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BORED & HUNGRY NFT restaurant opens in South Korea

The already quite popular NFT Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) themed restaurant “Bored & Hungry” has announced that it will open its second location internationally in Seoul, South Korea in the fall of 2022. The first location of the famous monkeys is in Long Beach, California, so this new restaurant will be the first international headquarters of Food Fighters Universe, the world’s first NFT restaurant group. What has been the latest news about this restaurant? The idea of the restaurant started as a pop-up store that would first last for 90 days, however, Bored & Hungry was a viral trend as it has the title of being the first NFT restaurant, so it was quickly filling up with customers, more specifically to this location came about 1,500 people a day, thus causing it to end up being a permanent place in Long Beach California. Everything in the restaurant has an NFT BAYC theme, from the packaging to the soda cans. Bored & Hungry Korean location is expected to be a real hit; after all, it will be opening in the heart of the K-Pop world, Gangnam, to the delight of collectors! Seoul’s colorful Gangnam district will inspire the store’s design while the food on the menu will be similar to its current California location. From vegan Mutant smash burgers to all-beef Bored smash burgers, collectors will be able to enjoy unique Bored Ape-themed flavors. The payment system will still be maintained through cryptocurrencies, so it’s important to go in with our wallets full. This system comes from Devour which is a company that has developed the technology specifically for Bored & Hungry NFT restaurants. With the restaurant comes monthly in-store events, airdrops, and endless surprises. And every FFU NFT holder will benefit from a free monthly meal.

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Johnny Depp makes a donation of NFT profits to a children’s hospital

The original collection gathers 11,100 Johnny Depp “Never Fear Truth” NFTs which have been handmade by the famed artist himself. The fact that has attracted many people to this collection apart from the fact that they are made by the pirate jack sparrow himself is the holder of these tokens, that can have both the “non-physical” and the “non-physical” option to purchase each painting for sale. Both of which are kept within the marketplace. However, only 10,000 NFTs are available for sale, while the other 1,100 NFTs are held in the hands of the performer. Depp’s art is portraits of his loved ones, such as close friends, people who have inspired him throughout his life, and even himself. This art is made in a Pop Art style that is full of strong and appealing colors, consonants, and triggers when it comes to expressing something. The Never Fear Truth community has grown quite a lot, they already have more than 2K owners of the art. Another attraction to this art is that it comes with a cause since the actor decided to donate 25% of the proceeds from the sale of his collection within the Rarible platform, to several specialized and recognized foundations. So currently Johnny Depp has already donated almost $800,000 dls to charities from the sale of NFT, dividing the money between: La Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation La Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity The Footprint Coalition El Children’s Hospital of Los Ángeles. It’s nice to see what NFT collections can accomplish beyond being a money-making goal. Many times the characteristics that can make a project stand out the most are the background they have and when they are made for a charitable cause thus using blockchain as the means for anyone in the world to participate and own a piece of it all.

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Tectum: the fastest Blockchain in the world

During the rise of NFTs, one of the big problems was the deficiency of some blockchains with lack of scalability, which proved to be detrimental to any further development. So many projects have been working to solve these problems and scale their networks without sacrificing security and decentralization. One example of this is Tectum. Tectum’s Blockchain? Tectum is a platform that uses a proprietary record change signature management algorithm and its blockchain is capable of handling more than one million transactions per second calls which are referred to as “Events”. This handling achieves rapid delivery of event status, as well as network-wide property updates, along with distributed levels of access to the system’s functional modules. But one of the most striking features of the Tectum blockchain is the ability to store hashes assigned to the original data that is stored at a lower level rather than directly on the blockchain. Which manages to more effectively isolate transaction information and validation using hashes along with signing and encrypting packets at the transaction end. The main purpose of this is to make the event-related information instantly verifiable and also accessible to the public. So Tectum has become a suitable choice for applications such as: Geopositioning recording Internet of Things (IoT) Billing records Logistics Municipal or legal records storage In essence, the network processes packets, blocks, and virtually everything while keeping it at the top level of its blockchain. This is the main reason why Tectum can achieve such substantial transaction throughput without sacrificing security procedures. Blockchain is something that as technology advances and the use of cryptocurrencies is increasingly adopted, it is going to evolve until we can see better applications in different fields is a unique process that every company will want to have.

