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The NFT Plazas team is excited to announce the expansion of our media arm through the acquisition of popular web3 media brand NFT Insider by our company, Nifty Media. This adds to our growing portfolio of blockchain-focused entities, including virtual world advertising service Metaverse Residents and web3 magazine MagNFT, and supercharges our reach as we…

Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, has agreed to a $4 million settlement in a class action lawsuit that alleged its NFTs were unregistered securities. The lawsuit, which started in 2021, was brought by customers who argued that the NFTs should have been registered under securities laws. The settlement, disclosed in court documents…

Web3 gaming titan Axie Infinity and the popular gaming blockchain network Ronin launched the month-long festival ‘Ronin Carnival’ yesterday. The prestigious tournament is currently taking place on Ronin to attract new users to the network and celebrate those who excel within the game’s virtual battlegrounds. At the heart of this event is the opportunity to…

MATR1X, the self-proclaimed “first mobile shooting game in the metaverse,” has launched its long-awaited Apollo Program. The program introduces the ecosystem’s first case opening event, featuring a significant airdrop of 50 million $MAX tokens—the primary means of early $MAX acquisition—along with a range of top-tier NFT-infused weapon skins. Inspired by the iconic Apollo Moon Landing,…

Play AI—an emerging gaming powerhouse located in the heart of Las Vegas—has successfully concluded its inaugural funding round, securing an impressive $4.3 million. Established just six months ago, Play AI recently emerged from a three-month stealth phase, during which it garnered support from key investment partners like P2 Ventures, Jump Crypto, Alphage Ventures, and MH…

The Metaplex Foundation, in partnership with Mutant Labs, has announced the launch of MPL-404, an innovative framework and on-chain protocol that integrates fungible and non-fungible assets in a concept known as “hybrid DeFi.” Mutant Labs, known for its expertise in hybrid DeFi solutions on Solana, has contributed its SPL-404 swap program to the Metaplex Program…

Animoca Brands Japan has announced the name of its new NFT launchpad, SORAH by Animoca Brands Japan, and is set to launch in the summer of 2024. SORAH, named after the Japanese word for sky, aims to support NFT projects by providing opportunities for creators to sell their NFTs while offering various sales methods and loyalty…

DeLorean, the famed automaker recognized for the iconic DMC-12 sports car featured in ‘Back to the Future‘, revealed its plans to introduce a web3 marketplace in collaboration with crypto payments company MoonPay. Crafted in partnership with Otherlife (now under MoonPay’s ownership), the marketplace aims to empower DeLorean enthusiasts to engage in buying, selling, and trading…

Square Enix has recently announced the adoption of Ethereum Layer-2 network Arbitrum for its Symbiogenesis NFT character mint scheduled this morning. The decision comes after the initial minting phase on the Ethereum mainnet. According to an X post from Symbiogenesis, Arbitrum will reduce transaction costs significantly compared to Ethereum’s mainnet for about 1/1000 of the…

LayerZero, an interoperability protocol for cross-chain asset transfers, has integrated Solana into its network to enable seamless connectivity between Solana and a host of other blockchains. With this integration, developers can now leverage LayerZero’s unified semantics to deploy applications natively on Solana or adapt existing applications such as DeFi protocols, NFTs, games, and more. This…