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Game developer Square Enix announced the auction dates for NFTs of its upcoming blockchain game Symbiogenesis. In this week’s newsletter, read about footballer Cristiano Ronaldo facing a lawsuit after promoting nonfungible tokens (NFTs) tied to crypto exchange Binance, and find out how an NFT collector thwarted a hacking attempt by a person impersonating a journalist. In other news, Azuki DAO is rebranding to Bean, game developer Square Enix announces an NFT collection, and one user claimed tokens worth $11 million in the recent Blur airdrop.  Cristiano Ronaldo sued for promoting Binance, unregistered securities Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo faces a class-action lawsuit for allegedly participating in the sale of unregistered securities in partnership with crypto exchange Binance. The famous football player entered a multiyear partnership with the exchange to promote NFT collections tied to Binance’s NFT-focused arm.   The legal complaint argued that Ronaldo encouraged his milli...

NFT Steez chats with Cryptoys CEO Will Weinraub about the future of toys, entertainment and play in blockchain-based games. This week NFT Steez met with Cryptoys founder Will Weinraub to discuss the current role of play and toys in regard to their integration with nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and Web3 as a whole.  Weinraub believes that the act of play is “not restricted to children” and believes that as adults, “we still crave the element of play throughout life.” According to Weinraub, through the development of technology, “play has evolved.” NFTs, especially in gaming, have highlighted this layer of ownership through play. Weinraub and Cryptoys theorize that “adults are just looking for ways to feel like kids again.” Keeping the question of “how does play evolve” at the forefront, Weinraub says this is a core tenet of his experience with the evolution of play.  From action figures to watching his children build virtual worlds in Roblox, Weinraub emphasized how profoundly the interne...