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2023-01-06 21:14:03 RTFKT COO Was Robbed NFT Collection Worth Over $170,000

Nikhil Gopalani, the COO of the NFT project RTFKT, a cryptocurrency brand owned by Nike, announced on Twitter that his NFT collection had been taken as a result of a phishing scam. RTFKT’s CTO said that the company won’t be able to discuss further specifics. Gopalani called the assailant a clever phisher and said that he was selling his Clone X NFTs. In a tweet directed at the Clone X community. Gopalani may have given access codes to some scammers, according to a tweet by RTFKT Chief Technology Officer Samuel Cardillo, even though the phishing technique has not yet been made public.

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2023-01-06 15:14:02 Trader Joe's DEX and NFT marketplace to expand to BNB Chain

Avalanche-based DeFi trading platform Trader Joe and the associated Joepegs NFT marketplace will deploy on BNB Chain by the end of March. This means BNB Chain users will be able to participate in the launch of new NFT collections. Trader Joe has the highest total trading volume across all applications on Avalanche, but has seen significant decreases since June, according to DeFiLlama. Joepegs has 34,000 users and has facilitated more than $9.5 million in secondary sales, the release added. NFT Marketplace, will drive growth and success for the wider NFT and DeFi ecosystem," Alvin Kan, director of growth and ops at BNB Chain, said in a statement.

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2023-01-06 09:14:02 LG Doubles Down on Smart TV Metaverse Push at CES 2023

South Korean consumer tech giant LG Electronics has doubled down on its metaverse ambitions with a series of announcements at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. NFT aficionados will now be able to use a service known as Blade Wallet to buy, sell and trade their digital artwork.Blade Wallet is described as a “security audited Web3 wallet on the Hedera network”; Hedera uses Hashgraph, a distributed ledger technology that has been described as an alternative to blockchains. LG previously launched NFT trading for all US LG smart TVs running webOS 5.0 and above in September, but users were restricted to using LG’s proprietary blockchain wallet Wallypto. In addition, LG smart TV users will now also be able to access the metaverse platform Sansar.

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2023-01-06 03:14:02 Magic Eden Refunds Users For Fake NFT Bug

Magic Eden has resolved a problem whereby unverified NFTs would show up in verified collections. Due to a UI flaw, the hack was possible.The impact was limited to 25 unconfirmed NFTs sold in four verified collections, the team tweeted on January 5. The company said in a statement on January 4 that a flaw in the “activity indexer,” which had just been made available for its Snappy Marketplace and Pro Trade tools, effectively allowed fraudulent NFTs to avoid verification and be displayed among real NFT collections. Unverified NFTs would appear as confirmed due to an issue that Magic Eden has now resolved. The impact was limited to 25 unconfirmed NFTs sold in four verified collections.

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2023-01-05 21:14:01 RTFKT COO phished for NFT collection worth at least $175,000

The COO of RTFKT, a crypto brand owned by Nike, fell victim to a phishing scam and lost almost all of his NFTs. RTFKT’s CTO responded to the loss by stating that the brand “won’t be able to go in deeper details until further notice,” citing legal reasons. OpenSea activity suggests the apparent phisher used two wallets to drain Gopalani's wallet of NFTs — including double-digit amounts of CloneX, RTFKT, Loot Pods and Crypto Kicks NFTs — worth upwards of $175,000 at floor prices. The affected wallet currently shows a total asset value of $0.11 on Etherscan after a slew of withdrawals. RTFKT's CTO responded to the loss by stating that the brand "won't be able to go in deeper.

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2023-01-05 16:14:01 NFT project founder DNP3 admits to gambling away user funds

The founder of Goobers NFT, who goes by the name DNP3, blamed a gambling addiction for why he gambled and lost user funds. DNP3 did not respond to The Block’s request to clarify the amount gambled, but the The Block Research estimated the amount to be in the millions. DNP3 is the founder of the NFT project Goobers, which launched in September 2021 and amassed a 968 ETH total trading volume. At its peak, the project's floor price was 55.25 ETH on Feb. 20, 2022 before falling to 0.02 ETH on Jan 3. DNP3 did not respond to The Block's request to clarify the amount of money used for gambling. However, The Block Research estimated that millions of dollars worth of funds were gambled.

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2023-01-05 09:14:01 Solana NFT trading volume shows signs of strength despite rout

NFT trading volume on Solana last week was the highest since September. NFT trading volumes on Solana are showing signs of strength for the ecosystem despite its native token losing about 94% of its value last year, with the week of Dec. 25 seeing the most activity since September. Despite depressed market conditions that settled in around July, Solana never lost its second spot to Ethereum throughout 2022, according to the The Block's Data Dashboard. Solana’s Sol has surged more than 15% over the past 24 hours and is up more than 30% so far this year. Amid declines last month, Avalanche's native AVAX briefly overtook its market cap. which may affect Solana's trading volume going forward.

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2023-01-05 03:14:01 Com2uS Metabus Attracts $9.5 Million Investment To Join The Metaverse

Com2Verse, a metaverse subsidiary of South Korean game developer Com2uS, announced on the 3rd that it had attracted strategic investments of 4 billion won each from Hana Financial Group, Kyobo Book Center, and Kyowon Group.Com2Verse will conduct technical exchanges with these companies. According to Decenter, Com2Verse received 4 billion won in strategic investments from Hana Financial Group, Kyobo Book Center (a large chain bookstore in Korea), and Kyowon Group, totaling 12 billion won (about $9.5 million).So far, the company raised an initial capital of 15 billion won (approximately $11.85 million) from Com2uS, WYSIWYG Studios, etc., when it was established and obtained an additional 16 billion won (approximately $12.64 million) by attracting external investment.

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2023-01-04 21:03:00 NFT Biennial to come to Istanbul

The NFT Biennial will be held for the first time in the world at Zorlu PSM in Istanbul, bringing the art world and the digital world together in nine different locations around the world between January and February. Prepared by a curatorial team of 12 people from various parts of the world, including curators such as Julie Walsh, Soliman Lopez and Atay Ilgün, who stand out with their works in the field of digital art, the biennial aims to build interactive links between the conventional art world and NFT ecosystem while also strengthening the bonds between the metaverse and physical world through phygital events.

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2023-01-04 16:03:00 NFT Art Generator & Publisher Launches at NEAR

The collection builder offers a range of exclusive tools and features for NEAR users, including the ability to create thousands of NFT art pieces, which can then be published and put up for sale. This app democratizes NFT creation, allowing universal accessibility due to requiring no prior coding knowledge.Artists are already embracing the collection builder, with the first premium collection, Rich Panda, now released and available for sale. It was inspired by the cult "Bored Apes Yacht Club" collection.Joan Griffin from RadianceTeam said, "We're delighted to deliver a unique toolset and capability to the NEAR ecosystem, in the hopes of reinvigorating the NFT space and empowering more artists to mint and sell their collections. NEAR perfectly partners with this NFT Art Generator & Publisher, given its commitment to building the future of web3."

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