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OpenSea to Add Solana NFTs Support This April
OpenSea to Add Solana NFTs Support This April

OpenSea will add Solana support this April. Solana would be the fourth blockchain network to support the OpenSea marketplace. Solana-based metaverse project Portals expressed excitement regarding the OpenSea listing. After a series of speculation and rumors, Opensea confirmed in a teaser video on Twitter with the caption “The best-kept secret in web3”,  that the company will be adding Solana (SOL) NFTs support this April. According to data from DappRadar, Opensea remains the largest NFT marketplace. It has an all-time sales volume of $23.5 billion sold, as of today. This $23.5 billion sales volume came from 1,417,562 users with an average

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Samsung Taps Nifty Gateway for Smart TV NFT Platform
Samsung Taps Nifty Gateway for Smart TV NFT Platform

Nifty Gateway and Samsung announced a partnership to develop the first-ever smart TV NFT platform. Customers will have access to more than 6,000 art pieces from top artists including Beeple, Daniel Arsham, Pak, and more. The company’s mission was to bring NFTs to “a billion people,” co-founder of Nifty Gateway said. Samsung first expressed its interest in incorporating its TV products with non-fungible token technology last January. During that time, the company said it would soon introduce the first-ever TV-based NFT platform. Two months passed, and Gemini-owned NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway announced its partnership with Samsung to develop the first-ever

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Social Media Giant LINE to Launch NFT Marketplace
Social Media Giant LINE to Launch NFT Marketplace

Line is launching a NFT marketplace on April 13. LINE Bitmax wallet will be used to transact and store NFTs. Future plans involve purchase privilege and campaign giveaway, storing NFTs to line social media app, and include its NFT into its stamps and stickers. Japanese messaging platform LINE will launch its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace on April 13. The marketplace has partnered with 17 major companies in the entertainment sector, including Yoshimoto Kogyo Holdings, a noted video game developer Square Enix, and popular manga Patlabor.  Line blockchain lab, established by LINE in 2018, has been taking part in blockchain research

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Visa to Assist Creators With NFT-Commerce Program
Visa to Assist Creators With NFT-Commerce Program

Visa has launched a creator program to help artists grow their businesses with NFTs. Visa had shown interest in crypto space way back August last year after it purchased CryptoPunk #7610. Visa’s head of crypto said Visa will soon develop NFT commerce products with the help of the creator program. Last October, Visa first announced that they will be launching a creator program to help artists grow their businesses with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Now, Visa has officially launched the program. The creators, including artists, musicians, fashion designers and filmmakers, will be taught in groups. The creator program is said to

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Axie Infinity Records Largest DeFi Hack of $600M
Axie Infinity Records Largest DeFi Hack of $600M

Ronin has suffered a hack of 173,600 Ethereum and 25.5M USDC. As of today, users are unable to transact with Ronin bridge and Katana Dex. The team assured that no user’s funds were lost and their tokens are now safe in Ronin. Sky Mavis’ Axie Infinity, a popular NFT blockchain game, was the newest victim of a crypto hack. The hackers managed to steal around $625 million worth of Ethereum and USDC cryptocurrencies, making it the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) hack of all time. According to Ronin’s News blog, Ronin Network’s security has been breached. The hack amounted to around

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Will Smith NFT Sales Surge After Slap Incident Video
Will Smith NFT Sales Surge After Slap Incident Video

NFT was titled Will Smith Slap Dao already has a total of 741 owners. The NFT has a total of 1999 jpeg images with meme text written on it. The NFT floor price is at 0.003 ETH ($10), while the most expensive is currently at 69 ETH ($236,402). A very popular Hollywood actor lost his patience over a  joke that might have gone a little too far, which made this year’s 94th Academy Awards unforgettable.  Actor Will Smith had a little argument with actor and standup comedian Chris Rock, who’s presenting an award on stage. It started when Rock made

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XANA Gives Away 2K Astro Boy NFTs for GameFi, Duel
XANA Gives Away 2K Astro Boy NFTs for GameFi, Duel

