Gems

• On April 24th, the highly anticipated official launch of Crypto Champion will finally happen.
• With a dual token system and upcoming NFTs, Crypto Champion wants to propose something new to Web3 gaming fans.
• In only a few days - on April 24th - the Crypto Champion game will officially launch.
• The Crypto Champion project relies on two native cryptocurrencies:
  The Crypto Champion Gems ($CCG) is the project's governance and utility token.

• Up to $50M in Rewards Already Committed to The Main Quest Participants, with Additional Rewards Coming from Games Building on Immutable
  SYDNEY, April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Immutable, the leading web3 gaming platform and ecosystem, today announced the launch of 'The Main Quest', the largest ever web3 gaming quest and rewards program.
• Starting today, players can get rewards immediately by exploring quests, playing games and owning collections on Immutable.
• "This is single-handedly the largest rewards program in web3 gaming.
• For more information about Immutable Ecosystem Rewards and The Main Quest visit: https://www.immutable.com/zkevm-rewards
  Sign up to Immutable Passport: https://passport.immutable.com/rewards/

• The partnership marks the introduction of Luckmon's mobile gaming platform to Japanese audiences, starting on April 5th, 2024.
• FanComm Global, a Tokyo-based leader in app development gaming, partners with Luckmon, an AdTech Gaming platform in CA.
• This recent collaboration between Fan Communications Global and Luckmon signifies an exciting expansion into the Japanese market.
• David Son, CEO of Luckmon, shared his excitement about the partnership, saying, "We are thrilled to bring Luckmon's services to Japan.

• The British Museum’s latest exhibition, Rediscovering Gems, displays a range of prized ancient Roman and Greek artefacts.
• The exhibition stemmed from an announcement last year that numerous pieces from the museum’s collection were missing, stolen or damaged.
• While the British Museum celebrates recovered items in its new exhibition, it has continuously refused to return historically looted items in its own collection back to countries of origin.

From irony to hypocrisy

• The objects will remain with the Asante for three to six years before having to be legally returned to the British Museum.
• Read more:
  V&A's decision to loan looted Asante gold back to Ghana has implications for other British museums

  And herein lies the hypocrisy of Rediscovering gems.

• The opening of Rediscovering gems displays an open embrace of institutional hypocrisy.
• There is no legal barrier preventing the amendment of laws enabling the permanent restitution of historically looted objects.

Beyond the British Museum

• As well as continuing to pile pressure on the British Museum and UK lawmakers, I would argue that community stakeholders and national leaders should look beyond most national museums which are prohibited by law from returning objects to countries of origin.
• This includes the Science Museum Group, Kew Gardens and Wallace Collection.
• As well as striking the loan agreement with the British Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum, Asante representatives also struck a deal with the Fowler Museum at the University of California in Los Angeles.
• The British Museum declined a request from The Conversation to comment on this story.

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Nathan Bossoh does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.