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2023-03-12 20:41:15 South Korea commits $51M to support metaverse development

South Korea has recently announced a significant investment of 27.7 billion Korean won (US$21 million) into local services that aim to utilize the metaverse. According to a press release by the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT, the investment will support 13 new projects in sectors such as healthcare, education, and tourism that will leverage the metaverse to improve public services. Funds will support 13 new metaverse projects This announcement comes on the heels of news from earlier this week that South Korea will establish a $30 million metaverse fund to help startups expand their businesses. The fund aims to encourage smaller enterprises in the metaverse sector to expand their operations globally through mergers and acquisitions. South Korea has been actively investing in the development of the country’s metaverse ecosystem. In February 2022, the country invested approximately $185 million towards metaverse efforts. Open / Comment

2023-03-12 00:36:13 Bicasso Launched By Binance Initiated A Competitive Race On AI

Binance announced the beta release of the AI-driven NFT generator “Bicasso” on March 1. Users may submit images and provide keywords to produce NFTs using AI computations. The 10,000 NFT casting cap was destroyed seconds after the news was announced.

Indeed, generative artificial intelligence has become a popular trend since the phenomenon-level application ChatGPT opened up the AI application market sector. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, created Bicasso, an AI art creator. The seamless NFT minting capability of Bicasso sets it apart from other AI art producers. Thus, once you’ve finished your masterpiece, you can mint it as an NFT and commercialize it. Formerly, creating art and minting it as an NFT were two separate operations that required two different platforms and a lot of time. Open / Comment

2023-03-10 09:51:40 Huobi Commits To Dominica Metaverse’s Digital Identity Project With Full Force

Huobi, a virtual asset exchange platform, recently announced its partnership with TRON and DMC Labs to support implementing the Dominica Digital Identity (DDID) project. Huobi will act as a virtual asset exchange partner as part of this collaboration, fully supporting the project’s development. Justin Sun, a Huobi’s Global Advisory Committee member, previously mentioned that digital identification (DID) is the next trend in the development of the crypto industry. He believes that more countries and regions will establish identification systems in the future digital form. With this partnership, starting with Dominica, Huobi aims to promote future cooperation with other countries and regions.TRON also announced its partnership with Dominica, leading the development of the Dominica metaverse digital identity project. Open / Comment

2023-03-09 18:34:39 GET REARY FOR NEXT FUSION EVENT

Greetings from the Walken Team!

Walken's 1st anniversary is quickly approaching! Hope you're already joined our anniversary giveaway (if you're missing out, it's here), but it's merely an appetizer for the celebration ahead In honor of this incredible milestone , there will be no lack of things to enjoy, with the upgraded Fusion Event , updated Roadmap, and a limited Lootbox sale featuring the exclusive B-day themed item collection coming up. It's Walken’s birthday, but the presents are on us!

First things first, we're super excited to announce the return of you all-time fav the Fusion Event! We've made considerable changes to its design to provide more value for new players as well as further boost NFT diversity and raise their value while preserving the value of higher rarity NFTs.

Duration: 7 days;
Starting: in the next update (approx. this Friday);
Fusion pool: 10,000 fusions;
Fusion price per CAThlete depends on the rarity):
common CAThlete: 50 + 100
uncommon CAThlete: 75 + 300
rare CAThlete: 1,000 + 2,500
epic CAThlete: 2,000 + 5,000
legendary CAThlete: 5,000 + 8,000

The most important change is in pricing: now the total cost of a fusion is calculated as a sum of costs per participating CAThlete. In turn, the cost per CAThlete depends on its rarity : the higher the rarity, the higher the price.

How to participate: https://docs.walken.io/cathlete-fusion-event

Like before, there’s an opportunity to fuse up to 5 NFT CAThletes at a time and get one brand new character with a 0% chance of a Common The more CAThletes step into 'the portal', the higher the chance of getting a new rarer character

Stay tuned for this perfect chance to optimize your CAThlete crew smartly and do let us know about your thoughts and plans for the event Open / Comment

2023-03-08 18:11:03 ​Deloitte helps brands deliver metaverse experiences

Global audit and advisory firm Deloitte has launched an immersive experience platform in partnership with technology provider Vatom. The two companies have created a tangible experience to enable brands (and other businesses) to build virtual spaces for their customers, partners and employees. In essence, they have made the Metaverse accessible. The first instance of this solution is Deloitte's "Mirror World," an immersive experience created for Mobile World Congress 2023. With "Mirror World," Deloitte booth visitors, as well as those not attending the event, will be able to speak with Deloitte subject matter specialists and learn more about AI-meets-metaverse use cases including a holistic, exclusive experience for luxury watch connoisseurs, containing digital collectables. a demonstration of how data digital twins of machines can be fed real time data to analyse the current state of a manufacturing operation and immersive soft skills learning for managers. Open / Comment

