This report is jointly produced by Preorder Observation and Cointelegraph Chinese.
This week, at the "2022 Taihu Bay Science and Technology Innovation Belt Binhu Innovation Conference" held in Binhu District, Wuxi City on January 1, the district officially launched the "Taihu Bay Science and Technology Innovation Belt Leading District Metaverse Ecological Industry Development Plan", As well as the supporting technological innovation service system, technological innovation carrier construction, and the "Three-Year Action Plan" for talent placement projects, it aims to create an international innovation highland and a domestic metaverse ecological industry demonstration zone.
Yang Zhiqing, director of the Bureau of Industry and Information Technology of Binhu District, Wuxi City, told reporters that Binhu District not only has "out-of-print" ecological and environmental resources, but also has a large number of "original" scientific and technological innovation resource elements in the development of metaverse ecological industries. At present, in addition to Jiangnan University, there are 12 large institutes including the 58th Institute of China Electronics Technology Group and the 702nd Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, and are making every effort to introduce more high-level innovation and entrepreneurship teams, technological innovation centers, and intelligent centers. wait.
Hua Zhaozhe, director of the Science and Technology Bureau of Binhu District, Wuxi City, told reporters that starting this year, Binhu Science and Technology will focus on the construction of the Taihu Bay Science and Technology Innovation Belt and accelerate the development of the metaverse ecological industry. Carrier construction, increasing government-industry-university-research-funding cooperation, introducing high-level innovation teams and other new measures, carry out key core technology research around the realization path of metaverse technology, integrate innovation resources of scientific research institutes and establish metaverse innovation center, support the construction of metaverse standard system, Build an innovative ecology of "technical research + scientific research institutions + standard system", comprehensively enhance Binhu's independent innovation capabilities, promote the deep integration of technological innovation and economic development, and transform the "key quantitative change" of technological innovation into the "maximum" of Binhu's high-quality development. Increment". Yang Zhiqing revealed that in the next step, Binhu will also focus on creating a batch of metaverse demonstration scenes first. For example, the National Digital Film Industry Park accelerates the integration of the film and television industry and "meta-technology", promotes the innovative application of "metaverse + digital film and television"; accelerates the application of industrial simulation and digital twins in production and manufacturing, and realizes the demonstration application of "metaverse + intelligent manufacturing" ; explore the integration of metaverse and cultural and creative industries, build a pilot application of "metaverse + characteristic tourism"; promote the deep integration of digital technology and urban development, and create a "model" for the comprehensive application of "metaverse + social governance".
At the same time, in order to attract more high-end innovative talents, an upgraded version of the "Binhu Light" talent plan has been launched, which will focus on introducing the world's top professionals from Metaverse, support colleges and universities to add disciplines related to the Metaverse ecological industry, and encourage the establishment of various Metaverse trainings Etc., speed up the training of a group of Metaverse interdisciplinary innovative talents and the establishment of a group of collaborative innovation centers.
By 2015, the district will strive to add 2,000 high-end talents in the metaverse field, build 5 metaverse laboratory public service platforms, 3 metaverse subdivision field association alliances, and 10 metaverse demonstration scenes, lead or participate in the formulation of metaverse There are 10 national and industry standards in the field of universe, 500 newly authorized special items, and 200 leading enterprises and 200 ecological enterprises have been cultivated to make the metaverse ecological industry a vivid appearance.
This week, a reporter from People's Daily Online's "People's Direct Attack" found that Rainbow Universe's virtual houses were actively traded in the secondary market, with listed prices ranging from a few hundred yuan to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Some experts pointed out that due to the decentralized development model of the metaverse and the economic system in which virtual currencies participate, it is easy to evade supervision. It is necessary to prevent the private coinage in the virtual world from impacting the stability of the real financial system; reasonably regulate virtual asset transactions and be alert to the risk of bubbles. The staff of the Market Supervision Administration stated that the relevant policies on virtual asset transactions are under study.
This week, during the 2021CCF China Blockchain Technology Conference hosted by the China Computer Federation (CCF), more than 300 experts, scholars and entrepreneurs gathered in Haikou to witness the unveiling ceremony of the Digital Twin and Smart Internet Innovation Laboratory. This is the first digital twin scientific research complex established in Hainan Province since the release of the "Smart Hainan Overall Plan (2020-2025)" (hereinafter referred to as "Smart Hainan Plan").
