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Fox Develops Its NFT-Focused TV Subdivision by Adding $100 Million of Funding
Even against the background of the overwhelming downtrend, NFT madness is capturing more and more media space. Currently, the media giant Fox Corporation has announced its intent to invest a whopping $100 million into the experimental NFT TV-related shows. To bring its intentions to life, Fox hires Rick and Morty’s creator Dan Harmon, who’s developing the brand-new NFT series dubbed Krapopolis. The latter is called the “first-ever studio show curated on the blockchain.” Moreover, a specific division called Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL) was created by Fox in partnership with Bento Box Entertainment to develop the NFT shows. Thus, Fox Corporation […]
HTC to Roll out a Metaverse Phone in Late June
It has been quite a long since the last HTC flagman smartphone’s release. After a period of stagnation, the company has recently announced its big comeback teasing the first-ever metaverse phone release under the HTC’s Viverse brand. According to the company’s Twitter, the metaverse phone will debut on June 28th. “Log in to the Future. 2022.06.28,” HTC’s Tweeter post reads. The first hint on releasing a Viverse phone was sounded back in March 2022 at Mobile World Congress (MWC). The news caused quite mixed reactions, as the company’s last internationally accepted flagman was released back in 2018. Since then, HTC […]
Mastercard Extends Its Operational Portfolio with NFTs and Web3 Initiatives
The main counterpart of Visa, payment processing giant Mastercard, is preparing to add non-fungible tokens to its portfolio. To deliver NFT services to its 2.8 billion cardholders, Mastercard has partnered with seven leading NFT and web3 platforms to offer direct NFT operations without dealing with crypto. The news rolled out on May 9th on the company’s website. Thus, according to the press release, Mastercard has been collaborating with the market leaders for over a year now to allow users to buy NFTs on multiple leading platforms. To make this possible, Mastercard announced collaborations with Immutable X, Candy Digital, The Sandbox, […]
Ukraine to NFT-size Every Cultural Artwork to Save the Historic Legacy from Russian War Machine
Russian heavy artillery keeps “denationalizing” Ukrainian land, razing to the ground architectural marvels, historic sites, and museums housing masterpieces of international value, to say nothing about schools, churches, hospitals, and living blocks. According to the recent UNESCO report of June 13th, since February 24th and up to this day, Russia has damaged at least 143 religious sites, museums, historic buildings, libraries, cultural centers, and monuments, while some international experts speak out about Putin’s deliberate targeting of iconic Ukrainian landmarks. Thus, amidst the overwhelming devastation of the Russian plague, Ukraine aims to digitize “every single piece of art or history” it […]
Oscar-Winning Actor Anthony Hopkins is Seeking to Buy His First NFT Art Piece
The supermassive stars in the skies of the world’s cinema are regularly highlighting their new NFT and web3 endeavors. One of the latest superstars who have dived deeply into the realm is Jim Carrey with his first-ever NFT. Now, following in the footsteps of his multiple colleagues, the iconic representative of the old school, the best “Hannibal Lector” of all times, Anthony Hopkins is seeking his inaugural dream NFT piece to start his own non-fungible collection. According to a recent tweet, the Oscar-winning actor is asking the celebrities known to be NFT nuts like Snoop Dogg, Jimmy Fallon, and Reese […]
Snoop Dogg and Son to Open an NFT-backed Pastry Shop in LA
The pioneering NFT-backed restaurant chain Food Fighters Universe has recently announced a stellar collaboration with Snoop Dogg and his son Cordell Broadus. The partnership is related to Snoop’s Bored Ape #6723 dubbed Dr. Bombay, desserts, and many web3 initiatives to be revealed down the road. Although Snoop Dogg is an avid crypto nut, it was his son Cordell who brought him into the California-based Bored & Hungry restaurant created around the BAYC NFT. Thus, the very first Snoop Dogg’s visit to the establishment resulted in the partnership with the Southern California restaurateur Andy Nguyen, who proved to the whole world […]
Jim Carrey Joins the Craze with the 20 ETH NFT Purchase and Even Auctions off His Own Artwork
The genius actor Jim Carrey has been waiting quite a long time before getting into NFTs. Finally, he has entered the realm by purchasing an NFT titled Devotion for a whopping 20 ETH. The non-fungible piece belongs to a series of 13 artworks by artists Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell dubbed ‘The Wild Within’. The name of the collection is meaningful as it showcases abandoned Soviet Union buildings in time reclaimed by greenery. As for Carrey’s Devotion, it is an image of a semi-ruined USSR-built sanatorium in Georgia in a picturesque place, Tskaltubo resort, once a popular therapeutic destination due […]