Logan Paul Hasn’t Refunded $1.8M To CryptoZoo Scam NFT Buyers After 6 Months
The publisher of the CryptoZoo NFT scam project, Logan Paul, has yet to fulfill his promise to return $1.8 million to investors over the past six months. YouTuber Logan Paul faced intense backlash six months ago for allegedly scamming his audience with an NFT gaming project called CryptoZoo, which was proposed in 2021. Paul and his crew were given ZOO tokens and sold NFT, but the game was never completed.
As alleged by Coffeezilla, Paul once promised to deposit all of their ZOO tokens into a burning wallet so that the tokens would be effectively destroyed. After that, they can only profit from their ZOO tokens. However, upon examining the official ZOO contract detailed in the token’s white paper, there is no clear evidence that Paul or Levin burned any of their ZOOs.
The publisher of the CryptoZoo NFT scam project, Logan Paul, has yet to fulfill his promise to return $1.8 million to investors over the past six months. YouTuber Logan Paul faced intense backlash six months ago for allegedly scamming his audience with an NFT gaming project called CryptoZoo, which was proposed in 2021. Paul and his crew were given ZOO tokens and sold NFT, but the game was never completed.
As alleged by Coffeezilla, Paul once promised to deposit all of their ZOO tokens into a burning wallet so that the tokens would be effectively destroyed. After that, they can only profit from their ZOO tokens. However, upon examining the official ZOO contract detailed in the token’s white paper, there is no clear evidence that Paul or Levin burned any of their ZOOs.
🪙 OKcontract joins the Sandbox for Metaverse Assets
The Sandbox, a leading decentralized virtual world with over 400 global partners, initiated its Partners Day event in Singapore on June 27, showcasing its expanding Singapore ecosystem. Introducing the Lion City, a neighborhood of 512 virtual LANDs within The Sandbox metaverse, the event saw the participation of over 30 partners, including DBS Bank, MM2 Asia, ONE Championship, and the Mighty Jaxx Group. One of the notable additions to The Sandbox’s Singapore ecosystem was OKcontract, a new Ecosystem Partner based in Singapore. The showcased OKcontract widgets offer a dynamic solution for partners, enabling the seamless integration of NFT minting functionalities into landing pages. By copying and pasting the widget’s HTML code, brands, and games can transform their landing pages into Web3 native channels, allowing users to directly mint and acquire metaverse NFTs. This not only simplifies the NFT acquisition process but also serves as a promotional tool, enhancing user engagement and immersion in the metaverse. This collaboration aims to equip brands and agencies building experiences in The Sandbox’s metaverse with efficient tools for asset distribution on both Web3 and Web2 channels.
The Sandbox, a leading decentralized virtual world with over 400 global partners, initiated its Partners Day event in Singapore on June 27, showcasing its expanding Singapore ecosystem. Introducing the Lion City, a neighborhood of 512 virtual LANDs within The Sandbox metaverse, the event saw the participation of over 30 partners, including DBS Bank, MM2 Asia, ONE Championship, and the Mighty Jaxx Group. One of the notable additions to The Sandbox’s Singapore ecosystem was OKcontract, a new Ecosystem Partner based in Singapore. The showcased OKcontract widgets offer a dynamic solution for partners, enabling the seamless integration of NFT minting functionalities into landing pages. By copying and pasting the widget’s HTML code, brands, and games can transform their landing pages into Web3 native channels, allowing users to directly mint and acquire metaverse NFTs. This not only simplifies the NFT acquisition process but also serves as a promotional tool, enhancing user engagement and immersion in the metaverse. This collaboration aims to equip brands and agencies building experiences in The Sandbox’s metaverse with efficient tools for asset distribution on both Web3 and Web2 channels.
Binance x Cristiano Ronaldo Returns with an Exclusive Second NFT Collection
Binance and Cristiano Ronaldo had announced a multi-year exclusive NFT partnership to drop exclusive NFT collections in June 2022. The global exchange has teamed up with football legend Cristiano Ronaldo to roll out exclusive NFT collections on the Binance NFT marketplace. Select country Binance users can also use Binance Pay to purchase the NFT collections. The partnership will provide access to limited edition NFT collections to global football fans.
