YouTube will explore NFT features for creators
According to reuters.com, YouTube is exploring features for its video creators to capitalize on non-fungible tokens, its chief executive officer said on Tuesday, becoming the latest tech company to tap into a digital collectibles craze that has exploded in the past year.
Google is reportedly building a new blockchain division
Google is reportedly setting up its dedicated blockchain unit, in the first overt sign of the tech giant’s interest in cryptocurrencies and their underlying technologies.
The tech giant’s new unit will focus on “blockchain and other next-gen distributed computing and data storage technologies.”
Two ETH whales buy 106 billion SHIB amid token price decline
Blockchain tracking service WhaleStats has shared that in the past 24 hours, two Ethereum whales, ranked 26th and 27th by this platform, made two transactions, acquiring a cumulative massive amount of SHIBA INU tokens.
The first transaction carrying 51,796,042,392 SHIB and the other one wiring 54,345,553,998 SHIB. These transfers were worth $1,084,609 and $1,067,346, respectively.
Grayscale adds 25 more projects to the list of potential investments
Grayscale Investments has added 25 digital assets, including tokens for a number of high-profile DeFi and metaverse protocols.
Grayscale’s additions to its list of “Assets Under Consideration” includes cryptocurrencies for DeFi projects Algorand (ALGO) and Convex (CVX) and metaverse startups The Sandbox (SAND), Axie Infinity (AXS) and Yield Guild Games (YGG).
Litecoin announced a new partnership with Hedge
The Litecoin Foundation has partnered with Cornerstone Global Management, Inc. to provide a simple and seamless way for employees to allocate any portion of their salary for conversion into Litecoin via their revolutionary platform ‘Hedge’.
Ethereum Foundation kills ‘ETH 2.0’ in favor of ‘Consensus Layer’ rebrand
The Ethereum Foundation announced that the term “Ethereum 2.0” is being retired in favor of “consensus layer”. The rebrand reflects the fact that what’s been called Ethereum 2.0 is really more of a network upgrade rather than a whole new network.
Ethereum is shifting away from proof of work to a more scalable proof-of-stake chain. But some elements of the current network—mainly at the software client level—are being retained and merged with newer components. Henceforth, ETH1 will be known as the “execution layer” and ETH2 will be the “consensus layer”.
SHIBA INU enters the Metaverse
In a message posted on the SHIBA INU community’s official Discord server, ShibaSwap developer Eric M claims that Shiberse, the new SHIBA INU’s metaverse project, will be a place where different puzzles of the SHIBA INU ecosystem (tokens, the decentralized exchange, games) come together.
Lamborghini partnered with Swiss artist on its NFT project
Italian supercar manufacturer Lamborghini has revealed that it has partnered with Swiss artist Fabian Oefner in order to create its drop of non-fungible tokens.
The NFT collection, which is called “Space Key” was announced last week. So far, there is no information regarding when the drop will be available for sale.
DIA Token (DIA) rises 36.4%, leading the Top Gainers on ONUS
DIA, the governance token of the DIA project, is currently leading the Top Gainers on ONUS. This asset witnessed a growth of 36.4% and is trading at $1.16.
DIA’s 24-hour trading volume reached $21.23 million, which is 7 times the average of the past 10 days.
The Graph (GRT) raises $50M in funding round
A fund of $50 million has been raised by The Graph, a protocol that allows users to query and extract data from blockchain networks. The investment round was led by Tiger Global.
The Graph plans to utilize the fund of $50 million to enhance the efficiency of Web 3 and foster the mainstream adoption of Web3.