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Doja Cat & Adele in Billboard & VersusGame Matchups: Recapping the Latest Winners
Will Doja Cat have two simultaneous top 10s on the next Hot 100?Answer: No. Doja Cat has one top 10 on the latest Hot 100, with “Need to Know.” The song rises 11-9, becoming her fourth career top 10. Prior single “Kiss Me More,” featuring SZA, helped make way for her new top 10, as it dips 10-12, after hitting No. 3. As announced last week, Billboard and VersusGame have joined forces to bring music fans a one-of-a-kind, user-generated experience with games that test knowledge of pop culture for a chance to win prizes and monetize trend predictions. Billboard is hosting biweekly head-to-head challenges on entertainment and pop culture gaming app VersusGame, where fans can vote on their favorite artists and songs and wager on who will top the charts and more. In previ...
Sorare CEO believes NFTs will be behind everything valuable on the web
Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have become very popular in the arts and gaming sectors, with billions of dollars in investment entering the space. Nicholas Julia, co-founder and CEO of French nonfungible token (NFT) fantasy gaming company Sorare, believes that nonfungible tokens (NFTs) will be behind everything valuable on the web. Julia made this assertion while speaking at the Web Summit 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. NFTs have become very popular in the arts and entertainment world as more artists and creatives use them to digitalise their work and earn more money as a result. They are digital certificates of ownership representing a wide range of things, including videos, images, music and more. NFTs are stored in digital wallets, and the assets can be stored off-chain or on0chain. Sorare is one...
Top 3 Cryptocurrencies to watch on November 2, 2021: ADA, SOL and LUNA
November has the potential to push forward a lot of tokens in terms of value. Cardano (ADA), Solana (SOL) and Terra (LUNA) have huge potential for growth. At their current price point, they might be some of the best investments on November 2. Cardano is a blockchain and smart contract platform that relies on its native cryptocurrency token ADA and uses a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus model. Solana is a web-scale blockchain that provides quick, secure and scalable decentralized applications (dApps) and marketplaces, where the SOL token is the native cryptocurrency token that powers it. Terra Luna is a dual-token platform which is a network that works through two intertwined tokens that have separate utilities. Should you invest in Cardano (ADA)? Cardano (ADA)’s value was $1.97 on October 2...
Singapore to position itself as global crypto center, says regulator
The regulation of cryptocurrencies varies considerably across the globe: China has cracked down on significant amounts of crypto activity in recent months, while Japan only recently allowed specialized cryptocurrency investment funds. El Salvador, on the other hand, has accepted Bitcoin (BTC) as a legal currency. As financial centers throughout the world seek to regulate the sector, Singapore is aiming to establish itself as the globe’s capital for crypto-related enterprises. According to Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the city-state might have been left behind had it not gotten a head start on how to deal with cryptocurrencies. “With crypto-based activities, it is basically an investment in a prospective future, the shape of which is not clear ...
Former Activision, Disney and Lucas Films devs reveal NFT-powered video game
Video game publisher MetalCore Foundation has unveiled a new open-world game that incorporates nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, into the gaming experience, highlighting the continued innovation underway in the GameFi sector. On Tuesday, the foundation unveiled MetalCore, a massively multiplayer combat game that combines traditional gaming with the GameFi features of blockchain technology. Developed by Studio 369, the game allows players to collect rare weapons, cosmetic meshes and skins that can be used in battle and traded as NFTs in an open market. MetalCore players will have the opportunity to earn in-game rewards and become virtual landowners, through which they’ll be able to mine resources and generate tax revenue. The official trailer for the game depicts players piloting war machines ag...
Sanctor Capital launches $20M fund to bootstrap GameFi, DeFi projects
Blockchain-focused investment firm Sanctor Capital has raised $20 million to fund emerging projects in the cryptocurrency space, offering the latest evidence that venture capital continues to flood the market. The investment fund will be used to bootstrap projects in some of crypto’s hottest segments, including DeFi, GameFi and cross-chain infrastructure development, Sanctor announced Tuesday. In addition to funding early-stage companies, Sanctor will also provide guidance to blockchain founders on how to launch and scale their products. DeFi, which stands for decentralized finance, has become one of crypto’s most valuable industries with over $245 billion in total value locked. GameFi, meanwhile, refers to the financialization of gaming through DeFi and nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. ...
