The NFT space has had quite the year, and while it can be difficult to separate the billions of dollars in crypto speculation from the potential infrastructure shifts, plenty of mainstream tech companies are dipping their toes into the space and signaling future interest. This time it’s...
The NFT marketplace will run on the Flow blockchain and is expected to be released during the current NFL regular season. Dapper Labs, a creator ofnon-fungible tokens(NFTs) and the Flow blockchain, has reached a deal with the NFL to create an NBA Top Shot-style marketplace for digital...
Hello everyone! Disrupt was this week, which meant that I spent more time than usual with my feet up, watching panels and startup pitches. It was good fun, but also meant that I had fewer calls than I might in a more regular week. So, what follows is an abbreviated newsletter that is a touch...
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are one of the most powerful concepts to emerge from blockchain technology: they can secure digital content, provide provenance, and encode conditional transactions--all embedded in blockchain. This embedded nature imbues NFTs with the immutability of blockchain: at a...
As co-founder of a website tracking the spectrum of digital collectibles, Gauthier Zuppinger has seen it all. Drawings of toads, apes, abstract blobs, octopuses on heads, fire-breathing devils, and more. Since last month, asnon-fungible tokenssupplanted meme stocks and minor coins in speculative...
ArtOfficial, developed with help from Gary Vaynerchuk, "aims to broaden the experience of digital art" and make its purchase more accessible and transparent Daniel Cassady Vito SchnabelPortrait by Argenis Apolinario. Courtesy of Vito Schnabel Gallery. The initial frenzy over NFTs proved to be...
The non-fungible token market is booming and these companies could play a role in its future. Travis Hoium Key Points DraftKings is trying to get into the sports figure NFT market. Cloudflare is providing NFT infrastructure. EBay is now allowing NFT sales on its enormous online marketplace. The...
Recent high-profile sales of artworks presented as non-fungible tokens offer the promise of fast money. But experts warn that speculation and ignorance are fueling increasingly risky bets Enrique Alpañés Avatars from the Bored Ape Yacht Club website.On March 11 of this year, one of the most...
In 2013, Chloe Clem's expression, a side-eyed glance after learning she and her sister were taking a trip to Disneyland, quickly became an Internet sensation. Eight years later, an NFT of the meme has sold for more than $74,000 worth of cryptocurrency. (Courtesy of Katie Clem) It started when...
Ryan Browne LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket against the Phoenix Suns during the 2021 NBA Playoffs on June 3, 2021. Adam Pantozzi | National Basketball Association | Getty Images Two start-ups in the red-hot NFT market raised a combined $930 million this week,...
TIME president Keith Grossman admits the rollout was “not ideal.” (Doug Burba/Flickr)Yesterday afternoon, TIME Magazine announced a new collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offering “unlimited access” to its website through 2023. Dubbed...
Nate Chastain, OpenSea’s head of product, is at the center of the scandal that emerged on Twitter on Tuesday night. In a statement issued Wednesday morning, leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea said it uncovered evidence of insider trading by one of its employees....
Quick Take Monica Rizzolli’s ‘Fragments of an Infinite Field’ collection sold out in less than an hour. Individual pieces in the set are now selling on OpenSea for as much as 69 ether. A generative artist whose work depicts flowers within a...
In brief Emblem Vault is a tokenized multi-asset wallet. It wraps crypto portfolios into a single NFT token. Several rare early NFTs have resurfaced in Emblem Vaults, including the RarePepe series. NFT project Emblem Vault has blown up over the last month to become...
Delayed tournament gets digital collectibles via partnership with NuArca. New NFTs will celebrate the RLWC’s history and star players England-based tournament set for November 2022 after recent postponement...
Polker.Game has been bringing a constant stream of updates, development, and listings over the last few months – and they are not showing any sign of slowing down. Polker is one of the major sponsors of Polycon 2021, the largest Polygon event of the year – all this less than 10 days...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NaftyArt NFT marketplace officially launches on September 16th with Erotic Artists and Adult content creators at last taking centre stage. Erotic Artists and Adult Content creators have been struggling for some time to get their...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Within just 48 hours of announcing the creation of the KB24 NFT, the team behind the Kobe Bryant inspired project shared via Discord that they already reached 7,000 reservation requests. The site began a rollout...
Artist Sarah Mehoyas. Image courtesy Sarah Mehoyas. Imagine an ambitious series of pieces using NFTs to explore the idea of artist-as-currency. Each NFT is backed by a physical artwork. While the total number of works stretches into the dozens and dozens, each one remains a...
Through the partnership, both companies aim to redefine the automotive experience in the metaverse, merging peerless design with in-game utility for play-to-earn game environments. The R-01 hypercar is nfast’s first design for REVV Racing. Animoca Brands Corporation Ltd has...
The NFT market has exploded in 2021 and today brings news of yet another multi-million dollar funding round for a digital collectables platform. RCRDSHP, an NFT platform for electronic music, has closed its first investment round, which the platform reports to be a “multi-million...
SINGAPORE, Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Newest addition to Zilliqa's non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem, "The Bear Market", recently broke sales records for the public blockchain in just under 24 hours of going live. The NFT collection — cheekily coined "The Bear Market"...