After the unveiling ceremony, the Innovation Lab held a press conference to showcase three technological and cooperation achievements since the preparation for 2020: the South China Sea Biodiversity Digital Twin Project has completed the digitization of nearly 100 species of fish and coral in the South China Sea, and the virtual Simulate the construction of the ocean blue hole, and open science popularization visits to nearly 10,000 public; the digital twin test site for intelligent connected vehicles reproduces Hainan's unique climate of high temperature, high humidity, high corrosion, and rainy "three highs and one more" for The test evaluation and practical application of new energy and intelligent networked vehicles at home and abroad provide a digital twin verification environment; the digital twin smart classroom has been put into use in Qionghai City and Cali, Colombia, and supports China and Colombia through 5G+VR technology Mutual learning, exchange and common development of youth. In the next step, the Innovation Lab will gather top expert resources from the China Computer Federation and other top experts to focus on the key tasks and important goals of building Smart Hainan, and carry out in-depth research and development and application of core technologies.
On December 27th, the Tianjin Bureau of Industry and Information Technology recently issued the "14th Five-Year Special Plan for the Development of a New Generation of Information Technology Industry". , focusing on breakthroughs in key technologies such as consensus mechanisms, cryptography, and smart contracts, actively exploring core technical theories such as encryption algorithms, ledgers, side chains, and cross-chains, and breaking through the underlying public chain technology of the blockchain. Promote the extension and expansion of the application of blockchain technology to government affairs management, social welfare, anti-counterfeiting and traceability, and open multiple application scenarios such as "blockchain + government affairs", "blockchain + product traceability" and "blockchain + finance", forming Blockchain technology application demonstration.
On December 27th, recently, the Central Cyberspace Administration of China and 17 departments and units including the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs jointly released the "National Blockchain Innovative Application Pilot Selected List" publicity. The "Blockchain + Civil Affairs (Regional Elderly Services)" project declared by the Hengyang Municipal People's Government ranked first in the expert review of the pilot "Blockchain + Civil Affairs" in the characteristic field. The "Blockchain + Civil Affairs (Regional Elderly Services)" project is supported by Hengyang Municipal People's Government, Hengyang Civil Affairs Bureau, Hengyang Municipal Party Committee Network Information Office, Hengyang National High-tech Zone and other units. It is an important exploration to gather the advantageous resources of settled enterprises and promote the digital transformation of the elderly care industry. The project innovatively solves social pension problems with industrialized thinking, and relies on Hengyang's digital economy infrastructure and pension service reform achievements to coordinate and promote the open sharing and cross-chain certification of pension data among various government departments.
On December 27th, in the live broadcast of the interpretation of the policies to optimize the business environment in Fangshan District, Beijing, the Beijing Fangshan District Finance Office stated that banking institutions are encouraged to use financial technology such as big data, cloud computing, and blockchain to improve loan efficiency and innovate. Risk assessment methods and broaden the coverage of customers.
On December 28th, the "Implementation Plan for Establishing a National Blockchain Pilot Zone in Hainan Province" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Plan") press conference was held in Haikou on the 28th. The reporter learned from the meeting that Hainan will create a "two parks and multiple sites" development pattern, using Hainan Ecological Software Park and Haikou Fuxing City as industrial clusters to build a national blockchain technology and industrial innovation and development base. The "Implementation Plan" clearly stated that the overall idea of Hainan Province to create a national blockchain pilot zone is to promote the construction of an advanced blockchain industry system around the strategic deployment of a network power, and to open up blockchain innovation chains, application chains, and value chains. Build Hainan into a domestically leading and world-class blockchain technology innovation highland, application highland, and talent highland.
On December 28th, Hainan Province held a press conference on the policy interpretation of the "Implementation Plan for Establishing a National Blockchain Pilot Zone in Hainan Province". Wang Jing, secretary of the party group of the Hainan Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, said at the press conference that the "Implementation Plan" comprehensively uses various technical means such as blockchain to support relevant management departments to strengthen enforcement against smuggling, illegal investment and operation of enterprises, and major financial risks. , taxation risk, etc., to enhance the risk prevention and control capabilities of Hainan Free Trade Port in trade, investment, finance, data, etc. Severely crack down on illegal activities such as false publicity and hype, illegal fundraising fraud, and token issuance under the guise of the blockchain, continue to purify the blockchain ecological environment, and ensure the healthy and orderly development of the blockchain pilot zone in Hainan Province.
