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Affichage des articles du mai, 2022

Prada Taps Into Web3 By Launching Ethereum NFTs

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This year, the world of NFTs has been surrounded with top players across different areas. Now, Prada is the latest luxury brand to join the bandwagon , following Gucci, Balmain, and Balenciaga. The Italian fashion house announced today the release of 100 NFT collectibles associated with the upcoming Cassius Hirst Timecapsule apparel drop. Prada Enters The Next-Generation Internet of Web3 The new Prada NFT will be open this Thursday as part of the Cassius Hirst Timecapsule apparel release. The Cassius Hirst Timecapsule is a groundbreaking collaboration between Prada and the son of legendary artist Damien Hirst, Cassius Hirst. Each item purchased from this collection comes with one NFT airdropped to the customer. The featured unisex button-down, designed in collaboration with Cassius Hirst, is the highlight of Prada’s latest collection. The item comes in two colors: black and white, with matching NFTs in the form of a GIF of either a black or white item. The NFTs will include a re...

Globe Exchange Review: Fast Futures Trading Done Right

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Globe Exchange is an exchange platform that is working to create new opportunities for crypto trading, while making the trading experience easier for any trader. In short, Globe Exchange provides crypto traders a complete set of perpetual futures contracts and a stronger and faster platform to conduct transactions without latency. In addition, there are tons of tempting benefits that await traders to discover and utilize so as to optimize their portfolio and management strategies. The platform is creating a bridge that connects individual investors together with institutional market makers, which is good for the entire ecosystem. About Globe Exchange Most people know about trading tokens – but fewer are leveraging the futures market for trading opportunities. Globe Derivative Exchange is making it easier to access futures for any crypto trader. Let’s take a deeper look at all the features the platform offers. GDT token GDT is the native token of the platform, which is used to...

Nexo Card Review: Spend Your Money Without Having to Sell Your Crypto

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Nexo provides streamlined lending services and solutions. Thanks to the adoption of blockchain and tokenization, Nexo offers users secured, seamless and instantaneous transactions as well as efficient management tools for their assets and funds. In a relatively short time period, Nexo has constantly expanded with over 4 million users worldwide, accepting 40 fiat currencies and complying with more than 200 jurisdictions. The recently launched Nexo Card, in particular, is one digital loan product launched by Nexo, developed as an extension of the Instant Crypto Credit Line. As its name suggests, Nexo Card functions just like a regular credit card, except that it uses crypto for collateral in exchange for a loan in fiat currencies. With this mechanism, you do not need to sell your precious crypto but still have money in case of emergencies. Using Nexo Card Nexo is built to be easy to use. Let’s take a look at how you can use Nexo Card. To obtain a Nexo Card, first and foremost,...

The NFL & Mythical Games Collaborate for Blockchain-Enabled Game

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The National Football League, the premier professional American football league, announced the buildout of a blockchain-enabled game in strategic partnership with Mythical Games, an innovative game technology developer and publisher. Dubbed “NFL Rivals,” the game simulates the real-word NFL games with the league settings and the number of the teams. Big Sports Players Are Bullish On NFT Games The football game will contain all 32 teams and all football players in the form of NFTs. Users’ mission in this full-field football adventure is to be the general manager of a league team, and they will be in control of their squad to make the most of the team’s attributes and established formations. There are two gameplay modes: solo and non-live PvP (player versus player). In the solo gameplay mode, a player will set his/her team in competition with an established NFL lineup. While in the non-live PvP gameplay mode, players can enjoy team competition amongst players of two different tea...

Move-to-Earn Stepn Moves Out of China, Looks to Wider Market

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Stepn, a recently hyped move-to-earn game built on Solana, disclosed on Friday that it will suspend its presence in China in mid-July. Stepn will stop providing GPS (global positioning system) services to users having IP addresses in China on July 15, according to the game’s official Twitter . Players that hold NFTs (non-fungible tokens) such as Sneakers will be unable to earn tokens when running or walking if this service is not available. Chinese users have more than a month to implement their own plans for their digital assets. The Lockdowns are an Issue for Stepn According to the team at Stepn, the restriction was implemented in accordance to relevant regulatory frameworks in the region and would go into force on July 15, 2022. STEPN has stated that Chinese users make up barely 5% of the approximately three million active users. As a result, the restriction on Chinese users has no long-term effect on the project. Many believe this conduct could be motivated by the fact that...

Looking Glass Labs: Bringing Web3 Metaverse Experiences to Life

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Looking Glass Labs sees the future of data, connections and 3D NFTs. The NFT metaverse continues to be a new destination for various art-driven communities. We are going to a new phase in the web’s evolution, where technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain define the future of the internet. Web 3.0 is the cutting-edge blockchain-based technology that powers and underpins crypto, DeFi, NFTs (Non-fungible tokens), DAOs, AI/ML, cyber security, VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), Metaverse, and many more. In addition to producing and selling NFTs to customers, Looking Glass Labs also provides world-class NFT and Web3 solutions for all business needs by building NFTs and aiding in marketing for third parties such as brands, celebrities, musicians, and sports figures. What is Looking Glass Labs? The metaverse is the future, and Web 3.0 platform Looking Glass Labs or LGL is a trailblazer in this rapidly growing space. LGL specializes in NFT architecture, immers...

