NFT

2022-02-21 14:02:11 McDonald's filed trademark applications for virtual restaurants and NFTs

Applications include McDonald's, McCafe and the golden arch logo, as well as services: "manage a virtual restaurant with real and virtual goods", "manage a virtual restaurant online with home delivery", "downloadable multimedia files containing images, text, audio, and video files and NFTs." Restaurants can work in the Metaverse, hold virtual concerts in McCafe, etc.

McDonald's is not the first restaurant chain to attempt to register its brand in a new alternate reality. A day earlier, Panera applied for a "Paneraverse" that would include virtual restaurants and cafes as well as NFTs. Open / Comment

2022-02-21 11:00:00 Following the release of her NFT series, Melania Trump announced that her famous husband would be releasing his own Official POTUS TRUMP NFT Collection.

On February 21, the collection will go on sale, when the United States celebrates President's Day.

A total of 10,000 NFTs will be featured, divided into platinum and gold tiers, Melania Trump reported at the bottom of the post. Open / Comment

2022-02-21 10:02:20 Melania Trump launches NFT collection.

"POTUS TRUMP NFT" collection of 10,000 NFTs priced at $50

The collection is dedicated to the presidency of Donald Trump and will be presented on February 21.

NFTs will be divided into two tiers: Platinum and Gold.

Another feature is that the NFT image cannot be seen before the purchase (this is where the excitement comes from). Open / Comment

2022-02-21 06:00:28 First NFT vending machine was opened in New York

NFT platform Neon launched the first NFT vending machine in the world. It is located in the financial district of NY, at 29 John Street.
The mechanism of operation of the device is similar to other vending machines: first you need to decide on the method of payment (dollars and bank cards are accepted). Next, select the NFT you like from the storefront, and the machine will give out a box with a QR code inside, which you need to scan. Then everything is simple: go to the Neon platform and see your token there. The company, by the way, works on the Solana blockchain, which is considered more environmentally friendly and efficient than others.

“While only 2% of Americans have crypto wallets, 80% have a credit or debit card. This is a 40-fold increase in the potential audience of the artist. We want to empower creators and digital artists whose work is often underestimated,” says Jordan Birnholtz, chief marketing officer and co-founder of Neon. Open / Comment

2022-02-20 14:01:31 The World of Women NFT project has announced a collaboration with actress Reese Witherspoon and her Hello Sunshine company to bring the project to a new stage of development - "feature films, scripted and unscripted TV series, live broadcasts, powerful stories." Open / Comment

2022-02-20 10:00:00 Hackers turned their attention to NFTs

NFT tokens have become one of the main mechanisms for the distribution of malware for illegal mining or theft of cryptocurrencies, experts from ESET found out.

Now it's safe to say that the NFT topic has taken off. All sorts of scammers are very fond of trends. Open / Comment

2022-02-20 06:00:00 EtherRock was bought for almost a million dollars (300 ETH)

EtherRocks (launched December 2017) is a set of digital rocks tokenized on the Ethereum blockchain. The NFT consists of still images of "rock" that are identical in design and shape, but have different color tones. There are only 100 ETHRocks in total.

At the start of sales, the very first stone was offered for 0.0999 ETH, worth about $300 at the time. The price increased as new stones were minted. During the first three years since the launch, only 20 out of 100 stones were sold, and the remaining 80 stones remained unclaimed. But the hype and explosive growth of NFTs in 2021 have sent the prices of these virtual gems skyrocketing. All stones are currently minted and many are listed for sale on the EtherRocks NFT marketplace.

Which stone is the most expensive? - 626,262 2.1 ETH (21 billion US dollars) apiece, and they are being bought. At the moment, the most expensive stone was sold for 400 ETH. Open / Comment

2022-02-19 14:01:20 The New York Stock Exchange plans to open an NFT marketplace

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has filed a trademark application for the NFT marketplace and virtual goods.

And that is not all! In April, the NYSE issued an NFT "in honor of the IPO of high-tech American companies." Each token will contain quote metadata from Spotify, Unity, Roblox, and more. Open / Comment

2022-02-19 10:01:30 Samsung is giving away free NFTs with Galaxy S22 and Tablet S8 pre-orders

Samsung, together with the developers of Theta Network, announced the distribution of NFT tokens to customers who pre-order the Galaxy S22 smartphone and Tablet S8 tablet. Get non-interchangeable currents of susceptibility only to South America. After pre-ordering, customers receive a code that will need to be entered into ThetaDrop.

Pre-orders for the Galaxy S22 and Tablet S8 are cheaper starting February 9th. The devices will go on sale on February 25. Open / Comment

2022-02-19 06:00:44 The Chinese project NFT Bored Wukong was accused of plagiarism.

Chinese NFT project Bored Wukong attracted a lot of negative publicity last week after accusations of plagiarism began circulating on the popular messaging app WeChat.

Accused of plagiarism by Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Bored Wukong creator Wang Wendong insists the art is original and that his monkeys have nothing to do with Yuga Labs' monkeys. Open / Comment