On December 28th, the Beijing Municipal Education Commission issued a notice on printing and distributing the "Implementation Plan for the Innovation and Development of Blockchain Technology in Beijing Colleges and Universities." (2) Strengthen the construction of blockchain-related disciplines in colleges and universities. (3) Improve the scientific research and innovation capabilities of blockchain technology. (4) Introduce and cultivate high-level innovative talents in blockchain. (5) Hold blockchain competitions and forums. (6) Strengthen the ability of blockchain to serve economic and social development. The "Plan" requires relevant colleges and universities in Beijing to take blockchain technology as an important breakthrough in the future development direction and independent innovation of core technologies, increase support for research teams and tasks, and accelerate the implementation of relevant deployments. Strengthen cooperation with scientific research institutes, new R&D institutions, industry enterprises, etc., and promote the transformation and application of blockchain technology through joint construction of laboratories, research centers, or joint research, and serve the construction of Beijing as a benchmark city for the global digital economy.
News on December 30, recently, under the guidance of the State Grid Internet Department and the State Grid Science and Technology Department, the State Grid E-Commerce Company (State Grid Financial Technology Group) as the main drafting unit compiled the "Electric Power Blockchain Part 1: Technical Guide". "Principles" and other 7 State Grid Corporation corporate standards in the field of electric power blockchain were officially released. This is a landmark event for the State Grid Corporation of China to effectively implement the "National Standardization Development Outline" and actively promote standard work to lead the high-quality development of the power blockchain.
On December 30th, Beijing issued the announcement of the first batch of financial technology innovation pilot projects in the capital market. A total of 16 projects were shortlisted, including 4 blockchain projects and 1 digital RMB project, namely: China Securities Association-based Blockchain and privacy protection technology industry risk data sharing platform project, China Securities Investment - blockchain-based customer interaction behavior system management system project, China Securities Quote - blockchain-based securities business electronic contract and certificate deposit service platform , Beijing Stock Exchange - a blockchain-based private equity fund share transfer platform, Galaxy Securities - a digital RMB application scenario innovation pilot in the securities industry.
On December 31, the People's Bank of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the State Cyberspace Administration of China, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and the Intellectual Property Office publicly solicited opinions on the "Measures for the Administration of Online Marketing of Financial Products (Draft for Comment)" . Article 6 of the notice states that online marketing of products is prohibited. No institution or individual shall provide online marketing services for illegal financial activities, including but not limited to illegal fundraising, illegal issuance of securities, illegal lending, illegal stock recommendation, virtual currency transactions, foreign exchange margin transactions, etc.; Financial products such as financial products and non-public issuance of securities carry out online marketing for unspecified targets.
On January 1st, the 2022 Taihu Bay Science and Technology Innovation Belt Binhu Innovation Conference was held in Binhu District, Wuxi. At the conference, the "Three-year Action Plan (2022-2024) for the construction of the Taihu Bay Science and Technology Innovation Belt in Binhu District to lead the district to build a first-class scientific and technological innovation service system" and the "Three-year Action Plan for the Construction of Science and Technology Innovation Carriers in Binhu District (2022-2024) Year)", "Taihu Bay Science and Technology Innovation Leads District Metaverse Ecological Industry Development Plan", etc. It is proposed that by 2025, the Binhu District will be built into a highland of technological innovation in the growth triangle metaverse, a peak of ecological industry development, and a plateau of talent gathering, and basically form a metaverse industrial ecology with technology leadership, enterprise concentration, demonstration application, and complete standards, and become the domestic A model for the development of the metaverse industry, creating the "Binhu Business Card" of the metaverse. Accelerate the establishment of leading advantages in Binhu District Metaverse technological innovation, rely on Wuxi Advanced Technology Research Institute, Supercomputing Center, Tencent Cloud, China Software Evaluation Center and other institutions to establish more than 5 Metaverse laboratories or public service platforms, focusing on accelerating blockchain Research breakthroughs in core technologies such as , edge computing, artificial intelligence, space computing, and quantum communication.
