Jordan Belfort, who was previously skeptical of cryptocurrencies, bravely stated himself as a supporter of NFT during the industry's boom in 2021.
Belfort, a former Wall Street stockbroker known for his risky behavior, was made into the Leonardo DiCaprio movie "The Wolf of Wall Street."
The 59-year-old has repeatedly slammed cryptocurrencies, and in 2018 he even compared bitcoin to the extent of the fraud his company, Stratton Oakmont, engaged in before it was indicted for securities fraud and money laundering in 1999.
On October 25, Belfort revealed to his 600,000 followers that he purchased CryptoPunk #6033. According to the transaction records on OpenSea, Belfort bought the NFT for 102.49 ETH, worth about $410,000.
Later, he tweeted: "Wow! I love NFT Twitter! Now I'm here, and I won't leave!"
You'll be well into NFT influencers
— Pranksy (@pranksy) October 25, 2021
Earlier this month, Belfort unveiled his own upcoming NFT, with artwork inspired by The Wolf of Wall Street movies and his life. While the details are still unclear, Belfort tweeted on Oct. 21 that he is currently working on ways to “add utility” to everyone holding his NFT so he can make it a unique NFT offering .
I'll be releasing my NFT soon, so let's first take a look at some artwork inspired by the Wolf of Wall Street movie and my life.
Can you point us to some moments that we reference?
— Jordan Belfort (@wolfofwallst) October 20, 2021
Disney is entering the NFT space with a series of tokenized characters from its popular movies and TV series.
While specific character details haven't been announced, there's plenty to choose from, as Disney also owns the Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars franchises.
The collection will go live on November 12 and will be launched in partnership with the VeVe NFT platform. The series is called "Golden Moments," and any NFT purchaser will also get three months of free access to the Disney+ streaming app.
Disney NFT distribution: VeVe
VeVe, a marketplace for hosting licensed NFTs, has previously partnered with Marvel and DC on digital comics, as well as offerings depicting Adventure Time, Monster Hunter, Star Trek and Jurassic Park, among others. NFT of content.
On Oct. 25, The Economist, a 178-year-old global news publication, sold a tokenized magazine cover for an estimated $422,000.
This NFT magazine cover is from the Sept. 18 "Down The rabbit hole" edition of The Economist, exploring the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). The cover depicts an Alice in Wonderland-themed illustration, with Alice looking down a rabbit hole with various cryptocurrencies wandering below.
Down the rabbit hole: The Economist
The NFT sold on Monday for 99.90 ETH (currently priced at $400,000), with proceeds from the auction going to the Economist Educational Foundation, an independent youth charity that teaches young people to analyze current events.
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has reached an agreement with Fox's NFT company, Blockchain Creative Labs, to launch licensed NFT collectibles.
Announced on Oct. 27, the multi-year partnership will feature NFTs depicting iconic moments in WWE history, wrestling stars and events such as WrestleMania and SummerSlam. announced.
With the new partnership, WWE appears to be hoping to learn from the mistakes of previous NFT releases. Last month, WWE Hall of Famer John Cena labeled his licensing sale a "catastrophic failure." Cena said fans bought only 7.4% of the NFTs, and questioned whether the price of 500 gold-level packs was too high.
On September 12, Cena said at the 2021 Florida Supercon conference: "Me and the WWE people think that $1,000 is a reasonable price point. We were wrong. We were completely wrong."
On Tuesday, software giant Adobe announced that it will partner with major NFT marketplaces such as OpenSea, KnownOrigin and SuperRare to allow users to verify the authenticity of digital content on the platform.
On Monday, GameStop listed eight job openings for its NFT platform and Web3 game projects for candidates who prefer cryptocurrencies, including three positions for software engineers with extensive NFT experience, three positions for product marketers, and two Jobs focused on Web 3.0-based games.
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