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Covers:  Media, Advertising, Lifestyle, Food, Travel, Web3, Blockchain, NFTs, Asia business, China business, Asia tech, China tech, Climate tech
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How Luxury Brands Are Reviving Chinese Artisanal Traditions For Contemporary Tastes | Jing Daily

How Luxury Brands Are Reviving Chinese Artisanal Traditions For Contemporary Tastes | Jing Daily

Jing Daily — China was long known as the "factory of the world," but homegrown brands have in recent years started to redefine what luxury looks like, spurred on by a younger generation eager to rediscover its history amid growing confidence in the Chinese identity.
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How Will Italian Gastronomy Recapture China's Palates? | Jing Daily

How Will Italian Gastronomy Recapture China's Palates? | Jing Daily

Jing Daily — As the 2022 China-Italy Year of Culture and Tourism passes, Italian food producers saw their exports to China drop almost 30 percent from the previous year . This should come as no surprise. The pandemic has meant few opportunities for travel between the two countries, and import costs have been hit hard over the past three years.
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How Luxury Travel Operators Are Charting A New Post-Pandemic Path With NFTs | Jing Daily

How Luxury Travel Operators Are Charting A New Post-Pandemic Path With NFTs | Jing Daily

Jing Daily — While NFTs' explosive popularity last year can partly be attributed to both retail investors and luxury collectors getting in on the action, in the months following the spring crypto crash many companies have largely turned their NFT efforts towards luxury audiences.
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How Luxury Spirits Labels Are Unbottling The NFT Market | Jing Daily

How Luxury Spirits Labels Are Unbottling The NFT Market | Jing Daily

Jing Daily — Even amid tanking confidence in crypto, minimal NFT trading volumes, and low token prices, collectors' thirst for luxury spirits NFTs seems impossible to quench. Just last week, Dewar's, Hennessy, and Orientalist Spirits dropped new NFTs, joining the likes of Karuizawa, Johnnie Walker, and Patrón, which in recent months launched NFTs during a market stagnation following the spring crypto crash.
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A London company has developed a breakthrough in self-driving car tech

A London company has developed a breakthrough in self-driving car tech

Evening Standard — ayve, a London-based startup working on autonomous vehicles, said it has developed AI technology that can enable any electric vehicle to drive autonomously in any city. The company said its AI system demonstrated it could drive two different vehicles, a passenger car and a van, in a recent test, which it called "an industry first".
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'Apple Must Be Stopped' as Web2 Firm Launches 30% NFT Tax: Epic Games CEO - Decrypt

'Apple Must Be Stopped' as Web2 Firm Launches 30% NFT Tax: Epic Games CEO - Decrypt

Decrypt Media — Apple's decision to let be bought and sold on App Store apps hasn't received the kind of reception one might expect from Web3 proponents. That's because the iPhone maker has decided to charge its standard 30% commission on in-app NFT sales, which industry leaders say is "grotesquely overpriced."
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Your roaming charges will be capped in Norway and Iceland from next year

Your roaming charges will be capped in Norway and Iceland from next year

Evening Standard — Jet-setting Brits are set to start reaping some of the benefits of Brexit from early next year, as UK officials just announced they have signed an agreement with Norway and Iceland to cap mobile-roaming fees for those travelling there. The latest announcement doesn't necessarily scrap roaming fees completely.
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Instagram is trying to stop unwanted nudes from sliding into your DMs

Instagram is trying to stop unwanted nudes from sliding into your DMs

Evening Standard — Instagram is developing a feature that will let users block unwanted nudes in their direct messages. Meta, Instagram's parent company, confirmed to The Verge that the feature was in development, after a leaked screenshot on Twitter.
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Flying car company backed by Google co-founder shuts down

Flying car company backed by Google co-founder shuts down

Evening Standard — The flying car company backed by billionaire Google co-founder Larry Page has announced it is shutting down, showing how difficult it is to bring cars to the skies. Kittyhawk announced its folding on social media. "We have made the decision to wind down Kittyhawk," the company said on Twitter.
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Australia's Financial Watchdog Expands Team to Better Regulate Crypto - Decrypt

Australia's Financial Watchdog Expands Team to Better Regulate Crypto - Decrypt

Decrypt Media — Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) increased the size of its crypto team, , after the popular blockchain shifted from a The Guardian proof-of-work (PoW) to a proof-of-stake (PoS) system. The change has prompted U.S. Security and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler to that PoS-based tokens could be classified as securities.
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Here's What Collectors And Museums Need To Know About NFTs And Taxes | Jing Culture and Commerce

Here's What Collectors And Museums Need To Know About NFTs And Taxes | Jing Culture and Commerce

Jing Culture & Commerce — Over the summer, Pennsylvania and Washington quietly became the first US states to list NFTs as digital assets subject to sales and use taxes, opening the way for more states to follow suit. But as authorities attempt to issue uniform guidance on taxing NFTs, collectors, art institutions, and anyone who's bought, sold or issued NFTs are finding themselves caught in a regulatory quagmire.
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Will Ethereum's merge finally solve the crypto industry's emissions problem?

Will Ethereum's merge finally solve the crypto industry's emissions problem?

