NFTs

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Adidas is getting into the metaverse, a Banksy painting is being split into 10,000 NFTs, Bitcoin is being rolled out to hundreds of millions of Brazilians, and crypto donations have surged.

"Fractionalizing the work in 10,000 NFTs allows a much wider audience to be part of a collecting experience," the man behind the audacious project says.

Generous investors dug deep for an average donation of $12,600 — and in a reflection of the market's stunning performance over the past 12 months, that's a 20% rise from 2020.

Ether has suffered a pullback after being on the brink of securing new all-time highs. But as cryptocurrencies cool, virtual plots of land in the metaverse are selling like hotcakes.

DappRadar figures show The Sandbox has become the second most-traded NFT collection as Bored Ape Yacht Club and CryptoPunks lose momentum and fall down the rankings.

Bitcoin has had a month to forget, but Ether is tantalizingly close to hitting record highs. Plus, another setback for Facebook — now known as meta — as its top crypto executive steps down.

Deloitte predicts five million fans will have embraced crypto collectibles by the end of 2022 — with transaction volumes doubling year on year to $2 billion.

CoinMarketCap takes a look at some upcoming NFTs dropping that collectors can mint or buy — from a low resolution picture of a "poop" currently going for 0.1ETH, to baby apes for kids.

We've got all of this week's crypto headlines — and our guest this week is Isaiah Jackson, the author of Bitcoin And Black America.

In other news, Bitcoin performed quite strongly on Thanksgiving — surpassing $59,000 for a time — but this comes as PlanB's stock-to-flow model is plunged into doubt.

Three-quarters of the stamps ended up selling out in three hours.

CoinMarketCap takes a look at some of the most prominent play-to-earn and NFT events — from a DAO now attempting to purchase an NBA team, to Macy's NFT collection for Thanksgiving Day.

A plot of virtual land has sold for $2.4 million, why the metaverse could be worth trillions, and adidas and Coinbase enter into a mysterious partnership.

The popular sportswear brand announced the news on Twitter, mischievously adding: "Probably nothing."

As Facebook plunges head first into virtual worlds — following blockchain-based projects including Decentraland — the metaverse is an "internet evolution" that's ripe for investment.

CoinMarketCap takes a deep dive into the Sneaky Vampires Syndicate — a NFT collection of 8,888 unique vampires created by the same artist behind the highly popular Bored Ape Yacht Club.