On December 26th, Baidu and Nvidia (NVIDIA) have reached an agreement to jointly build an AI metaverse. At the Baidu Create2021 (Baidu A丨Developer Conference) held in Beijing tomorrow (December 27), Baidu will release the first domestic metaverse product "Xi Rang", and Raymond Teh, Global Vice President of NVIDIA and President of Asia Pacific, will be invited Attended and delivered a keynote speech on "NVIDIA Joins Hands with Baidu to Create an AI Metaverse". In November this year, Nvidia officially launched Omniverse. Compared with application layers such as games and social networking, Nvidia is more inclined to the bottom layer of Metaverse hardware and constructs the technology platform base of virtual space.
News on December 27, the police in Jincheng, Shanxi have successfully cracked the city's first criminal case of using digital renminbi to launder money. The case spanned two provinces, Guangdong and Fujian, and involved more than 20 fraudulent fraud cases involving public prosecutors in 7 provinces, autonomous regions, and cities including Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hunan, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Shanxi, and the amount involved was found to be hundreds of millions of yuan.
News on December 27, recently, the Future on the Chain · 2021 Blockchain Industry Development Summit successfully held in Yuzhong District, Chongqing City has yielded fruitful results. The comprehensive competitiveness of Chongqing's blockchain digital economy industrial park ranks third in the country, the three-year action plan for the development of Chongqing's blockchain industry, and the top ten typical application cases of Chongqing's blockchain in 2021. As the base of the Chongqing Blockchain Digital Economy Industrial Park, the development of the blockchain industry has brought new opportunities for the development of the digital economy in Yuzhong District. At present, the park has gathered 11 of the top 100 blockchain enterprises in the country.
On December 27th, the 2022 People's Bank of China Work Conference was held, and it was proposed to steadily and orderly promote the pilot project of digital renminbi research and development. Guotai Junan recommends paying attention to the investment opportunities of digital currency in 2022. The Winter Olympics is approaching, and the digital currency may be further catalyzed. In addition, from the perspective of the promotion and construction process of digital currency, it is divided into system construction, software and hardware wallets, payment, receipts, etc., involving many players, including traditional ATM manufacturers, bank IT manufacturers, etc.; and has an overall solution , top players who are closer to banking services have a better chance of getting more shares.
On December 28th, Yang Mindao, the founder of dForce, tweeted that the NFT market, just like Web3 Amazon (I don’t know how many people still remember OpenBazaar), they are dealing with a dilemma: 1. You need to protect the rights of creators/producers IP, otherwise you can't attract them; 2. When you do the first point, it becomes a Web2. Tokens alone cannot solve the problem.
On December 28th, People's Daily Online published an article "People's 0 Direct Attack: Rainbow Universe's virtual house was fired, what is the bubble? ", the reporter's investigation found that Rainbow Universe's virtual houses are actively traded in the secondary market, with listing prices ranging from several hundred yuan to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Some experts pointed out that due to the decentralized development model of the metaverse and the economic system in which virtual currencies participate, it is easy to evade supervision. It is necessary to prevent the private coinage in the virtual world from impacting the stability of the real financial system; reasonably regulate virtual asset transactions and be alert to the risk of bubbles. The staff of the Market Supervision Administration stated that the relevant policies on virtual asset transactions are under study.
On December 28th, the China Music and Digital Association Game Working Committee and others released the "2021 China Game Industry Report". The client game market has become the market segment with the largest share and the fastest growth rate. The rapid rise of game live broadcasts and short game videos, and the rise of the metaverse concept illustrate the diversified development of China's game industry in 2021.
On December 30th, China Reinsurance Group held a "Digital China Re 2.0" strategy conference in Beijing. At the meeting, it was disclosed that China Re Group has made breakthroughs in the fields of multi-party security computing and blockchain. Advanced technologies represented by data and cloud computing are rapidly integrating into the insurance industry.
On December 30th, Fu Rao, a senior researcher at the International New Economic Research Institute, said that since 2021, the development of the blockchain industry in mainland China has shown three major characteristics, namely, a clear stance on supportive regulatory policies, large-scale application of digital collections, The Metaverse has sprung up suddenly. Since the beginning of this year, while the policy has supported blockchain technology innovation in industrial applications, it has also firmly suppressed cryptocurrencies. Because virtual currency is easy to be used for illegal activities such as money laundering, and lacks an exchange mechanism, it is easy to cause inflation and market chaos. The country has always adopted a policy of suppressing virtual currency. At present, some companies are hyping the concept of the metaverse, which is quite different from the real metaverse. It is necessary to eliminate the false and preserve the true, and make a cautious judgment. From the perspective of the industry, Metaverse will become the goal of the next-generation Internet development for a long period of time, which depends on core technological breakthroughs, technological evolution and changes in the underlying technology and computing power.
