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The iconic U.S. vacation lawsuit has antecedently introduced themed nonfungible tokens and held a virtual parade successful the metaverse.
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 1 of the astir iconic events surrounding the United States vacation successful November, volition diagnostic characters from the crypto and blockchain abstraction for 1 of the archetypal times successful its 99-year history.
In a Sept. 14 announcement, Web3 steadfast Cool Cats Group said immoderate of the characters from their nonfungible token (NFT) postulation volition look arsenic balloons successful the Thanksgiving Day parade scheduled for Nov. 23 successful New York City — a bluish feline and a beverage carton. According to the parade’s shaper Jordan Dabby, the characters volition beryllium represented physically for thousands of New Yorkers watching from the streets and millions watching from their homes.
The plan for the Cool Cats balloon has been revealed!#macysparade pic.twitter.com/QoL40Yo7l2
— Macy's Parade History (@ParadeHistory) September 14, 2023With astir 2 months until Thanksgiving, it’s unclear whether immoderate different firms successful the crypto and blockchain abstraction program to person characters represented with parade floats oregon balloons. The lineup astatine the Macy's parade changes from twelvemonth to year, and has featured characters including Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian series, Sonic the Hedgehog, Pikachu, and Charlie Brown.
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In 2021, erstwhile the parade returned to its afloat procession pursuing the 2020 shutdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the organizers besides launched an NFT series. The pursuing year, successful summation to the proceedings held in-person, the lawsuit arranged for a virtual parade wrong the metaverse.
Having a Web3 steadfast represented successful a large lawsuit similar the Thanksgiving Day parade volition apt travel amid different happenings successful New York. Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman’s transgression proceedings is acceptable to footwear disconnected connected Oct. 3 and whitethorn inactive beryllium going connected astatine the clip of the vacation parade.
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