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The realm of online casinos is always changing, and one big new idea is the use of blockchain tech and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). As the gaming field looks for fresh ways to get and keep players, NFTs are more often viewed as a major shift in player rewards and connection.

"What is happening in Bulgaria affects my business and life plans in a very small way." This is what the co-founder of Nexo, Antoni Trentchev, said in his first interview on Nova TV.

The former MP from the party of Meglena Kuneva's "Citizens Movement Bulgaria" announced that he has not lived in Bulgaria for a long time.

Environmental Aspect of Cryptocurrencies: Ethereum vs Monero

The climate and energy debate gets more heated every year. So do the criticisms of energy-intensive cryptocurrencies. The Bitcoin network uses more energy than some countries like Argentina (with a population of 45 million). A single BTC transaction emits 300kg of carbon dioxide.  

An army of computer programmers scattered across the globe is set to attempt one of the biggest software upgrades the crypto sector has ever seen this week to reduce its environmentally unfriendly energy consumption.    

Sports, film and music stars have all flocked to the NFT market to buy pictures of apes, endorse corporate partners or even launch their own art collections.

Even as the crypto sector suffers a rout with sales and values plunging and scams proliferating, celebrities continue to sign up to the craze for so-called Non-Fungible Tokens.

On Thursday, Bitcoin was down 1.1%, ending the day at around .5K, despite a buoyant stock market performance. Selling resumed on Friday morning, pushing the price back to .9K.
The observed divergence is bucking the trend of close correlation that has developed over the last few days.

The nosedive in cryptocurrencies has hit the metaverse as the value of a virtual land parcel in Istanbul has decreased by 70 percent on metaverse platforms.

In OVR, a metaverse platform where some 1.6 trillion parcels of global lands are on sale, an average parcel price in Istanbul was around 200 Turkish Liras ($12.40). Today, it is around 60 liras ($3.73).

An NFT of the first tweet ever posted on Twitter was struggling to attract bidders on April 14, with the highest offer so far just shy of $10,000, a year after it was bought for $2.9 million.

Vitalik Buterin, a Russian-born Canadian programmer and one of the co-founders of cryptocurrency Ethereum, has landed in Istanbul, a Turkish influencer on board the same plane with Buterin announced on April 11.

"Fellas! No Joke! But yes, Vitalik Buterin," Orkun Işıtmak wrote in a social media post with a photo of him with Buterin at Istanbul Airport.

The theft of NFT (non-fungible tokens) for .7 million this weekend led to the collapse of cryptocurrencies, Verge reported.