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Hey Waivly Crew! 🌊 Over the next month, Japan’s leading social media company Line is launching two NFT marketplaces. Thailand will soon ban the use of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment for goods and services.

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LINE to launch NFT marketplace next month

Yesterday, Japan-based messaging giant Line Corporation announced the launch of its upcoming NFT marketplace.

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Dubbed Line NFT, the marketplace will run on the company’s proprietary network Line Blockchain and go live on April 13th. Users who buy NFTs on the platform will be able to hold them in the company’s Line Bitmax wallet.

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As part of its launch lineup, Line NFT will sell 100 types of NFTs in 7 genres in collaboration with a total of seventeen Japanese companies, including entertainment franchise Yoshimoto Kogyo, video game developer Square Enix, and manga Patlabor.

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Line will eventually integrate NFTs on its platform on its messaging service. Additionally, Line plans to include NFTs into its official stamps and stickers as well as for prizes on future social media campaigns.

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Last week, Line NEXT, a subsidiary of Line, partnered with 26 companies in various fields for a similar global NFT platform called DOSI. DOSI will be available in 180 countries and offer NFTs based on its partner's IP content.

Thailand bans the use of crypto as a payment method

Thailand’s financial regulator plans to ban the use of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment for goods and services.

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According to a notice published on Thailand’s Securities and Exchange (SEC) in cooperation with the Bank of Thailand (BOT), businesses in the region have been advised against accepting crypto payments starting April.

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“Digital asset business operators must not provide services or act in a manner that encourages or promotes the payment of goods and services with digital assets, such as advertising, soliciting or presenting itself to be available to pay for goods or services to merchants,” a translation of the notice said.

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The Thai SEC shared that the main reasons for this ban include loss of value caused by price volatility, cyber theft, money laundering and personal data leakage. Notably, this is not a ban on crypto trading, which has become more popular amongst citizens over the past years.

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While crypto payments will be banned, the SEC and BOT recognise “the benefits of technologies behind digital assets such as blockchain and value and support the use of technology to further innovation.”

The Waves

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👀 Meta files 8 trademark applications for crypto services

👛 Florida to allow businesses to pay taxes in crypto

💰 Haun Ventures to invest $1.5B into Web3

Hustle Special

Quotes to help start your day off motivated

Need a little motivation in the morning? Especially when getting up early, sometime we all need an extra boost to get out of bed, feeling motivated and ready for the day ahead. Here are seven quotes to start your day.

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”Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.” - Mark Cuban.
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“Today you are you. That is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you!” - Dr. Seuss.
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“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.” - Napoleon Hill.

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“Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.” - Harvey Mackay.

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“Days are expensive. When you spend a day you have one less day to spend. So make sure you spend each one wisely. - Jim Rohn.

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“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.” - William Arthur Ward.
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“Good morning. Another day, another blessing and another chance at life. Take nothing for granted and think of every breath as a gift.” - Unknown.

Krafton partners with Solana to develop blockchain-based games

Krafton, the studio behind PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, has signed a cooperation agreement with Solana Labs to support blockchain-based games.

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As part of the agreement, the two companies will collaborate in the marketing and development of Solana-based blockchain games and services, as well as explore blockchain-related investment opportunities
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“Krafton will continuously see ways to work closely with blockchain companies like Solana Labs as we stride towards establishing our Web 3.0 ecosystem,” said Hyungchul Park, Lead of Web 3.0 Roundtable at KRAFTON, Inc. “As one of the best global high-performance blockchain with strength in high speed and low fees, Solana represents the best of the Web 3.0 ecosystem and its technologies. Through this collaboration, KRAFTON will acquire the insight needed to accelerate its investment in and output of blockchain-based experiences.”

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Krafton is no stranger to Web3, as last month, the firm invested a combined $6.6 million in South Korean NFT marketplaces Seoul Auction Blue and XBYBLUE. Just days before, Krafton partnered with Naver Z to develop a new Web3 project aimed at building an ‘NFT metaverse platform’.

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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