Daily Crypto NewsEDITION #373, 17 December 2021

TRUMPED NFTS

Hey Moni Maker 🖇

Today, in 1989, FOX first aired The Simpsons. A man dreams of making millions on Shiba or Dogecoin while lying on the sofa drinking beer... no need to change anything; the concept is there! We demand a season of The Simpsons about a crypto trader - the writers don't even have to replace Homer with someone else. 

While we're waiting to hear back from the authors of the cartoon, let's check the news in Digest. Let's go!

Melania Trump's NFT, titled Melania's Vision by artist Marc-Antoine Coulomb, is available on her website from today until 31 December and sells for 1 SOL.

Trump plans to release other NFT collectables in the future and hold an auction on 11 January 2022. All the money will go to charity. 

Anyway, Now to the important stuff! Moni Talks Speed Info: 

– NFT on Solana. Solana has already disowned Melania and her collection

– Lol. Donald Trump recently criticised bitcoin as a threat to national security. And Melania went ahead and released the NFT collection. Melania and Donald are rumoured to have a non-disclosure contract about family troubles. As it ends, expect Trump's wife to make a Twitter thread on "Donald set me up, shit and whine. Toxic man, know-it-all, rollin', bitch!"

Six-time NBA champion and Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan is the latest celebrity to see potential in how crypto and Web3 technology can connect athletes and entertainers with fans. Today, Jordan revealed plans to launch a fan engagement app platform built on Solana.

The platform, HEIR, is designed to link professional athletes with their most ardent supporters. It will feature an HEIR token minted on the Solana blockchain, and will showcase NFT assets along with community-building features that let fans join an athlete’s limited-capacity “huddle” for exclusive access and benefits.

Are you still ignoring WEB3?

Tomorrow we will conduct our first English stream with Li.Finance! What will we discuss: 

– What is Li.Finance? 

– Why it's not "another bridge"? 

– Remote or office? 

We will start at 16:00 CET/15:00 UTC. Set a reminder not to miss it, yo!

Twitter co-founder and Block CEO Jack Dorsey announced the board members of his bitcoin development endowment in collaboration with Jay-Z today.

The two previously announced their intention to give 500 BTC to set up ₿trust, an endowment to fund bitcoin development with a starting focus on teams based in Africa and India. When he unveiled the plan for a blind trust in February, Dorsey said he needed three board members.

Today, he named four: Carla Kirk-Cohen, Abubakar Nur Khalil, Obi Nwosu and Ojoma Ochai. All four have worked to promote bitcoin development efforts across Africa. Dorsey said a team selected the four developers from a pool of 7,000 applicants. 

Ok!

IDO (Initial DEX Offering) is a fundraising event that is conducted in decentralised fashion. Usually startups raise funds and after that adding liquidity to DEX pool, for example on Uniswap or SushiSwap.

And more you can find in our Glossary!

And you...buy Bitcoin! (it's a good time!)