Staff speak out on pay, working conditions and managementfailures. Last week, Worms developer and indie game publisher Team17 brought the ire of the internet upon itself as bosses attempted to launch a range of with its staff - and which is yet to say sorry to team members left in the internet's...
The couple may have attempted to use NFTs to launder some stolen Bitcoin, the Department of Justice complaint says. Razzlekhan / Via YouTube A screenshot from one of Heather Morgan's music videos on YouTube, which have since been made private. The OpenSea accounts seemingly...
LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - On Jan. 12, an image of a computer-generated pixelated person was sold for about $50.6 million worth of cryptocurrency on a new online marketplace that caters for non-fungible tokens. It gets stranger. Five minutes later, the same "Meebit" NFT - a virtual character...
(Image credit: Robness) A photo of a trash can sold for a record breaking $252,000. Welcome to the wild world of NFTs. The image, called 64 Gallon Toter, depicts a large common plastic bin 'glitching'. This NFT by the American artist Robness sold for the astonishing amount of money on...
Blue-chip NFTs are rallying week-after-week, closing out a strong start to 2022, but what is driving these collections to pump? Blue-chip NFTs are rallying week-after-week, closing out a strong start to 2022, but what is driving these collections to pump? In the last two weeks, Azuki, Bored Ape...
Fans can own a piece of Super Bowl history after the NFL released the latest 'Road to the Super Bowl NFTs.' The NFT's are available in the Marketplace for Super Bowl LVI. Get your 'Road to the Super Bowl' NFT here. NFT's are on sale for $249 apiece. The NFT's are available to all fans and...
'We have listened to our teamsters, development partners, and our gamesâ communities' Yesterday,Team17âthe studio behind the classicWormsseriesâannounced it was getting into the NFT space, teaming up with a third party to release âcollectible digital artwork based on one of the...
FromLamborghinitoTwitter, everyone and their mother is dipping their toes into the tempting, chilly waters of web3, tovarying degreesof success. Now, Cameoâs joining the club. Today, personalized video app Cameo announced Cameo Pass, an NFT-based community âof Cameo talent and fans along...
This is an installment ofWhy I Invested,aseries featuring famous investors from all different backgrounds and industries, revealing what inspired them to invest their own money in a new business. 2022 could be the year that NFTs go mainstream asmany more celebritiesand nonâtech industry...
Chainalysis identified and tracked NFTs that were sold back and forth at least 25 times by the same handful of cryptocurrency wallets. Some people repeatedly sell themselves their own NFTs in an attempt to artificially inflate their prices, according to a report published Wednesday. Called...
Heâs only 12, but this boy from London is already a self-made millionaire. All from creating online avatars â when heâs not busy doing math homework. Benyamin Ahmed, an eighth grader with a knack for coming up with original images known as NFTs, has turned his skill into a massive crypto...
The NBA is launching an NFT program in Cleveland pegged to both basketball history in the city and the upcoming All-Star Weekend. CLEVELAND, Ohio â The NBA is releasing a series of artistic All-Star 2022 court NFTs that pay homage to the game in Cleveland. What the NBA has created...
Andrew Kelly / reutersAsreportssuggested last month, GameStop is getting intoNFTs (non-fungible tokens). The company haspartneredwith Immutable X to build a marketplace for NFTs, which they expect to open up later this year. People will be able to buy and sell NFTs linked to digital assets for...
Update: More accurate translation now available Image: NintendoUpdate:Nintendo has now released the Japanese version of the Q&A session during which it was reported that the company "has interested" in concepts such as NFTs and the Metaverse. Twitter userNibellionhas used machine...
In 2021,Brittany Pierremade over $109,000 selling nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, of her photography and flipping other NFTs she bought for a profit. But before that, Pierre was struggling to pay rent on her Chicago apartment or afford groceries and bus fare, she tells CNBC Make It. Her financial...
The two-part sale will include a single-edition NFT and a "dynamic," open-edition NFT meant to draw in a larger pool of collectors. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaking to the media from the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London in 2017. The anonymous crypto artist Pakis teaming up...
