Skip to main content

Ronaldo partners with Binance: Nifty Newsletter, June 22–28

Eminem and Snoop Dogg switched between themselves and their Bored Ape Yacht Club characters in their newest music video.

In this week’s newsletter, read about Meta’s plans to expand their nonfungible token (NFT) testing on Instagram and Facebook. Check out how soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo is planning to introduce his fans to Web3 through NFTs and how the rap legends Snoop Dogg and Eminem featured Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) characters in their latest music video.

Join Cointelegraph’s Tom Farren as he shares details from an event called The Digital Diaspora as part of last week’s NFT.NYC conference. And, don’t forget about this week’s Nifty News roundup featuring Yuga Labs and NFT platform X2Y2 surpassing OpenSea’s volume. 

Meta set to begin testing NFTs on Instagram Stories with Spark AR

Back in May, Meta started testing digital collectibles on Instagram. Last week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his team is expanding its NFT testing so that creators can soon display their NFTs on the social platform.

Besides Instagram, Zuckerberg also said that NFTs will also be supported by Facebook in the near future, starting with a small group of creators based in the United States. Additionally, the Meta CEO mentioned that the NFT testing will eventually branch out to Instagram Stories soon, saying that it will also test NFTs with the augmented reality software SparkAR.

Continue reading…

Cristiano Ronaldo to get soccer fans into Web3 with Binance partnership

Soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo partnered with crypto platform Binance last week to introduce his fans to Web3 using NFT campaigns. The agreement involves an exclusive multi-year partnership, where Ronaldo will collaborate with Binance to create NFTs.

These digital collectibles will be sold exclusively on the Binance NFT platform and will let fans have exclusive engagement opportunities with the soccer star. Ronaldo explained that he values his relationship with his fans, and the idea of NFTs and giving new experiences is something he wanted. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao commented that their team is excited about the collaboration.

Continue reading…

Related: Metaverse can’t be built on the corporate business model, says EY innovation lead

Eminem and Snoop Dogg turn into BAYC chars in new music video

Legendary rappers Eminem and Snoop Dogg featured their Bored Ape Yacht Club characters in their newest music video titled From The D 2 The LBC. The video switched from reality to cartoons as both of the rappers dropped their bars on the microphone.

Eminem switched between himself and a character resembling BAYC #9055, which he previously bought for 123.45 Ether (ETH), around half a million dollars at the time of the purchase. Meanwhile, Snoop Dogg also switched between himself and a Bored Ape character, which he had purchased in December 2021.

Continue reading…

NFT​.NYC — How the Web3 space is validating the work of digital artists

Cointelegraph's Tom Farren attended an event called The Digital Diaspora during the NFT.NYC conference in New York City. At the event, artists shared their experiences and processes of creating art. NFT artist Diana Sinclair shared how a work of art called You Cant Smooth A Crumpled Paper Or A Wrinkled Heart came to life.

Apart from sharing experiences, the event’s panel members also talked about representation in the NFT space. During this, 3D animator Andre O’Shea spoke about the inclusivity of the Web3 space. According to O’Shea, Web3 provides opportunities and uplifts creators and voices.

Continue reading…

Nifty News: Yuga Labs breaks silence, X2Y2 outpaces OpenSea and more

NFT firm Yuga Labs answered allegations that alt-right memes were integrated into the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) imagery. Gordon Goner, the co-founder of Yuga Labs, tweeted that the allegations are “insanely far-fetched.” Meanwhile, sales volume on the X2Y2 NFT marketplace has surged past OpenSea's in the past week.

Continue reading…

Thanks for reading this digest of the week’s most notable developments in the NFT space. Come again next Wednesday for more reports and insights in this actively evolving space.



from https://ift.tt/S9vPCfb
https://ift.tt/4INGyDJ

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

How to play and earn in CryptoKitties

CryptoKitties is a blockchain-based game where players can buy, sell and breed digital cats with unique attributes. Reminiscent of Tamagotchi and Pokémon, the wildly popular digital pets and creatures of the 1990s, CryptoKitties is a blockchain-based game where players can collect, trade and breed digital virtual cats. CryptoKitties was the first Ethereum-based game, and its popularity underscored many of the network’s scaling issues. This digital cat-breeding blockchain game caused quite a bit of congestion on the Ethereum blockchain, peaking in 2020. However, the game’s creators were able to address these issues. What is CryptoKitties? Launched in 2017, CryptoKitties was built by Dapper Labs, the company that uses blockchain technology to bring nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world. CryptoKitties is also considered one of the world’s first-ever blockchain games. In the game, each one of the digital collectible cats possesses a

Bitcoin dominance falls under 40%

While Bitcoin critics claim this means that BTC is losing its first-mover competitive advantage, others are anticipating the “altcoin season” is just around the corner, or might even be already underway. Bitcoin’s market dominance has continued to fall, bottoming out below 40% this week. That’s very close to the all-time low of 36.7% in Jan 2018 according to data from Tradingview. Bitcoin ( BTC ) market dominance refers to the ratio between BTC’s market cap and the total crypto market cap. It's not the first time dominance has dipped in 2021. Back in May, Cointelegraph reported that BTC had dipped to represent just 40.3% of the combined crypto asset capitalization, according to Coinmarketcap, and it neared the same level again in September.  Bitcoin critic and Europac chairman Peter Schiff tweeted about the event on Dec 29th, saying that it’s indicative that BTC is “losing its first-mover competitive advantage.” With over 16,000 alternative cryptos to choose from Bitcoin

Five Bitcoin Price Charts Analyzing The Dramatic Q1 2022 Conclusion

There are only hours remaining until the Q1 2022 close in Bitcoin price action. With the important quarterly candle set to close tonight, let’s look at what technicals might say about the direction of the next quarter. Q1 2022 Comes To A Close For Bitcoin The first quarter of a year, often sets the tone for the year to come. In investments, a poor Q1 performance is indicative of a bad year ahead. Considering the fact that Bitcoin price is now above $45,000 after touching $32,000 this quarter, it is tough to say the performance has been “poor” by anything other than crypto standards. Related Reading | Bitcoin Weekly Momentum Flips Bullish For First Time In 2022 The cryptocurrency has recovered nearly 40% from the low, leaving a long wick behind. Such a long wick suggests that before the quarter came to a close, buyers stepped up in a major way. Buyers were able to step up in a larger capacity in Q1 2022 than bears were able to in the final quarter of last year. The bearish wick to cl