News on December 31, "Finance" magazine will release the first set of news digital collections at Hongdong Shuzang at 18:00 on December 31. This series of collections selects the cover reports of Caijing magazine in 2021 and will be cast through blockchain NFT technology. The first batch of 4 collections of spring, summer, autumn and winter will be released, with a limited number of 2021 copies. It is reported that the collection is released in the form of airdrops, and users can receive it for free at Red Hole Shuzang.
On December 31st, at the Blockchain Industry Development Seminar in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Ningbo officially released the "2022 Ningbo Blockchain Application White Paper". Up to now, there are more than 90 blockchain projects under construction in Ningbo, with a total investment of more than 600 million yuan, covering many fields such as industrial finance, energy and power, digital copyright, government coordination, agricultural traceability, and people's livelihood services. According to the "White Paper", Ningbo will deepen the autonomy, branding, and high-end of the blockchain industry, actively deploy blockchain chips, computing power, and security industries, and strive to create the first batch of future industrial pilot areas in Zhejiang Province.
News from December 31, as of December 30, this year, there have been more than 12,000 trademark applications containing "Yuan Universe" in the name, and more than 1,700 and 1,000 trademark applications containing Meta and METAVERSE respectively. Relevant trademark applicants include major manufacturers such as Tencent, Netease, and Baidu, as well as well-known enterprises in various industries such as SAIC Motor, Michelle Ice City, Shuanghui, Hisense, and Foxconn.
On December 31st, the Tianyancha App showed that recently, Beijing Bubble Mart Cultural and Creative Co., Ltd. applied for the registration of the trademark "Bubble Yuanyu". The international classification includes advertising sales and fitness equipment. The current status of the trademark is waiting for substantive review.
On December 31, Hao Jingfang, a writer who won the Hugo Award for his short science fiction novel "Folding Beijing", gave a 4-hour online New Year's Eve speech on the theme of "Folding the Metaverse". Hao Jingfang believes that the biggest feature of the Metaverse is that it can interact in two directions. One of the major problems that can be solved is that people cannot cross the physical distance. The Metaverse can expand the field of vision through the virtual digital world, allowing people to go to the physical space. place, to better study the sea of stars. Hao Jingfang believes that seizing the metaverse is actually seizing future users, such as WeChat today. But in Hao Jingfang’s view, it will be difficult to have a metaverse in the future that includes all the users in the world, but there will be different metaverses one by one. Of course, it is also hoped that these different metaverses can form interoperability , to jointly create a better metaverse ecology.
January 1st news, since 2021, with the metaverse and NFT concepts becoming popular, in addition to the layout of giant companies, many stars have also begun to enter the game. Following the purchase of NFT avatars by NBA star Stephen Curry and singer JJ Lin, recently , Jay Chou also posted the NFT gift he received, and at the same time, the related website also began to sell the NFT project in limited quantities on January 1.
On January 1, the Ezek platform, which focuses on creating a new generation of trendy art and entertainment experience, announced that it will launch the first Phanta Bear NFT project of Jay Chou's trendy brand PHANTACi at 11:00 Beijing time today. , all were sold within about 40 minutes, and a total of about 300 ETH was burned.
News on January 2, recently, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology issued a document that the Suzhou Industrial Park has officially become a pilot area for blockchain technology innovation and application in Jiangsu Province after passing the evaluation. This evaluation is the first batch in Jiangsu Province, and only 2 companies in the whole province are on the list. As one of the first areas to lay out cloud computing and big data industries, the park has formed a good blockchain industry development ecology, has complete industrial infrastructure and rich business application scenarios, and has gathered many leading technology companies. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 100 enterprises involved in the blockchain business in the park, including 12 core enterprises.