The collection, ForeverCR7: The GOAT, serves as a tribute to Ronaldo’s impressive record of 838 goals and presents collectors with a selection of 20 designs.The second NFT collection is set to drop on July 3, 2023. The first series of the NFT collection was launched on November 18. Now, according to the latest tweet from Ronaldo, the second series is set to be launched on July 3.
Binance and Cristiano Ronaldo had announced a multi-year exclusive NFT partnership to drop exclusive NFT collections in June 2022. The global exchange has teamed up with football legend Cristiano Ronaldo to roll out exclusive NFT collections on the Binance NFT marketplace. Select country Binance users can also use Binance Pay to purchase the NFT collections. The partnership will provide access to limited edition NFT collections to global football fans.
The collection, ForeverCR7: The GOAT, serves as a tribute to Ronaldo’s impressive record of 838 goals and presents collectors with a selection of 20 designs.The second NFT collection is set to drop on July 3, 2023. The first series of the NFT collection was launched on November 18. Now, according to the latest tweet from Ronaldo, the second series is set to be launched on July 3.
🖼 Binance NFT Launches 2nd Exclusive NFT Collection For Cristiano Ronaldo
Binance NFT Market has announced the “ForeverCR7: The GOAT” NFT collection, the second NFT series created by Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese football legend. On July 3, 2023, the renowned football player, popularly referred to as the Greatest of All Time (GOAT), issued his second NFT collection, “ForeverCR7: The GOAT.” This NFT collection will only be available on the Binance NFT platform. This NFT collection contains NFTs of four rarities: Super Super Rare (SSR), Super Rare (SR), Rare (R), and Normal (N). The new NFT collection focuses on commemorating Ronaldo’s remarkable exploits and will include a broad selection of 20 distinct designs showcasing and immortalizing Ronaldo’s famous career goals. Customers may acquire the rare “ForeverCR7: The GOAT” NFT at the auction, which will take place from 22:00 on July 03, 2023, until 22:00 on July 05, 2023. (Eastern Eighth District Time). The auction will include six “The Bicycle Kick” NFTs, with bidding beginning at 15,000 USDT. The Forever CR7: The GOAT collection provides extra benefits for everyone engaged. As a result, customers with qualifying NFTs may have access to downloadable autographed posters, personal greetings, real products, future drops, giveaways, and more!
Binance NFT Market has announced the “ForeverCR7: The GOAT” NFT collection, the second NFT series created by Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese football legend. On July 3, 2023, the renowned football player, popularly referred to as the Greatest of All Time (GOAT), issued his second NFT collection, “ForeverCR7: The GOAT.” This NFT collection will only be available on the Binance NFT platform. This NFT collection contains NFTs of four rarities: Super Super Rare (SSR), Super Rare (SR), Rare (R), and Normal (N). The new NFT collection focuses on commemorating Ronaldo’s remarkable exploits and will include a broad selection of 20 distinct designs showcasing and immortalizing Ronaldo’s famous career goals. Customers may acquire the rare “ForeverCR7: The GOAT” NFT at the auction, which will take place from 22:00 on July 03, 2023, until 22:00 on July 05, 2023. (Eastern Eighth District Time). The auction will include six “The Bicycle Kick” NFTs, with bidding beginning at 15,000 USDT. The Forever CR7: The GOAT collection provides extra benefits for everyone engaged. As a result, customers with qualifying NFTs may have access to downloadable autographed posters, personal greetings, real products, future drops, giveaways, and more!
Instagram's long-rumored Twitter competitor has just popped up on the App Store, with a release date of July 6th.
The app is called Threads, and there is a countdown to its release on threads.net.
The app is called Threads, and there is a countdown to its release on threads.net.
