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Feb
13
2022
By Troy Warren
Game Day: Super Bowl LVI Attendees Are Receiving an NFT Version of Their Ticket Courtesy of the NFL

Game Day: Super Bowl LVI Attendees Are Receiving an NFT Version of Their Ticket Courtesy of the NFL

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Troy Warren for CNT #NFT  #CryptoThe NFL announced that attendees of Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13 will receive virtual commemorative tickets in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to celebrate.The NFL has partnered with Ticketmaster to provide each fan who attends Super Bowl LVI to receive a complimentary, customized NFT featuring their unique section, row and seat to commemorate gameday, providing a digital keepsake from their Super Bowl experience, according to a press release.“We first began offering virtual commemorative ticket NFTs to fans during the regular season. We witnessed great success with this one-of-a-kind fan experience, which provided the…
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Feb
13
2022
By Ellen Britt
10 Ways NFTs Go Beyond Digital Art – Proving Product Authenticity

10 Ways NFTs Go Beyond Digital Art – Proving Product Authenticity

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT In the most recent installment in our series on use cases for NFTs, we looked at the exciting world of gaming. Today, we’ll examine how NFTs can prove that rare Patek Philippes that you purchased is actually what you bought, rather than a knock-off.  Because the blockchain can store all kinds of information about a product, including details about the manufacturing process, who owed the item before, and so forth, you'll trust that what you are purchasing is exactly what you believe it to be. All this information is permanent and immutable. But this goes far…
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Feb
12
2022
By Troy Warren
Someone took a loan using NFTs. A Revolution is About to Hit

Someone took a loan using NFTs. A Revolution is About to Hit

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Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks  #NFTWhen NFTs combine with DeFi, what basically happens is this: literally every physical object becomes a digital asset, while digital assets continue being made as usual as NFTs. Hence, if we can have a global 24/7 liquid market for buying and selling everything, imagine the possibilities of a global 24/7 blockchain enabled financial services market.We can have anyone in the world borrow, lend and pay funds to each other; all tracked by the blockchain and secure owing to decentralization of the network. This is a revolution that has huge implications for the future of finance…
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Feb
12
2022
By Troy Warren
Alfa Romeo is the First Major Carmaker to Use NFTs

Alfa Romeo is the First Major Carmaker to Use NFTs

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Troy Warren for CNT #Cars  #NFTIt is common knowledge that Alfa Romeo (owned by Stellantis, formerly Fiat Chrysler), the luxury Italian carmaker, is struggling relative to its fancier rivals like Mercedes when it comes to both sales and brand value. In a press media briefing, Alfa Romeo Head of Marketing Francesco Calcara mentioned that “Digitalization is a key enabler of our metamorphosis, NFTs will sustain the residual values of our models as we are the first in the market to adopt this next-generation technology.”So what is Alfa Romeo doing with NFTs? Let’s find out.They plan to use NFTs to track…
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Feb
12
2022
By Troy Warren
Why NBC Is Breaking from Post-Super Bowl Tradition in 2022

Why NBC Is Breaking from Post-Super Bowl Tradition in 2022

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BY RICK PORTER | HollywoodReporter.ComTroy Warren for CNT #EntertainmentThe network will air the Olympics after Sunday's game, ending a 29-year run of entertainment shows getting the huge lead-in.Sometime after its first decade deciding the NFL championship — and drawing increasingly large TV audiences — the Super Bowl became network TV’s ultimate lead-in. The game, which most of its life has been the single most watched program of the year, has helped launch a few long-running series and provided outsized spotlights for shows that were already hits.That won’t be the case this year, however. NBC will move from the Super Bowl…
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Feb
12
2022
By Troy Warren
Get Ready to Order Your Big Mac from a Virtual McDonald’s in the Metaverse

Get Ready to Order Your Big Mac from a Virtual McDonald’s in the Metaverse

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By Jelisa Castrodale | FoodAndWine.ComTroy Warren for CNT #Foodie  #NFTMickey D's, Panera, and more digital fast food restaurants could soon offer NFTs and actual food for delivery.Oh man, get ready to explain this one to your parents. Earlier this week, trademark attorney Josh Gerben reported that McDonald's had filed 10 new trademark applications indicating that it is planning to open a virtual restaurant in the online metaverse.According to documents shared by Gerben, the applications include trademark protections for "virtual food and beverage products;  downloadable multimedia files containing artwork, text, audio and video files and non-fungible tokens," as well as for…
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Feb
12
2022
By Troy Warren
NYT Bestselling Author Mark Manson To Drop World Famous Book as NFTs

NYT Bestselling Author Mark Manson To Drop World Famous Book as NFTs

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Troy Warren for CNT #NFTBooks sound like the perfect NFTs. Writers and the literary industry, including major publishers of books, magazines and newspapers; may feel like a Déjà vu in the making.That’s because with the internet came a company called Amazon. And Amazon’s calling card to fame is that it started becoming Amazon by selling books. Today, with Audible and Kindle, it dominates the book sales market by also soliciting independent authors to publish their works directly with Amazon. So, the key question to ponder for book publishers is this: can they use NFTs and possibly claw back audiences to them…
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Feb
12
2022
By Troy Warren
GLOBAL MOVIE DAY February 12, 2022

GLOBAL MOVIE DAY February 12, 2022

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Troy Warren for CNT #Celebrations  #EntertainmentGLOBAL MOVIE DAYRight in the heart of Oscar season, the second Saturday in February celebrates Global Movie Day to honor the way movies have captured audiences’ hearts and minds around the world for over 100 years. Since their inception, movies have transcended geography, language, time, and culture, connecting us all through the power of storytelling.There are many parts that come together to bring a movie to life. They all play a role in telling the story before the first flicker of light on the screen, before the first note of the musical score plays. Collectively,…
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Feb
12
2022
By Ellen Britt
10 Ways NFTs Go Beyond Digital Art – Gaming Cross-Platform Playability

10 Ways NFTs Go Beyond Digital Art – Gaming Cross-Platform Playability

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT In our previous article in this series, we addressed using NFTs to make voting more secure. Today, we'll move to the world of gaming. In spite of some gamers “rebelling” against the introduction of NFTs into their favorite gaming platforms and games, the adoption of NFTs into the gaming space seems inevitable, as more and more companies come into the fold. The most exciting development that NFTs bring to gaming is NFTs will allow cross-platform playability. This is good news for game developers, as it lets them not only create an additional revenue source but allows them to…
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