Evening Standard — The world's second-biggest blockchain, Ethereum, announced on Thursday it completed a key update in its technology, known as the "merge", which will reduce its energy consumption by 99% and pave the way for cheaper crypto transactions.
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Coinbase Now Lets Users Check Which Politicians Are Crypto-Friendly - Decrypt

Coinbase Now Lets Users Check Which Politicians Are Crypto-Friendly - Decrypt

Decrypt Media — Coinbase users will be able to see which U.S. politicians are "crypto-friendly" with a new in-app tool, CEO Brian Armstrong yesterday on Twitter, as crypto companies ramp up their lobbying efforts ahead of the midterms in November. The tool shows how different members of Congress measure up on their "crypto sentiment," which can range from "very positive" to "very negative."
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Major Music Labels Are Swarming The NFT Space. Will They Be Welcomed? | Jing Culture and Commerce

Major Music Labels Are Swarming The NFT Space. Will They Be Welcomed? | Jing Culture and Commerce

Jing Culture & Commerce — Over the past year, major music labels like Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group dived into Web3 and NFTs, hoping to cash in on the bonanza that saw NFT marketplace OpenSea hit $5 billion in sales during its peak.
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Hello sunshine: solar-powered carmaker gets £69m boost to rollout first model

Hello sunshine: solar-powered carmaker gets £69m boost to rollout first model

Evening Standard — The electric car might soon be old news because Netherlands-based carmaker Lightyear, which produces electric cars powered by solar panels, announced today it has received €81 million (£69 million) in funding, some of it from the Dutch government. The firm says it will use this money to begin production of its first vehicle, the Lightyear 0, by the end of this year.
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Meet Audius, The Spotify Of Web3 Bent On Revolutionizing The Music Industry | Jing Culture and Co...

Meet Audius, The Spotify Of Web3 Bent On Revolutionizing The Music Industry | Jing Culture and Co...

Jing Culture & Commerce — Revolution in the music industry is nothing new. From vinyls to CDs to streaming - music fans now have access to the world's entire catalog of music, past and present, in just a few clicks. But artists haven't had it as good.
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From 'virtual idol managers' to 'NFT curators,' get ready for these 8 Web3 marketing jobs of the ...

From 'virtual idol managers' to 'NFT curators,' get ready for these 8 Web3 marketing jobs of the ...

INSIDER (formerly Business Insider) — Web3 offers marketers new ways to engage with consumers, from NFTs to DAOs. Johnny Lyu, CEO of crypto exchange KuCoin, said Web3 will spawn new marketing job titles and roles. Among them, he cited NFT curators and ad blocking specialists.
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How these 7 Web3 music startups are taking on the $25 billion music industry, with the backing of...

How these 7 Web3 music startups are taking on the $25 billion music industry, with the backing of...

INSIDER (formerly Business Insider) — Only 8.25% of artists on Spotify make more than $50,000 a year, according to its own data. Insider identified seven startups poised to disrupt the music industry with Web3 technology. These companies are using NFTs, smart contracts, and tokens to help artists earn more money.
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From the Forbes Virtual Billionaires List to Playboy's Rabbitars, how 10 media companies are turn...

From the Forbes Virtual Billionaires List to Playboy's Rabbitars, how 10 media companies are turn...

INSIDER (formerly Business Insider) — The NFT market was worth $41 billion at the end of 2021, catching up to the fine art market. Many traditional media companies have joined the gold rush and released NFTs in the past year. Some media companies, like TIME, have generated millions of dollars from their NFT releases.
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Meet 13 dealmakers who are leading crypto's multimillion dollar spending spree on sports marketin...

Meet 13 dealmakers who are leading crypto's multimillion dollar spending spree on sports marketin...

INSIDER (formerly Business Insider) — Ava Labs Head of Marketing Devon Ferreira Ava Labs' Avalanche token is currently the 10th-most valuable cryptocurrency by total market capitalization. Ferreira told Insider that the company's sports marketing strategy aims to drive up its valuation while also helping it to win the so-called layer-1 battle against rival blockchains like Ethereum and Solana.
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Singer-songwriter Vérité's latest NFT drop sold out in seconds and raised $90,000. Here's how art...

Singer-songwriter Vérité's latest NFT drop sold out in seconds and raised $90,000. Here's how art...

INSIDER (formerly Business Insider) — Vérité is among a growing number of artists selling slices of song streaming royalties as NFTs. She said Web3 tools can allow artists to bypass streaming platforms' algorithmic gating. Her latest NFT drop sold out in seconds and raised approximately $90,000.
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Companies like Nike, Hermès, and Miramax have taken legal action over NFTs they alleged had infri...

Companies like Nike, Hermès, and Miramax have taken legal action over NFTs they alleged had infri...

INSIDER (formerly Business Insider) — Some companies are starting to take an aggressive approach to protecting their IP on Web3 applications. Nike, Hermès, and Miramax recently filed suits alleging NFTs infringed upon their IP. Insider spoke to four IP experts on how marketers can best protect their brands in the metaverse.
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Walmart is joining Meta and YouTube in chasing China's live shopping boom. But marketing experts ...

Walmart is joining Meta and YouTube in chasing China's live shopping boom. But marketing experts ...

INSIDER (formerly Business Insider) — Live shopping in China has grown fivefold since 2019, hitting $300 billion in sales in 2021, per Insider Intelligence. US retail and tech giants hope to replicate live shopping's successes in China in other markets. But marketing experts say culture and tech habits are major obstacles to the trend's growth in the west.
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Playboy made $12 million from NFT sales last year. Its top marketer explains how the 69-year old ...

Playboy made $12 million from NFT sales last year. Its top marketer explains how the 69-year old ...

INSIDER (formerly Business Insider) — Playboy NFTs brought in more than $12 million in 2021, the company said. Playboy shared Web3 playbook, using existing IP and collaborating with Web3 artists. Among its NFTs are $900 rabbit avatars, dubbed "Rabbitars," which sold out rapidly at auction. Long gone are the days of teenagers ogling provocative Playboy covers at the newsstand.
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