2023-03-07 20:30:23 Coinbase ‘Iterating Quickly’ on NFT Marketplace Despite Lackluster Rollout: Protocols Head

oinbase, the decade-old publicly traded crypto company, product innovation may not be the first thing that comes to mind. At ETH Denver, however, Coinbase head of protocols Jesse Pollak says the company aims to change that. Coinbase—the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States—launched Base. In January, Coinbase added new features to its Coinbase Wallet, including transaction previews, token approval alerts, a blocklist of flagged dApps, and a spam token manager that automatically hides malicious airdrops. In April 2022, Coinbase launched an NFT marketplace that did not catch on as strongly as the company had hoped. The first version of the product didn’t work as well as well as we’d like to,” Pollak said. “But we’ve been iterating quickly on that over the last year, and I think we’re seeing a lot more signs of life and a lot more growth there. Open / Comment

2023-03-06 19:11:32 CELEBRATING ONE YEAR: WALKEN ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY

Dates :March 6 - April 1, 2023
Prize Pool: 100 000 $WLKN + 60 Lootboxes
JOIN: https://gleam.io/ezbvU/happy-birthday-walken
BEWARE OF SCAM: the official giveaway runs in Gleam and is available via this link only!

150 participants will share the Prize Pool

Dear Walken Community!
Can't believe that it's already been a whole year since Walken was soft launched and welcomed its first players! What a remarkable year it’s been! Some of you have been with us since day 1, and others have recently joined our incredible Walken family But each of you is making it all happen !

To celebrate this extraordinary milestone, we're holding an Anniversary Giveaway with some amazing prizes up for grabs.
to participate in the anniversary giveaway, simply click this link and follow the instructions.
complete tasks to earn points to get in the TOP 150 lucky winners.
wait for the winner list announcements shortly after the contest ends (the distribution will be completed until April 10).

Some tasks will seem quite simple while others may make you put your thinking cap on

Keep your eyes peeled for a bunch of engaging contests across Walken social channels. These contests will be among those quests included in the Gleam So don’t miss out!

We're delighted to celebrate our first anniversary together with you, and hope you'll join us for the fun! Don't forget to spread the word and invite your friends to participate, too. They say the best part of presents is the giving, and we can't wait to give presents to our wonderful Community
Good luck to everyone! Open / Comment

2023-03-06 19:07:02 Emmy-Winning, Disney-Backed Baobab Studios Launches ‘Momoguro’ Ethereum NFTs

Hollywood’s Baobab Studios has won nine Emmy Awards for its short films and virtual reality (VR) experiences. Now, they’re branching out into the world of Web3 with a family-friendly project called “Momoguro” and an accompanying Ethereum NFT collection. Created by multimedia director and animator Martin Allais and writer-director Nico Cassavecchia, Momoguro is a colorful fantasy world where creatures called “Momos” can fuse together to form hybrid characters. Momoguro is releasing NFTs as well as a NFT roleplay game (RPG) where players can go on “quests” across a world called the Uno Plane to combine Momos. The franchise is minting its genesis NFTs for 0.22 ETH apiece (about $365) Thursday, which are “Holoselves” players can adopt. Open / Comment

2023-03-05 21:23:31 Community Cries Fraud Following Closure of WazirX NFT Marketplace

The crypto community has lashed out at the WazirX’s unannounced closure of its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. WazirX faced the wrath of the artist community after it decided to sunset the NFT marketplace without consulting stakeholders.

The frustrated community members lashed out, saying they would boycott future products from the co-founders Nischal Shetty and Sandesh Suvarna. WazirX announced the closing down of the marketplace due to low volume and traction. The platform further claimed that in the past month, there were only 71 unique active wallets, 354 transactions, and a volume of some $112. When the community discovered the sunset message on the website, they criticized the team for not maintaining proper communication. Open / Comment

2023-03-05 13:56:10 For many, the price drop of cryptocurrencies is a good opportunity to open positions. So did the cryptokit, which on March 3 acquired 131 billion SHIB worth $1.4 million. Open / Comment