Asia-Pacific leads the world in NFT searches on Google
Amid the ongoing nonfungible token (NFT) boom, people in Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries appear to be the most curious about NFTs, according to Google Trends data. Google Trends data shows that China, Singapore and Hong Kong are the three top countries in the world in terms of the number of “NFT” searches on Google over the past year. According to the data, China has posted the highest number of such searches, with the Google search index amounting to 100 points. Singapore and Hong Kong follow with 67 and 62 points, respectively. Other major “NFT”-searching countries include Venezuela, the Philippines, Cyprus, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Source: Google Trends The most populous nation in APAC, China, could be moving into NFTs to alleviate the consequences of the...
Ticketek Unveils ‘World First’ Integrated Mobile Ticket and Vaccination Check-In
The check-in upgrade gets its first proper consumer trial from this Thursday, beginning with the Kennedy Oaks Day at Flemington Racecourse, through a partnership with the Victorian government. With that particular experience, guests at Ticketek venues can verify their check-in and vaccination status at bag check, by way of a deep-link into the Service Victoria app. The one-stop will be rolled out across Ticketek venues in other Australian states in the coming weeks, a spokesman confirms, and concerts will come on line in due course. Ticketek’s upgrade is a timely one. Restrictions are currently being eased across New South Wales and Victoria, Australia’s two biggest states, after their respective populations nudged past the 80 per cent double-dose vaccination milestone. By hitting those bi...
MANA rises by another 10%. Will it reach the all-time high price soon?
The metaverse coins have been rallying in recent days due to the increasing attention caused by Facebook’s entry into the metaverse world. MANA, the native token of the Decentraland ecosystem, has been one of the top-performing coins in recent days. The token reached a new all-time high of $4.11 over the weekend but has slightly dropped and is now trading close to the $3.5 region. At the time of writing, MANA is up by nearly 10% against the US Dollars and could attempt to reach its all-time high price above $4 again over the coming hours or days if it could maintain the momentum. MANA, like the other metaverse coins, has rallied since Facebook announced over the weekend that it has rebranded to Meta in a bid to become a metaverse-focused company. A giant like Facebook entering the metavers...
vEmpire DDAO joins Shiba Inu’s DeFi ecosystem
The projects are united by their common vision for true decentralisation in the Metaverse Metaverse stalking protocol vEmpire DDAO has announced that it will be integrating with popular cryptocurrency Shiba Inu by publicly trading its native token VEMP on the ShibaSwap decentralised exchange. The collaboration with vEmpire, a project dedicated to restoring fairness in the metaverse, will enable Shiba Inu to further expand into the DeFi world. ShibaSwap’s goal of building an ecosystem where the community has a fairer say in the functioning and listing of the platform and vEmpire’s democratic DAO ensured that two projects are united in the similarity of their core vision for true decentralisation. The press release stated that the partnership is a major milestone for both VEMP holders and th...
SAND rallies by more than 70% in 24 hours. Here is why
SAND is one of the top performers in the market at the moment and reached a new all-time high a few hours ago. SAND token reached a new all-time high of $3.33 a few hours ago, rising by more than 70% in the process. By adding 70% to its value within the space of 24 hours, SAND became one of the top performers in the cryptocurrency space since the start of the month. The rally was caused by The Sandbox raising $93 million from investors to expand its nonfungible token (NFT) metaverse. The investment round was led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and other investors such as Animoca Brands, SCB 10X, Polygon Studios, True Global Ventures, Galaxy Interactive and Samsung Next. The Sandbox said it intends to create an open metaverse, allowing it to compete against some of the leading tech companies li...
The Fed is ready to rein in its aid. Market tremors are already emerging.
Weaker-than-projected economic growth in the last quarter, a jobs slowdown and supply chain snags that are likely to continue deep into next year are all sending warning signs for President Joe Biden’s economy, despite an overall positive outlook that has sent the stock market soaring. At the same time, top Fed officials are increasingly voicing concern that inflation will stay higher for longer than they expected. As a result, some on Wall Street are worried that the Fed might raise borrowing costs as early as the middle of next year to fight price surges, a move that could jeopardize the recovery. Political progressives have similar concerns, but their focus is on ordinary Americans. “What problems would an interest rate hike solve and what problems would an interest rate hike create?” s...