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Visa is going to launch an “unlimited” bitcoin card in the United Arab Emirates

Visa, the world’s largest payment network, will launch its “bitcoinblack” card in the United Arab Emirates, which will have a credit in bitcoin. Only 10,000 users will have the opportunity to get this bitcoin credit card internationally by invitation only. The attraction of this card is that it will give its users the possibility to exchange their holdings of bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies for cash. Anyone wishing to obtain this card can do so by applying through the “bitcoin black” website. In addition to this, the card will have premium benefits, one of these being a no-cost limit. Users also have the possibility to receive rewards of up to 10% in special SPND tokens. By means of such SPND tokens, users will be able to take advantage of these rewards in the bitcoin black marketplace known as the “Haute Living Luxury Marketplace”. Practically. In this marketplace we will be able to find things like: Luxury watches Wallets Cars Charter flight offers Entry to private mansions and more Bitcoinblack CEO Prakash Chand spoke about this unique card and mentioned: “People with impressive crypto wealth needed a way to spend their crypto easily and be rewarded for it. bitcoinblack perfectly accommodates high net worth individuals who want to use their cryptocurrencies for business or pleasure anywhere around the world, integrated into the 140+ territories where Visa is accepted.” What is important and attractive is that owners have the ability to easily use this card like any other VISA card. Today we continue to see attempts to bring crypto finance closer to the real world in simpler ways and it is safe to say that in this race, both VISA and Mastercard are looking to capitalize on the virtue of the first to move.

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Coca Cola to launch a Pride collection of NFTs in polygon

The world’s most popular beverage company has entered the world of NFTs by launching an “NFT Pride Collection” whose proceeds will benefit LGBTQIA+ charities. This is a collection of 136 video files featuring Coca-Cola bottles with the inscription “Love,” which will be found on the Polygon network characterized by its low rates. “The limited-edition pieces feature an exclusive version of the iconic Coke bottle with artwork by Rich Mnisi, fashion designer and leading LGBTQIA+ rights activist in South Africa” posted Open Sea the most popular marketplace for NFTs. The acquired NFT is a surprise until the last minute. On the collection’s website, there is a section marked “Mint” and after making the payment, which as of today is equivalent to USD 134 in Polygon currency, the user will know his new token. On July 4 there are already 95 tokens issued from the collection and even some of them are already for resale on Open Sea or other marketplaces. So there are another 41 tokens left that can be purchased at launch price. Today we don’t taste if we could get a guarantee that the investment we will make will be increased, but that’s not always what the market is about, since this collection supports a cause and sometimes that’s what matters, the love of art and this NFT world in which we believe in both.

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Open Sea, the largest NFT marketplace, has had a massive data breach

OpenSea has had security problems so if you are a user of this platform it is very sure that your email was stolen by third parties, so the company warned that you could be sending messages for possible scams in your inbox or spam for the next few months. The leak is due to an employee of Customer.io, OpenSea’s email delivery partner, who downloaded and shared with a third party the emails of users of the platform. “He improperly used his employee access to download and share email addresses provided by OpenSea users and subscribers to our newsletter with an unauthorized external party,” the firm noted in its blog. Although the leak is not so serious since the users’ keys were not compromised, the users’ privacy was. In the past, users of this platform have already been victims of fraudsters receiving fraudulent links to their emails. We have in fact a blog talking about this news, we leave you the link here. Extortionists will use domains such as: OpenSea.io,  OpenSea.org and OpenSea.xyz. So it is important that before clicking on a link in any Open Sea email we check the domains and keep an eye on social networks to see if more users report the same email. This is not the first time that Open Sea has been attacked, but they are always looking for ways to rebuild trust with their users, so it is to be expected that we will see an upcoming security update.

