Shiba Inu blocks wallet address over hate symbol on the metaverse

Developers of the Shiba Inu metaverse have issued a statement after the swastika hate symbol was drawn on its metaverse land by one user. The developers have since blacklisted the wallet address linked to the symbol.

Shiba Inu blacklist user for hate symbol on metaverse

On April 12, the Shiba Inu Metaverse land sale commenced and 36,000 parcels of land were up for sale. Bids on the metaverse lands were done by locking LEASH tokens or Shiboshi nonfungible tokens. The lands were being sold for 0.2 to 1 Ether (ETH).

Whenever a user’s bid was successful, the purchased piece of land turned to a black color that could be seen on the map. On April 15, The Shiba Inu Discord Community recognized a user buying pieces of land creating a swastika symbol that could be seen from the map. Other Shiba Inu holders quickly started bidding on the lands around the symbol, eventually turning it into a window shape.

The Shiba Inu developers later released a statement saying, “SHIB: The Metaverse will place the wallet identifying the [hate symbol] violation on a blacklist, meaning it will never be able to participate in any and all areas of the platform.”

The majority of the SHIB community supported the decision made by the developers to block the user. Some users said that this could create an inclusive and positive ecosystem. “No slippery slope… [regarding the ban] this is their house, and they choose the language that is acceptable as we would our own household. Simple,” one Twitter user said.

Binance apologizes over swastika-like emoji

Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange globally, released a new emoji on Twitter. However, the emoji started creating debate in the crypto community over its resemblance to the swastika symbol. The emoji had even been retweeted by Binance’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao.

The original posts featuring the emoji have since been deleted. However, screenshots had already been taken and they were doing rounds on social media. Some users even pointed out that April 20, the date when Binance released this emoji was Hitler’s birthday. The swastika symbol is associated with Nazism in the West, and it is a popular symbol in some ancient religions.

Binance releases an apology eight hours after the Twitter uproar saying, “We’re not sure how that emoji got through several layers of review without anyone noticing, but we immediately flagged the issue, pulled it down, and the new emoji design is being rolled out as we speak.”

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