On December 27th, New York-based company Republic Realm announced that it spent $4.3 million to purchase a piece of digital land in The Sandbox (The Sandbox), setting another record. According to data website Dapp, the four largest sites in the metaverse, The Sandbox, Decentraland, CryptoVoxels, and Somnium Space, have sold more than $100 million worth of land. Tokens.com CEO Andrew Kiegel admits: If I hadn't done the research and realized it was valuable property, I would have been so behind. As a banker who has been focusing on real estate investment for 20 years, Kiguel insists that the business district in Decentraland has exactly the same meaning as the commercial street in the real world: it is located in a densely populated area. It’s an event space where people gather,” he explained, pointing to the recent virtual music festival in Decentraland, which attracted 50,000 visitors.
On December 27th, UNXD, a luxury market built on Polygon, and Decentraland, a virtual reality platform built on Ethereum, plan to launch Metaverse Fashion Week in March next year, including catwalk shows, pop-up stores and after-party parties. It is reported that the exhibition will allow users to view fashion in a virtual environment and buy clothing for their online avatars. Previously, in September, UNXD cooperated with Italian high fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana to launch its NFT series Collezione Genesi, which received a total of approximately US$5.65 million in sales.
News on December 28, Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters is launching 99 NFTs for his co-authored book "From Zero to One" to fight for a seat for Arizona. The plan is to attract the support of "less traditional political donors and more founders and builders who want to see new thinking and energy in politics".
News on December 30, Jamestown, the owner of One Times Square, is rebuilding the 26-story building in the center of New York's New Year's Eve drop in Decentraland. The company announced plans to partner with Digital Currency Group (DCG) on Wednesday. Dubbed "MetaFest 2022," the festivities will purportedly include NFT art galleries, a rooftop VIP lounge, and virtual music performances. A virtual billboard will connect this experience with a corresponding event in Carnal Space via a live broadcast from New York City. Jamestown president Michael Phillips said the Metaverse was an important part of the development of real estate and the built environment. Whereas physical real estate is largely limited to people in geographical proximity, metaspace can allow people around the world to meaningfully enter these places through immersive virtual experiences. Jamestown and DCG hired Metaverse development firm GrowYourBase and MetaVenture Studios to build it.
December 31st, Twitch co-founder Justin Kan's Solana-based game NFT platform Fractal was officially launched on Thursday, launching a series of play-to-earn games. Fractal's first gaming partners include more than a dozen Web3 games such as The Sandbox as well as play-to-earn games Genopets and SynCity. The platform is both a marketplace for users to purchase NFTs directly from companies to use in games, and a secondary marketplace for peer-to-peer transactions.
News on December 31, Hayao Miyazaki's ten classic paintings will authorize the Mecha NFT project MetaRim to be used as the NFT background. This is also the first time Miyazaki has combined his paintings with NFTs. It is reported that MetaRim will open the whitelist pre-sale on January 5. Ten NFT paintings of Hayao Miyazaki will be randomly distributed to addresses participating in the pre-sale event.
On December 31st, Canadian businessman and star investor Kevin O'Leary said in an interview: "I think NFT will be bigger than Bitcoin. NFT offers a variety of use cases in identity verification, inventory management, and different asset classes." So much value. I prefer NFTs that are tied to hard assets, physical assets; I have major investments in Immutable Holdings, which owns NFT.com, which launched in January, and WonderFi, a crypto asset integration Companies. There is a lot of work going on to make these ubiquitous and liquid NFTs tradable on any blockchain. These assets are going to be huge, and I think 2022 will be the year of the NFT.”
News on December 31, Hybe, the agency of South Korean male idol group BTS (BTS), will continue to promote the NFT plan, although this move has been criticized by millions of BTS fans. Earlier this year, entertainment giant Hybe announced that it would release a series of NFTs related to its artists, and then BTS fans took to Twitter to protest the impact of NFTs on the environment. However, Hybe confirmed in a statement Thursday that its NFT program would go ahead, the first time the company has publicly responded to the criticism. John Kim, head of the HybeAmerica project, said that BTS is one of the most profitable artists and will launch NFT photo cards of BTS within 6 months. In November of this year, Hybe announced its cooperation with South Korea's top cryptocurrency exchange Dunamu, first disclosing plans to launch BTS-related NFTs. But the move drew dissatisfaction among BTS fans, who said it ran counter to the band's climate awareness campaign, including BTS' appearance at the United Nations General Assembly in 2018.
