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market data
Arts News
Sotheby’s Second Round of Three Arrows Capital NFT Auctions Closed, with a Turnover of Over $10.9 Million
According to CoinDesk, Sotheby’s completed the second round of auctions of NFT works confiscated from Three Arrows Capital (3AC) this Thursday, with sales exceeding $10.9 million. The auction is held in New York and includes works from the "Grails" collection. There are a total of 37 works from generative artists such as Dmitri Cherniak, Tyler Hobbs, Jeff Davis, etc. Highlights of the sale include Dmitri Cherniak's Ringers #879 (commonly known as "The Goose"), which has an estimate of $2 million to $3 million. After multiple bids, it was finally sold to prominent NFT investor 6529 for $6.2 million. Sotheby's said it was the second-highest price ever paid for a work of generative art. Up to now, the Grails series of auction turnover has exceeded 16 million US dollars.
RTFKT x RIMOWA Batch 1 shipped - all in progress
The Meta Artisan luggage is equipped with an NFC chip, enabling the NFC/NFT link. The feature will start in July, after the forging event is over, and it will be available.
game news
YGG looks forward to connecting with the community again this year at EthCC
YGG co-founder Beryl.Li and global COO Goltra will attend the 6th Ethereum Community Conference in Paris, France from July 17th to 20th.
Chain game Axie Infinity launched the land entrustment function
According to the official Twitter, the chain game Axie Infinity has launched the Axie Land Delegation function. Land holders can entrust Land to one or more users (called stewards) and set the entrustment period. Land cannot be commissioned.
virtual world news
The Sandbox Partners With Forkast Labs to Index the Metaverse
The Sandbox announces a strategic partnership with Forkast Labs, a global Web3 data infrastructure and media company, aimed at changing the way the value of digital assets in the Metaverse is measured. The Sandbox enables players to create, own, monetize and monetize virtual assets and experiences using NFT and blockchain technology. Through this partnership, Forkast Labs will leverage its expertise in blockchain data and journalism to provide comprehensive coverage and insight into the blockchain gaming industry to ensure The Sandbox has extensive media coverage in the global blockchain community exposure and recognition.
Dalgomz Partners with The Sandbox to Bring Korean Travel Experience to Metaverse
The Dalgomz NFT project is a community dedicated to "Dalgomz", which symbolizes the Asian black bear that visits from Seorak Mountain to the human world. Working with the official creators of The Sandbox, they became familiar with the platform through partnerships with local governments and Web2 companies. We also collaborated with GBF META and Meta Toy Dragonz to produce a video, which is currently being played in 36 cabins of "Sokcho Eye" in Sokcho, as well as large billboards in the area.
The Shanghai Science and Technology Commission issued the "Shanghai "Metaverse" Key Technology Research Action Plan (2023-2025)"
The Shanghai Science and Technology Commission issued the "Shanghai "Metaverse" Key Technology Action Plan (2023-2025)" today. The plan focuses on the content, storage and calculation, transmission and terminal technology aspects of the "metaverse", combines the domestic and foreign industrial development situation and the city's research and development foundation, focuses on the two main directions of immersive technology and Web3 technology, and focuses on immersive audio-visual, immersive computing, and new Key technical fields such as display, sensory interaction and blockchain have created new heights. Focus on the development of Web3 network operating system, blockchain digital identity, distributed trusted storage, trusted computing chips and other supporting technologies and digital supervision technology research and development, and build a high-performance, scalable, safe and controllable new blockchain architecture. Form an infrastructure to carry large-scale "Metaverse" innovative applications.
