Companies Going into Crypto, NFTs, Web3, and Metaverse 2022
16 Dec 22: Donald Trump Trading Card NFT?
Times are so bad that even Donald Trump is launching NFTs? Or is this the start of Mass Adoption where other celebrities and famous people will follow?
This is one clear example of why we need to DYOR - "Do Your Own Research" or at the very least read the fine prints of their website. Usually legally binding, something that needs to be displayed but owners wished the visitors missed them, so race to the bottom and read those tiny words, and people are feeling dubious about NFT INT LLC.
Extracted from the above picture from https://collecttrumpcards.com/terms (Website Link was from the Opensea Collection:
NFT INT LLC is not owned, managed, or controlled by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Digital LLC, or any of their respective principals or affiliates. NFT INT LLC uses Donald J. Trump's name, likeness, and image under paid license from CIC Digital LLC, which license may be terminated or revoked according to its terms.
Another lesson in deep Fakes and Ai too? There's also the funny part where the sources off parts of the photos are from.
P.S. Was it really his NFT? Maybe NFT INT LLC will do an Elon Collection next month, or maybe Biden is next?
13 Dec 22: Pacific Rims NFTs Launching Soon
Kaiju Alert? Legendary Pictures Partners Virtua Metaverse to launch the Pacific Rims NFTs, not forgetting that it's a Free Mint.
But with its popularity, Free may not be Free as a Gas War could occur, where people pay extra to accelerate their transactions while slower ones could waste money on gas arriving at a sold-out situation.
Will we see more from their Monsterverse, such as King Kong, Godzilla, and more?
08 Dec 22: Hong Kong Media Asia Investing in Stephen Fung NFT Project Depart Apes. Launching Soon.
Any Hong Kong movie watchers would know about Media Asia Entertainment Group being Hong Kong movie production giant. They have invested in Stephen Fung (Actor, Singer, Writer, and Flim Director) Studios that will be bringing us Departed Apes NFTs.
Departed Apes is based on the internationally acclaimed Police action thriller film, Infernal Affairs Trilogy, which was so good that it was remade in 2006 as The Departed, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which has also won multiple awards.
Departed Apes could be the beginning of their Metaverse.
07 Dec 22: Tim Ferris Launched NFT Collections, CØCKPUNCH™
That's right, The Tim Ferris, author of the Four Hour Work Week and many more books has just launched his NFT collection.
In his own words or slight rearrangement of it, this is an experimental world-building fiction and the first-ever Emergent Long Fiction (ELF) project of its kind. And Tim even mentioned that it is a Trojan Horse, so expect more things to come.
Sounds like it's a metaverse in the making. For more details: https://cockpunch.com/
25 Nov 22: FTX collapse
While FTX collapse is a black swan event that could set the Crypto Industry into Winter this Bear Market for a very long time.
The positive thing is that we have seen some of the largest investments and VC companies investing in Web3:
- BlackRock
- Insight Venture Management
- Institutional Venture Partners
- Lightspeed Management
- Lux Capital Group
- NEA Management
- SB Investment Advisers (UK)
- Sequoia Capital
- Softbank
- Temasek Holdings
- Tiger Global Management
- and so many more...
But now the question would be will they be back?
Do note that this Failure is not of any Crypto Technologies, but the dark greedy hearts of some humans. Web3 will survive and move on.
16 Nov 22: Bang & Olufsen Launching NFT Collections
04 Nov 22: Game Of Thrones NFTs
03 Nov 22: Instagram to Integrate Polygon Matic NFTs
However, Instagram's NFTs seem to be integrated for US users only at the time of this post.
13 Oct 22: Konami Recruiting Web3 and Metaverse Development Personnel
04 Oct 22: VeeFriends Partners with Macy’s and Toys “R” Us in the U.S.
Going the other way around, instead of companies going into NFT, Gary Vaynerchuk's NFT collection, VeeFriends is launching plushies at Macy's and Toys“R”Us® in the United States.
Holders of the plushy's NFT version can claim the plushy too, showcasing the utility aka benefits of holding an NFT. Some NFT projects have exclusive rights to only allow their holders to buy the merchandise while some offer discounts.
VeeFriends could pave the way leading to more crypto mass adoption by exposing kids and parents to NFTs. Each plushy comes with it's own web content too.
27 Sep 22: Sega Partners DoubleJump.Tokyo to Develop Blockchain Game
The Game would be based on Sangokushi (Three Kingdoms) as a Trading Card Game on the Oasys Blockchain.
DoubleJump.tokyo is a Japanese blockchain game development company, which also offers a program to help game developers to build blockchain games with NFTplus.
Latest news, they are launching a subsidiary in Singapore where Oasys is headquartered. In their words, "Singapore is becoming the center of Web3 in Asia." Sounds great for a Singaporean like me.
13 Sep 22: Singapore DBS Partners SandBox
Singapore Bank DBS partners with Animoca Brands' SandBox to launch "DBS BetterWorld", purchasing a 3x3 plot of virtual land, making it the first Singapore Bank to step into the Metaverse.
The SandBox is one of the largest Crypto Metaverse Projects with lots of investors and big companies. Personally, I am not a fan of the game. 😝 But so far, They are based in Hong Kong, so they have partnered with lots of big companies and celebrities there.
13 Sep 22: The Starbucks NFT Experience
StarBucks new Customer Rewards Program Odyssey integrates Polygon Matic NFTs to enhance Customers' Experience and Digital Ownership Benefits.