(Image credit: Team17) Update (Feb 1):Just one day after wading into the NFT pool, Team17 has declared the water too cold and climbed out. "Team17 is today announcing an end to the MetaWorms NFT project," the publishertweeted. "We have listened to our Teamsters, development partners, and...
The digital marketplace for NFTs grew to an estimated $22bn last year but companies face challenges monitoring stolen art Show caption When Lois van Baarle, a Dutch artist, scoured the biggest NFT marketplace for her name late last year, she found more than 100 pieces of her art for sale. None...
The potential of NFTs is undeniable, but the risks and rewards can be head-spinning. Hereâs what to look out for when considering an investment in the world of NFTs. (Dylan Calluy/Unsplash) Every day seemingly brings anew scamin the world of crypto, and yet the growth of the industry is in...
A male musk duck.Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images An Atlanta couple saved their homestead from foreclosure by selling cartoon duck NFTs. The collection of 10,000 ducks sold out in less than six hours for $120,000, CNBC reported. Other well-known collections like...
The museumâs founders organised an inaugural exhibition that is acutely aware of its place in history Kevin McCoy, co-progenitor of the NFT, speaks to visitors at the Seattle NFT Museum© nataworry Photography / Seattle NFT Museum Kevin McCoy did not set out to terraform the art world. But...
Legendary NFTs Trading at Over 40 ETH and Maintain Top 10 Spot on OpenSea After Reveal on Jan 23 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The âLilâ Heroesâ NFT collection, from Spanish artist Edgar Plans, Exile Content Studio, and Curatible, which went on sale on Sunday, January 16, reached the number...
Quidverse just released its first-ever collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The limited-edition NFT drop was inspired by one of the greatest moments in sports â the iconic Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston boxing match. In anticipation of their âQuidverseâ game thatâs in development, the...
Some experts, however, are concerned about transparency issues. Whatâs behind the NFT digital craze? ABC Newsâ Deirdre Bolton examines the nonfungible token frenzy, whether itâs a bubble... Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE With everyone from giant...
As the Bengals move on to the AFC Championship, another Limited-Edition Playoff NFT is available for purchase. 100 of these 'Road to the Super Bowl NFTs' are available in the Marketplace for the four clubs competing in the AFC and NFC Championship games. Get your'Road to the Super Bowl' NFT...
Plus, the MFA Boston will return a stolen Dutch painting, and Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe pays tribute to Virgil Abloh on the cover of Teen Vogue. U.S. first lady Melania Trump attends the joint press conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron at the White...
Susan Wojcicki says the company is looking to âhelp creators capitalize on emerging technologiesâ Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeYouTube NFTs may be in the works. In a letter published today, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki suggested the company is looking to branch into NFTs in the future...
Johnny Depp is selling over 10,000 unique NFTs drawn from his paintings of friends and personal heroes. The actor is releasing the non-fungible tokens â one-of-a-kind, verifiable digital assets traded using blockchain technology â under the collection name âNever Fear Truth.â The...
PARIS HILTON has sold one for more than ÂŁ800k, John Terry has got into a row with the Premier League about his and Liam Payne is so obsessed heâs created a special Twitter account. NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, have taken the celebrity world by storm as stars flock to cash in on the frenzied...
From actors to athletes to influencers, celebrities canât seem to stop talking about their enthusiasm for all things crypto. Never one to sit out a trend, on Monday, âThe Tonight Showâ host Jimmy Fallon was eager to show off his acquisition of a pricey digital collectible â even if it...
A Chinese influencerâs non-fungible token (NFT) project has reached a trading volume of 2,300 ether (around $5.5 million) less than two weeks after its launch.Singapore-based Yuqing Irene Zhao, 28, created the IreneDAO collection based on a sticker pack she made for her Telegram...
In December 2020, Victor Langlois was selling stickers and prints through hisTwitteraccount for $5 each. A little over a year later, heâs taking the digital art world by storm. The Seattle-based artist, known online as FEWOCiOUS, has always found refuge in his work, but he says his family...
