Animoca Brands raises $10m to power Mocaverse, driving the future of NFT-based entertainment

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Animoca Brands Corporation Limited, the Web3 company focused on digital property rights and blockchain-based entertainment, has secured an additional $10 million to expand Mocaverse, its flagship Web3 platform, reports Blockleaders. This latest funding round, which adds to the previous $31.88 million investment announced last year, brings together high-profile participants like OKX Ventures, CMCC Global, and […]

NFT sales volume upward trend to continue, industry execs say

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Sonia Shaw, executive, CoinW, has said the recent uptick in NFT sales shows a “broader and more profound interest” extending beyond art, reports Cointelegraph. In the weeks leading up to November, nonfungible token (NFT) data showed a consistent upward leap in weekly sales. While the volume is still far from its peak in 2021, executives […]

SEC issues first enforcement action targeting NFTs

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US regulators ordered a Los Angeles-based company that issued non-fungible tokens to compensate investors who bought the NFTs, arguing that the transactions were illegal unregistered securities offerings. It was the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s first NFT-related enforcement action, reports Coindesk. The SEC’s findings do not suggest regulators consider all NFTs to be securities, limiting […]

Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail pilots Jameson Travel Wallet in Dublin

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Pernod Ricard Global Travel Retail (PRGTR) has completed a three-month initial pilot period for the Jameson Travel Wallet in Dublin Airport, writes the Moodie Davitt Report. The wallet, launched in collaboration with Jameson Irish Whiskey, falls under the company’s ‘Arrive Like a Local’ global travel retail campaign. The Jameson Travel Wallet leveraged Web3 digital blockchain […]

Ireland’s first one-of-a-kind Web3 collaboration: Web3 Creativity Summit 2023

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Hosted by Blockchain Ireland’s Start-ups and Web3 Working Group, Web3 Creativity Summit is a one-day knowledge-sharing and demonstration event during the Worlds Collide exhibition of analogue, digital, mechanical and robotic arts, curated by Conan Wynne. Time: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:00 – 17:00 IST Place: Phase Space Arts, 27 Rathgar Avenue, D06 T0X6 Dublin 6, […]