GameStop’s NFT Marketplace Goes Live With More Features on Immutable X After Beta Phase Run

GameStop’s NFT Marketplace Goes Live With More Features on Immutable X After Beta Phase Run

US-based video game company GameStop has officially launched its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace on Immutable X and will now support NFTs minted via the Ethereum layer 2 scaling solution. According to the company’s announcement on Monday, the GameStop NFT marketplace will “unlock access to Web3 games and millions of world-class,…

Eleven Percent of Global Web3 Talent Resides in India, Number Expected to Soon Grow by 120 Percent: Report

Eleven Percent of Global Web3 Talent Resides in India, Number Expected to Soon Grow by 120 Percent: Report

India, where rules and regulations around the crypto sector are still under drafting, is witnessing a big boom. Around 11 percent of the world’s total Web3 talent resides in India, the nation’s primary non-government tech trade body Nasscom said in a recent report. Titled ‘The India Web3 Startup Landscape, An…

CNN Announces Abrupt Shutdown of ‘Vault’ NFT Marketplace, Users Call It a ‘Rug Pull’

CNN Announces Abrupt Shutdown of ‘Vault’ NFT Marketplace, Users Call It a ‘Rug Pull’

CNN, the popular TV news channel and digital media outlet, will no longer continue its non-fungible token (NFT) and Web3 project announced in the summer of 2021. The company confirmed this in a statement on Monday, saying, “we have decided that it’s time to say goodbye to Vault by CNN,”…

Formula One Submits New Trademark Filings Related to NFT and Crypto Transactions

Formula One Submits New Trademark Filings Related to NFT and Crypto Transactions

Racing giant Formula One has announced that it has filed eight trademarks for its ‘F1′ abbreviation across several sectors of the crypto industry. The move means the popular car racing body is looking to gather a strong foot across the Web3 ecosystem. According to Washington DC-based licensed trademark attorney Mike…

Dapper Labs Suspends Russian Accounts From Accessing Services to Comply With Latest EU Sanctions

Dapper Labs Suspends Russian Accounts From Accessing Services to Comply With Latest EU Sanctions

The NBA Top Shot creator Dapper Labs has suspended accounts with connections to Russia citing the EU tightening of the sanctions. The sanctions prohibit companies from offering crypto wallet, account and custody services to accounts with connections to Russia, Dapper Labs said in a statement. It added that its payment…

CryptoPunks NFT Sold For .5 Million, Makes For Largest Sale Amid Dipped Buys

CryptoPunks NFT Sold For $4.5 Million, Makes For Largest Sale Amid Dipped Buys

Collectors of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are seemingly taking advantage of the slowed down market momentum and making hefty purchases. Numbered #2924, an NFT from the popular CryptoPunks series, was recently sold for a whopping ETH 3,300 or $4.5 million (roughly Rs. 36 crore). The development stirred an excitement among the…

Disney Looks to Hire Corporate Lawyer for Emerging Technologies Like NFTs, Metaverse: Details

Disney Looks to Hire Corporate Lawyer for Emerging Technologies Like NFTs, Metaverse: Details

The Walt Disney Company appears to be interested in expanding its Web3 presence as the company is looking to hire “experienced corporate lawyers” to work on “developed technologies”, including non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain, metaverse, and decentralised finance (DeFi). According to the job posting, the Corporate Transactions Group, within the Legal…

Blankos Block Party Becomes First Web3 Title to Be Listed on Epic Games Store

Blankos Block Party Becomes First Web3 Title to Be Listed on Epic Games Store

Video game development giant Epic Games, famous for the popular title ‘Fortnite’, has unveiled its first NFT game on the platform titled ‘Blankos Block Party’ powered by Mythical Games. Mythical Games first unleashed Blankos Block Party roughly two years ago with an open beta, and it has since claimed that…