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• Bitcoin Ordinals Come to Binance NFT Marketplace

• Is the Metaverse Dead? Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Doesn’t Think So!

• Half Moons 🌗 - Daily tidbits

• NFTevening's Shooting Star 🌠 - Our artist of the day

• Dark Side of The Meme 🌚 - your daily dose of NFT laughter

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Bitcoin Ordinals Come to Binance NFT Marketplace

Top crypto exchange Binance will introduce Bitcoin Ordinals on its NFT marketplace in May.

Users can now directly trade Ordinals, eliminating the need for a separate Bitcoin wallet. Mayur Kamat, Binance's Head of Product, expressed excitement about this development, highlighting Bitcoin's significance in the crypto world.

Since December 2022, over five million Bitcoin ordinals have been minted, resulting in nearly $27.6 million in transaction fees.

This growth led to the emergence of various inscription marketplaces, including Ordswap, Ordinals Market, and Ordinals Wallet. Even Magic Eden, a Solana NFT marketplace, joined in.

We’re always ready for Bitcoin #investooooor

Binance's announcement coincided with a temporary pause in Bitcoin withdrawals due to network congestion.

This congestion was speculated to be caused by BRC-20 tokens, which use text-based inscriptions and represent a shift in the NFT market dynamics.

Binance's support for Ordinals reflects the market's preference for text-based inscriptions and reinforces its leading position.

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Is the Metaverse Dead? Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Doesn’t Think So!

Epic Games CEO, Tim Sweeney, dismisses reports of the metaverse's death as a joke.

Responding to a Business Insider article claiming the failure of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse-focused Meta, Sweeney highlights the millions of users in games like Fortnite, Minecraft, and Roblox as proof of its existence.

Metaverse be like:

Despite not requiring VR goggles, Sweeney believes these online communities constitute an early form of the metaverse. He envisions a future where blockchain enables interoperability between these games, creating a shared digital space.

While Meta's rebranding to a metaverse company resulted in financial losses and layoffs, Sweeney sees the metaverse's potential as more than a passing trend.

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