🖼 Sports digital collectible firms Candy Digital and Palm NFT Studio merge
Candy Digital, the non-fungible token (NFT) specialist behind Major League Baseball (MLB), Nascar and WWE’s digital collectible products, is merging with Web 3.0 technology and production company Palm NFT Studio. The combined entity, which will continue to be known as Candy Digital, believes the amalgamation of resources, technology and licences will make it better placed to innovate, scale and identify efficiencies in what has been a challenging period for blockchain-based technologies. Following the completion of the transaction, Candy Digital chief executive Scott Lawin will remain in his post, while Palm NFT co-founder and chief executive Daniel Heyman will join as president. “Over the past two years, Candy Digital and Palm NFT Studio have pioneered breakthrough digital experiences and crafted innovative creative tools, connecting fans to some of the world’s most captivating content,” said Lawin. “Candy Digital and Palm NFT Studio’s unified technology platform scales our ability to create transformative experiences for fans. We look forward to working with Candy Digital to build the next generation of digital media and engagement.”
Candy Digital, the non-fungible token (NFT) specialist behind Major League Baseball (MLB), Nascar and WWE’s digital collectible products, is merging with Web 3.0 technology and production company Palm NFT Studio. The combined entity, which will continue to be known as Candy Digital, believes the amalgamation of resources, technology and licences will make it better placed to innovate, scale and identify efficiencies in what has been a challenging period for blockchain-based technologies. Following the completion of the transaction, Candy Digital chief executive Scott Lawin will remain in his post, while Palm NFT co-founder and chief executive Daniel Heyman will join as president. “Over the past two years, Candy Digital and Palm NFT Studio have pioneered breakthrough digital experiences and crafted innovative creative tools, connecting fans to some of the world’s most captivating content,” said Lawin. “Candy Digital and Palm NFT Studio’s unified technology platform scales our ability to create transformative experiences for fans. We look forward to working with Candy Digital to build the next generation of digital media and engagement.”
OKcontract joins the Sandbox for Metaverse Assets
The Sandbox, a leading decentralized virtual world with over 400 global partners, initiated its Partners Day event in Singapore on June 27.One of the notable additions to The Sandbox’s Singapore ecosystem was OKcontract, a new Ecosystem Partner based in Singapore.
The showcased OKcontract widgets offer a dynamic solution for partners, enabling the seamless integration of NFT minting functionalities into landing pages. By copying and pasting the widget’s HTML code, brands, and games can transform their landing pages into Web3 native channels, allowing users to directly mint and acquire metaverse NFTs. This not only simplifies the NFT acquisition process but also serves as a promotional tool, enhancing user engagement and immersion in the metaverse.
The Sandbox, a leading decentralized virtual world with over 400 global partners, initiated its Partners Day event in Singapore on June 27.One of the notable additions to The Sandbox’s Singapore ecosystem was OKcontract, a new Ecosystem Partner based in Singapore.
The showcased OKcontract widgets offer a dynamic solution for partners, enabling the seamless integration of NFT minting functionalities into landing pages. By copying and pasting the widget’s HTML code, brands, and games can transform their landing pages into Web3 native channels, allowing users to directly mint and acquire metaverse NFTs. This not only simplifies the NFT acquisition process but also serves as a promotional tool, enhancing user engagement and immersion in the metaverse.
🖼 Yuga Labs plans to restore spark around its NFTs
Last week, Bored Apes creator Yuga Labs released its latest NFT-gated game, HV-MTL Forge, but it hasn't yet helped the dragging performance of the company that owns several of the top NFT collections. Yuga Labs is the standard-bearer for the industry of non-fungible tokens. It owns Bored Apes, Mutant Apes and CryptoPunks, along with a number of other important NFT collections. The giant milestone for Otherside, according to new CEO Daniel Alegre, will be when Yuga can start letting others build on it. The muted reception for HV-MTL Forge aside, the giant question mark around Yuga Labs is the Otherside virtual world that it's building and that fans have already sank millions of dollars into. Very soon, Yuga will announce a cadence for revelations that will give its NFT owners and fans a sense for how often they will reveal new pieces of work. When 20 or 30 NFT collections can create ways their NFTs will show up in Otherside and they can start making experiences in the world independent of Yuga. Yuga Labs entered the metaverse hype last year when it sold deeds for its Otherside virtual world, raking in about $320 million. It took users on its "First Trip" into the space a couple months later.
