This week, Google made a big shift in their policy towards NFTs, allowing apps in the Google Play store to include the ability to buy, sell or earn tokenized assets. Meanwhile, Starbucks Odyssey, the brand’s Web3 loyalty program, announced their next Stamp would be “designed by Aku,” the NFT character launched by former LA Dodgers player-turned-artist Micah Johnson. In other news, Snoop Doog and a16z-backed decentralized music venture Sound announced a $20 million funding round and we got another “phygital” sneaker drop.
Starbucks Teams Up With Micah Johnson’s Aku NFT Project
The latest Starbucks Odyssey Journey launch will feature a Stamp “designed by Aku” and include a $100,000 donation to Blessings in a Backpack, a non-profit tackling food insecurity among children.
AkuDreams dev team locks up $33M due to smart contract bug
A highly anticipated NFT project has been hit with an exploit and a smart contract bug, causing a disruption to its auction and leaving the team with $33 million unable to be accessed.
Nifty News: NFTs in space, defunct CryptoPunks, Ernst & Young gets in on the act
NFTs have been streamed from and to the International Space Station, Unifty decentralizes its governance, and 342 CryptoPunks may be lost forever.