NFTs

Mastercard Partners With NFT Marketplaces for ‘Easier and Safer’ Purchases

Mastercard Partners With NFT Marketplaces for ‘Easier and Safer’ Purchases
Mastercard Partners With NFT Marketplaces for ‘Easier and Safer’ Purchases
June 09, 2022  |  NFTs

In a bid to make buying non-fungible tokens (NFTs) “easier and safer,” Mastercard is teaming with various NFT marketplaces to allow payments over its network...

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Behind the Hype, Metaverse Marketing Offers Dismal ROI
Behind the Hype, Metaverse Marketing Offers Dismal ROI
June 09, 2022  |  Metaverse

There has been a staggering amount of hype around “the metaverse” over the past six months to a year, with major brands from McDonald’s to...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Parkopedia Taps Amazon to Help People Park
Today in the Connected Economy: Parkopedia Taps Amazon to Help People Park
June 08, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, connected vehicle platform Parkopedia has rolled out an offering from Amazon’s Alexa to help drivers receive voice-enabled parking assistance. Also,...

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NFT Weekly: Game Raises $72M Channeling Metaverse Land Rush; Hong Kong Issues Warning
NFT Weekly: Game Raises $72M Channeling Metaverse Land Rush; Hong Kong Issues Warning
June 07, 2022  |  NFTs

For a massively multiplayer, NFT-based game that’s not a metaverse, Illuvium sure did sell a lot of “land” plots. The Ethereum-based play-to-earn game sold $72...

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Today in Retail: Gap Debuts Demit Omphroy, DOGAMÍ NFTs
Today in Retail: Gap Debuts Demit Omphroy, DOGAMÍ NFTs
June 07, 2022  |  Retail

Today in retail, ByteDance could sell a small percentage of its stake in online sneaker marketplace Poizon, while merchants deliver context to one-click commerce through...

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Gap Unveils Demit Omphroy and DOGAMÍ NFTs
Gap Unveils Demit Omphroy and DOGAMÍ NFTs
June 07, 2022  |  Retail

Gap has unveiled its third collection of limited-edition non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in partnership with artist and former professional soccer player Demit Omphroy, expanding a collaboration...

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The Digital Merchant 2022: Crypto Payments Take Travel in New Directions
The Digital Merchant 2022: Crypto Payments Take Travel in New Directions
June 07, 2022  |  Travel Payments

Disrupting traditional travel payments — a legacy ecosystem rife with opacity and inefficiency — is potentially a killer app for cryptocurrency, availing new ways to...

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NFT and Metaverse Weekly: Metaverse Celebrations Feature the Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Payments Firm Worldline Set Up Virtual Shop; Ripple CEO Calls NFTs ‘Underhyped’
NFT and Metaverse Weekly: Metaverse Celebrations Feature the Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Payments...
June 02, 2022  |  Metaverse

Can you hold a Memorial Day celebration in the metaverse? Of course. Should you? That’s another question — and one with a lot of question...

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