Meta, previously known as Facebook, unveiled its plans in 2019 to launch a cryptocurrency targeted at the unbanked. After two and a half years of controversy and regulatory pressure, that project, Diem, appears to be unraveling. Let’s dive into what happened to Diem, and what this tells us about the regulatory environment surrounding crypto and … Read more
Treasure DAO is a decentralized effort aiming to connect NFT projects into a broad, story-rich ecosystem. The Treasureverse focuses on integrating DeFi in a fun, accessible way by gamifying underlying concepts like Liquidity Providing. The DAO is one of the largest players on Arbitrum, and has launched several projects, including native NFT collections and the … Read more
What is treeverse? Treeverse is an upcoming free-to-play, play-to-earn (P2E) MMORPG built on Ethereum and developed by Endless Clouds (previously Mooner Labs). The leader behind the project is Loopify, an NFT artist who first gained prominence through the NFTrees project. Loopify announced Treeverse in Summer 2021, and mints for Founders’ Private Plots and Timeless Avatars … Read more
What is Pixels Online, you may ask? Pixels Online is a 2nd generation crypto-gaming project centered around integration with existing NFT projects. The 5,000 unit genesis NFT mint, land plots, will drop January 26th, 2022, and features a novel play-to-whitelist mechanism. In the play-to-whitelist model, users have to put skin in the game by playing … Read more
A 1st generation NFT has several characteristics – a large collection (usually 10,000 or less) of randomly generated images designed to work as a profile pictures, which cost tokens to mint. 1st generation projects often provide little utility beyond holder-exclusive access. A 2nd generation NFT project is characterized by free minting, strong holder incentives, a … Read more
TalentDAO announced its launch on December 19. Its goal is to use web3 to connect talented people to global opportunity, particularly in Africa[1]. Why Africa? This is because over 70% of Africa’s population is under the age of 35, one of the youngest and fastest growing populations in the world. Africa is expected to grow … Read more
What the Phunk are cryptoPhunks? Anyone who’s heard of NFTs knows what CryptoPunks are, but far fewer have heard of CryptoPhunks. What exactly are CryptoPhunks? CryptoPhunks are an NFT collection featuring the iconic imagery of the CryptoPunks, with one key difference: they have been “hand-flipped” over the vertical axis. Besides the fact that they face … Read more
Thursday saw breaking news of a new partnership between the NBA Golden State Warriors and the cryptocurrency exchange FTX (US). The new development will see Warrior-launched NFT’s listed on the FTX US exchange as part of a first-of-its-kind collaboration between an NBA Team and Cryptocurrency Exchange. This puts FTX as the Official Crypto Exchange and … Read more
What is The Meta Tournament? Updated Feb. 5th, 2022 – The Neo Tokyo Meta Tournament is a metaverse-native gaming tournament hosted by the Neo Tokyo NFT project, in partnership with Twitch TV. The tournament consists of three rounds, and features special events for Neo Tokyo Citizen NFT holders. Further details are slowly being revealed. Round … Read more