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• Trip Hawkins, the Founder of EA, Enters the World of NFTs

• Spotify’s Latest Experiment: NFTs Required to Access Premium Playlists

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Trip Hawkins, the Founder of EA, Enters the World of NFTs

Attention all gamers! The legendary Trip Hawkins, founder and CEO of EA, is back in the game (literally) with his new NFT-based company, "Games For A Living".

That's right, you can now play video games and earn money at the same time! After all those years of my parents telling me that I was wasting my life on video games.

The company's first game, "Elemental Raiders", is available on Steam and will soon have NFT-related prizes up for grabs in a tournament. But wait, there's more! Their second game, "Diamond Dreams", is a matching puzzle game fueled by NFTs. The company also has plans for more games to be announced soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

"Games for a Living Network" is the real MVP, as it allows game developers to create blockchain-based games and gamers to own their digital assets and earn money while playing.

So, traditional game developers can now move into Web3 game development with the help of this network. And let's not forget about the chain, web3 game tools, and marketplace that come with it.

Let the onboarding commence.

With Trip Hawkins at the helm, we can expect even more brilliance in their upcoming titles. So what are you waiting for? Get gaming and earn that bread!

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Spotify’s Latest Experiment: NFTs Required to Access Premium Playlists

Spotify is breaking new ground with its latest feature – NFT playlists. This revolutionary program lets exclusive NFT holders offer unique music experiences for Web3 communities.

Gaming startup Overlord and virtual band KINGSHIP are among the first to try out this feature. Connecting users' Web3 wallets on Spotify gives them access to specially curated playlists, such as Overlord's "Invasion" playlist and KINGSHIP's playlist featuring Queen, Snoop Dogg, and Led Zeppelin.

This new feature is great news for the music industry, as it offers a unique way for Web3 communities to enjoy exclusive music content. Payments and royalties from traditional web2 platforms are not enough for artists, and this new feature could offer a more sustainable revenue stream.

And excitingly, the exclusive access to these playlists makes NFT holders feel like VIPs.

Overall, Spotify's NFT playlist pilot program is an exciting development for the music industry. It lets Web3 communities create a sense of belonging and offer a more enjoyable audio experience for users.

We can't wait to see what Spotify has in store for the future, but we hope they'll let us in on the fun too!

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Institute of Digital Fashion

This year’s NFT Paris is a major one, with Institute of Digital Fashion (IoDF) hosting their very first IRL NFT drop, with a proportion of the proceeds raised going towards a humanitarian charity supporting the recent environmental crisis affecting Turkey and Syria.

IoDF are minting the first edition artwork of the ‘IoDF Emblems for Change’ NFT series.

This collection draws on the iconic messaging behind IoDF, consisting of powerful declarations of intent representing the core pillars of IoDF, it's a first, and occupies the messaging from the 001 launch ‘AT THE END OF THE WORLD DO YOU NEED MORE CLOTHES?’.

NFT Utilities include:

* Become IoDF community pillars.

*Join IoDF’s allowlists for irl x url drops.

*AR capabilities

*Beta platform members

*Future perks as ‘emblem founders’

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