The World Wide Web source code is auctioning as an NFT by inventor
17 Jun 2021
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Tim Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist and internet pioneer, is auctioning the source code for the World Wide Web as a nonfungible token (NFT) for charity. Bidding — entitled “This Changed Everything” — will start at Sotheby’s in London on June 23rd at 7:00 pm GMT at $1,000 and end on June 30th. Although a…

Is DeFi technology easy enough to adapt to non-finance industries?
17 Jun 2021
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DeFi gets a bad rap for being complex, technology makes it simple enough to cut out middlemen in non-finance industries ranging from energy to e-commerce. Decentralized finance is far and away the hottest topic in crypto, touted as a way to make a fortune by backing the right token, but also a tool for taking…

Porsche rushes into NFT with crypto-powered trading cards
16 Jun 2021
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Porsche, the world-known luxury sports car manufacturer, wants to join the digital economy, to remain innovative. Now it’s eyeing NFTs, the latest investor fashion. Startup Fanzone has been launched to issue collectible non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Porsche’s digital subsidiary spun off a new minority-owned company, called Fanzone, issuing non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to collect and trade. While…

Nvidia CEO believes the blockchain and NFT-powered metaverse is just around the corner
16 Jun 2021
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he “believes we’re right on the cusp of” the Metaverse and spoke glowingly of its potential, predicting that users will one day use metaverses to “simulate the future,” while Nvidia’s new Voyager campus shows what it will look like when the Metaverse meets the real world. One of the most…

Thailand Sets New Rules for Crypto Exchanges, Banning Meme Coins, Fan Tokens And NFTs

On Friday, the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the new rules for cryptocurrency exchanges in the country. It forbid the trading of certain types of cryptocurrencies, such as meme coins, fan coins, and NFTs (non-fungible tokens). As stated Secretary-General Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol, the board of directors of the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…

Sotheby’s sold a Cryptopunk NFT for $11.8 million
13 Jun 2021
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Recently, a Cryptopunk NFT was sold for almost $12 million among works of other artists during a Sotheby’s auction organized virtually. Sotheby’s looking forward to strong demand for this new type of digital good in the future, even as NFT’s craze stepped down last weeks. A leading Sotheby’s auction house announced on Thursday the sale…