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NFT vending machine on the streets of New York City

Neon, the digital art collecting platform, introduced the first NFT vending machine in New York City, with the simple goal: To make digital art as easy to get as it is to walk into a store and buy a soda or a bar of chocolate. Why the innovation? “It’s the cryptocurrency-curious people who tried to buy cryptocurrencies or were interested in buying an NFT, but ran into too many barriers,” commented Kyle Zappitell, CEO of Neon, talking about the goal of the machine. This vending machine is located in a small storefront in Lower Manhattan’s financial district, with a large sign on the outside that reads “NFT ATM”, on the outside it looks like a normal vending machine but on the inside, it offers QR codes contained in small paper boxes and can be found priced between $5.99 and $420.69. To make it more accessible the machine will not only accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment. In this way, it will manage to get more and more people to enter fully into the NFT universe. The purchase process is quite simple: The facility will be open 24 hours a day, The moment you buy your asset, the vending machine will eject a box with special codes for the selected NFT that can then be redeemed at Neon. Once the QR code is scanned, you can view your artwork on any smartphone, laptop, or tablet. The codes lead to two categories of digital art pieces, a color or a dove, but the interesting thing is that you have no idea which piece of digital art you will receive until you buy it. With $3 million in the capital, more vending machines are expected to be installed in shopping malls and other public spaces. “One of the most powerful messages of this initiative is that it uses this old-world technology to enable the adoption of new-world technology,” Zappitell said. Our recommendation is that if you are planning a trip to magnificent New York City soon you have one more new stop to add to your itinerary.

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Loco launches first nft e-sports platform in India

Loco has launched its e-sports token platform “Loco Legends”, heralded as India’s first NFT platform. This platform will allow users to own and trade collectible e-sports items, setting the stage for decentralization in game development. Loco has one of the largest player communities with 52 million users. The company has raised more than $51 million to date. Some of the most popular teams in games such as BGMI, FreeFire Max, and Valorant and with whom Loco will have partnerships include the following: 8bit s0ul  Godlike Revenant Blind XO The first digital asset that Loco Legends will have will be NFT e-sports cards, with these users will be able to buy and sell cards to each other and create communities in free fantasy pools. The platform is currently in beta and is expected to be launched in July 2022 and will have coverage of some of the popular games such as: BGMI  Call of Duty Mobile  Valorant  GTA 5 The company’s main aim is to make it easy for Indian users to buy NFT and jump into the eSports metaverse in the most enjoyable way possible.

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Salvatore Ferragamo opens NFT booth in NYC

Luxury fashion brand Salvatore Ferragamo, built in a store that will debut in New York City’s Soho district, an NFT booth where visitors to its store will be able to generate their own NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain from a menu of attributes. Users will be able to take away NFTs made at the Ferragamo booth for free but on a limited basis as only 256 will be available. The features and aspects of the NFTs that users can select were created in collaboration with artist Shxpir who has a psychedelic 3D digital art style with glitches and surreal themes. He also has a limited-edition capsule collection of stuff with Ferragamo that includes 200 t-shirts and 150 hoodies. Shxpir is no stranger to the world of NFTs as he previously collaborated with Coach to create holographic glowing NFTs depicting Coach handbags. Ferragamo North America CEO Daniella Vitale commented about the collaboration; “Shxpir symbolizes the spirit of New York City and Soho.” Ferragamo describes its booth as an experience that brings Web3 and retail together in person. Dubbed a “multi-sensory piece of furniture”. The booth operates like this: Guests can enter a room with mirrors. select from Shxpir’s designs and other features for their NFT, while a video camera records the action. The whole thing is finished as an independent NFT, as well as a video of themselves with the artwork they chose behind them. As we like to comment, we like to see how brands generate new ideas for using NFTs to get people’s attention. So for some, Ferragamo’s custom NFTs is a nifty idea, but even if you’re not an NFT enthusiast this experience can feel like a next-generation photo booth, where face-to-face moments are documented and shared on the blockchain.

