Hundreds of NFTs listed on OpenSea from Shanghai residents during COVID lockdown
In response to the city’s COVID-19-related lockdown, Shanghai residents turned to the blockchain to preserve their experiences. The city of Shanghai has been in a month-long mandated quarantine, which confines its 25 million residents to their homes. Initially, the latest COVID-19 outbreak began in March of this year and developed into the worst infection zone since the beginning of the pandemic. As the virus infected hundreds of thousands of people, the extremely restrictive lockdown prevented residents from leaving their homes for weeks on end. In addition to the spike in infections, the....
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Shanghai residents are using the blockchain to record and preserve memories of their city’s month-long COVID-19 lockdown, minting movies, images, and artwork as non-fungible Tokens (NTFs) that may be shared and recalled. Shanghai Residents Adopt NFTs To Store Memories Residents of Shanghai, China’s largest city with a population of more than 25 million people, are […]
Shanghai is the largest and most populated city in China (with over 25 million residents) that has now tapped the power of blockchain technology to preserve and safeguard the events of the COVID-19 lockdown in the city. Numerous videos, photos, and audio are now stored as non-fungible tokens that can now be bought and sold […]
The NFT ecosystem had a quieter day on Wednesday, but there is always action to cover. Shanghai residents are minting NFTs to shed light on current conditions, and there’s drama in a non-Ethereum blockchain NFT marketplace that is causing rifts. Let’s dive into these latest stories from Wednesday’s activity. The Nightly Mint Latest Mint: Shanghai Residents Residents in Shanghai have faced COVID-19 lockdowns, and are headed to OpenSea – with an OpenSea account titled ‘Voice of April‘ minting NFTs that show the inside perspective from Shanghai lockdowns.....
NFTs are still a gray area in China where unlike cryptocurrencies, there’s no official ban on its use, but the authorities have warned investors against the risks from time to time. The popularity of nonfungible tokens is on the rise as recent data shows that the number of digital collectible platforms in China has grown to over 500, a 5X increase from February 2022, when the total number of NFT platforms was just over 100.According to a report published by a local Chinese daily, the sharp rise in the number of NFT platforms comes amid the growing hype and popularity of the digital....
Scammers appear to be taking advantage of an OpenSea bug in order to purchase valuable NFTs at a considerably cheaper price than their current listing. Several researchers and developers have detailed the ongoing problem, with some claiming that specific NFTs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars have been stolen by exploiting the platform’s bug. OpenSea […]