?? This NBA Legend Is Entering The Metaverse ?? Plus: Pooky Launches Play-To-Earn Game & Golf DAO Buys Course
Malcolm Lemmons
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NBA Legend Magic Johnson Files For NFT & Metaverse-Related Trademarks???
Magic is making moves into the metaverse!
NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson has big ambitions in web3 as word broke that he recently filed NFT and metaverse-related trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
The former Los Angeles Laker & 5× NBA champ filed trademark applications for the terms:
“Magic Johnson’s Neighborhood” and?“Building. Magic. Together.”
According to the filing, he aims to launch downloadable virtual goods of:
Magic also plans to launch an online marketplace for virtual goods authenticated by NFTs, and online retail store services featuring the same.
The goal is to provide an online community forum allowing users inside the metaverse to communicate with each other, and view, attend, and participate in educational classes, events, meetings, discussions, and workshops.
And this is not his first foray into web3.
Last May, he partnered with NBA Top Shot to drop an NFT collection.
He also invested in SimWin Sports, a digital sports league that uses an AI player performance model, allowing each digital athlete to develop throughout the season.
Sports Prediction App ‘Pooky’ Launches Full Version Play-To-Earn Game???
Pooky, founded in September 2022 by brothers Claudio and Stefano Riff, recently announced the full launch of its Play-to-Earn game.
After raising over $3 million from pre-seed investors, the?brothers developed an alternative to the traditional betting model using blockchain tech.
As a Play-to-Earn game, Pooky strikes a balance between rewarding players for their achievements while supporting the in-game economy.
Pookyball NFTs holders can compete to predict the outcome of football matches while earning rewards based on their rank and skill level.
The full release of Pooky follows a successful four-month beta program.
During this period, 700k predictions were made by a community of 7,000 recurring users making football predictions and competing against one another every week.?
The first drop of 1,000 Genesis Pookyball NFTs, required to access the Play-to-Earn mode, sold out before the full game launch.
Pooky will also offer minimum reward prize pools of 500 MATIC (which is?the currency of Polygon that enables users to interact with tens of thousands of dApps) per matchday shared amongst the top 50% of each leaderboard.
The prize pool is to incentivize more players to join.
The full launch of Pooky marks the start of a new era for Play-to-Earn games that combine game play with token rewards for users.
Claudio Riff had this to say about reaching mass adoption in web3:?
"The biggest hurdle to increasing the adoption of Web3 technologies is the user experience. The need to interact with multiple interfaces, including wallets, exchanges, and Dapps, can be confusing and intimidating for users who are not familiar with blockchain and cryptocurrency..."
He also added:?
To increase adoption, we need to simplify the language and concepts associated with blockchain and cryptocurrency and create intuitive onboarding experiences that guide users through the process of getting started..."
Couldn't agree more.?
LinksDAO Announces Purchase Of Golf Course ?
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They did it... they really did it???
The Who: Links Golf Club, a golf DAO with over 5,400 members, recently entered into an exclusivity agreement to purchase Spey Bay Golf Course.
Links CEO Jim Daily, Head of Strategy Adam Besvinick, and?Chairman?Mike Dudas officially launched the club in January 2022 and sold out of the membership NFTs within 48 hours.
Most of the members are young, tech-forward millennial and Gen Z golfers from all over the world, though most are based in the US.?
The membership provides access to a wide community of fellow club members and a variety of discounts and benefits with partners such as Callaway, TopGolf, DraftKings, and Ship Sticks. The NFTs also give members voting rights when stuff such as "buying a particular golf course" comes into the mix.
The What:?The Spey Bay Golf Course they're scooping up was listed for a sale price of $905,000, though the transaction is expected to close higher.
It's located on the Moray coast of northern Scotland.?
The course is currently owned by a local family and was originally built in 1907 by Ben Sayers, a longtime golf professional.
The plan is to take what is essentially a holiday course played primarily by a local membership and make it into a destination not only for the LinksDAO members but also for serious golfers.
The Why:?From the jump, they've had a singular mission:
To own one of the world's greatest golf courses
Initially, they located several courses, mainly throughout the U.S., but the opportunity to purchase Spey Bay became too good to pass on, especially considering the pricing compared to what’s available domestically.?
Now, What's Next?:
Links Golf Club has engaged KemperSports to assist with the acquisition of the course, which is in the due diligence phase, and expected to close in early April.
They've already gotten input from several architects regarding possibilities for remodeling the course, which has been damaged from weather and erosion issues over recent decades.
I had a chance to briefly chop it up with CEO Jim Daily regarding other plans for the organization, and he stated their focus is to:?
1) Reopen membership to onboard younger, and more digitally savvy golfers?
2) Host more interactive and in-person events?
3) Buy 10 courses by 2030?
It's pretty incredible what they've accomplished in a year.
Just imagine what they'll do in 10...
Quick Hype???
NBA vs NFL: What Dapper Labs’ Big-League Collectibles Say About Launching NFTs for Sports. Dapper’s NBA Top Shot experienced a wild price bubble during the NFT boom. The follow-up NFL All Day collection has had a more modest rollout - and collectors think that's good news.
Chiliz announced a strategic investment in MatchWornShirt, the home of match-worn and signed sporting memorabilia. Chiliz will receive a 20% stake as part of the investment.
Forget NFTs, use Web 3.0 the right way. Liquiditeam chief executive Thomas Euler explains how Web 3.0 can be used to deliver compelling use cases that fans actually want.
What To Watch???
Fantasy sports and sports betting are quickly converging with web3.
This interview features Matt Kalish, who is the co-founder of DraftKings.
He sits down with ARK Invest to discuss:
He also explains his perspective on web3 interoperability and the transfer of utility, what he and his team hope to achieve in the next five years, and what excites him the most about the web3 space.?
Dive into the goods below ??
And that's all she wrote.?
Talk again soon,
Malcolm
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