ChainCatcher news, Daehong Communications, a subsidiary of the Lotte Group, has partnered with the Aptos Foundation to build a Web3 center. In an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Daehong revealed plans to launch a loyalty program, an NFT-based profile picture project, and entertainment initiatives at the Lotte Group Web3 center. Future Web3 initiatives also include new payment services that help preserve collectibles and eliminate counterfeit tickets.

ChainCatcher news, Daehong Communications, the marketing and NFT center under South Korea's Lotte Group, announced on Monday that Lotte Group plans to expand its NFT business to the global market through a partnership with the Polygon blockchain. The PFP digital collectible series BellyGom NFT Season 2 from Lotte Shopping will be launched on Polygon.It is reported that the BellyGom NFT was first issued on the Klaytn network in August 2022, providing holders with benefits related to Lotte's products and services, such as hotel vouchers or shopping discount coupons. This collaboration renames the digital collectible series to "BellyGom NFT Season 2." The project is still ongoing, and a specific release date has not yet been determined. (Forkast)

ChainCatcher news, South Korea's Lotte Group subsidiary Lotte Data Communication announced that it will participate in CES 2023 held in Las Vegas, USA, and will launch the metaverse platform Lotte Metaverse in the main exhibition hall.According to the introduction, Lotte Metaverse is an immersive and realistic metaverse platform based on hyper-realistic content, which combines real-life characters with graphics backgrounds created by the world-class graphics engine "Unreal Engine 5." It employs three-dimensional real-time rendering technology, VR live-action shooting technology, and "deep interaction" patents, allowing users to interact authentically with objects or people from real life in the metaverse, providing a sense of reality and immersion for shopping, entertainment, and community experiences in the virtual world.Lotte Metaverse aims to become a user-oriented platform based on UGC and plans to launch NFTs associated with the metaverse in the first half of this year, as well as open an NFT marketplace and virtual asset wallet. (prnewswire)

ChainCatcher news, according to menafn, Singapore's GameFi ecosystem company Digital Entertainment Asset Pte. Ltd. (DEA) has signed a Web3 cooperation memorandum of understanding with Rakuten Group. Rakuten Group's venture capital division, Rakuten Capital, is making a minority equity investment in DEA through the subscription of share acquisition rights.According to Rakuten Capital President Hiroshi Takasawa, this investment will enable DEA to launch multiple Web3 business initiatives, while leveraging DEA's experience in promoting GameFi, token economics, and metaverse business to contribute to business growth. (source link)