Sesame Street's Cookie Monster #NFT and 10 pop culture moments on the #blockchain
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Coca-Cola
• The world-famous soft drink brand launched four NFT collections in 2021 to celebrate its first anniversary in the metaverse.
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Star Wars
• Disney released its first NFT collection in May last year via blind box format, a framework similar to buying packs of trading cards without knowing exactly which are inside.
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The NBA
• The NBA labelled its 2020 foray into NFTs “Top Shot”, selling digital versions of sports trading cards using blockchain technology.
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Spider-Man
• Marvel swung into the NFT-verse with a launch of digital Spider-Man collectibles in 2021.
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Doge meme
• The image of a shiba inu dog named Kabosu looking at the camera with suspicion first appeared online in 2010 and went on to become one of the internet’s most popular memes. Called “Doge”, in June 2021, it became the most expensive meme NFT ever sold.
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Nickelodeon’s ‘Rugrats’ and ‘Hey Arnold’
• The popular children’s cartoons were given the NFT treatment when 10,000 unique collectibles were released last year, featuring images of the characters and memorable moments from the show.
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Funko Pops
• The team behind the pop culture character miniatures make regular digital collectibles of their series in the shape of Funko Digital Pops.
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Lay’s Potato Chips
• The global crips brand owned by PepsiCo entered the NFT market in 2021 with its “Share smiles with Lay’s” collection.
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Disney
• The Mouse House offers an array of collectables as part of its Golden Moments Disney NFT collection, which was launched last year.
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Hello Kitty
• The beloved Japanese character created by Sanrio was launched as an NFT in August 2022 with a drop of 10,000 collectibles focused on six characters from Hello Kitty and Friends.
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The beloved US children’s show is releasing its first non-fungible token, joining a host of other world-famous brands and memes
🇮🇶 This month marks 20 years since the United States and its allies invaded Iraq
Many Iraqis still remember the horror they went through as if it were yesterday
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At least 210,000 civilians are estimated to have been killed and hundreds of thousands fled in the violence that followed the 2003 war thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2023…
“We had mixed feelings but we hoped for the best”
Iraqis speak about how the sense of security they felt despite the misery caused by the regime disappeared in the violence and criminality brought on by the war thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2023…
Iraq cleric Moqtada Al Sadr says demonstrators must leave the parliament square and Green Zone within the next 60 minutes ...
"This is not the way to end corruption, you must go home," he adds
#Iraq: "I am not going to interfere in politics. I am just an ordinary citizen, I have no right in politics. I am saddened by what has happened to my country. My country is a prisoner of corruption, and has become a prisoner of corruption and violence together." Al Sadr added
🔴IRAQ UPDATE:
Iraqi security forces will lift a nationwide curfew, Iraq’s state news agency reports, after Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr called on his supporters to withdraw from the streets.
Iraq latest:
• At least 23 confirmed dead after being shot in Baghdad's Green Zone
• Iraqi security forces said on Tuesday that four rockets landed in the Green Zone also
• Official working hours were suspended
#EmiratiWomensDay: These are the stories of trailblazing women in the UAE, from the first female captain in the country to the first female astronaut in the Arab world
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Every year, Emirati women break new barriers, and recently Aisha Al Mansoori became the first Emirati woman to become a captain at Etihad Airways, providing inspiration for future generations thenationalnews.com/travel/2022/08…
“When I first saw aircraft and pilots, I just fell in love. I knew that is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life," Ms Al Mansoori says as she was fulfilling a dream closer to her heart