James Neeson
Have you ever dreamt of owning your stable of pedigree racing horses? You can now, with Metaverse horse racing projects that utilize blockchain and NFT technology to breed, run, and own, unique racehorses that you can race against other NFT horses!! Over the last year, some great NFT horse racing projects have come to fruition … Read more
Ripple, the company behind the cryptocurrency XRP continues the onboarding of NFTs to its ecosystem. This is despite the almost year-long downturn surrounding non-fungible tokens. As part of its commitment Ripple made available a $250 million fund for NFT creators and developers. The creator fund is being handed out in waves, with each wave concentrating … Read more
Diamonds have had some bad publicity over the decades, with proceeds from the illegal trade in “Blood Diamonds” perpetuating conflicts in East African countries such as Sierra Leone and Liberia. The 2006 movie, Blood Diamonds, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, shows the misery the illegal diamond trade inflicts on populations. Furthermore, as technology advances, more cases of … Read more
Do you want to learn the metaverse skills needed to get ahead in the unfolding Web3? If so, you may want to look at signing up for the free course currently being offered by the University of Nicosia (UNIC) in Cyprus. According to the UNIC website, the course is “delivered on-chain and in the metaverse”. … Read more
Rockstar Games and its parent company Take-Two Interactive, makers of hugely successful games such as Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead and Max Payne is the latest gaming company to ban NFTs. The ban relates to GTA online third-party roleplay servers, which are independent of Rockstar and extend gameplay. This is despite their claim to encourage … Read more
Metaverse development is still in its infancy, but great things are expected from it in the coming years. With this in mind, many high-profile brands have begun filing trademarks in the Metaverse. Overall, it is safe to say that most companies should be looking into how they can initiate filings with the United States Patent … Read more
Binance announced they offer free online crypto courses relating to NFTs, the Metaverse, blockchain tech and Web3 via the Binance Academy education platform. Any person who finishes the six modules will receive NFT certification in recognition of completion. The idea behind Binance Academy’s free crypto courses is to educate the public on blockchain fundamentals and … Read more
Lost your car in the Metaverse? No worries. Three car hire companies, Alamo, Enterprise and National, have just joined the list of companies to file metaverse trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. According to a recent tweet by the insightful Mike Kondoudis, the filing took place on the 9th of November. The … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo seems to be hoarding the football news headlines this week. First, it was his trashing of Manchester United and its manager. Now, we get the news, that Ronaldo has teamed up to launch a Cristiano Ronaldo NFT collection with Binance. The first NFT collection drops on November 18 on the Binance NFT marketplace. … Read more
With the 2022 FIFA World Cup just around the corner, a number of companies are minting related NFT collections. One such company is Budweiser, which partnered with FIFA to release a live scoreboard NFT collection, for those of the legal drinking age, on October 14 last month. According to the OpenSea description, the collection is “a … Read more