Brewers and farmers of the Belgian Barrel Alliance (BBA) partnered with Zeromint to launch an NFT aimed at protecting the Belgian beer culture and heritage recognized by UNESCO. As part of the partnership, Zeromint will mint NFTs on the GoChain blockchain and distribute them to international beer lovers through the BBA. According to reports, from now on, the organization will run several BBA NFT collection projects around sustainable development and the protection of Belgian beer heritage in the next 14 days. According to the official statement, the first NFT auction of Belgian barrels will be used to recruit 11 participants to star in a film called "Belgian barrels" produced by BBA, which aims to further commemorate the history of Belgian beer through professional filmmaking, while , BBA plans to promote and distribute the film globally. In addition, NFT winners will join the whitelist VIP channel to participate in all BBA events, and get the retro beer menu and exclusive bottles of the BBA club. At the same time, 80% of the proceeds from the NFT auction will be donated to local charities in Belgium. BBA also plans to launch NFTs, in addition to creating participation and reward opportunities for beer lovers, it also promotes tree planting, learning specialized artisan skills and traditional culture. It is reported that Zeromint is a newly established NFT trading platform.
On January 1st, South Korean game company Com2uS Group is expected to become the world's first "Metaverse Work" company. Com2uS has announced that in the second half of 2022, about 2,500 employees from all its subsidiaries will settle in the Metaverse, officially opening the era of working and living in the Metaverse. In addition, they are still signing contracts with large enterprises in various industries to build the metaverse ecosystem. In the future, with the presence of a large number of enterprises, they will build a metaverse city that integrates leisure, entertainment, and economy.
On January 2, Chris Dixon, a Web3 supporter and a16z partner, tweeted that NFT makes art, music, writing, games and other creative content more abundant, not more scarce. Many critics of NFTs claim the opposite — that NFTs limit access to creative content. This is not a criticism of NFTs. Here's a critique of the NFT fictional comics of the critics' dreams. NFTs add a new layer of value — digital ownership — that didn’t exist before NFTs. This concept of ownership independent of copyright is widely understood in the offline world. A work of art or other cultural artefact can have many copies. Owning the original becomes more valuable as descriptions of the original are more widely shared.
On January 2, according to the Nikkei news report, Mitsuka Kobayashi, president of Japanese telecommunications giant NTT West, said that NTT plans to release the experimental 6G network currently under development at the 2025 Osaka World Expo. It is reported that NTT has begun to design the infrastructure of the 6G network, and the details will be determined in the next fiscal year. NTT plans to commercialize its 6G technology by the end of the decade.
On December 29th, the launching ceremony of Guangdong Prison Blockchain Law Enforcement Supervision Platform was held in Zhaoqing Prison, a pilot unit. It is understood that the Guangdong Prison Blockchain Prison Law Enforcement Supervision Platform uses automatic data capture to upload key law enforcement data related to rights protection, assessment management, commutation and parole, etc. certificate. Once the data on the chain is artificially modified, the platform will issue an alarm, which not only displays the modified data, but also retains the data before modification, realizing the tamper-proof and traceable functions.
On December 28th, during the 2021CCF China Blockchain Technology Conference hosted by the China Computer Federation (CCF), the Digital Twin and Smart Internet Innovation Laboratory was unveiled. It is reported that this is the first digital twin research complex established in Hainan Province since the release of the "Smart Hainan Overall Plan (2020-2025)".
On December 31, the Bank of Jiangsu and the Nanjing Intermediate People's Court held the launching ceremony of the "Ningrong Smart Litigation" platform, signed a joint construction agreement, and used blockchain technology to empower Jiangsu's digital reform of justice. The "Ningrong Smart Litigation" platform is an intelligent litigation platform jointly developed and constructed by Bank of Jiangsu and Nanjing Intermediate People's Court based on blockchain technology. The platform has three functions: electronic evidence storage, one-click generation of data packages, and formation of a fast track for filing a case, which greatly reduces the workload of prosecution and trial. At the same time, with the help of the anti-tampering, verifiable, and traceable features of blockchain technology, the platform can ensure the safety and credibility of the entire process of litigation business data from generation, storage, dissemination to use, and effectively solve electronic evidence collection for online disputes Difficulty in solving problems, difficulty in producing evidence, and difficulty in safeguarding rights will help enhance the authenticity of judicial evidence and enhance judicial credibility.
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