Cybercriminals are using the rumor about the possible sale of virtual land in Bored Ape's Otherside metaverse to create a phishing campaign and scam the owners of these valuable NFTs. This and more news in this practical summary daily so that you are always informed with events most recent that occur within the crypto world.
Cybersecurity
📍A group of Bored Ape owners have lost their NFTs in a new phishing campaign. Rumors about the possible sale of virtual land in the Bored Ape metaverse, Otherside, have served cybercriminals to attack the holders of these NFTs and steal their assets.
On Twitter, blockchain security researcher known as @zachxbt reported that a hacker stole 91 NFTs from the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC), Bored Ape Kennel Club (BAKC) and CloneX crypto collections. In total, the value of the stolen NFTs currently amounts to about $2,8 million.
The attacker used the identity of Yuga Labs, the company that created these crypto collections, to create a scam site and trick unsuspecting NFT holders. People who fell for the scam connected their wallets to supposedly receive an airdrop of virtual land from the Otherside metaverse. However, by connecting their wallets they lost their assets.
On Twitter, the company confirmed that “the Otherside adventure will begin on (next) April 30.”
Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins
📍Bitcoin recovers the $40.000 level and Dogecoin climbs among the top 10 cryptocurrencies on the market. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is once again above $40.000 per unit, after a slight recovery of 3% in the last few hours. At the time of writing this article, the market's leading cryptocurrency is trading with a value of $40.490, according to data from the CoinGecko platform.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter raised the price of Dogecoin (DOGE) by more than 15% in the last hours. The meme cryptocurrency trades at $0,15 per DOGE, adding more than $3.100 billion to its market capitalization. This positioned Dogecoin again as the 10th largest cryptocurrency in the industry, surpassing Avalanche (AVAX) and Polkadot (DOT).
📍Shiba Inu burns more than 8.000 billion tokens on its first day. The Shiba Inu developers have launched a portal for burning SHIB tokens, in order to reduce their circulating supply in the market and boost their revaluation over time.
From Twitter, the developers of the meme cryptocurrency reported that the portal burned more than 8.000 billion SHIB tokens on its first day. At the current price of the cryptocurrency, $0,0000243 per unit, the amount of SHIB tokens burned this Monday amounts to about $194.400.
Innovation, Development and Technology
📍The story of Ethereum will reach the film industry. The production company Scott Free Productions, from the well-known film director Ridley Scott, will create a film based on the history of Ethereum, the second most important cryptocurrency in the industry by capitalization and the most used blockchain for the development of dapps, DeFi protocols, NFTs, among others. others.
Scott's film will be inspired by the book “The Infinite Machine”, by Camila Russo, financial journalist, writer and founder of the content platform The Defiant. On Twitter, Russo celebrated the initiative.
Ridley Scott is known for being the director of important blockbuster productions, such as Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner, among others.
Metaverse and Play to Earn Games
📍David Beckham, two-time FIFA world runner-up, is interested in the metaverse. Former English footballer David Beckham, also awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2003, submitted three registration applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), to register several trademarks related to the world of NFTs and Metaverse.
On Twitter, trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis revealed requests from Beckham, who appears to have plans to create his own NFTs and virtual items for the Metaverse.
Beckham's application exposes the great interest that NFTs and the virtual world are sparking among celebrities, brands and organizations around the world. In the soccer industry, Argentine star Lionel Messi also entered NFTs in August last year, along with digital artist BossLogic.
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