Renowned Japanese companies joined forces to create a metaverse-compatible game in XANA. Astroboy x Japan NFTs will be the most premium Genesis Card to play in GameFi. Total of 2,000 Astro Boy X Japan NFTs will be given away. Last month, XANA announced that Tezuka Productions Co. Ltd., J&J (JTB corporation, and JCB Inc.), and Tottori Local Government Japan are collaborating for a thrilling new project: the metaverse-compatible GameFi, Astro Boy NFTs in XANA. The companies will release a series of NFT game cards with the theme of “regional revitalization. These renowned Japanese companies that will bring the project together

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Mandela’s Arrest Warrant NFT Sold for $130K in Auction
Mandela’s Arrest Warrant NFT Sold for $130K in Auction

Profits from the auction will go towards Liliesleaf Museum Heritage Site. It could help keep history alive as museums suffered badly by lack of tourism due to COVID.  Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT also sold for $310,000 at the auction. A non-fungible token copy of the original arrest warrant of late president Nelson Mandela was sold for 1.9 million South African Rand ($130,000) in an auction.  Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist, went to prison in 1962 for plotting to overthrow the White-minority government. He then became South Africa’s first Black president 27 years after he came out of prison. In 2004,

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Laura-Marie Geissler To Launch Racing Team via NFT Sales
Laura-Marie Geissler To Launch Racing Team via NFT Sales

First-ever NFT-funded car racing team to be launched by Laura-Marie Geissler, with partners Amsterdam Berlin and Unblocked. NFTs design symbolizes gender equality in the racing world. NFT sales will go directly to fund female motorsport athletes. Laura-Marie Geissler, a German professional racecar driver, signed a partnership with Amsterdam Berlin and Unblocked to create the first-ever NFT-funded car racing team. The project’s goal is to acquire funds for female motorsport athletes directly from NFT sales, instead of merely depending on sponsors. Numerous professional players in sports like football players, basketball athletes, and alike earn by their clubs for what they’re doing.

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PUBG Creator Krafton Taps Solana for NFT Games
PUBG Creator Krafton Taps Solana for NFT Games

PUBG game creator is set to create games on the Solana blockchain. Krafton and Solana Labs will develop NFT games and make investments together. Other formidable traditional game developers are investing into crypto space. Krafton, the creator of the massive franchise video game PUBG, signed an agreement with Solana Labs to mutually develop blockchain and NFT-based games to run on the Solana system. The developer said they are to hold their game-building experience in the web3 space. The success of blockchain and play-to-earn (P2E) games has sparked interest from well-known developers to make a move in the crypto space. Solana

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Universal Music Group Buys Bored Ape NFT for $360K
Universal Music Group Buys Bored Ape NFT for $360K

Universal Music Group spent $360,817 for Bored Ape #5537. The ape’s purpose was to be the head of KINGSHIP, a digital music group. The music company has been preparing for Web3. As reported by Reuters Universal Music Group (UMG.AS) has obtained a Bored Ape NFT. This will be the head of a digital music band made of NFT characters.  In November, the company collaborated with Bored Ape Yacht Club to create “KINGSHIP,” a virtual NFT band. Last month, the multibillion-dollar music company and Curio, an NFT platform, formed a partnership to produce digital artifacts for artists. Earlier in March, Universal

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Shawn Yue Sets World Record for NFT Online Auction
Shawn Yue Sets World Record for NFT Online Auction

Shawn Yue and his team made a new world record for being the first NFT to reach the top spot in a brief period of time. Meetings were held half a year before the NFT was officially released. Last year, Yue’s auction was a big success, fetching around HK$33.85 million ($4.33 million). Hong Kong Actor Shawn Yue has set a world record at an online auction for his latest NFT. Last week, Yue’s recently launched Zombieclub Token NFT moved to pre-sale at 9 PM. In exactly two hours and 42 minutes, it became the top NFT on the NFT marketplace

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