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BAYC and Rolling Stone team up for a NFT Drop

Bored Ape Yacht Club one of the most popular NFT blockchain collections, announced that they had teamed up again with Rolling Stone for a 1/1 NFT drop (one BAYC and one MAYC). The auction lasted four hours and they were only accepting payments of their currency the ApeCoin with a starting price equivalent to $100. Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) is a collection of 10,000 unique digital collectible Bored Ape NFTs that live on the Ethereum blockchain. The past collaboration with Rolling Stone was a digital NFT magazine cover alongside BAYC in November 2021. The magazine featured 20 pages of never-before-seen BAYC illustrations and unique designs from a range of contributors including Claire Salvo and TimpersHD. The new digital collectibles went up for auction on OpenSea on June 22, at 9:00 a.m. ET. In addition to the NFTs, there were collectible art prints of each design for a four-hour U.S. sale period. What was equally cool was that the winners of the two NFTs will likewise receive related physical prints, each signed by Yuga Labs founders, the artist, and Rolling Stone’s CEO. “We are thrilled to continue partnering with Bored Ape’s Yacht Club,” said Gus Wenner, CEO of Rolling Stone, adding that “our collaboration was born out of a shared passion for music and counterculture, and we are excited to release a new set of artwork that captures the spirit of Bored Ape’s and Rolling Stone.” MAYC Rolling Stone’s artwork depicts a daredevil ape escaping a mutant slime volcano on his motorcycle. “We love Rolling Stone and with our second collaboration we wanted to create an awesome NFT moment and prints that were more widely accessible,” said Nicole Muniz, CEO of Yuga Labs. It’s good to see the different collaborations that can come to exist in the NFT world, we hope to see more and more famous personalities come to this world and bring all those people who still don’t take this step.

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Shopify is going to allow adding utility to NFTs

Shopify is leaning toward NFTs as the future of e-commerce so it announced last Wednesday that it is going to allow brands to make their stores more unique with these non-fungible tokens. Shopify is a company that allows you to create smaller business’s custom e-commerce stores and is now allowing you to launch these digital marketplaces with NFTs as a new feature. In a video made by the brand for this new functionality they comment as follows: “Invite your community into a world that recognizes and rewards loyalty, token owners connect a cryptocurrency wallet to unlock exclusive shopping experiences, from early access to drops and limited collections to unique experiences and other surprises.” This Shopify store is currently in beta and will be known as “gm”. As such only those with existing NFT collections can apply for early access. For the time being Shopify has partnered with NFT collections to create tokenized stores: Adam Bomb Squad Doodles World of Women Invisible Friends Superplastic Stapleverse  Cool Cats  In addition, Shopify will add a similar system for its physical stores, this system will be known as “IRL” with which only NFT owners can purchase certain products at that physical location. Why is this important? The implementation of Web3 in the future of stores goes through exclusivity. And it gives more value to NFTs, giving a new perspective to people who see NFTs as digital art or “jpg” when they are the owner of an asset which gives rise to being used as membership passes, event tickets, and “keys” that unlock perks. Shopify was already into the world of NFTs as last year it announced the launch of selling NFTs through its platform. However, it’s good to see companies continuing to step up and look for new ways to implement NFTs and Web3 into their services.

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Solana to launch its WEB3 Mobile Phone

Saga will be an Android operating system phone presented by solana CEO Anatoly Yakovenko, which is intended to allow users to trade cryptocurrencies and NFT natively from its UI, making Web3 This cell phone is Solana’s bet to enter the smartphone and blockchain market as this mobile will have support for assets such as cryptocurrencies, NFT, and wallets. The mobile will have a value of USD $1,000. The phone was unveiled at an event held in New York City, presented with the following specifications: A 6.6-inch OLED display One Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip 12GB of RAM 512 GB of storage Security of the private keys integrated into the device This mobile is a big bet as nearly 7 billion people use smartphones worldwide and more than 100 million people have digital assets so Saga sets a new standard for the Web3 experience The device is being developed by a sub-department of Solana Labs, known as Solana Mobile, which will provide developers with the necessary tools to create crypto applications intended for their equipment, with the intention that cell phones can interact in various ways with Solana’s Blockchain network We have already seen other devices adopt some features referring to the crypto world like Samsung, which incorporated in its Galaxy S20 phone crypto features and protection systems for private keys. But this is definitely a big step to a purely crypto and blockchain focused device, as a novel feature is that it will include a technology called Solana Mobile Stacks (SMS) to provide encryption of the data on the device practically turning it into a crypto wallet. Saga is available for pre-orders for a USD $100 deposit and Solana Mobile is expected to begin distributing the devices in early 2023.