A smartphone and a screen show the website OpenSea, where digital artworks are sold using NFT. NFTs, non-fungible tokens, are unique cryptographic credentials that are written to the blockchain attached to a file (image, music, video). picture alliance | picture alliance | Getty Images...
Axie Infinity lets you convert game rewards to real money. Image Credit: Yield Guild Games Sky Mavis and its players have generated $2.05 billion in sales to date for Axie Infinity, an nonfungible token (NFT) game, according to measurement...
ZUG, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Metacask (registered as CaskStore AG in Switzerland), a premier marketplace for the sale of whisky cask NFTs, has announced a partnership with renowned artist Trevor Jones to release its first NFT for auction, set for October 18-22: ‘The...
Storytelling platform Lioness is selling an NFT linked to an anonymous account that details allegations against spiritual leader Deepak Chopra. In March, a piece of digital art by graphic designer Beeple sold for $69 million at the auction house Christie’s. The sale was...
NFT NSFW Nafty, a blockchain firm that produces decentralized, “not safe for work” (NSFW) platforms, such as OnlyFans competitor Nafty.tv, launched an erotic-themed nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace dubbed “NaftyArt” on Thursday. NaftyArt aims...
Immutable X's roadmap Immutable has raised $60 million for its platform that uses nonfungible tokens(NFTs) to help monetize games. The Sydney, Australia-based Immutable created a platform on top of Ethereum to monetize NFTs in games, and it is also the creator of...
A Degenerate Ape Academy non-fungible token (NFT) on the Solana blockchain was sold Saturday for 5980 SOL, or about USD $1.11 million, in the largest-ever NFT sale on the rival to the Ethereum blockchain. Apparently not content with having shelled out...
Backed my music legend Quincy Jones, OneOf wants to make buying NFTs as easy as buying regular merch. Amid the fervor around NFTs, two pertinent issues came into focus: whether the process of creating tokens can be sustainable at scale, and whether the hype and inflated price tags often...
Today Japans’s Rakuten announced plans to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) platform. The company might best be described as a digital conglomerate. Its roots are in retail where it operates online shopping sites, runs online rewards and loyalty programs around the...
Apart from creating their own digital collectibles, major brands are also acquiring popular NFTs amid the growing popularity of nonfungible tokens. Apart from creating their own digital collectibles, major brands are also acquiring popular NFTs amid the growing popularity of nonfungible...
Digital media company Vinco Ventures (BBIG) has become the latest meme play as amateur investors pumped up their bets on the stock due to social media hype. However, the stock’s wild gains are not in sync with the company’s bleak fundamentals and financials. Furthermore, considering...
Plus, UCCA Shanghai is expanding to Chengdu, and Cindy Sherman made original art for a new George Jones and Tammy Wynette cover album. Artnet News, August 30, 2021 Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market....
Sporting an NFT of a pixelated man or a cartoon animal as a social media profile picture was once an obscure trend confined to blockchain devotees. But over the past few months, that online trend has been gaining mainstream acceptance... at least among those who can afford one....
The British auction house Christie’s has been immersed in the non-fungible token (NFT) art and collectibles industry for quite some time. Christie’s has auctioned blockchain-backed items like Block 21 of “Portraits of a Mind,” Cryptopunks, and...
With the trading volume and number of NFT projects always on the increase, it’s getting harder and harder to compete for users and bring innovative products to the market. One project is about to shake the NFT gaming and collectibles industry, setting the bar high for all market...
Bitcoin’s bouncing around $50,000. DeFi is seeking to go mainstream. But all anyone in the digital-asset world wants to talk about are NFTs. Non-fungible tokens, which allow holders of art and collectibles to track ownership, are staging a resurgence after fading from the...
Osaka's 1-of-1 NFT from Record-Breaking April Collection Accepting Offers Starting at $200,000 NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The sports memorabilia and NFT markets continue to break trading volume records in 2021, and now a rare non-fungible token...
81 years ago on August 31, 1939, the company Marvel Comics was introduced to the world for the first time and people were presented with a whole universe of superheroes. In celebration of Marvel’s birthday and the firm’s collaboration with Veve Digital...
Denny says his "perverse" gesture is about reinserting wealth into systems outside of which it was made. Kate Brown Simon Denny. Photo: courtesy of the artist/ Calla Henkel and Max Pitegeoff. Artist Simon Denny has created an NFT to benefit the city of...
Bored Ape #7990 sold back in May for 0.68 ETH. Ambrose Leung Stephen Curry has just recently shelled out 55 ETH (~$180,000 USD) for a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT. The Bored Ape Yacht Club is quickly gaining traction as a batch of 10,000 Mutant Apes NFTs sold out in an hour on...
Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week we dove into Bezos’s Blue Origin suing NASA. This week, I’m writing about the unlikely and triumphant resurgence of the NFT market. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can get this in your...
The agency will represent the crypto-art projects from Larva Labs for film, TV, video games, and publishing projects, becoming some of the first crypto-native IP to seek mainstream content deals. Alex Weprin Many Cryptopunks Courtesy of UTA The CryptoPunks are going Hollywood....
By Joe Tidy Cyber reporter Elliptic The fake Banksy NFT was advertised on the artist's official website A hacker has returned $336,000 to a British collector after he tricked him into buying a fake NFT advertised through the artist's official website. A link to...