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The Metaverse is slowly shifting from being just a buzzword to taking shape and having brilliant ideas being implemented with it. Today, there are gaming Metaverses, art Metaverses and now the music metaverse is being built, with use cases that are taking real-life celebrities and artists to perform their craft in a virtual world that is the Metaverse. This part of the Metaverse is where Anicube is working.
Anicube
A joint venture between Animoca Brands and Cube Entertainment, Anicube is building a music metaverse where NFTs and ecosystem utility tokens based on the intellectual property rights of Cube Entertainment's globally popular K-pop music artists and actors will be issued. This venture is also in collaboration with The Sandbox and it will see Anicube bring Cube Entertainment's artists to the metaverse to offer music and movie fans elevated and innovative fan-focused experiences on the leading decentralized gaming virtual world, The Sandbox. The Sandbox is also a subsidiary of Animoca Brands. In a comment on the Anicube venture, Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands commented said, "As a fan of K-pop and Korean culture, I am thrilled to contribute to AniCube, a JV that will guide K-pop music creators and fans in the open music metaverse and help them to enjoy true digital property rights and the other benefits of blockchain and NFTs." Commenting, the CEO of Cube Entertainment, Woohyung Ahn said, “With the support of Animoca Brands, the music metaverse created by AniCube will be global and open, and will play a leading role in the global music industry to protect the rights of IP holders and content creators related to music sources. We look forward to how Cube Ent’s highly talented artists will help to build the open metaverse."
Animoca Brands
A Deloitte Tech Fast winner, Animoca Brands is a leader in Digital Entertainment, Gamification and Blockchain. Ranked in the Financial Times list of High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2021, Animoca Brands develop and publishes a broad portfolio of products which includes the $SAND and $REVV tokens. Some of the company's original games include The Sandbox, Crazy Defense Heroes and Crazy Kings. They've also got products that utilise popular intellectual properties like Disney, WWE, Power Rangers, Formula 1®, MotoGP™, and Doraemon. Popular subsidiaries of Animoca include The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Bondly, nWay, Lympo, Quidd, Pixowl and GAMEE. With an ever-expanding portfolio of 150+ investments in companies and projects in the NFT and Decentralized finance space like Star Atlas, OpenSea, Axie Infinity Alien Worlds, and Yield Guild Games etc, Animoca is contributing to building the open metaverse as it were today.
Cube Entertainment
Cube Entertainment is an entertainment company that specialises in finding rookies with potential, and training them with professional gears, systems and setups to develop them into world-class artists with top skills and attitudes to produce quality content for the global market. Experts from different parts of the entertainment industry utilize Cube Entertainment's analytic skills and efficient system to get artists to the pinnacle of the K-pop industry. Since its establishment in 2006, Cube Entertainment has produced some of the best artists in the K-pop industry. These include 4MINUTE, BEAST, G.NA, BTOB, PENTAGON, CLC, (G)I-DLE, and LIGHTSUM, and they've also recruited entertainers like Park Mi Sun, Lee Hwee Jae, Lee Sang Jun, Kong Seo Yeong, Kim Kyung Ah, Heo Kyeong Hwan etc. The products of Cube Entertainment have gone on to achieve recognition in the global market not just for music but also for various K-content.
NFT airdrop
Anicube is set to launch a free NFT airdrop website for both K-pop fans and crypto fanatics. To participate in the airdrop all you have to do is simply connect your MetaMask wallet to the official Anicube website. Once this is done, you are immediately eligible for a free NFT! This airdrop is a way for Anicube to say thank you to its fans and early adopters for their support. The NFTs are on the Polygon blockchain and will be airdropped to registered wallets on 18 April. Some of the utilities and benefits of getting and holding one of these free NFTs include
- Access to a special collectable that marks the beginning of the Anicube Metaverse.
- Access to a utility that can be applied to Anicube's Metaverse at a later date.
- Their collectibility aside, owners of these NFTs will also be able to enjoy amazing utilities in the music metaverse that Anicube is building.
- Chance to participate in an event for an additional NFT in limited supply for users who connect their wallet onto the site during this period (important that you keep an eye out for the event on the site).
Registration Details for NFT Airdrop
- Registration date: 5 April 2022 (11 AM KST) — 15 April 2022 (11 AM KST)
- Airdrop date: 18 April 2022
- Price: FREE (No funds and gas fee required!)
It is important to note that these NFTs are completely free and open to everyone. There is no limit on the quantity and everybody who registers will get one. You simply have to connect your Metamask wallet to the site, and one NFT will be airdropped to you once the registration closes. To know more about the Anicube project and this coming airdrop, you can follow them here and join the community on: Website — www.anicube.com Twitter — https://twitter.com/anicube_ent Medium — https://medium.com/@anicube_ent Youtube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ZaECWBJMQ&ab_channel=Anicube_ent