Last week, Bored Apes creator Yuga Labs released its latest NFT-gated game, HV-MTL Forge, but it hasn't yet helped the dragging performance of the company that owns several of the top NFT collections. Yuga Labs is the standard-bearer for the industry of non-fungible tokens. It owns Bored Apes, Mutant Apes and CryptoPunks, along with a number of other important NFT collections. The giant milestone for Otherside, according to new CEO Daniel Alegre, will be when Yuga can start letting others build on it. The muted reception for HV-MTL Forge aside, the giant question mark around Yuga Labs is the Otherside virtual world that it's building and that fans have already sank millions of dollars into. Very soon, Yuga will announce a cadence for revelations that will give its NFT owners and fans a sense for how often they will reveal new pieces of work. When 20 or 30 NFT collections can create ways their NFTs will show up in Otherside and they can start making experiences in the world independent of Yuga. Yuga Labs entered the metaverse hype last year when it sold deeds for its Otherside virtual world, raking in about $320 million. It took users on its "First Trip" into the space a couple months later.
📉 Sale of rare Bored Ape underscores NFT market slump
The second rarest Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT has been sold for just 200 ETH (roughly $372,000) — far below peak prices for the collection’s most prized items. Bored Ape #3953, a cream-furred creature with protruding eyes shown chewing on pizza, changed hands earlier today, according to blockchain records. Rarity Sniper ranks it as the second rarest item in the collection. In the past, apes with similar traits have been sold for millions of dollars. The record sale, brokered by Sotheby’s in 2021, was $3.4 million. The news comes with the prices of some of the most popular NFT collections plummeting. The floor price — the cheapest point of entry for an NFT collection — of Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape Yacht Club currently sits at 31 ETH (around $58,000). It stood at 28 ETH earlier this week, as low as it’s been in over 18 months and less than half its value at the start of the year, according to NFT Price Floor data. Trading volumes for the collection are at a two-year high, implying a sell-off. Yuga Labs, the startup behind BAYC, appears unfazed by the crash. Crypto Twitter was less sanguine. As one user pointed out, “It’s wild to think that at the top, the BAYC floor was higher than this sale (in USD not ETH).”
The second rarest Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT has been sold for just 200 ETH (roughly $372,000) — far below peak prices for the collection’s most prized items. Bored Ape #3953, a cream-furred creature with protruding eyes shown chewing on pizza, changed hands earlier today, according to blockchain records. Rarity Sniper ranks it as the second rarest item in the collection. In the past, apes with similar traits have been sold for millions of dollars. The record sale, brokered by Sotheby’s in 2021, was $3.4 million. The news comes with the prices of some of the most popular NFT collections plummeting. The floor price — the cheapest point of entry for an NFT collection — of Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape Yacht Club currently sits at 31 ETH (around $58,000). It stood at 28 ETH earlier this week, as low as it’s been in over 18 months and less than half its value at the start of the year, according to NFT Price Floor data. Trading volumes for the collection are at a two-year high, implying a sell-off. Yuga Labs, the startup behind BAYC, appears unfazed by the crash. Crypto Twitter was less sanguine. As one user pointed out, “It’s wild to think that at the top, the BAYC floor was higher than this sale (in USD not ETH).”
🖼 Andy Murray’s Wimbledon Tennis Data Transformed Into NFT Artwork
Historic tennis tournament Wimbledon and past champion Andy Murray have teamed up with digital artist Refik Anadol to launch an official Wimbledon art NFT on Ethereum. The data-driven digital art project, “The Exposition,” was created using 18 years of Andy Murray’s Wimbledon data—including his two Grand Slam victories at the prestigious tennis tournament in 2013 and 2016—alongside unique motion-capture sessions. The project is billed as a “world-first fusion of digital art, sport and data science.” The open edition NFT went on sale earlier today via manifold.xyz to coincide with Murray’s second-round match at Wimbledon 2023, and will be available until July 16. The NFTs, which were produced with Web3 consultancy FAN3, are priced at $147 apiece. Murray was ultimately eliminated from the tournament on Friday. For “The Exposition,” developers created a unique algorithm that uses millions of inputs from statistics along with motion, audio, and visual data. The resulting color bursts represent the “drama, the rivalries, and the Championship victories” of Murray’s ongoing Wimbledon career, according to the project description.
