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NFTs

Drexel University Teams With MAPay to Use NFTs for Democratized Healthcare Data
Drexel University Teams With MAPay to Use NFTs for Democratized Healthcare Data
August 02, 2022  |  NFTs

Drexel University’s College of Medicine announced Tuesday (Aug. 2) that it has teamed with global healthcare technology firm MAPay on a payments and data innovation...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Unveils Same-Day Local Retail Deliveries
Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Unveils Same-Day Local Retail Deliveries
August 01, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Amazon offers Prime members same-day delivery from a slate of local retail stores around the country. Plus, the founder of...

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Tiffany NFTs to Hit the Market at $50K
Tiffany NFTs to Hit the Market at $50K
August 01, 2022  |  NFTs

At a time when the non-fungible token (NFT) market is in some state of upheaval, LVMH-owned Tiffany & Co. is jumping into the fray this...

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EMEA Daily: Record Number of UK eCommerce Businesses Close; Russia Plans Amendments to Regulate NFTs
EMEA Daily: Record Number of UK eCommerce Businesses Close; Russia Plans Amendments to Regulate NFTs
July 28, 2022  |  International

Wave of eCommerce Flops Behind Record 113,700 UK business closures in Q2 The online retail sector that boomed in the United Kingdom during the pandemic...

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Russia Plans Amendments to Regulate NFTs
Russia Plans Amendments to Regulate NFTs
July 27, 2022  |  NFTs

The Ministry of Economic Development in Moscow has numerous amendments planned to regulate non-fungible tokens (NFTs), looking to amend the Civil Code and the law...

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Tradeteq Taps XDC Network to Launch Trade Finance Tokens
Tradeteq Taps XDC Network to Launch Trade Finance Tokens
July 25, 2022  |  Partnerships

Trade finance technology specialist Tradeteq said it has chosen the XDC Network to launch TRADA Tokens, which it called “the first ever fully regulated, trade...

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Big Brands Replacing Membership, Loyalty Programs With NFTs
Big Brands Replacing Membership, Loyalty Programs With NFTs
July 24, 2022  |  NFTs

Hang, a B2B startup, is using NFTs to innovate loyalty programs for a number of big brands. The firm’s clients include Budweiser, Bleacher Report, Pinkberry,...

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China’s Tencent to Shut Down NFT Platform
China’s Tencent to Shut Down NFT Platform
July 22, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

China’s Tencent Holdings is preparing to close down its year-old non-fungible token (NFT) platform, an apparent victim of a government ban on secondary digital collectible...

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Meta Metaverse Weekly: 1 Quintillion Ways to Customize Your Meta Avatar
Meta Metaverse Weekly: 1 Quintillion Ways to Customize Your Meta Avatar
July 21, 2022  |  Metaverse

Meta’s metaverse will be so inclusive that it will offer more than 1 quintillion ways to differentiate your Meta Avatar’s look. That’s 18 zeros, by...

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