giving fans of the sports teams unique experiences. Deepak Thapliyal, the CEO of Chain, says that the team is “excited” to offer cutting-edge Web3 experiences to the fans of the Kraft Sports + Entertainment teams. He went on

Tobias Rehberger releases “Fairytale and Conspiracies” themed art

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German sculptor and artist, Prof. Tobias Rehberger has created “hybrid NFT art” under the title Fairytales and Conspiracies. Using material from stock photo agency, Action Press, he has created five digital animated collages – that are 3,750 digital frames. Fairytales and Conspiracies With ‘Fairytales and Conspiracies,’ artist, Tobias Rehberger dedicates himself to the subject of authorship of art, authenticity and value. To create his artwork for this project, Rehberger has chosen photos from the archives of Action Press, a photo agency with one of the largest databases in the world. With these, he has distorted them and made them into 5 animated digital collages named Liquid Posters. A total of 3,750 exclusive digital frames, consisting of the five Liquid posters NFTs. Rehberger cooperated with numerous partners to create ‘Fairytales and Conspiracies’ NFT art series. That is, in these clips there are quotes from the book “Fragebogen” (Questionnaire) by Max Frisch. Besides, DJ Mar

Disney’s “aggressive” NFT and DeFi plans require a transaction lawyer

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According to a job posting on LinkedIn, The Walt Disney Company is looking for a transaction lawyer to look into new technology opportunities, like NFTs, on a “accelerated and aggressive timeline.” “Participate with business teams as they plan new global emerging technology projects across supplementary segments, such as the metaverse and decentralized finance,” the job posting said. The job posting said, “Assist in performing due diligence for NFT, blockchain, third party marketplace and cloud provider projects, and negotiating and drafting complex agreements for those projects,” Most of the time, transaction attorneys look over mergers, acquisitions, and other complicated business deals. The post was put up on LinkedIn Saturday morning. According to Deadline, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said on September 10 at the D23 Expo fan convention that the company is looking into the metaverse and making plans for it. A former Apple executive was hired as vice president of “Next Generation Stor

Tesla plans to put “thousands of humanoid robots” in factories

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A new job listing for the Tesla Bot program says that the company wants to hire “thousands of humanoid robots” to work in its factories. People don’t take tech companies seriously when they say they are making humanoid robots because science fiction has been telling us for decades that we will have flying cars and robot butlers. At last year’s Tesla AI Day, when Elon Musk talked about the Tesla Bot program, he brought out a dancer dressed as a robot. Because of this, many people didn’t take him seriously. They thought it was a joke and didn’t believe that Tesla was serious about making a robot that looked like a person. Musk, on the other hand, made it clear that the humanoid robot project is now the most important thing for Tesla. Musk said this during an update on the company’s product roadmap for 2022. He said that the company would focus on making the Optimus humanoid robot instead of putting out any new products until 2023. Musk has said more than once since then that he

Alibaba releases a luxury shopping experience in the metaverse

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Alibaba’s luxury shopping platform Tmall Luxury Pavilion releases immersive metaverse experience and Meta Pass, which provides free entry to virtual experience. Chinese multinational technology company Alibaba plans to delve deeper into the metaverse to provide its customers a more immersive shopping experience. The main protagonist of this initiative is Alibaba’s luxury shopping platform Tmall Luxury Pavilion, that started in 2017 with the aim of revolutionizing traditional brick-and-mortar shopping experiences using the power of augmented reality and 3D technologies. The platform, that currently features more than 200 luxury brands, has announced its first more immersive metaverse experience. It entails the release of a virtual fashion show plus releasing the Meta Pass, that provides free entry to the e-commerce giant’s metaverse. This ticket allows the holder to enter premium services like priority product buys and access to brands’ offline activities. This Meta Pass package i

KuCoin Labs Develops NFT Liquidity Solution BidShop.io

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The KuCoin ecosystem’s investment and incubation arm, KuCoin Labs, has officially announced that it will co-incubate BidShop.io with Republic Capital. BidShop.io is a startup that gives NFT holders more ways to get cash. BidShop.io adds game theory to the traditional NFT auction process, giving holders of non-fungible tokens above the floor price access to more liquidity streams. On the buyer’s side, the solution makes it possible for bidders to get rare NFTs for a fraction of what they originally cost. Reverse auctions are a new way that the company gives NFT owners more control and helps buyers have a better chance of winning. In reverse auctions, all bid amounts are encrypted and hidden from the other bidders. This is a big technological challenge when it comes to putting encryption on EVM blockchain and keeping the process completely trustless. “The reason why we love BidShop.io is not only the unique technology but the true gamification of the NFT space, adding more liquidity

Certain gaming companies are done flirting with NFTs

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Some game companies which offering NFTs to players as in-game rewards have decided that their virtual worlds are better off without them. Bloomberg reported on Sunday (Sept. 18) that one reason for the pullback from NFT plans is that the prices for some NFTs and for crypto assets in general have fallen after the NFT enthusiasm surged in 2021. Another reason cited by some gaming company executives interviewed by Bloomberg is that players don’t look to like them. For some, NFT reward systems “basically change the functionings of a game and the anticipation of its players.” To certain participants, involving game developers and players, the enjoyment of gaming became extreme like an investment. In a latest statement describing a new policy of not enabling NFTs on its platform, Mojang, the creator of Minecraft, pointed to different in-game NFT applications, saying: “Each of these uses of NFTs and other blockchain technologies, makes digital property based on scarcity and exclusion, tha