NFT Weekly News #6
22th May- 28th May, 2023
NFT News Weekly Update #6
(05/22/2023-05/28/2023)
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Welcome to NFT Weekly News by Threekeyslab🗝️🗝️🗝️. Here you can find the latest curated news📰in the NFT world. Every week, we aim to provide a selection of the most interesting news and events that are fostering the development of the NFT world.
The NFT field is constantly evolving, and this article will review last week's Top🔝NFT news. Let's take a look👀together!
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Big News 🔝
📌WEB3| Recently, CCTV-2 🎦reported news about Hong Kong's🇭🇰 crypto licensing, and CZ (presumably Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance) has made commentary on the broadcast (May 25)
China Central Television (CCTV), the country’s largest national broadcaster, shone a light on Hong Kong’s cryptocurrency sector Tuesday when it reported on the region’s incoming virtual asset regulations. The move caught the attention of analysts and crypto heavyweights alike. Changpeng Zhao, CEO of the world’s largest crypto exchange Binance, commented that the unexpected focus on the Hong Kong crypto space could signal the start of a bull run.
📌NFT | Punks getting mainstream attention in China🇨🇳 (May 28)
Chinese famous singer🎤 Karen Mok, has made waves by wearing a punk-style dress by designer @VivienneTam on one of China's leading entertainment channels Hunan TV. This is a remarkable shift of web3 in China, considering such a bold move seemed impossible just last year.
📌NFT|Strong Bidding and Outstanding Results for First Group of Three Arrows Collection: Market Activity📈 and Demand for High-Quality Artworks Unwavering (May 22)
Sotheby’s First Sale of NFTs from Three Arrows Capital’s Collection Pulled in a Stunning 2.4 Million, Obliterating Estimate.
Market Update 📣
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Other News 👀
NFT|Interpreting a16z's $600 Million💰 Gaming Fund Fundraising Deck - Why Choose to Bet on Gaming🎮? (May 23)
"A year ago, the crypto venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) announced the launch of its first gaming fund, Games Fund One, with a scale of $600 million. A year has passed, and the fund has already made 25 investments.
WEB3| Semafor says it’s raised $19M. New money takes into account the $10M hole💰 left from SBF’s SAFE repurchase (May 24)
Semafor has raised $19 million in a new financing round, bringing the company's total amount raised to $34 million. The additional investments are an extension, on the same terms, of the company's previous financing round. The new total also takes into account the repurchase of Sam Bankman-Fried's SAFE interest.
NFT| Binance enters NFT lending space, starting with ETH loans(May 25)
Binance has launched NFT loans feature on its NFT marketplace.The feature currently supports ETH borrowing against “blue-chip” NFTs, such as BAYC, MAYC and Azuki.
WEB3| $170,000 lost after Ben.eth retweets a phishing scam (May 26)
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NFT| BNB NFT marketplace Tabi raises $10M in angel funding (May 28)
Tabi, an NFT marketplace formerly known as Treasureland, has raised $10 million in an angel funding round. The investment comes from several venture capital firms including Animoca Brands, Binance Labs, Draper Dragon, Hashkey Capital, Infinity Crypto Ventures, and Youbi Capital, as well as individual investors Bo Feng, Riyad AD, and Suji Yan. The funds will be used to develop Tabi's gaming ecosystem and its upcoming on-chain identity protocol.
NFT| Rumors of 'Grand Theft Auto 6'🎮 introducing cryptocurrency have been circulating for 2 years. Why won't it incorporate Web3? (May 28)
A rumor in the crypto community suggests that the upcoming game 'Grand Theft Auto 6' from the popular series 'Grand Theft Auto', set to release in 2023 or 2024, may incorporate cryptocurrency rewards. The game plans to utilize blockchain technology for a cryptocurrency-based reward system and could potentially employ Bitcoin as an in-game method of payment and reward token.
WEB3| Shaquille O’Neal hit with FTX and Astral NFT suits during NBA game🏀(May 25)
Former basketball star Shaquille O'Neal is facing lawsuits for allegedly promoting FTX and a Solana-based NFT project called Astrals. Process servers delivered the legal documents to O'Neal during a playoff basketball game at the Kaseya Center (formerly FTX Arena).