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Bao-sized Web3 news highlights

GM Baos,

In today’s newsletter we’re covering a bunch of bao-sized news!

Treat yourself with an expensive cup of coffee… or a Starbucks Frappuccino and let’s dive into this dumpling.

Bao-sized highlights

Formula One tickets

A new NFT ticketing platform was tested it at last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix in partnership with Elemint (a blockchain infrastructure company), Bary (a Web3 firm) and Platinum Group (the largest ticket operator for F1 Grand Prix events).

Digital collectables were offered on Polygon as tickets to the F1 event. These NFTs not only serve as a ticket to the event but also provide utility after the event, like discounts on future races 👀

Mercedes-Benz NFTs

Last week, Mercedes-Benz NXT gave us insight into the first three core collections of Mercedes-Benz NXT ✨

Their first collection is a collaboration with generative artist Harm van den Dorpel and FingerprintsDAO. The “Maschine” collection consists of 1,000 generative artworks, which will be sold through a Dutch auction by FingerprintsDAO!

GameStopNFT x Telos Foundation

GameStopNFT and the Telos Foundation are teaming up to enable compatible Telos blockchain games on GameStop’s upcoming Web3 game launcher GameStop Playr 👾

“By combining GameStop Playr with Web3 games utilizing Telos' high performance blockchain infrastructure, we can break down many of the barriers currently deterring Web2 players from embracing Web3” — AJ Dinger, Head of BD at the Telos Foundation

Japan ANA airline

Japan’s largest airline All Nippon Airways has launched an NFT marketplace. The marketplace is called the “ANA GranWhale NFT Marketplace” ✈️

The first collection on ANA’s marketplace features work by aerial photographer Luke Ozawa. Then on June 7th, ANA will introduce two different types of digital airplanes, including the Boeing 787.

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EA SPORTS x .SWOOSH

Nike Virtual Studios and EA SPORTS are collaborating to make select .SWOOSH virtual creations available in future EA SPORTS titles!

Through this partnership, EA SPORTS and Nike will “look to build new immersive experiences and unlock brand new levels of customization within the EA SPORTS ecosystem” 😛

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Love you guys, have an amazing weekend 💖

–Cassidy