Bill Gates: Crypto Is 100% Based on Greater Fool Theory — ‘I’m Not Involved in That’

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says crypto is an asset class that is 100% based on the Greater Fool Theory. The billionaire also mocked Bored Ape NFTs, stating: “Obviously, expensive digital images of monkeys are going to improve the world immensely.” Bill Gates on Crypto and NFTs Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates talked about cryptocurrency and non-fungible … Read more

Blockchain.com Plans to Provide an NFT Domain Name to 83 Million Wallet Users

Blockchain.com has announced it has partnered with the Web3 digital identity platform and NFT domain name provider Unstoppable Domains in order to launch .blockchain NFT domains. The company says that in the next few weeks, 83 million Blockchain.com wallet users will get a free .blockchain domain. Blockchain.com Partners With Unstoppable Domains — Firms Launch 1st … Read more

Mastercard to Implement Payments for NFT and Web3 Projects

Payments giant Mastercard has announced it is working to bring direct payment support for a number of NFT and Web3 platforms with its cards. According to the company, this will enable more customers to enter the industry as the barrier to acquiring such digital goods is lowered via more flexible payment products. Mastercard To Enable … Read more

Solana Ventures Launches $100 Million Fund Focused on Web3 Projects in South Korea

Solana Ventures has revealed the launch of a $100 million fund dedicated to Web3 startups in South Korea. According to Solana Labs’ general manager Johnny Lee, the capital will be dedicated to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), decentralized finance (defi), and game finance (gamefi) development. Solana Ventures Reveals $100 Million Web3 Fund Dedicated to Finding Talent and … Read more

Report: Bored Ape Yacht Club Discord Attacker May Have Been Involved in Previous NFT Phishing Scams

On June 4, 2022, the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) Discord server was compromised and a phishing scam targeted non-fungible token (NFT) collectors holding BAYC, Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC), and Otherside NFTs. According to an analysis by the Web3 and blockchain auditing and security firm Certik, the BAYC Discord server attacker may have been … Read more

Eurovision Winners’ NFT Auction Raises $900K for Charity

Kalush Orchestra, the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, have successfully auctioned off an NFT for charity. The auction was held on MetaHistory — the official Ukrainian charitable NFT museum – and raised $900,000 in cryptocurrency for Ukraine. MetaHistory and Kalush Orchestra’s NFT Charity Auction The largest European crypto exchange originating from Ukraine, WhiteBIT … Read more