20 Aug 22: Reddit Collectible Avatars NFTs
Are you a Reddit user? Having 1.5B registered users, its own NFT marketplace, "vault" wallets, and powered by Polygon Matic, this could very well be the spearhead for NFT mass adoption, especially when it could be purchased with fiat.
05 Aug 22: Lamborghini NFTs
Automobili Lamborghini collaborates with NFT PRO™ and INVNT to bring you sets of NFTs at nft.Lamborghini.com every month from August 2022 to March 2023. Do beware of Fake Collections as it seems that these sets of collections are only available in its own marketplace: https://nft.lamborghini.com/marketplace.
01 Aug 22: Tiffany & Co. Launch nft.Tiffany.com
Tiffany & Co. launch their NFT by offering 250 CryptoPunks holders the opportunity to create both physical pendants and NFT based on their CryptoPunks NFT at 30ETH each.
24 Jul 22: Square Enix Final Fantasy NFTs
You can preorder now for Cloud, Tifa, or Aerith at Square Enix Store. Digital Plus Editions is an upgrade to the physical action figure purchase to include the NFT digital version which is to be stored in an Enjin Wallet.
13 Jul 22: Disney Accelerator Class 2022
Disney selected 6 companies (FlickPlay, InWorld, Lockerverse, Obsess, Polygon ($MATIC), and Red6) to build the future of Immersive Experience technologies like Augmented Reality (AR), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
19 May 22: Ubisoft Entrepreneur Lab's Seventh Season Kicks Off with 11 Startups
The Startups are Ender Ocean, Mila Learn, My Lovely Planet, Oxya, Pose AI, Rapsodie, Starchain Gazer, Tales from the Wild, Versum, Yellow Teapot, Yumon.
01 May 22: FIFA Partners Algorand
Is this FIFA getting into Blockchain or Algorand getting a Brand Endorsement? We believe that the benefits are mutual and going both ways.
Especially now that Algorand is providing FIFA blockchain wallet, would be interesting to see how the ticketing, a strong point for crypto in digital ownership, to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023 would be, as tickets in the form of NFTs could be deployed.
Not Forgetting that Crypto.com is FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Official Sponsor. But that is Crypto going mainstream, just like how multiple crypto companies are sponsoring in F1 racing, which is the opposite purpose of this post where companies are investing into crypto, not crypto companies investing in them.
Source Article can be found at: https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/president/media-releases/fifa-announces-partnership-with-blockchain-innovator-algorand
15 Mar 22: Bandai Namco Research Participates in Oasys Blockchain Project
03 Mar 22: Temasek and Tencent Invest in Immutable
Immutable.com also known as ImmutableX is an Australia-based NFT minting and trading platform with it's own game development studio, Immutable Studios. Their IMX Token is also listed on all major crypto exchanges.
Crypto / NFT Games in Immutable Ecosystem include:
- EmberSword (MMORPG)
- Gods Unchained (Trading Card Game)
- illuvium (RPG Adventure Game)
- Guild of Guardians (Mobile RPG)
- Undead Blocks (First Person Shooter Multiplayer Zombie Survival Game)
- and More.
Coincidentally, 3 of the 5 games above are mentioned in my January video. 1 as the top 3 while the other 2 are side-mentions.
02 Mar 22: Puma's Cool Cats PFP and more NFTs Shopping
Puma also purchased "Puma.eth" which is an Ethereum Name Service (ENS) Domain Address.
Ethereum Wallet address starts with 0x and is 40 characters long. The Name Service is to replace the numbers by name for you to refer to the address.
Just like how domain names replaced IP addresses, or how your phone contacts works - you stored your friends' numbers by their names and call or message them without the need to remember the numbers.
And you could see the details of a wallet and what NFTs are inside by appending .xyz to the ENS Domain Name in the browser. Example: Puma.eth.xyz
20 Jan 22: Gucci + SuperPlastic = SuperGucci NFT
Luxury Brand Gucci teams up with SUPERPLASTIC®, the world's top creator of animated celebs, vinyl toys & digital collectibles to create their NFT collection, SuperGucci based on Janky & Guggimon
18 Dec 21: Adidas Into The Metaverse
Adidas partners with Bored Ape Yacht Club, PUNKS Comic, and Gmoney to launch their NFT project, "Into The Metaverse". More info on https://www.adidas.com/metaverse.
In November, Adidas Original also bought into SandBox Metaverse virtual land:
13 Dec 2021: Nike Acquires RTFKT
Before Nike's acquisition, RTFKT is already well-known for their NFT sneakers and other digital artifacts designs and for creating augmented reality experiences. RTFKT brand name is derived from the word Artifact and is still pronounced as Artifact.
19 Dec 21: Coca-Cola NFTs For Christmas
Coca-Cola's branding strategies have always been associating Coke with happiness and joyous occasions. This year they partnered with VeVe for their Christmas-themed NFT.
And in case you don't know about VeVe...
10 Dec 21: Pepsi Mic Drop NFT
A collection of 1,893 microphones art NFT as they associate themselves paying homage to music. You can check the collection here on OpenSea.
Drinks like Budweiser also launched their NFT collection in the form of 1,936 Beer Can Art in Nov 2021.
29 Oct 21: Introducing Meta
Coincidentally, after I declared myself to get into the world of Crypto with my first YouTube video, the next day Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook to Meta.