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Mark Zuckerberg Launches its Meta Pay Payment System

Mark Zuckerberg recently unveiled the metaverse’s new digital wallet, Meta Pay, which arrives to replace Facebook Pay. This payment method was used in meta apps such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram or Messenger without leaving them. In May the company’s head of Commerce and Financial Technologies, Stephane Kasriel announced that its current payment service would be renamed Meta Pay, without giving further details about this new platform. This new enhancement comes to make Facebook Pay payment experiences better, as it intends to improve the quality of the countries where this service could already be used, rather than expanding to others. Zuckerberg, through his personal Facebook account, confirmed that this will continue to offer the same functions of its predecessor but that this will be a wallet that will allow secure management of identity, money and how you pay with it. With this, the executive shows us that Meta is committed to working on several new developments focused on the metaverse. Just as we are seeing now with blockchain and NFTs, in the future there will be all kinds of digital objects that you will want to create or buy: digital clothing, art, videos, music, experiences, virtual events and much more. Meta expects to offer better experiences to users, as well as greater opportunities for creators. The more there are to use all your digital products, the more you will value them, which generates a bigger market for creators, and likewise the easier the transaction, the greater the opportunities for creators. There was also a hint that Meta might introduce non fungible tokens (NFT). We finally know that Meta is working on developing this, although it has not indicated how this process is going.

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You can now use your NFTs as the face of your Apple watch

The future of NFT despite this bear market, continues to evolve and look for ways to fit into everyday life as we now have new updates where you can display our NFTs as a watch face. Zelf company has developed new software that allows Apple Watch owners to display their NFTs as a screensaver on their watch. The company Zelf, author of this new NFT feature on the Apple watch is an American fintech company which is focused on the younger market. They have the US and EU as their hubs, offering banking services within social platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Viber, Facebook Messenger and Discord. Zelf says that 100 million Apple Watch users worldwide “will soon be able to attach their collections of non-fungible digital art tokens to their watch faces.” It’s good to see updates to everyday wearable systems moving deeper into the world of NFT; we’ve seen these types of features before with the announcement Tag Heuer in which its Connected Caliber smartwatch also allows owners to display their NFT. Another example is the company Zerion which announced in 2021 the launch of a new Apple Watch feature for the use of NFT users. The way this feature operated was as follows: Open Zerion app on your iPhone and tap the NFT section on the Overview screen. Open the NFT that you would like to display on your Apple Watch and tap “…” in the upper right corner of the screen Select “Create watch face” and you’re done. We can’t wait to see how Zelf will do with the technological advancement that has been had after a year and definitely look forward to seeing what new ways companies will come up with for people to show off these valuable digital assets.

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One of the biggest signings, The popular Binance exchange and Cristiano Ronaldo are teaming up in a collaboration. NFT

Binance exchange and soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo announced Thursday a multi-year collaboration to offer fans an introduction to Web3 via the world of NFTs with exclusive products. Together they will create a series of NFT collections that will be available on Binance’s platform, with the first collection expected to launch later this year. “Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best footballers in the world and has transcended sport to become an icon in multiple industries. He has built one of the world’s most dedicated fan bases through his authenticity, talent, and caring work,” commented Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. “We are delighted to provide his fans with exclusive engagement opportunities to connect with Ronaldo and own a piece of iconic sports history.” It has been rumored that Ronaldo could be earning more than $5 million from this collaboration, which may attract the eye of other major sports stars to look to collaborate with companies in the crypto world However, this is not the first time we have seen cryptocurrency companies resorting to creating sports collaborations in order to reach a wider audience. One example is last year when the popular site Crypto.com signed a $700 million deal to convert the Staples Center in Los Angeles to the Crypto.com Arena. Although cryptocurrencies have been affected by the lack of trust and the high risk seen to rely on projects, they have had an impact on NFTs, whose popularity skyrocketed last year. Hopefully, these types of partnerships will lift this confidence again as NFTs from this collaboration are sure to dry up.