PIP: A Suite of Payment Solutions to Simplify Web3 Payments

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PIP is a free web browser extension & also a suite of other payment products, designed to bridge the gap between the Web3 and Web2 ecosystems by allowing users to accept payments online. Built on Solana, PIP connects scalable crypto-protocols with common social platforms like Twitter and Facebook so that billions of people can seamlessly transact value without a single party’s permission or a high intermediary fee. Let’s take a look at how this platform plans to make a difference. What is PIP? Is it possible to connect billions of people with digital assets just like social platforms did? PIP thinks so – and is making the changes a reality. As a Web 3.0 bridge connecting the blockchain world to the web 2.0 platforms, PIP can wrap the entire web2 with crypto as well as bring billions of people to the Web 3.0 space. Although creators can monetize their content via social platforms such as Youtube, these platforms are all siloed and have their own payment systems. There is ...

Phishing Scams in Crypto & NFTs Continue as 29 MoonBirds Stolen

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When a community embraces an innovation, we all recognize that it will be targeted by fraudsters, scammers, phishers, or other sorts of cyber attacks sooner or later. That is exactly what is going on in the NFT industry. Cybercriminals are creating simple and increasingly complex methods to deceive victims and steal their valuables, with phishing being one of the most common. Phishing is A Big Problem NFT (non-fungible token) is a blockchain-based digital asset similar to Bitcoin or Ethereum. This is a sort of data that is maintained on the blockchain and contains asset verification information, with each token characterizing a unique unit of asset. Dropped in April, Moonbirds , an NFT collection of 10,000 utility-enabled PFPs, took the community by storm as the price of digital items kept surging during the launch week. However, the NFT collection quickly became the target of phishing attacks. One of the Proof Collective members has reportedly today fallen prey to a phishing sc...

EarthFund DAO: Aiming to Tackle Humanity’s Problems in a Decentralized Way

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Are you a person who cares about the environment, climate change, and sustainable growth for future generations? EarthFund , a global Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) designed for people who want to contribute to building a better world. EarthFund is working to use blockchain, cryptocurrency, autonomy, decentralization to further these worthwhile goals – and a lot more. With EarthFund progress is possible. It provides a common place and scalable solutions for gathering capital from the masses and then uses the funds to help solve problems we all share. EarthFund: The Mission EarthFund works with a crypto crowdfunding model With this system a variety of different causes are empowered and addressed. Network members can select and donate to whichever causes they like, then also vote for relevant projects that the donations will be spent on. This model allows people to work autonomously with a strong concentration on cause-focused communities. EarthFund is a project made...

Taki: A Web3 Social Network Enabling Daily Income for It’s Users

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Taki is a new social media platform that puts the power back in the hands of the people. It uses a crypto wallet to empower users as creators, and offers everyone on the platform the ability to interact and earn. Let’s take a look at all the features of this innovative platform, and how it plans to change the way that social media works globally. What is the Taki App? The purpose of the Taki app is to create a better community by rewarding users with a stake in the network itself, Taki is a Solana-based platform that operates as an engage-to-earn social network where user engagement and quality content are directly rewarded. While traditional social networks have become stagnant and exploitative such as bombarding users with advertisements or preventing free movement, the new tools, and paradigms of web3 offer an opportunity to create a better system. As a result, engage-to-earn rewards for user contributions are a way to deepen creator-audience relationships and create new eng...

Features that Make the Railgun Smart Contract System So Powerful

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Railgun is a privacy-preserving protocol that allows users to engage in DeFi anonymously. The project is designed to shield both the user’s private information and the digital asset that is involved in the transaction from anyone following the transaction. It achieves this through zk-SNARK cryptography as part of the Railgun smart contract. The Railgun Privacy System enables users to maintain custody of their private keys and full control over their assets. How is Railgun different from mixers? Mixers are a form of privacy protocol that obfuscate a user’s transactions on a blockchain. Generally, they work by creating a pool of tokens from a variety of sources and acting as an intermediary for the final transaction. By scrambling the funds from different wallets, tracking the original tokens becomes difficult. Railgun is different from mixers for a couple of reasons. Railgun can maintain a private balance within the Railgun wallet and is not limited to sending tokens from A to B. M...

eBay Enters NFT Race With Wayned Gretzky: First Collection On Polygon

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Watch out world, eBay is ramping up for expanded blockchain and NFT operations. eBay Inc., the global ecommerce giant behind the leading online marketplace eBay, officially made a debut in the NFT space with the support of Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky . The company announced Monday its partnership with OneOf, an innovative NFT platform for sport and music in order to launch of an NFT Collection, dubbed “Genesis,” on the platform. eBay “Hookeyed” On NFTs Inspired by Wayne Gretzky, the collection includes 13 limited-edition digital collectibles featuring the NHL icon, with each of the edition classified under four different tiers: Green, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond. There are a total number of 299 editions for each NFT in Green tier; 199 editions for the Gold tier, 99 editions for Platinum tier, and 15 editions for Diamond tier. The price of each item therefore varies, ranging from $10 to $1.1500. Those who like this collection can purchase their favorite NFTs by fiat mone...

Deloitte Report Sees The Sport Industry Embrace Crypto Outside of NFTs

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Will blockchain-powered innovations extend beyond the scope of sport NFT collectibles? Deloitte says yes, in a new report (PDF) . Aside from in-game NFTs, sports NFTs and fan tokens have huge potential and growth opportunities in the coming years. Deloitte emphasized the continuing digitalization of sports and the role of sport NFTs in advancing the blending of physical and virtual worlds in its April report “2022 Sports Industry Outlook.” NFT and Fan Tokens to Build Utility Sports-related NFTs and fan tokens are inevitable as the NFT economy expands. The sole purpose of these digital tokens at first is to engage fan communities. They provide a more effective means of support and connection between sports teams and their fan networks. NFTs are still in their early stages of development in the sports business, but their boundless potential is apparent. Businesses sometimes entail selling digital photos or videos in the form of NFTs, such as a historic game, milestones, or iconi...