Leading NFT Marketplace Opensea to Add Solana Support in April โ€“ Bitcoin News

The largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Opensea has plans to add Solana support in April. The news follows an abundance of rumors that said the company would be adding Solana in the near future. Opensea Confirms Solana Support After a Myriad of Rumors and Speculation Opensea has confirmed it will be adding Solana (SOL) support in April, according to a teaser video the company tweeted out on March 29. Opensea is the largest NFT marketplace in terms of all-time sales with $23.5 billion sold to date. The $23.5 billion was…

Nifty Gateway Partners With Samsung to Develop ‘First-Ever Smart TV NFT Platform’ โ€“ Bitcoin News

Nifty Gateway, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace has announced that the company has partnered with the electronics giant Samsung. The two firms have been working on the โ€œfirst-ever smart TV NFT platformโ€ and Nifty Gateway is already integrated into Samsungโ€™s 2022 premium TV product lines. NFT Marketplace Nifty Gateway Partners With the Electronics Giant Samsung During the first week of January, the electronics company Samsung revealed it was getting into non-fungible token (NFT) technology and NFTs would be introduced into the companyโ€™s TV products. At the time, Samsung didnโ€™t get…

OpenSea set to integrate Solana in April, further expanding the NFT ecosystem

NFT marketplace OpenSea has announced an upcoming integration of the Solana (SOL) blockchain within its platform, a long-awaited move that industry experts and numerical data suggest could have reciprocal benefits across both ecosystems, as well as positive sentiments for the wider NFT space. Scheduled to commence on a yet-to-be-disclosed date in April, Solana will join the list of three networks, Ethereum, layer-2 Polygon and Klaytn, and will be visible via the drop-down โ€˜all chainsโ€™ tab on the rankings page. Alluding the vast number of tweets and media publications on the…

NFT of Nelson Mandela’s Arrest Warrant Raises $130,000 โ€“ Metaverse Bitcoin News

A South African museum, Liliesleaf Museum Heritage Site, recently raised $130,000 via the auction of a non-fungible token (NFT) created from an arrest warrant issued against Nelson Mandela in 1962. Proceeds From NFT Sale to Fund Museum Activities A non-fungible token (NFT) minted from the former South African President Nelson Mandelaโ€™s warrant of arrest was recently auctioned for $130,000 (1.9 million rands), a report has said. The proceeds are expected to help bankroll Liliesleaf Museum Heritage Site, an organization that documents South Africaโ€™s fight for freedom and democracy. According to…

Pro Trader-Focused NFT Marketplace Blur Secures $11 Million in Seed Round Led by Paradigm โ€“ Bitcoin News

On March 28, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Blur announced the company has raised $11 million in a seed round led by Paradigm. The NFT marketplace Blur says the startup is focused on building an institutional-grade NFT market thatโ€™s made โ€œfor pro traders.โ€ Blur Raises $11 Million to Craft the Startupโ€™s Institutional-Grade Products The NFT marketplace Blur announced the firm has raised $11 million in a seed funding round led by Paradigm. According to Blur, the round also saw participation from Egirl Capital, Keyboard Monkey, Ledgerstatus, 0xmaki, Santiago Santos, Zeneca,…

๐Ÿ”ด BIG CRYPTO NEWS – Kevin O' Leary Crypto Regulations – Microsoft Cryptocurrency Job – OKX Exchange

โ–ถ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com โ–ถ CEX Website: cex.io In Crypto news today Kevin O’Leary met with members of Congress to push for crypto regulations to help more institutional investors enter the market. Microsoft posts a bullish job posting. $1.3 billion was invested in crypto companies and funds this week. OKX exchange partners with Manchester City. NFT infrastructure startup Rarify has secured $10 million via a Series A led by Pantera Capital. Pizza chain Papa Johns is giving away NFTs minted on the Tezos blockchain. Sponsor ๐Ÿ”ฅ Sign Up with OkCoin…

Why NFT adoption is so high in South Korea

South Koreaโ€™s reputation as a trend-setter and leader in technological research is quickly spilling into the blockchain realm as nonfungible token (NFT) adoption has skyrocketed in the small East Asian country. As of 2020, South Korea has been among the top-10 countries in the world in the Global Innovation Index by the World Intellectual Property Organization. That level of innovation is made apparent to global retail consumers by tech giants such as Samsung and LG and to gamers through game maker Krafton. Those companies, and many like them, are now…

Mark Karpeles announces commemorative NFT drop for Mt. Gox users

The former chief executive officer of now defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox has announced that certain users will be eligible to receive commemorative nonfungible tokens, or NFTs. In a Monday announcement on Twitter, Mark Karpelรจs said that crypto users who were Mt. Gox customers between 2010 and 2014 โ€” during which time the exchange was hacked and subsequently declared bankruptcy โ€” could register to claim a free NFT. According to the CEO, the offer extended to users who claimed losses from the defunct exchange or had a balance. โ€œMt. Gox…