FC Barcelona and World of Women Spotlight Soccer Star With NFT Release

Barcelona Football Club has partnered with World of Women on the next installment of its Masterpiece NFT collection. This second release pays homage to a pivotal moment in the club’s history and an extraordinary athlete, Alexia Putellas, who has had a transformative impact on the game. The NFT, entitled Empowerment, is an artistic embodiment of…

Now Runway: Givenchy Celebrates Pride Month With Metaverse Exhibition

Welcome back to Now Runway, where we report to you from the frontlines of the digital fashion and luxury revolution. As Paris Fashion Week creates headlines and speculation — mostly around Pharrell Williams’ debut show for Louis Vuitton — we are happy to report that IRL Fashion Weeks do not slow down the digital fashion…

Over 100,000 ChatGPT Accounts Compromised, Cybersecurity Firm Reports

Group-IB, a Singapore-based global cybersecurity company, has identified an alarming trend in the illicit trade of compromised credentials for OpenAI’s ChatGPT on dark web marketplaces. The firm found over 100,000 malware-infected devices with saved ChatGPT credentials within the past year.  Reportedly, the Asia-Pacific region saw the highest concentration of stolen ChatGPT accounts, making up over…

Yuga Labs, Zak Group to Publish Book on CryptoPunks Legacy

Yuga Labs — a prominent Web3 leader known for launching and acquiring some of the biggest NFT projects in the space (CryptoPunks, Bored Ape Yacht Club, Meebits, Otherside, and 10KTF) — has announced a collaboration with Zak Group, the renowned design office behind Virgil Abloh’s ICONS to create an official catalog that will serve as…

Binance Accuses SEC of Misleading Public Amid Ongoing Lawsuit

Binance.US, its global counterpart Binance Holdings Limited, and the firm’s CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao have accused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of deliberately misleading the public through statements it made surrounding a currently unfolding securities lawsuit. The allegation is part of a motion filed by legal representatives of the cryptocurrency exchanges on June…

Grant Yun on Surviving the Bear Market: “People Who Aren’t Here Are Going to Miss Out”

Grant Yun is a man of many hats. Despite being a medical student by day and a break dancer by night, the Milwaukee resident has managed to make his mark on the digital art market with six-figure sales and auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s. His Neo-Precisionist artwork frequently explores landscapes and scenery native to the…

Ripple Breaks New Ground With Regulatory Approval in Singapore

San Francisco-based Ripple Labs has been granted provisional regulatory approval by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate and expand its digital asset products and services in the city-state. The in-principle approval from the country’s central bank was granted to Ripple’s local subsidiary, Ripple Markets Asia Pacific, and sets the stage for Ripple to…

Gods Unchained Launches on Epic Games Store, Bridging Web3 and Mainstream Gaming

Immutable Games, one of Web3’s most notable pioneering game developers and publishers, has announced that its trailblazing Gods Unchained trading card game (TCG) is now available on the Epic Games Store (EGS). This move marks a critical juncture in the game’s trajectory, positioning it alongside more traditional established digital TCGs like the wildly popular Magic:…