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Merging luxury and digital fashion yet again, the iconic fashion powerhouse Louis Vuitton (LV) has revealed an exclusive offering for its already existing NFT owners: a limited-edition virtual and physical mini trunk designed by the brand’s iconic artistic director, Nicolas Ghesquière. Only 200 privileged owners of a “Treasure Trunk” NFT will be able to adorn this…

Lousy data management, security breaches, and data loss can cause significant financial repercussions in the NFT realm. Akord addresses these vulnerabilities, providing decentralized, permanent and tamper-proof storage for digital collectibles. By offering a robust platform of tools that overrides common pitfalls of NFT management and security, Akord ensures the data of each digital asset is…

Azuki DAO — the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) behind the OG NFT project — is reportedly changing its name to “Bean” as it rebrands. Interestingly, this name change represents a strategic realignment for the organization as it evolves into an intriguing meme project. Poised to be part of Blur’s latest Ethereum Layer 2 network, Blast,…

Welcome to Metaverse Market Analysis! Every Monday, we bring you the latest stats and data on the state of the Metaverse market. In partnership with the incredible team from OneLand, a financial platform for virtual LANDs in the Metaverse, this column brings the OneLand Metaverse Market Analysis stats for Nov 20 – 26. OneLand 7D data…

Socios.com, an influential blockchain-powered fan engagement platform, recently rolled out a trifecta of new features to enhance innovative fan experiences in the sports landscape. Each new feature boosts the utility of ‘Fan Tokens’ — a digital token (NFT) that can “transform passion into extraordinary rewards” — to enhance connections between fans and their favorite sports teams. …

Amidst ongoing legal and regulatory challenges in the Web3 realm, the ‘Crypto and Digital Assets Summit: Winter Edition,’ hosted by the Financial Times, is set to untangle financial complexities on December 5. Taking place at etc.venues, Bishopsgate, London, this event is poised to serve as a crucial platform for individuals operating at the intersection of…

The Singaporean NFT gaming firm Matr1x recently hit the jackpot with an additional $10 million in funding, bringing its entire capital value to $20 million, to enhance its mobile gaming and NFTs.  Web3 investor Folius Ventures led the funding alongside fellow crypto VC SevenX. ABCDE Capital, Jambo, Initiate Capital, and the makers of the move-to-earn NFT game…

To enhance its efforts in data aggregation, the leading crypto aggregator, CoinGecko, acquired the NFT data startup Zash as its first-ever acquisition. Since being established in 2021 at the European startup accelerator, ‘Entrepreneur First’, Zash has switched from developing a social investing app to concentrating on NFT data, owing to being driven by the need for…

Blast, a recently launched Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) network initiated by the founder of Blur, Tieshun Roquerre (aka Pacman), recently raised $20 million to tackle industry issues in the NFT landscape. Paradigm led the funding round alongside other key investors, including Standard Crypto, owing to supporting Blast’s ambitious purpose: to tackle high transaction costs for…

As GAM3 Awards 2023 approaches on December 14, the event’s esteemed jury has carefully cherry-picked 40 finalists from 214 nominated blockchain-based games for this year’s competition. These selected games are competing against each other for recognition and a prize pool worth more than $2 million. Regarding who’s crowned the winner, the jury — consisting of…