The Canadian branch of KPMG, a global network of professionals that provides audit, tax, and advisory services, has acquired an NFT from the collection World of Women (WoW) along with an Ethereum Name Service domain name. KPMG (Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler) is one of the Big Four accounting...
The leading video sharing site Youtube released a blog post on behalf of Chief Product Officer, Neal Mohan. He presented what improvements and features were added in 2021, what is new and what tools and features to expect. Plans of the company include introducing new insights for video creators and...
The Treasury Department of the USA issued a report on NFTs, saying the assets include financial crime risks, and recommending possible solutions. Based on a recent study by the Treasury, the high-value art market presents money laundering and terror finance risks. The report also looked into the...
Benedetto Vigna, the CEO of leading sports car manufacturer Ferrari, said during the earnings call of the fourth quarter of 2021 that the automaker is looking at opportunities for growth in the metaverse. The executive said it's important to explore how new technologies can help the brand. Vigna...
Leading NFT marketplace OpenSea announced compensating users that suffered from the recent bug exploit. Funds worth $1.8 M was returned to the users. It was detected on January 24 that a hacker found a front-end vulnerability. Exploiting the bug, the hacker withdrew around 332 Ethers, worth around...
Twitter's subscription service Twitter Blue announced that now users can use NFTs as their profile pictures by connecting their crypto wallets. Tesla CEO Elon Musk reacted to the news, saying that the news is annoying. In his opinion, it would be better if the social media network spent its...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and other entities, aims to provide users the possibility to create and trade NFTs. An article, published by Financial Times, informs that Facebook, and Instagram are working to enable users to put their NFTs on view through their profiles. Persons...
Later filings by leading retail company Walmart unveil that the company intends to release its own crypto asset, NFTs, and enter the metaverse. The company submitted filings with the USA Patent and Trademark Office at the end of 2021. Overall, Walmart presented 7 filings. In one of them, the...
China’s Blockchain Services Network (BSN) intends to release infrastructure at the end of January to enable NFT deployment. This step is a major development towards forming a Chinese NFT ecosystem that requires no links to cryptos. Launched in April 2020 by the government, BSN is managed by the...
The leading game retailer, GameStop is said to launch a division to release an NFT marketplace, and start collaborations with crypto companies. Washington Street Journal reported the news on January 6, mentioning that the source was persons aware of the company's plans. It was mentioned in the...
Leading NFT marketplace OpenSea revealed raising $300 M in the Series C investment round. Currently, the company's market value stands at above $13.3 bln. Investment companies Paradigm and Coatue led the round. In the published blog post, OpenSea says there were also new and exciting investors...
A candidate for the presidency in South Korea, Lee Jae-myung aims to manage the fundraising for the electoral campaign via NFTs. As local media informs, the Democratic Party of Korea, a representative of which 57-years-old Lee is, will be the first party to release NFTs for elections. DPK will...
Popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club generated over $1 bln in overall sales. According to the blockchain data analytics platform DeFi Llama, the total sales volume of BAYC NFTs stands at around $1.12 bln. The daily volume of the collectibles is around $14 million. Currently, the number of...
Leading technology company Samsung plans to introduce new TV models that support NFTs in 2022. In a press release published on January 3, the company says that the 2022 Smart TV line comes with a Smart Hub, that integrates content according to viewing preferences. NFT platform is among other...
On Dec. 17, major sportswear company Adidas presented 30.000 "Into the Metaverse" NFTs. The assets that will allow purchasers to be a member of a fan club, and acquire special merch drops were minted and sold out in hours. The cost of one NFT was 0.2 Eth, which is around $754 at current...
Melania Trump, the former first lady of the US, presented her NFT platform MelaniaTrump.com. As the office of Melania Trump said, the platform will introduce NFTs regularly. It uses the Solana blockchain and is powered by social networking service Parler. Users can make purchases with Solana's...
Video game publisher and distributor Ubisoft partners with the blockchain protocol Tezos to launch an NFT platform, Ubisoft Quartz. As stated in a press release published by the company, players can get playable NFTs, Digits in an AAA game on the new network. Ubisoft will bring the first Digits to...
Ex Chief Financial Officer of the ridesharing services company Lyft, Brian Roberts joined leading NFT marketplace OpenSea. Brian Roberts is the first CFO of the NFT platform. In his interview with Bloomberg, Roberts said although he loves Lyft, the decision of resignation became easier taking into...