Historic tennis tournament Wimbledon and past champion Andy Murray have teamed up with digital artist Refik Anadol to launch an official Wimbledon art NFT on Ethereum. The data-driven digital art project, “The Exposition,” was created using 18 years of Andy Murray’s Wimbledon data—including his two Grand Slam victories at the prestigious tennis tournament in 2013 and 2016—alongside unique motion-capture sessions. The project is billed as a “world-first fusion of digital art, sport and data science.” The open edition NFT went on sale earlier today via manifold.xyz to coincide with Murray’s second-round match at Wimbledon 2023, and will be available until July 16. The NFTs, which were produced with Web3 consultancy FAN3, are priced at $147 apiece. Murray was ultimately eliminated from the tournament on Friday. For “The Exposition,” developers created a unique algorithm that uses millions of inputs from statistics along with motion, audio, and visual data. The resulting color bursts represent the “drama, the rivalries, and the Championship victories” of Murray’s ongoing Wimbledon career, according to the project description.
Sale of rare Bored Ape underscores NFT market slump
The second rarest Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT has been sold for just 200 ETH (roughly $372,000) — far below peak prices for the collection’s most prized items. Bored Ape #3953, a cream-furred creature with protruding eyes shown chewing on pizza, changed hands earlier today, according to blockchain records. Rarity Sniper ranks it as the second rarest item in the collection. In the past, apes with similar traits have been sold for millions of dollars. The record sale, brokered by Sotheby’s in 2021, was $3.4 million.
The news comes with the prices of some of the most popular NFT collections plummeting. The floor price — the cheapest point of entry for an NFT collection — of Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape Yacht Club currently sits at 31 ETH (around $58,000). It stood at 28 ETH earlier this week, as low as it’s been in over 18 months.
The second rarest Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT has been sold for just 200 ETH (roughly $372,000) — far below peak prices for the collection’s most prized items. Bored Ape #3953, a cream-furred creature with protruding eyes shown chewing on pizza, changed hands earlier today, according to blockchain records. Rarity Sniper ranks it as the second rarest item in the collection. In the past, apes with similar traits have been sold for millions of dollars. The record sale, brokered by Sotheby’s in 2021, was $3.4 million.
The news comes with the prices of some of the most popular NFT collections plummeting. The floor price — the cheapest point of entry for an NFT collection — of Yuga Labs’ Bored Ape Yacht Club currently sits at 31 ETH (around $58,000). It stood at 28 ETH earlier this week, as low as it’s been in over 18 months.
💰 Solana May Get NFT Royalties Enforceable Through New Metaplex Standard
Creator royalties have dropped substantially in the Solana NFT sector recently, as top marketplace Magic Eden made paying them optional last week after rivals that shied away from royalties snatched away market share. Now Metaplex, the maker of Solana’s NFT standard, says it is developing a new standard that could enforce royalty payments across the board. While artists and creators can set royalty rates through project smart contracts. The firm said that the existing Metaplex standard is used by more than 99% of all Solana NFTs created so far. Metaplex said it can create enforceable royalties by expanding its token metadata program, which is how NFT makers add the data and information that makes an NFT—or blockchain token representing ownership in an item—unique from one another. Metaplex’s tweet thread reveals that it aims to support multiple NFT asset standards within its framework, providing creators with options for future projects. Since Metaplex technology is already widely supported by marketplaces and wallets, it may be appropriate to implement changes that could affect the entire Solana Maker community.
