1. The UK government plans to issue NFTs and become a leading country in the crypto world

On Monday, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak asked the royal mint to make an NFT soon. This was announced by John Glen, Secretary of the Treasury, at the Finance Global Summit in London.

With this move, the British want to demonstrate their “forward-looking approach” to crypto technologies and investments.

Their plans include:

• introduction of stablecoins as a means of electronic payments;
• investment advice;
• assignment of the legal status of DAO;
• establishing a tax policy for decentralized finance (DeFi) and transactions with them;
• creation of a commission for interaction with crypto-assets, headed by finance ministers from the government and heads of large financial companies;
• study of the possible introduction of blockchain technologies as a lending tool.

2. Cryptocurrency may appear in Grand Theft Auto 6

According to game insider Tom Henderson, in some GTA 6 missions, the player will receive cryptocurrencies instead of virtual money. Such a move takes GTA from a regular PC game to play-to-earn. Blockchain will allow users to earn money and own in-game items. The game's release date is set for 2024.

In November 2021, the CEO of EA games (Rockstar competitor), Andrew Wilson, also stated his belief in the blockchain “it is too early to say exactly how it will work, but already now I am sure that P2E mechanics will be an important part of the future of the gaming industry.”

3. The number of female crypto investors increased by 126% in 2021

According to the report of the largest Australian crypto exchange BTC Markets, the average value of cryptocurrency purchases made from female accounts increased by 48% in 2021.

The total share of female investors on the BTCM platform for 2021 increased by 126%, while men - by 83%. In total, BTCM now has over 350 users.

Interestingly, the number of users aged 45 to 59 is increasing by 79% year on year. It is assumed that this group of users chooses less risky assets in order to increase their capital before retirement.

4. The first licensed NFT collection with Maradona is released

DAO Maker, a platform for creating and promoting crypto projects, has announced the release of the first official NFT collection with football legend Diego Maradona called "D10S". In total, it will contain 5 thousand tokens with the image of a football player. Diego's 5 heirs teamed up and collected photos from their personal archive to capture the memory of Maradona using blockchain technology. More details to come later, stay tuned twitter collection.

Diego Armando Maradona is an Argentine footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and striker. He played for the Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, ​​Napoli, Sevilla and Newells Old Boys clubs, as well as the Argentina national team. World Champion 1986, Vice World Champion 1990.
In the world of football, this is an unshakable legend, in his honor renamed the stadium in Naples, Italy. Also recently on the new form of FC Napoli has a large portrait of him.

5. Tiffany & Co. released a gold pendant in the form of Cryptopunk #3167

Alexandre Arnault, son of the head of the LVMH conglomerate to which the Tiffany jewelry brand belongs, is the owner of this token from the oldest collection. The jewelry is made of rose gold. The glasses of the punk glasses are sapphire and ruby ​​crystals, the earring is a yellow diamond. The punk pendant has attracted a lot of attention in the crypto community and from the fashion scene. Other owners of cryptopunks may also have thought about acquiring a real jewelry copy of their token.

At Tiffany & Co. On April 1, they joked about the release of their own cryptocurrency TiffCoin. The joke went viral on Twitter, and the company released limited collection of 500 18-carat gold coins. Outwardly, they look like bitcoin, but they do not have a blockchain version.

6. NFT-artist FEWOCiOUS earned $20 million for the first day of sales of a new collection

19 year old NFT artist Victor Langlois, known as FEWOCiOUS, started his journey in the NFT space 2 years ago. Recently, 5 thousand people bought tokens from the new collection Paint Drop, the hype turned out to be higher than expected and everyone was swept away within a few hours. Taking into account resales for the first day, the capitalization of the collection reached $20 million. All works by the artist, not included Paint Dropare currently valued at around $50 million.
Initially, one NFT cost $1, now secondary market the cheapest one will cost $2, the limited edition (of 409 pieces) - $5. The drop was carried out on Nifty Gateway, now "Paint Drop" ranks 176rd in terms of sales on the marketplace for the entire time of the site's existence.

In the "Paint Drop" collection, each token contains a certain amount of digital paint that can be used in a building under construction. metaverse FewoWorld. For example, with their help you can get Canvas (a digital copy of fragments of the FEWOCiOUS physical gallery), Fewos (bright avatars) and more.

FewoWorld is a new colorful metaverse from a talented young artist from Las Vegas, USA. AT nft now interview Victor said that "my metaverse does not and never had a roadmap." According to the author, in 2 months of experimental work on the project, he did much more than he could have originally planned.

7. The WonderHero BNB bridge was hacked

 April 7, in game wonder hero  there was an important announcement regarding the hack that took place on the WonderHero BNB bridge. The hackers managed to steal the signature and mint $80 million WND on the BNB chain and exchange it via PancakeSwap for 750 BNB ($321), causing the price of the WND token to drop.

As soon as the hack was discovered, measures were taken to close and suspend all services for users of the WonderHero platform. The company assured that all Polygon users are safe and the exact amount of $WND airdrop will be distributed according to the image taken before block 16731166.

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