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McDonald’s China Celebrates 31st Anniversary With Big Mac NFT

The non-fungible token (NFT) from McDonald’s will be the first from the company. 188 examples will be gifted to employees and consumers. Sponsored Sponsored The “Big Mac Rubik’s Cube,” was announced by McDonald’s China to celebrate 31 years in the mainland market. In addition to the three decades in business in China, the NFT marks the opening of a new Shanghai-based headquarters.  “McDonald’s is a young and trendy brand that always pays attention to fashion trends and cutting-edge technology,” says CEO of McDonald’s China Zhang Jiayin. He adds that “At this

Sports NFTs Are Hot Property: How Blockchain Technology Gives Fans New Ways To Connect With Their Favourite Sport

It’s an exciting time to be a football fan. The sport is embracing new technology that is enabling fans to show their love for the beautiful game in totally new ways. But even as the digital collectible market expands, the crypto community can still offer fantastic physical prizes. Are NFTs the future of football fandom? The big finance firms seem to think so. SoftBank Vision Fund, LionTree, Bessemer Ventures, IVP, Hillhouse and Atomico were all lead investors in Sorare, a European fantasy football platform that offers digital collectibles in the

El Salvador Powers Crypto Mining with Volcano Power

The President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, posted a video of the groundbreaking of a crypto mining project via power from a local volcano.Sponsored Sponsored According to a Tweet from President Bukele, the nation started an ambitious project which utilizes renewable energy to power massive Bitcoin mines. The post reads “First steps…” and shows an aerial view of a massive power plant at the foot of a volcano. Moreover, the video reveals shipping containers which house massive crypto mining rigs. An operator begins to plug in the machines as the

Miss Universe PH to Launch Pageant NFT Collection

Share some Bitpinas love:By Shiela BertilloFollowing the continuous growth of Non fungible tokens (NFT), Miss Universe Philippines 2021 is making an impact as the latest brand and the first beauty pageant in the world to join the NFT wave. The global beauty pageant has teamed up with RedFOX Labs, a Southeast Asian blockchain venture builder, to launch  the Miss Universe Philippines NFT collection on September 24. The NFTs are available to purchase with RFOX tokens, which can be bought on Uniswap and MetaMask.With the launch of the Miss Universe Philippines NFT

Your September Newsletter for All Things BitPay and Crypto

We have another month of crypto news and BitPay happenings, including an exciting new partnership, a product integration and more updates around global crypto adoption. Don’t forget to check out what ‘swap’ means and learn more about BitPay Reload in our product highlight.In This Issue:BitPay in the SpotlightUATP, a global payment network owned and operated by the airlines, has partnered with us to start accepting crypto payments and attract new business. Read the announcement here.Our CEO, Stephen Pair discusses why it’s important for the approach to crypto regulation to go

Steve Cohen Invests in Crypto Trading Firm Radkl

The hedge fund magnate and owner of the New York Mets continues his support, vocally and financially, for the crypto industry. Sponsored Sponsored Cryptocurrency trading frim Radkl has secured a high-profile investor in Steve Cohen. Cohen has invested an undisclosed about of financial support for the new firm, which launched on Tuesday. According to the Wall Street Journal Cohen is investing with his personal assets rather than using capital from his Point72 Asset Management LP.  According to a spokesperson from Radkl, Cohen “won’t be involved in Radkl’s day-to-day operations.” The move

Launchpool Labs Debuts Football-Based NFT Card Game ‘NiftyFootball’

Launchpool Labs announced their latest venture NiftyFootball, a non-fungible token platform for Football collectibles. Sponsored Sponsored NiftyFootball, a new football-based NFT collectible game, has been announced by Launchpool Labs. Through the game, players buy and sell random packs of digital cards for collecting and trading. Akin to the traditional paper trading card experience. Each NFT represents a fictional player with various traits which make up the “DNA” of that trading card. The platform utilizes the same ERC-721 standard used in other NFT games like CryptoKitties. Sponsored Sponsored Unlike similar platforms like Sorare,

Dallas Mavericks Announce Rewards for Using Dogecoin to Buy Merch

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban continues to support Dogecoin (DOGE) by announcing rewards for those spending the meme coin on merchandise. Sponsored Sponsored The team was the first in the league to accept Dogecoin payments for both merchandise and ticket sales. Now, Cuban wants to further grow the number of sales from DOGE by adding incentives to the program.  The Mavs Cryptomania program gives fans cashback for purchases made with Dogecoin on the official Maverick’s online merchandise shop. The program will run from Aug 13 until Sept 20. Fans can earn

Pranksy Drops $336,000 on Fake Banksy NFT

Well-known NFT collector Pranksy has been the victim of an elaborate hoax that cost him more than $300,000.Sponsored Sponsored Twitter was ablaze with rumors of an official Banksy NFT being posted for sale on OpenSea on Tuesday. The listing caught the eye of famous British NFT collector and Co-Founder of NFTBoxes, Pranksy. Pranksy currently owns more than 39,000 NFTs on OpenSea. The listing gained further traction when it was discovered that a subpage on Banksy’s official website appeared with NFT information on it earlier in the day. The page featured

Topps Announces 2021 MLB Inception NFT Collection

Topps is celebrating baseball’s newest rising stars with an MLB non-fungible token (NFT) collection on the ToppsNFT platform.Sponsored Sponsored Legendary trading card company Topps has announced its latest NFT collection to debut on the ToppsNFT platform. The 2021 Topps MLB Inception NFT Collection is being released on its NFT marketplace that is powered by the Avalanche blockchain. The digital trading cards are based on and inspired by the physical product that bears the same name. The NFTs differ in a number of ways, however, including motion animations, facsimile signature editions,

Miami Startup BloomsyBox.com Ranks No. 704 on the Prestigious 2021 Inc. 5000 List

BloomsyBox “We are literally in the business of growing things from the ground up through seasonal flowers,” said BloomsyBox.com Founder, Juan Palacio MIAMI (PRWEB) August 28, 2021 Inc. magazine today revealed that Miami-based floral subscription brand, BloomsyBox.com, is no. 704 on the Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. This is the first appearance on the Inc. 5000 for vertically integrated BloomsyBox.com and Founder Juan Palacio--an immigrant from Colombia--which experienced 698% growth in revenue over the last three years. Additionally, BloomsyBox.com came in at