RMS Titanic Inc, the company responsible for preserving and showcasing the sunken ship, is collaborating with Artifact Labs and Venture Smart Financial Holdings, a Hong Kong-based asset management firm, to turn the physical artifacts from the tragic voyage of 1912 into non-fungible token (NFT) assets through Web3.
The goal of the project is to bring the RMS Titanic and its physical artifacts to the public on a global scale, the South China Morning Post reported. Artifact Labs intends to create NFTs of 5,500 artifacts already retrieved from the wreck and any future artifacts.
It will also introduce the Titanic DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) so that members can participate in future projects.
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At this point, it is unclear which blockchain the project will use or the pricing strategy for the NFTs. This collaboration between RMS Titanic, owned by Premier Acquisition Holdings, and two Hong Kong-based firms, is significant as Hong Kong intends to become a regional hub for virtual assets.
The launch of the Titanic DAO will provide a platform for members to engage in future initiatives.
Recently, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong announced that retail investors would be allowed to purchase virtual assets with significant market capitalization, including Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ether (CRYPTO: ETH), on authorized platforms.
These new regulations will take effect in June.
The new regulations cover various types of virtual assets, not just cryptocurrencies, and it aims to help Hong Kong become a more prominent player in Web3.
The push for virtual assets has been a significant focus in Hong Kong since the collapse of FTX, which was once the world's second-largest cryptocurrency exchange.
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RMS泰坦尼克號公司,負責保存和展示沉船的公司正在與文物實驗室和創投智慧金融控股公司,一家總部位於香港的資產管理公司,通過Web3將1912年悲慘航程中的實物轉化為不可替代的代幣(NFT)資產。
據《南方中國晨報》報道,該專案的目標是將泰坦尼克號及其實物在全球範圍內帶給公眾。文物實驗室打算創建5500件已經從殘骸中找回的文物和任何未來文物的NFT。
它還將引入泰坦尼克島(分散自治組織),以便成員可以參與未來的專案。
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目前,尚不清楚該專案將使用哪種區塊鏈,也不清楚NFT的定價策略。泰坦尼克號和泰坦尼克號之間的合作Premier Acquisition Holdings和兩家總部位於香港的公司的合作意義重大,因為香港打算成為虛擬資產的地區中心。
泰坦尼克島的推出將為成員提供一個平臺,讓他們參與未來的倡議。
最近,香港證券及期貨事務監察委員會(證監會)宣佈,將允許散戶投資者購買市值較大的虛擬資產,包括位元幣(密碼:BTC)和乙醚(CRYPTO:ETH),在授權平臺上。
這些新規定將於6月生效。
新規定涵蓋了各種類型的虛擬資產,而不僅僅是加密貨幣,它的目的是幫助香港成為Web3中更突出的參與者。
自曾是全球第二大加密貨幣交易所的FTX倒閉以來,推動虛擬資產的努力一直是香港的一個重要焦點。
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