Creator royalties have dropped substantially in the Solana NFT sector recently, as top marketplace Magic Eden made paying them optional last week after rivals that shied away from royalties snatched away market share. Now Metaplex, the maker of Solana’s NFT standard, says it is developing a new standard that could enforce royalty payments across the board. While artists and creators can set royalty rates through project smart contracts. The firm said that the existing Metaplex standard is used by more than 99% of all Solana NFTs created so far. Metaplex said it can create enforceable royalties by expanding its token metadata program, which is how NFT makers add the data and information that makes an NFT—or blockchain token representing ownership in an item—unique from one another. Metaplex’s tweet thread reveals that it aims to support multiple NFT asset standards within its framework, providing creators with options for future projects. Since Metaplex technology is already widely supported by marketplaces and wallets, it may be appropriate to implement changes that could affect the entire Solana Maker community.
Andy Murray’s Wimbledon Tennis Data Transformed Into NFT Artwork
Historic tennis tournament Wimbledon and past champion Andy Murray have teamed up with digital artist Refik Anadol to launch an official Wimbledon art NFT on Ethereum. The data-driven digital art project, “The Exposition,” was created using 18 years of Andy Murray’s Wimbledon data—including his two Grand Slam victories at the prestigious tennis tournament in 2013 and 2016—alongside unique motion-capture sessions. The project is billed as a “world-first fusion of digital art, sport and data science.”
The open edition NFT went on sale earlier today via manifold.xyz to coincide with Murray’s second-round match at Wimbledon 2023, and will be available until July 16. The NFTs, which were produced with Web3 consultancy FAN3, are priced at $147 apiece.
Historic tennis tournament Wimbledon and past champion Andy Murray have teamed up with digital artist Refik Anadol to launch an official Wimbledon art NFT on Ethereum. The data-driven digital art project, “The Exposition,” was created using 18 years of Andy Murray’s Wimbledon data—including his two Grand Slam victories at the prestigious tennis tournament in 2013 and 2016—alongside unique motion-capture sessions. The project is billed as a “world-first fusion of digital art, sport and data science.”
The open edition NFT went on sale earlier today via manifold.xyz to coincide with Murray’s second-round match at Wimbledon 2023, and will be available until July 16. The NFTs, which were produced with Web3 consultancy FAN3, are priced at $147 apiece.
🔫 LG Uplus to enter fashion metaverse
South Korea‘s LG Uplus Corp., has launched a fashion metaverse business, starting this month, with the clothing store Meta Slap, a digital service for office workers, to develop metaverse commerce in fashion. Recently, LG Uplus said that it has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with domestic fashion firms Z-Emotion, which develops 3D simulation-based costume design software, and Ation Fashion, which owns the casual brand Polham. The latter created a method in May that makes it possible to create metaverse costumes. This month, the three businesses will run a fashion boutique in Meta Slap using a ground-breaking innovative concept for a clothes store that combines the real and virtual worlds. The website will produce and market offline goods in addition to avatar clothing and accessories. “The (San Mateo, California-based) metaverse platform Roblox says five of 10 metaverse users were found to dress up their avatars at least once a week,” an LG Uplus source said. The three sides plan to link their metaverse business to an artificial intelligence fitting room.
South Korea‘s LG Uplus Corp., has launched a fashion metaverse business, starting this month, with the clothing store Meta Slap, a digital service for office workers, to develop metaverse commerce in fashion. Recently, LG Uplus said that it has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with domestic fashion firms Z-Emotion, which develops 3D simulation-based costume design software, and Ation Fashion, which owns the casual brand Polham. The latter created a method in May that makes it possible to create metaverse costumes. This month, the three businesses will run a fashion boutique in Meta Slap using a ground-breaking innovative concept for a clothes store that combines the real and virtual worlds. The website will produce and market offline goods in addition to avatar clothing and accessories. “The (San Mateo, California-based) metaverse platform Roblox says five of 10 metaverse users were found to dress up their avatars at least once a week,” an LG Uplus source said. The three sides plan to link their metaverse business to an artificial intelligence fitting room.