China Mobile Migu joins hands with director Lu Chuan to explore a new model of the metaverse film industry
During the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival, China Mobile Migu Company and director Lu Chuan announced to jointly explore a new model of the metaverse film industry. One is to rely on the advantages of China Mobile's 5G+ computing power network to jointly explore the application of Metaverse-related technologies in the field of film production and create a new experience of digital-real fusion movies; the other is to focus on the production of digital humans, digital scene construction, and digital asset circulation. Co-construct a scenario-based operation model integrating products, content, marketing, and services to promote coordinated development among industries; third, inherit Chinese cultural genes, build around film IP development and industrial ecology, and build a "digital cornerstone" for the construction of a culturally strong country. Explore the creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Director Lu Chuan said that in terms of technologically empowered movies, we hope to accumulate technology-related content in movies and turn them into real assets for the regeneration, reuse, and re-realization of Chinese movies with a long-tail effect. Lu Chuan hopes that starting from the movie "749 Games" and relying on China Mobile's powerful 5G and computing power network, we can jointly establish a model that will deeply integrate movies and technology, and find new value breakthroughs from an industry perspective. China Mobile Migu teamed up with director Lu Chuan to explore a new model of the metaverse film industry.
Apple's mixed reality headset will enhance games and the Metaverse
Apple, which announced a mixed reality headset at its annual WWDC conference on Monday, is adept at taking emerging technologies and making them more refined and accessible to the masses, and its headset could do the same for AR. Such platforms will be key catalysts to expand the metaverse and blockchain-powered games with novel experiences that are integrated into everyday life.
other news
Adidas to launch limited-edition NFT-bound token-gated sneakers with NFC tags
Adidas announced that adidas Originals has reached a partnership with 20-year-old artist FEWOCiOUS, and the two parties will cooperate to launch a limited edition Trefoil Flower Mint Pass NFT. The NFT will be launched on June 22, and holders will have the opportunity to redeem adidas Originals physical sneakers. This is also the first time that Adidas has launched a token-gated sneaker bound with a limited edition NFT with an NFC tag.
NFT Minting Platform Manifold Supports NFT Creation on Optimism Mainnet
According to the official Twitter, Manifold, the NFT casting platform, has supported the creation of NFTs on the Optimism mainnet, and will provide $6.90 worth of ETH to eligible creators on Optimism to help them start creating. Users can apply for Manifold-Optimism Creator NFT for free.
American rapper Snoop Dogg launches new NFT collection for his tour
American rapper Snoop Dogg has announced the launch of a new NFT series "Snoop Dogg Passport" priced at 0.025 ETH. The series aims to provide holders with behind-the-scenes content of Snoop Dogg's exclusive tour activities, while also receiving discounts on future NFT releases, new song releases, merchandise and event tickets.
Music NFT platform Sound.xyz will launch its platform on Optimism
Sound.xyz, a music NFT platform, announced a partnership with Optimism to launch its platform on Optimism, allowing artists to upload music on Optimism. Sound supports payment with ETH or card. Sound.xyz also introduced a way to use mainnet ETH to pay and send music NFTs to wallets on Optimism.
NFT Valuation Protocol Abacus Decides to Shut Down, Urges Users to Retrieve Assets in Time
The NFT valuation protocol Abacus announced on Twitter that considering certain internal and external difficulties, it was unable to achieve a financial scale to achieve profitability and issue tokens, so the project decided to end operations.
About WHALE
WHALE is an all-round membership club for native digital, founded in 2020 by the pseudonym WhaleShark, WHALE has more than 25,000 members worldwide, focusing on long-term discussion and immersion of Web 3 and real digital asset scarcity, ownership and management. revolution. Powered by the club's native social token $WHALE and the club's treasury $WHALE Vault, WHALE provides physical and metadata content, information and experiences for a new generation of digital enthusiasts. WHALE has become the world's largest social token community, funded by the world's most valuable collection of NFTs. Areas of focus include: digital art, digital photography, digital music, decentralized games and metaverse.
About BeepCrypto
BeepCrypto is a community and research-driven media in China, focusing on NFTs, DAO, Social Token and Creator Economy. It is one of the earliest institutions in China to pay attention to NFTs, and has served many well-known projects, including The Sandbox, REVV, Yield Guild Games, YGGSEA, Aavegotchi, Unicly, Aurory, RTFKT, Terra Virtua, BreederDAO, etc. BeepCrypto has a deep NFT background and is also the chief partner of WHALE members, an NFT collection organization.