Jan 25 (Reuters) - YouTube is exploring features for its video creators to capitalize on non-fungible tokens, its chief executive officer said on Tuesday, becoming the latest tech company to tap into a digital collectibles craze that has exploded in the past year. "We're always focused on...
Game developers are not interested in NFTs or non-fungible tokens, a recent GDC or Game Developers Conference survey suggested. (Photo : Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)An illustration picture taken in London on December 30, 2021, shows gold plated souvenir cryptocurrency coins...
JPMorgan has told its clients that ethereum is losing ground to rival cryptocurrencies, such as solana (SOL), in the non-fungible token (NFT) market due to sky-high transaction fees on the network. âIt looks like, similar to defi apps, congestion and high gas fees has been inducing NFT...
(NEXSTAR) â Meta, the technology parent company of Facebook and Instagram, may be entering the crypto marketplace soon â by enabling users to create, sell and buy original non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. The Financial Timesreports that while plans are âat an early stage,â both social media...
Ubisoftâs NFTs, pictured here, received a critical reception when they were announced.Image: UbisoftNFTs have been a contentious topic in the video game industry as of late. Fans did not respond well toUbisoftâs NFT plans, and the outcry toNFTs inS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobylwas so...
Make better business decisions Prada is the latest luxury brand to jump into the metaverse with a user-generated, creator-owned art project in partnership with the German sportswear megabrand.Vogue Businesshas the exclusive details. The Adidas for Prada Re-Nylon collection...
Jaiden Stipp, a 15-year-old from Tacoma, Wash., created his first piece of digital artwork on a whim back in February 2021, a movinggraphicof an astronaut-skeleton hybrid waving on the moon. Fast-forward to today, and Jaiden has become a full-fledged NFT artist. Since selling his first piece for...
Did you know that Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady co-founded an NFT agency? Well he did! It's called Autograph, and you won't be surprised to find out that it's doing pretty well. The company told TechCrunch on Wednesday that it had just completed its Series B funding round and had...
PALO ALTO, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc(TWTR.N)on Thursday announced the launch of a tool through which users can showcase non-fungible tokens (NFTs)as their profile pictures, tapping into a digital collectibles craze that has exploded over the past year. The feature, available on iOS to...
With crypto-based scams becoming increasingly more sophisticated, it's easier than ever to fall for them. Here's how to keep your NFTs safe. If you Google âNFT scams,â the results will likely lead you down a rabbit hole filled with, in some cases, actual cartoon rabbits....
"Iâm just a storyteller out here trying to tell my story" Image: Epic GamesUpdate:Troy Baker has taken to Twitter once again following his endorsement of voice NFTs earlier today and admitted that the 'hate/create' question might have been "a bit antagonistic": The voice actor's earlier...
During the last seven days, thereâs been $2.53 billion non-fungible token (NFT) sales, up 161% over the past week. Ethereumâs blockchain recorded the most NFT sales with $2.45 billion of the aggregate while the Solana network saw around $31.9 million in NFT sales this week. Across 258,536...
Following an all-out bash of SpiceDAO's plans to make a version of "Dune" "public," it's worth reflecting on copyright in crypto. I do not know who needs to hear this, but owning an NFT is not the same as owning a projectâs copyright or intellectual property. This is the first point Iâd...
An NFT drop is something you're going to see a lot of in your new life as an NFT creator and collector. Understanding what an NFT drop is will help you to make the most of a new opportunity and arm you with the knowledge of how to avoid a scam or avoid making bad decisions. If you want to...
JACKSON, Wyo. â NFTs have taken off this year. From Christieâs auction of a JPEG file for $69 Million to cartoon apes creating marketplaces worth billions. They are a new frontier of digital assets, so itâs only fitting the next NFT conference should be hosted in the wild west of Jackson,...
Think of it more as as social club than a standard restaurant. Flyfish Club The one knock on New York Cityâs food scene is that itâs lacking good NFT fare. But a new venture from entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk is trying to change that. Flyfish Club announced itâscoming to Manhattanearly next...