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Popular online retailer eBay takes its step into blockchain by acquiring knownOrigin a marketplace from NFT

In a recent press release, eBay has announced the acquisition of one of the leading NFT platforms, KnownOrigin as part of the “technology-led reimagination” KnownOrigin was founded in 2018, this is a marketplace that allows you to create, buy and resell NFT. For the online marketplace giant, this is the way to expand into the NFT space following its first step in May 2021 to enable NFT to buy and sell services from its website. eBay CEO Jamie Iannone expects the company to become a leading site for access to digital collectibles and efforts to expand this vision by welcoming innovative NFT artists as they join the eBay community. David Moore, the co-founder of KnownOrigin, commented that this partnership would help the NFT marketplace attract and encourage all the artists out there who haven’t made the leap into this new type of art. eBay last month unveiled its first NFT collection in partnership with OneOf, which will be released throughout 2022, its art is comprised of animations of high-profile athletes who have appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated. The e-commerce will likewise work on incorporating more cryptocurrency features, and its own digital wallet. The deal was signed yesterday but details of the purchase have not been disclosed. So these days, we expect to have more information about this new step for a recognized company in the blockchain world. We hope that this will motivate more and more companies to do the same and that cryptocurrency transactions will become more and more common, bringing closer to all those who are still afraid of this world.

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Instagram starts testing NFT marketplace

Adam Mosseri CEO of instagram, has shared from his Twitter profile that initially this feature will be available only to a small group of content creators in the United States and will not have any additional cost. For the time being this feature will be available only to a select group of content creators, who are going to be able to share their NFT through messages, stories, and any type of posts on the platform. The ownership details of these NFT will be displayed by clicking on the tag, which will show the data corresponding to the author and/or creator of the NFT. This initial test is an opportunity for Instagram to learn from the community before the social network decides to take a step toward the widespread use of NFT. This is not the first time we have seen this on other social networks, with Twitter being among the first to introduce NFT NFTs by representing them with a hexagon-shaped icon added to users’ profile images which allows them to certify both the authorship and ownership of digital content. This method will be the same one that is going to use instagram According to a report from CoinDesk NFTs will be supported on the Ethereum network, Polygon, Solana, and Flow NFT. Here at The Blue Manakin , we see this as a new opportunity to include NFTs as the assets they are and share them with the community, hopefully calling more and more people into this new world.

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OpenSea introduces new security features in its NFT marketplace

Lately, the NFT market has been affected by the crashes we have suffered this month, the ones that are most affected in this case, are Ethereum and Solana, which are the main blockchains in which we can find NFT. For the same reason, scammers are the order of the day and to combat it OpenSea has updated its security measures. With NFT scams becoming more common, OpenSea has created a new feature that will automatically hide suspicious NFT transfers in its Marketplace to address key trust and security issues in OpenSea. How will this improve security? It has been detected that the modus operandi of fraudsters is to send NFT transactions via OpenSea which contain links to malicious third-party sites. So by hiding them, it is less likely that more people will continue to fall into this trap. On last week Thursday, OpenSea’s CEO tweeted that it is possible to receive NFT transfers from people you don’t know, as well as receive spam so people will start to watch out: In 2021, with the rise of NFTs, the activity of OpenSea, the most famous marketplace at the time, increased significantly. However many investors are always dissatisfied with the platform’s efforts to compensate victims and combat theft. OpenSea has recently focused on improving trust and security on the platform. With the growing drop in trust for “trusted” cryptocurrency projects such as Luna and the Celsius platform, today it is up to the NFT market to make substantial investments in a variety of important areas such as trust and security, including theft prevention, intellectual property infringement, scale review and moderation, and time reduction in critical responses. We hope these measures will build confidence in future NFT projects, at The Blue Manakin we are always committed to the security of the NFT space, so we only accept projects with real foundations and that we truly believe in.

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