Legendary boxing champion Floyd Mayweather is taking one other jab on the crypto area by launching a brand new NFT and Metaverse challenge known as the Mayweverse.
The nonfungible tokens (NFT) will characteristic the likeness of Mayweather himself and supply varied utilities and prizes for holders relying on the rarity of the merchandise. Little extra is thought in regards to the challenge on the time of writing apart from that the Metaverse will comprise a boxing fitness center.
After many months of exhausting work
I’m launching my new NFT Venture @mayweverse⁰
The gathering may have 5,000 NFTs (5 totally different NFTs playing cards of 1,000 every).Every card has a special rarity, utilities & prizes.
Extra data on the roadmap can be introduced quickly.
Keep Tuned pic.twitter.com/SxZ916p0HP
— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) March 21, 2022
The launch date and costs is but been decided, however the hype for the challenge is rising quickly. The Discord channel devoted to the challenge already has over 5,000 members.
Mayweather’s involvement on this new NFT challenge is notable contemplating his sub-par report with crypto tasks up to now. Mayweather promoted a high-profile crypto rip-off known as Centra Tech which defrauded buyers out of over $25 million in 2018. By 2019, Mayweather and co-promoter DJ Khaled had been pressured to pay $600,000 and $150,000 respectively for his or her elements in advertising the challenge.
Twitter persona Coffeezilla claimed that Mayweather is now “frantically deleting proof of his final NFT rip-off,” in an effort to look like in good religion for the Mayweverse launch. Different tasks he has promoted embrace Floyd NFT, Bored Bunny, and Bored BAD Bunny.
Floyd Mayweather is frantically deleting proof of his final NFT rip-off.He is getting roasted by the buyers. https://t.co/HXUzCWi6sW pic.twitter.com/AQ92nxIhtz
— Coffeezilla (@coffeebreak_YT) March 22, 2022
Personal a chunk of the Nice Barrier Reef
A marine biologist is seeking to spark new conservation efforts for Australia’s Nice Barrier Reef by re-mapping the world’s largest coral reef system and promoting the outcomes as NFTs one hectare at a time.
Dr. Brett Kettle is working with ReeFi DAO to digitally map all the Nice Barrier Reef off the northwest coast of Australia and provides folks around the globe an opportunity to see it with their very own eyes. Dr. Kettle believes that entry to one of many nice pure wonders of the world will encourage environmental preservation efforts from homeowners of the NFTs.
Every NFT can be “an precise three-dimensional photo-realistic mannequin,” Dr. Kettle informed Australian nationwide broadcaster ABC. He believes that NFT homeowners will each be capable to expertise one thing they might not in any other case have an opportunity to, and assist the reef’s well being. The reef is struggling on account of local weather change and ocean acidification based on local weather researchers at climatehotmap.com.
Collectors will be capable to act as proxy stewards of the NFT reef plot they personal.
“You could be sitting in an attic in upstate New York with no probability of seeing the Nice Barrier Reef, however you’ll be able to pull down your service supplier and select somebody to take away [crown of thorns] starfish out of your piece of reef.”
Australia’s Qantas Airways to drop NFTs
Australia’s greatest airline will drop a collection of NFTs as memorabilia commemorating the airline’s 102-year historical past in aviation.
The airline introduced the drop on Mar. 22 on its web site and acknowledged that the gathering wouldn’t simply be a easy piece of historical past to carry. The primary consumers of the NFTs will earn frequent flyer factors known as Qantas Factors and the airline stated it has “extra thrilling future advantages for Qantas NFT holders underway.”
The NFTs are on account of drop by mid-year.
Krafton and Solana companion
South Korean gaming firm Krafton has sealed a partnership with Layer-1 blockchain challenge Solana (SOL) to develop and function blockchain-based video games utilizing NFTs.
Web3 Lead at Krafton Hyungchul Park stated within the firm’s official assertion that he expects the partnership will enable Krafton to “purchase the perception wanted to speed up its funding in and output of blockchain-based experiences.”
Krafton is the corporate behind the favored PUBG: Battlegrounds recreation. It isn’t but clear what path the corporate will take with the partnership and whether or not it’s going to tokenize in-game belongings from its widespread battle royale recreation.
KRAFTON, one in every of South Korea’s most precious gaming firms, introduced the signing of a enterprise settlement with Solana Labs to assist the design and advertising of blockchain-based video games and providers. https://t.co/vJkQuDahgT
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) March 24, 2022
Krafton noticed its greatest profits ever in 2021 and raked in additional than $1.5 billion because of the success from its flagship recreation title.
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Online game retailer Gamestop has launched an NFT market on the Loopring Layer-2 answer. The beta model of {the marketplace} is now reside. Loopring’s Head of Development says {the marketplace} will enable collectors to mint and commerce NFTs in a “quick, low-cost, and safe” approach.
NFT market Veve skilled a safety breach on Mar. 22 that noticed hundreds of thousands of its in-app tokens often called gems being stolen. {The marketplace} was shut down whereas an investigation occurred.