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The Australian Open has teamed up with metaverse design firm ‘Run It Wild’ to become the first Grand Slam tennis tournament to take a swing at a metaverse project. The Melbourne-based tournament is releasing a large collection of NFTs with novel utility, along with a virtual event for...
South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung is preparing to use NFTs to raise funds for his upcoming election campaign. The Democratic Party member is planning to issue NFTs to those who donate to his campaign, with such NFTs featuring images of himself and his pledges. According to campaign official...
NFT venture studio and investment firm, Metaversal, announced that it has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round. The round was co-led by crypto-focused investment firm CoinFund and investment partnership Foxhaven Asset Management. As expected, the oversubscribed round included a number of other participants, including the likes of...
Contemporary visual artist Edgar Plans is teaming up with content provider Exile to launch an NFT collection based on his work, Lil’ Heroes. Curatible, a team of art collectors who bridge the gap between traditional art and the digital realm, are also helping facilitate the collaboration. The collection will...
My Crypto Heroes (MCH) has partnered with Polygon to aid in the release of its new content update and gaming ecosystem, ‘My Crypto-Rays Mining,’ which is set to launch in January 2022. The partnership will allow the ‘My Crypto-Rays Mining’ expansion of MCH, as well as any other future...
New blockchain services company, Melanated NFT Gallery (MNFTG), have released the rare works of the late rapper DMX, giving fans the chance to own some of his classic pieces. The auction comes after the company previously announced that the legendary rapper’s long-term friend, DJ Superior, teamed up with...
Hip-hop megastar Eminem has bought a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT. The Oscar winner reportedly paid 123.45 ETH (or approximately $462,000) for Bored Ape #9055, which the community has already began calling ‘EminApe.’ The Twitter user who sold the ape to Eminem, ‘GeeGazza,’ took to the social media platform...
Video game retail giant, GameStop, has made various hints that it will be launching its own GameStop NFT marketplace. The marketplace, which was falsely rumoured to be released in July 2021, is expected to allow its users to browse and buy gaming NFTs which can then be traded...
A newly established DAO has been set up with the goal of buying the legendary video rental brand, Blockbuster, and turning it into a streaming platform and film studio. The company, named BlockbusterDAO, intends to do so through raising at least $5 million. As recently explained in a tweet,...
One of the biggest and most glamorous virtual fashion events, Metaverse Fashion Week, is coming to the Decentraland. The event will be hosted in collaboration with luxury marketplace, UNXD. The four-day virtual event, which was recently announced in a tweet by Decentraland, will take place between March 24 to...