#MusicNFT News: PIKOTARO + Zombie Zoo Keeper + OP3N • MoonPay + OneOf • Metaverse NFT Report • Social Justice NFTs • More
Japanese singer-songwriter, PIKOTARO, known for his YouTube hit, ‘Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen’ has collaborated with nine-year-old NFT phenomenon, Zombie Zoo Keeper to launch a project that brings together two internet sensations from both Web2 and Web3.
Their NFT pre-sale which underpins the project went live today on OP3N.
As part of the project, the two are set to premiere their exclusive music video, directed by popular YouTube star Wengie today on OP3N, a launchpad for IP and communities in Web3.
OP3N is a platform that consolidates the features of Discord, TikTok and OpenSea in a vertical stack. It’s on a mission to advocate and empower creative collaborations, communities and new virtual experiences with Web3 tools, especially with Asian creators and audiences.
MoonPay + OneOf
MoonPay is partnering with green NFT platform OneOf to enable global payments for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ether, Tez and more.
OneOf, which specializes in NFTs for music, sports and bands, offers $0 USD gas minting fees and has enabled credit card purchases from its inception. The new product integration with MoonPay grants OneOf users more options to buy, sell and trade NFTs on its marketplace.
“Through partnerships like this with OneOf, MoonPay is able to scale accessibility and bridge gaps that exist to ensure billions of people can participate in the ongoing digital transformation that Web3 has brought,” said Tyler Hoffman, VP of business development at MoonPay.
New METAVERSE NFT Report
Metaverse Market is estimated to be US$ 947.118 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 38.8% during the forecast period. [read more]
Social Justice NFTs
Confront Art will host the launch event for their social justice charity NFT campaign with mintNFT at Zero Space in Brooklyn on Thursday, April 28. This live-streamed drop marks the highlight of Confront Art’s ‘SEEINJUSTICE’ series, which debuted powerful sculptures of John Lewis, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd at New York City’s Union
Square in September 2021.
During the event, Confront Art and mintNFT will officially release a 9,000 NFT collection, available via mintNFT.com. The collection is made up of six inspiring NFTs from artists Izz Akkosia and Optic Nerve that honor Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and John Lewis. The NFTs will incorporate selections from Dionne Warwick’s latest single ‘Power in the Name’ with Krayzie Bone. A portion of proceeds will support We Are Floyd Org., The Breonna Taylor Foundation,
and The John and Lilian Miles Lewis Foundation.
NiftyChess
NiftyChess, a new Web3 startup announced the introduction of Treasure.Chess.com, an NFT marketplace enabling purchase, sale, creation and collection of NFTs without needing to buy cryptocurrency first.
Created by long-time crypto developers Patrick Gallagher and Joseph Schiarizzi, in partnership with Chess.com, Treasure Chess is powered by crypto compliance service provider Wyre and Polygon‘s blockchain platforms, functioning similarly to traditional digital debit accounts but allowing purchases and payments for NFT marketplace transactions without users having to engage in onramp crypto protocols or private keys.
Instead, Treasure Chess generates a secure ethereum address for users that sign in with their existing Chess.com account. Positioned at the intersection of blockchain and gaming,
