OKEx launches NFT marketplace and DeFi dashboard in India

The platform will feature two core products: NFT marketplace and DeFi dashboard.
According to the company, which has more than 20 million users globally, the NFT marketplace will be an end-to-end NFT platform on which users can buy, sell and trade NFTs directly, with zero fees paid out to OKEx.
The NFT space exploded earlier this year after digital artist Mike Winkelmann aka Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million in March 2021.

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Audi’s electric concept heralds fresh bid to counter Tesla

Audi offered a first glimpse of a full-size electric sedan that will be key to narrowing a technology gap with Tesla Inc. and boosting profits by the end of the decade.
Superior economies of scale compared to rivals like Mercedes-Benz, BMW AG or Tesla should help Audi boost sales and profitability, he said.

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India’s newest billionaire is an IITian and founder of Pune-based tech firm.
Deshpande’s new billionaire status comes on the back of a significant rally in Persistent Systems shares this year.
In Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. As per Forbes, he pooled together around $21,000 from his savings and loans from his dad and friends to set up the database venture Persistent Systems in Pune.

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