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Top 7 Wall Street movies you must watch
Wall Street movies offer insightful perspectives into the worlds of business, finance and power. They also emphasize how vital creativity, risk-taking and tenacity are to success. Viewers can learn more about the financial sector and its effects on society by watching these films. They can also serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration for people wishing to pursue a profession in business or finance. Here are the top seven Wall Street movies that individuals keen on learning about the financial sector must watch. “The Wolf of Wall Street” The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 biographical black comedy …
Adoption / March 3, 2023
Sundance Film Festival embraces blockchain and crypto film initiatives
Web3 technologies continue to infiltrate various mainstream industries to bring innovation to old systems. This includes legacy creative fields such as the music industry and more recently, the film industry. This year, the Slamdance Film Festival, an oscar-accredited film festival for indie filmmakers, will see the premiere of the new film “Fuzzy Head,” which received its funding through the blockchain-powered crowdfunding platform Untold.io. Ali Aksu, the CEO of Untold.io, told Cointelegraph that filmmakers, as in the case of Fuzzy Head, can use blockchain technology to democratize their financing process and open up investment opportunities to both accredited and unaccredited investors. …
Adoption / Jan. 20, 2023
Nifty News: Fake Pokémon NFT game spreads malware, ‘Jai Ho’ singer to launch metaverse and more
Hackers hide malware in fake NFT game A phishing website purporting to offer a Pokémon-branded nonfungible token (NFT) card game has been spreading malware to unsuspecting gamers, a cybersecurity firm has warned. The website, which at the time of writing was still online, also claims to offer an NFT marketplace, with a link to buy tokens and even an area to stake NFTs all based on the popular Japanese media franchise. However, an arm of the South Korean cybersecurity firm AhnLab, warned the public about website on Jan. 6, noting that instead of downloading the game, users were actually downloading …
Music / Jan. 9, 2023
SBF wants ‘Big Short’ FTX movie, Peter Schiff already calls it fiction
Members of the crypto community published their sentiments on social media in response to the former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s reportedly meeting with Michael Lewis, the writer of the popular trading-focused film, The Big Short. With a potential blockbuster film seemingly on the way, community members called out Bankman-Fried’s antics, from describing the meeting as “absurd” to saying that Lewis should also be investigated. In a tweet, a community member mentioned that this could be an attempt to cover for criminals and “control the narrative” through a book. Meanwhile, Bitcoin advocate Nic Carter suggested that Lewis also needs to be …
Business / Dec. 28, 2022
FTX miniseries gets go ahead, covering the ‘most brazen frauds ever committed’
An eight-episode limited series exploring the unraveling and scandals behind sunken crypto exchange FTX and its leadership is slated to soon begin production. The series has been purchased by technology conglomerate Amazon, and will likely air on Amazon’s video streaming service Prime. It’s understood to be based on “insider reporting” from journalists covering FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried according to a Nov. 23 report from the entertainment magazine Variety. Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, famed for directing Avengers: Endgame and multiple other Marvel-owned movies are reported to have sold the idea to Amazon and are slated to direct the …
Business / Nov. 24, 2022
Coinbase CEO announces documentary on cryptocurrency and exchange
Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong announced in a series of tweets on Oct 4 that a crypto centric documentary capturing his journey of building a tech start-up from the ground up will be available this Friday on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Youtube, and other streaming platforms. The documentary — “Coin: A Founder’s Story” — intends to pull back the curtain and show people what it's really like to build a tech company from the ground up and encourage others who want to do the same. According to the CEO, documentary director Greg Kohs and his team had “unprecedented access” to …
Blockchain / Oct. 4, 2022
How can DAOs involve fans in filmmaking? Expert answers
As more people begin to integrate Web3 technologies into entertainment and production, the use case for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) in filmmaking has been highlighted in a Cointelegraph interview with Jake Fraser, the head of business development at the film-focused blockchain project Mogul Productions. When it comes to DAO usage in films, a deeper level of fan engagement was highlighted by Fraser. As an example, the executive pointed out the involvement of fans in the production process such as in creating the script, choosing stories and picking the location. He explained that: “DAOs come into play within the film industry …
Adoption / Aug. 18, 2022
Web3 gives creators in emerging markets a shot, says Faro Company CEO
While the entertainment and production industry is still primarily dominated by the West, shows like the Squid Game demonstrate an opportunity for non-Western productions to take flight on the international scene. With some help from Web3, creators in developing markets can find their way to a bigger stage, according to an expert in the entertainment industry. In a Cointelegraph interview, Mehmet Eryılmaz, the CEO of the entertainment-focused Web3 team Faro Company, shared his thoughts on how Web3 can contribute to the development of entertainment in emerging countries. According to the executive, media and entertainment companies have been plagued by gatekeepers, …
Music / Aug. 17, 2022
AMC Theatres mobile app accepts Dogecoin, Shiba Inu and more
AMC Theatres, an American pro-crypto movie theater chain, updated its mobile application services to accept Dogecoin (DOGE), Shibu Inu (SHIB) and other cryptocurrencies as payment across the United States. AMC Theatres first started accepting crypto payments back on November 12, 2022, which allowed customers to purchase movie tickets online using Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC). On January 6, 2022, Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Theatres, promised users via a tweet to include meme tokens DOGE and SHIB by March. While slightly delayed, Aron’s team delivered. Exactly as promised, the AMC mobile app for AMC’s U.S. …
Adoption / April 17, 2022
Nifty News: Bored & Hungry? Or want to listen to a podcast hosted by a Mutant Ape?
Bored Apes take on the restaurant and movie business Bored Ape Yacht Club, or BAYC, NFT holders own the intellectual property rights to their specific ape and can use the likeness of their ape(s) for commercial purposes. One such BAYC member, Andy Nguyen, decided to open a Bored Ape themed restaurant aptly named Bored & Hungry in Long Beach, California. Nguyen is a food entrepreneur who has co-founded various other culinary concepts in the Orange County area. He is the owner of Bored Ape #6184, which he purchased for $267,000, and also own two Mutant Apes. The opening took place …
Blockchain / April 12, 2022
Nifty News: Marketplace exploit on Smol Brains, NFT for trees, and Metaverse movies
Reports emerged on Mar. 3 of an exploit discovered on the TreasureDAO Marketplace NFT trading platform that allows a user to buy items at zero cost no matter the listing price or floor price of the collection. Security specialist for Metamask and MyCrypo harry.eth tweeted on Mar. 3 around 1 am UTC, confirming that there is a flaw in the code on Marketplace which allows a user to purchase nonfungible tokens (NFTs) for 0 MAGIC. At least 28 Smol Brains and Smol Brains Land NFTs appear to have been taken using this exploit so far at the time of writing. …
Nft / March 3, 2022
NFTs to help brewers and farmers preserve UNESCO Belgian beer heritage
Brewers and farmers from Belgian Barrels Alliance (BBA) have partnered with Zeromint to offer nonfungible tokens (NFTs) aimed at preserving the UNESCO recognized Belgian beer culture and heritage. As a part of the partnership, Zeromint will mint and offer exclusive NFTs on the GoChain blockchain, which will be made available for international beer fans via BBA. Starting today, the organization will run several BBA NFT collection projects around sustainability and the preservation of Belgian beer heritage for the next 14 days. According to the official statement, the first Belgian Barrels NFT auction will be used to recruit 11 participants for …
Adoption / Jan. 1, 2022