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Hey Waivly Crew! 🌊  Gucci has partnered with digital character brand Superplastic to launch a SuperGucci NFT collection. Google has hired a former PayPal executive to help introduce crypto payments to Google Pay.

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Gucci to launch NFT collection with Superplastic

Global fashion house Gucci has partnered with character-based product company Superplastic to launch a SUPERGUCCI NFT collection.

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The SUPERGUCCI series was created by Gucci’s head of design Alessandro Michele in collaboration with Superplastic. Only 250 NFTs will be minted to be released on three occasions. The first will consist of ten NFT artworks that will come with limited-edition Italian handmade ceramic sculptures designed by both Gucci and Superplastic.

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Each design has taken inspiration from Gucci’s signature designs and patterns that are reinterpreted by Superplastic’s virtual influencers Guggimon and Janky.

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SUPPERGUCCI will drop out on February 1st via Superplastic’s website as well as Gucci's Vault site, the luxury brand's online experimental store, which will take the brand further into the metaverse.

Google hires PayPal Exec to lead its crypto payments push

Google has hired former PayPal executive Arnold Goldberg to help bolster Google Pay, with plans to expand into the crypto space.

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Arnold Goldberg has been given the task to lead Google’s payment division in a move to enable its users’ access to a wider range of financial services, including cryptocurrencies. Until now, Google has avoided offering crypto as part of its financial services.

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Bill Ready, Google’s president of commerce, confirmed to Bloomberg yesterday that the company wants to broaden the scopes of its payments efforts. “Crypto is something we pay a lot of attention to,” Ready told Bloomberg. “As user demand and merchant demand evolves, we’ll evolve with it."

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Google Pay is a digital wallet platform and online payment system developed by Google to power in-app, online, and contactless purchases on mobile devices, enabling users to make payments with Android phones, tablets, or watches.

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Hustle Special

5 quotes to help you stay determined today

A key quality everyone successful person has, without a doubt, is determination. People who are determined always keep going no matter what goes wrong and instead adjust their course. While it’s not an easy quality to develop, here are five quotes to inspire you to persevere.

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“I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.” - Tom Hopkins.

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“There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.” -Vince Lombardi.

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“Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to”. - Henry van Dyke.

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"Your courage, determination, creativity, stubbornness, work ethic, and decision making will decide where you get." - Amar Hasic.

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“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sail. Explore. Dream. Discover."- Sarah Frances Brown.

EU regulator calls for Proof-of-Work crypto mining ban

Erik Thedéen, the vice-chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority believes that Proof-of-work crypto mining should be banned in the European Union (EU).

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In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Thedéen shared his opinion that Bitcoin mining has become a “national issue” and warned cryptocurrencies could pose a risk to climate change goals. 

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However, he doesn’t believe crypto mining should not be banned entirely, as he called upon European regulators to ban Proof-of-Work mining and push the crypto industry towards the less energy-intensive Proof-of-Stake alternative.

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“We need to have a discussion about shifting the industry to a more efficient technology,” said Thedéen. “The financial industry and a lot of large institutions are now active in cryptocurrency markets and they have [environmental, social and governance] responsibilities.”

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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