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Hey Waivly Crew! 🌊 Warner music group has entered into a partnership with blockchain gaming developer Splinterlands. A student in China has lost an NFT worth around $548,000 from a phishing scam.

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Warner Music Group partners with blockchain gaming developer Splinterlands

Warner Music Group is not slowing down, as on Wednesday, the music giant announced its partnership with fantasy-themed collectible card game developer Splinterlands.

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The two companies will collaborate to enable opportunities for WMG’s roster of artists to develop play-to-earn, arcade-style blockchain games. Additionally, the two companies will develop mobile-friendly experiences accessible to everyone.

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In a press release, Oana Ruxandra, WMG Chief Digital Officer & EVP, Business Development, shared how the partnership will open up new revenue streams for WMG artists and enhance the company’s focus on music.

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“I don’t think we can underestimate how massive the opportunity around P2E gaming is. By partnering with Splinterlands to build custom tokenized games, we’ll unlock new revenue streams for our artists who have an interest in the space while elevating the role of fandom and community,” she said. “As the Web3 ecosystem continues to evolve, WMG is committed to making sure music is front-and-center.”

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Spltinerlands launched its game of the same name back in 2018, which allows card lovers to play, trade, and earn in-game rewards from their desktop or mobile phone. Since then, it has become one of the top blockchain games with 1.8M registered users and 450k active daily users.

Chinese student’s $548,000 Doodle NFT stolen

A senior at Shanghai’s Tongji University, Niq Chen, has lost a high-value NFT worth around $548,000.

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First reported by South China Morning Post, Chen went all-in and bought an NFT from the well-known Doodles collection, which made up half the value of his entire NFT assets.

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On Monday, Chen shared on Discord that he lost his NFT worth 200 ETH, or $548,000 after clicking on a phishing link. Shortly after, OpenSea disabled buying and selling of the NFT, but unfortunately by then, the thief already sold it.

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This is far from the first time we’ve seen OpenSea users lose their NFTs, as over last weekend, 32 users were targeted by a phishing scam, resulting in an estimated total of $1.7M worth of NFTs getting stolen.

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As terrible as these scams are, they’re good reminders of the importance to protect your NFTs. Even if you don't plan to do much, at the very least, never click on any links unless you are 100% certain what they are.

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5 Elon Musk quotes to inspire your next idea

While Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is the richest person alive, he has no plans on giving up on his dreams, thanks to his innovative mindset. Here are our five favourite quotes from Musk on the topic.

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"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."

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If something has to be designed and invented, and you have to figure out how to ensure that the value of the thing you create is greater than the cost of the inputs, then that is probably my core skill.”

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"When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked."

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“You must be willing to lose it all, but be willing to keep going into the future.”

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“If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better. It is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.”

Opera integrates Ethereum Layer 2 Exchange DeversiFi

Web 3 browser Opera has added support for DeversiFi, a decentralized exchange on the Ethereum blockchain powered by Starkware's Layer 2 scaling solution.

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The integration will offer a easier, faster, and cheaper for Opera’s mobile users to send ETH to each other in p2p transactions, with a Layer 2 swapping feature.

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DeversiFi is powered by StarkWare's StarkEx scalability engine that makes Layer 2 transactions “instantaneous and 100-times cheaper” than transacting over Ethereum Layer 1. This will allow Opera to eliminate costly transaction fees and introduce instant trading to its users.

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"It's part of Opera's DNA to make accessing the web easier. We have been providing extreme data savings, privacy or ad blocking features to our users around the globe. Now it's time to remove one of the key hurdles associated with the use of web3: exorbitant gas fees and slow network speeds," said Jorgen Arnesen, Opera's EVP Mobile.

Own and secure your crypto with Ledger

If you’re into cryptocurrency and own crypto assets, you need a secure place to store your coins and tokens. You probably already know that you shouldn’t store your crypto on an exchange due to potential hacks, not being solely in control of your crypto’s private keys, and for other reasons, and so a hardware wallet is the way to go and the best option to protect your private keys, therefore, you should make the move to a Ledger wallet.

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Ledger wallets are an extremely secure and premium way to secure, manage, and grow your crypto assets with their Bluetooth-enabled hardware wallets, and easy-to-use app which lets you manage your portfolio on the go. They let you manage multiple assets, buy, sell, grow, and exchange crypto, gain financial freedom by you being in full control and ownership of your private keys, and so much more.

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The wallets are really simple to setup, and to move your crypto over to, so there’s no reason not to secure your assets and take control of your cryptocurrency now and get yourself a Ledger device. You can manage 1800+ coins and tokens directly in the Ledger Live app once you’ve got your device up and running, so you’ll always have your entire portfolio covered.

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