Gaming YouTubers have had their likenesses stolen and turned into NFTs. The NFTs cropped up on auction site OpenSea, including an image of the content creator and a unique URL for the cards that's merely the YouTube channel address. The user StakeTheWeb appears to be making NFTs of influencers...
Konami's first NFT auction - focused on Castlevania - has reportedly earned the company over ÂŁ118,500 ($162,000). According toVGC, all 14 NFT items were sold, with the average price reportedly selling for around ÂŁ8.7K ($12K). The most expensive piece - a digital artwork based upon the Dracula's...
A group of cryptoenthusiasts has made an unusual purchase: arare copy ofDune, by science fiction writer Frank Herbert, for a staggering âŹ2.66 million ($3.04 million). It's an odd occurrence when a book expected to fetch âŹ25,000 goes for 100 times that amount, but the stranger part is that the...
Quentin Tarantino's NFTs are being sold online at TarantinoNFTS.com. Bidding opened Monday on the first chapter of a series of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) by Tel Aviv resident Quentin Tarantino. The auction will continue for four days. The NFTs, which are being sold online at...
The group Spice DAO planned to sell NFTs based on the contents of the book, which details Alejandro Jodorowskyâs ambitious but failed adaptation of Frank Herbertâs sci-fi novel Frank Herbert, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jean Giraud and others, Dune (around 1975).Courtesy Christieâs. The...
A shopper carries a bag outside a Walmart store in San Leandro, California, on Thursday, May 13, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Walmartappears to be venturing into the metaverse with plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs....
Image via Getty/Mike Kemp Gapis the latest brand tojointheNFTfield. Following companies like Adidas, Dolce & Gabbana, and Louis Vuitton, the retail giant has officiallylaunchednon-fungible tokens of its classic hoodie, marking its first ventureinto the NFT business.The move...
Prices for Ultra Rare editions start at âŹ4,999 but museum sales percentage remains under wraps Joseph Mallord William Turner, A Storm (Shipwreck, 1823)© 2022, The Trustees of the British Museum The British Museum (BM) in London is diving into the NFT field once again with the sale of JMW...
When Simon Gao, an engineer in China's eastern city of Hangzhou, decided to join a lucky draw to buy a "digital collectible" profile photo on Bilibili last Friday, he did not expect the process to be so difficult. The video streaming platform set a high bar for potential buyers, requiring bidders...
NFTs were hyped as a way to make sure artists get paid for their work. Now, many creators are struggling to stop a wave of piracy. Digital thieves had stolen from Aja Trier before. Trier, a painter in San Antonio, often riffs on Vincent van Goghâs âStarry Night,â adding dogs or dinosaurs to...
Resellers will also be to get in on the action.Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeTheAssociated Press, orAP, has announcedthat itâs startinga marketplaceto sell NFTs of its photojournalistsâ work in collaboration with a company called Xooa. Itâs billing its foray into NFTs as a way...
(Image credit: Ruby Mazur/The Rolling Stones) If you've been living under a rock, you may not know about the rise of the NFT (or non-fungible token). NFTs are collectible digital assets and they have been taking over the internet and crypto community for a little while now. But a recent...
Ghozali Ghozalu, 22, from Indonesia, has become an overnight celebrity in the non-fungible token (NFT) space aftersellingpictures of himself on OpenSea. The collection, dubbed âGhozali Everyday,â features selfies taken by the 22-year old every day from when he was 18 to 22, covering a span of...
Distributing in-game perks through Immutable X Helsinki-basedSulake, a part ofAzerionâsplatform, has revealed that the first stage of bringing Habbo to Web 3.0 has been completed. Players of Habbo are able to connect an Ethereum wallet to their Habbo account, and those who own NFTs from the...
The video-game industryhas always been on the bleeding edge, but blockchain gaming is still widely viewed as emerging technology. In October 2021, Valve banned all blockchain-related games from its Steam platform. Meanwhile, within Axie Infinity, an NFT-based online game, new players are paying...