Volume 37

OpenSea: What inspired you to create 9dcc? What separates it from traditional fashion brands?

gmoney: Collaborating and working with brands like Adidas and Prada gave me a front-row seat to how eager companies are to embrace innovation. It became clear that to thrive in today’s market, you need to explore...

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Azuki announced Hong Kong-based actor and filmmaker Stephen Fung as its new creative partner this week. Known for his work on “Tai Chi Hero” and “Into the Badlands,” Fung will help shape the narrative and visual direction of Azuki’s anime-inspired NFT universe.

Gunzilla Games, the studio behind the shooter game Off The Grid, has partnered with Delphi Ventures to back the newly formed GUNZ Foundation, which will reportedly oversee the rollout of its upcoming mainnet and token.

Web3 gaming platform Treasure is building its own gaming L2 on ZKsync’s Elastic Network. The goal is to boost gaming scalability and create a home for its expanding ecosystem of 15+ gaming titles, with more coming in Q1.

Web3 venture studio Animoca Brands has officially launched Mocaverse 3.0, a digital identity framework designed to expand web3’s real-world applications. The platform offers functionality such as on-chain credit scores for DeFi loans, verified user data for targeted advertising, and interoperability across multiple blockchains.

Avalanche Foundation has launched its latest update, Avalanche 9000, calling it the protocol’s most significant upgrade thus far. The changes are designed to reduce costs for deploying applications and lower transaction fees, thereby making it easier and cheaper for developers to build and scale applications.

Neon Machine, the studio behind the blockchain-based first-person shooter Shrapnel, appointed gaming veteran Ken Rosman as its new CEO. Rosman, a former executive at Riot Games and Activision Blizzard, will lead the team as Shrapnel prepares for its release.

Leading digital fashion company Tribute Brand has acquired digital fashion house Draup, to create Fashion.Fun, a next-gen platform for virtual wearables. Draup, known for its community-driven art and tech couture, complements Tribute’s futuristic vision for fashion in both VR and AR realms.