NFT & Crypto Updates

2022-10-09 16:03:01 Dapper Labs and Spanish Soccer League Laliga Launch Memorable Moments NFT Platform Laliga Golazos

Laliga, the premier soccer league organization in Spain, has announced the launch date of Laliga Golazos, a memorable moment NFT (non-fungible token) platform. The platform, built in partnership with Dapper Labs, will allow users to purchase NFTs with videos of the most memorable goals starting from 2005 to the present. Laliga Golazos aims to deliver videos of the most spectacular moments and games of the league, starting from 2005 to the present. The name Golazos comes from the word “gol,” Spanish for goal, referring to the best scoring moments in the history of the league. These NFTs will allow users to view several angles of some of the games, listening to the official play-by-play narration.

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2022-10-09 10:03:01 College quarterback's NIL compensation nears $4 million amid new NFT partnership

Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers has launched an NFT campaign with Metabillia that will pay him a total of $1 million, Yahoo Finance has learned. As a result, the 19-year-old's total compensation through name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals is now approaching the $4 million mark. The average NIL quarterback sponsorship pays the athlete $2,466 per deal, according to Opendorse. Ewers's $1 million sponsorship is broken into 12 payments of various amounts well above the average on top of 50% revenue share. College athletes were cleared to profit from their NIL on June 30, 2021.

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2022-10-09 04:03:01 Sci-Fi Magazine Heavy Metal's Metalverse Has Room for Both Movies and NFTs

Instead of doing any one thing to bring themselves back into the sci-fi cultural limelight, the heads behind the storied counterculture comic magazine Heavy Metal are taking a shotgun approach to regaining their legacy, including movies, a revamped launch schedule and—because why the hell not—NFTs. During a Thursday New York Comic-Con panel. Tommy Coriale, Heavy Metal’s head of studio, expanded more on what this actually means for the legacy magazine creators. He told the rather thin audience of die-hard Heavy Metal fans (though considering the new Super Mario Bros. movie was premiering in the next room, it was practically a crowd) that they were also taking on “a number of animated projects,” but did not detail what those were.

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2022-10-08 22:01:12 OpenSea’s CFO Brian Roberts Parts Ways With The NFT Marketplace

Brian Roberts, the chief financial officer of leading NFT marketplace OpenSea took to Facebook to announce his resignation from the firm. Opensea have confirmed for EWN that the parties mutually agreed to part ways. Brian Roberts, the chief financial officer of prominent NFT marketplace OpenSea. Roberts took to Facebook to announce his resignation adding that he’s still bullish on the future of Web3 applications, especially on OpenSea and its future market policies. Robert’s resignation from the firm comes at a time when the overall NFT market is undergoing a bearish slump in its trading. Per the data collected from Dune analytics, the non-fungible token market has declined drastically in 2022 as compared to last year.

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2022-10-08 15:25:00 Swiss Watch Firm Chronoswiss Unveils Its First Metaverse Watch

Famous Swiss watchmaker Chronoswiss enters the metaverse realm with its limited edition watch collection. The metaverse watch collection is dubbed the “Open Gear ReSec Sugar Rush.”. To provide an example, the interior of the case is vibrantly colored in purple and is a combination of hues. Ebstein added that the virtual Atelier is a lab for extraordinary ideas in a world that has really no limitations. Chronoswiss also claims to be one of the first to open a virtual watch boutique in the Decentaland metaverse. Decentraland users can visit the Atelier in the Decentraland metaverse at (Location: -101,8). Out of the 100 rare metaverse pieces, 8 of them will be recreated as luxury wearable 3D watches.

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2022-10-08 10:25:00 METAVERSE SPECTRUM TO STAGE FIRST ANNUAL B2B CONFERENCE AND EXPO IN OCTOBER

The age of the metaverse is upon us, but how can event organizers, event marketers and businesses innovatively leverage this brave new world? The first annual Metaverse Spectrum Business Conference & Expo, set for Oct. 25, is designed to showcase the many ways for attendees to do so—all within the metaverse itself. The first-of-its-kind event specifically aims to educate attendees about the metaverse and its various use cases for events and businesses by connecting them with top influencers and leading companies blazing new trails in the metaverse, according to Sabrina George, senior vice president of The Metaverse Spectrum.

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2022-10-08 04:25:00 Polygon X OCEEF Brings Deep Sea Missions to the Metaverse

Polygon partners with the Ocean Conservation Exploration and Education Foundation (OCEEF) to promote the life of the ocean to the public. This partnership will promote ocean engagement and give people exposure to deep-sea missions. The goal of this partnership is to ensure that the ocean and its preservation remain the topics of discussion for generations to come. Furthermore, OCEEF will open submissions for students to join the team onboard and will select groups from the applications for each mission. The students will also get the opportunity to take part in dives themselves, which will be made available through NFTs.

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2022-10-07 21:10:00 Cardano launches exclusive NFT collection

Earlier today, October 7, the Cardano Foundation announced the launch of a new hybrid physical and NFT generative art project – Etter Edition 01. Minted by Swiss-based Web3 infrastructure provider NMKR, the Etter Edition 01 NFTs, can be redeemed as physical pieces of art on the Cardano blockchain network. The Etter Edition 01 has been co-created by Christian Etter and Alexander E. Brunner. As per the announcement, the physical rendition of Etter Edition 01 will display the same regenerative motion graphics as its digital NFT equivalent on the Cardano blockchain.

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2022-10-07 15:10:16 Dapper Labs Sets Launch Date for LaLiga Golazos NFT Marketplace

The marketplace, called LaLiga Golazos, will open up to select users on October 27 and drop its first pack on that date. Both Top Shot and All Day held months-long closed beta tests that gradually added more and more users before eventually opening to the wider public. Like those other sports offerings, LaLiga Golazos will sell NFT collectibles minted on the Dapper-created Flow blockchain, with video highlights turned into trading card-like assets that can then be sold and traded. Dapper’s tie-up with LaLiga was first announced in September 2021, with the platform originally due to debut this past summer.

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2022-10-07 09:41:03 Thai firm Translucia selects India's Sunovatech for $3 billion metaverse project

Thailand-based Translucia has onboarded Sunovatech, which specialises in immersive and extended reality, for its USD 3 billion metaverse project, the Indian firm said. The partnership marks the entry of Translucia in India. Translucia is a subsidiary of T&B Media Global run by Chearavanont family members. The global alliance includes Singapore-based digital asset bank Sygnum, Melbourne-based metaverse research and development centre Two Bulls, and Chines creative firm Black Flame. Under the partnership, Sunovatech will act as a production hub for building 3D assets, environments and modules of the metaverse.

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