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Art-focused NFT platform Foundation have highlighted the work of colour-focused photographer Maciek Jasik, and his Bypassing the Rational NFT collection. This 15-piece collection revolves around a series of photographs taken between 2010 and 2012 that look to “push the boundaries of the human figure and its possible shapes and movements in a parallel world of color fields and distorted elements.” As with all of Jasik’s work, colour is at the heart of the images, with all effects done on-camera. Who is Maciek Jasik? Maciek Jasik is a Poland-born photographer whose work focuses on, in his words, “critiquing Western society’s relationship…

Action-combat web3 game Moonray has seen its debut NFT collection – titled Godspawn NFTs – mint out, ahead of the project’s upcoming launch of its $MNRY token. Backed by Animoca Brands, and with a PlayStation 5 release coming next year, all 5,000 of these free-to-mint NFTs were claimed during the first-come-first-served phase of their launch. As of writing, the floor pricecurrently sits at 0.008 ETH. Godspawn NFT holders are set to receive exclusive in-game utilities, early access to features and events, and an allocation of the soon-to-launch $MNRY token, set to arrive later in 2024. What is Moonray? Moonray is a…

Web3 game studio InfiniGods has announced Journey to Olympus, a series of events in popular free-to-play mobile game King of Destiny that will allow players to earn $GOD tokens. Running until November 5, this event is the first opportunity for InfiniGods fans to acquire $GOD tokens ahead of the token’s upcoming launch. Players can acquire $GOD by unlocking VIP Level 1 in King of Destiny, and achieving a high leaderboard ranking. High-ranking players will receive God Chest NFTs – each of which will include an allocation of $GOD tokens. What is King of Destiny? King of Destiny is a free-to-play…

Web3 TCG Everdawn: Champions has revealed how players can earn a whitelist spot to mint one of their 999 VIP Pass NFTs for free. Running until November 6, players can participate in a variety of activities to secure a VIP Pass. These activities include in-game staking, raffles, special events, and achieving high rankings on the leaderboards. VIP Passes are the key to acquiring a share of the game’s upcoming token. Furthermore, they grant early access to future perks and, in addition, provide exclusive utility with a number of external partners. What is an Everdawn: Champions VIP Pass? These VIP Passes—of…

Worldcoin, the blockchain-enabled proof-of-humanity project co-created by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has rebranded to ‘World’ and revealed a new version of its iris-scanning hardware. The new Orb is powered by NVIDIA Jetson, the manufacturer’s dedicated AI computing hardware, with 30% fewer parts than its predecessor but capable of performing operations five times faster. The World app is free to download, with users able to create a World ID. This iris-scanning hardware is then utilised to prove the humanity of the user, before allowing them to claim $WLD tokens. What is Worldcoin? Created by Tools for Humanity, World was conceptualised as…

Isekai Meta, a 7,777-piece anime-style NFT avatar collection on Ethereum, has been listed for sale, as confirmed by new CEO @lliGENFT. This follows the stepping down of founder and long-time CEO @CyrisRigor in August 2024, amidst a “sense of dissatisfaction in my work”, and “a level of shame that I wasn’t able to fully realize the vision I had for this project.” Minted in July 2022, Izekai Meta followed in the footsteps of other anime-focused collections such as Azuki. Shortly after mint, the collection hit a floor price of 0.5 ETH, though faced a decline that sees it at 0.01…

Web3 development firm Sonic SVM has revealed SonicX, a Solana-based tap-to-earn game that is fully playable from within the TikTok app. Like Telegram, TikTok allows users to open webpages inside its browser, meaning that any web app – including Telegram games – can fully run inside of TikTok. By shifting tap-to-earn games from Telegram onto another massively-popular social media platform in TikTok, Sonic are hoping that this innovation will give them a leading position in this exciting new area. What is SonicX? SonicX is a brand-new tap-to-earn Web3 game, developed by the Sonic SVM team. As with other tap-to-earn games,…

Investment giants BlackRock have publicly backed digital assets – such as Bitcoin and Ethereum – at the 2024 Digital Assets Conference in Brazil this week. In a keynote, Jay Jacobs – Managing Director and U.S. Head of Thematic and Active ETFs at BlackRock – compared the adoption of digital assets to that of the internet and mobile phones, remarking that blockchain and digital assets are “one of the fastest-growing technologies we’ve seen”. Notably, BlackRock have both Bitcoin ETF and Ethereum ETF products – though their backing of blockchain as a technology has yet to be as transparent as it is…

Mavis Market, one of the leading NFT marketplaces for the Ronin blockchain, has enabled a new feature that allows any listed NFT to be purchased using any Ronin-based token. This gives a huge utility boost to all Ronin tokens, and allows for better liquidity and cross-pollination between the communities of Ronin-based games. Ronin continues to lead the field for blockchain games, with leading titles such as Pixels, Axie Infinity and Lumiterra. What is Mavis Market? Created by Ronin and Axie Infinity developers Sky Mavis, Mavis Market is one of the leading marketplaces for the Ronin blockchain. Users can explore a…

In the space of three weeks, TapShot – a Telegram experience for upcoming Web3 third-person shooter title StrayShot – has hit over 400,000 players. Unlike typical tap-to-earn games, TapShot is a more sustained, progressive experience, where players upgrade a series of assets to earn in-game coins – with the hopes to be part of a future token airdrop. StrayShot is slated to release in Q4 2024, with the game available to wishlist on the Epic Games Store. What is StrayShot? StrayShot is an upcoming Web3 third-person shooter game, available on PC, and built on Ethereum. Built in Unreal Engine 5,…