The high-value sale on OpenSea continues a trend of celebrity estates minting postmortem memorabilia on the blockchain. (Christina Radevich/Unsplash) A non-fungible token (NFT) inThe Bowie Estateâs exclusive collection with OpenSeasold on Monday night for 96.5 ether (ETH), or about...
Skyweaver game developer Horizon just raised a Series A round with a pair of Web3-friendly video game giants onboard. Major video game publishers Ubisoft and Take-Two Interactive are digging deeper into theNFTgaming space with todayâs announcement ofa $40 million Series A roundraised by...
The fund has raised about $5 million since sales opened in late September Fidelityâs new Ethereum Index Fund will offer clients access to ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. The fund has raised about $5 million since sales started on Sept. 26,...
Meta is letting all U.S. users connect a crypto wallet and display owned NFTs on either social app. Continuing itsrecent rollout, tech giant Meta announced today that itsNFTcollectables support is nowavailable to all Facebook and Instagram userswithin the United States. Meta first began...
Users in the U.S. can now connect their crypto wallets to Instagram as part of the appâs new digital collectible feature, which the tech giant has been testing since May. NFT wallet images on Instagram (Meta) CORRECTION(Sept. 29, 16:18 UTC):A previous version of this story inaccurately...
Users in the U.S. can now connect their crypto wallets to Instagram as part of the appâs new digital collectible feature, which the tech giant has been testing since May. NFT wallet images on Instagram (Meta) CORRECTION(Sept. 29, 16:18 UTC):A previous version of this story inaccurately...
On a frigid New York eveninglate this past February, NFT fans gathered at Sothebyâs. Young collectors in hypebeast fits mingled as they plucked champagne flutes from silver platters, while others listened attentively to rapper Ja Rule as Seedphrase, a noted NFT collector, deejayed. Everyone...
Apple is adding standardizing acceptance of NFT-based apps to be available on the Apple App Store. However, the company is including their standard 30% transaction fees for all transactions, a mechanism that many NFT firms argue is unreasonable and simply not feasible for their existence in the...
Creating a business planâand buzzâfor an NFT collection comes with a unique set of challenges for communicators. Launching a crypto art project requires a range of initiatives that include creating a website, designing a social media campaign, establishing artist partnerships, hosting...
Flybondi, a low-cost Argentine airline, is introducing blockchain tech in its operations. The company announced recently it will start issuing tickets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), broadening the possibilities of what customers can do with them. Users will be able to sell or transfer the...
NFT artists who can no longer count on a frothy crypto market to buoy sales aren't giving up, but they're having to lower their financial expectations and get more creative. Why it matters:Artists have struggled to pay the bills since time eternal, and whenNFT mania struck last year, many hoped...
Immersive, first-of-its-kind OP3N WHALE NFT Exhibition showcases works presented to the public for the very first time SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TOKEN2049, Asiaâs premier crypto conference, announced that it will be showcasing a first-of-its-kind, immersive NFT experience, entitled theOP3N...
The OpenRarity project was a collaborative project between various NFT community entities, including Curio, icy.tools, OpenSea and Proof. The OpenRarity project was a collaborative project between various NFT community entities, including Curio, icy.tools, OpenSea and Proof. With thousands...
The Alpha: Truth Labs, the Web3 company behind projects likeGoblintown, Illuminati, and The 187, has launched theTruth Labs Marketplace, a dedicated platform for its NFT collections, according to a press release shared with nft now. Snag Solutions, a white-label NFT marketplace, built the...
NFTs are cryptographic tokens that use blockchain technology to verify their ownership and cannot be replicated and are used to represent digital and real-world items such as artwork and real estate, allowing these assets to be traded. With the rising popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs),...
About a year ago, Damien Hirst sold thousands of NFTs of his famous spot paintings, giving buyers the choice to keep the digital art, or swap for the original physical work. NFTs worth millions have since been destroyed - and now he's about to set fire to the originals, too. When he's not...
DC fans who purchase the collectible can connect their crypto wallet and claim the NFT online, which is minted on the WAX blockchain. Pop culture retail brand Funko is taking another step into the crypto space, teaming up with Warner Brothers to offer a physical and digital comic book...
The deal with Kraft Group makes Chain the official "blockchain and Web3 sponsor" of the Patriots, New England Revolution, Gillette Stadium, and Patriot Place. New England Patriots. Image: Shutterstock Web3software firm Chain has entered into a four-year marketingdealwith Kraft Sports +...
Your next trip to Universal Studios could include NFTs. ROBERTO MACHADO NOAâLIGHTROCKET/GETTY IMAGES The Universal Studios theme parks in California and Florida are adding non-fungible tokens to their list of attractions. Through Oct. 31, park visitors will be able to participate...
The new partnership with an esports franchise signals the soccer championâs latest step forward into the web3 world. AC Milan â Serie A Scudetto trophy (Chris Ricco/Getty Images) Italian soccer club AC Milan is diving deeper into crypto with a new collection of NFTs from Solana-based...
The platform hopes to offer the inventory of 60 more airlines within the next 12 months. TravelX is a marketplace for tokenized travel products (Gary Lopater/Unsplash) TravelX, a marketplace for tokenized travel products, went live on Wednesday with the offering of inventory of the low-cost...
Non-fungible tokens, like much of the crypto world, are in regulatorsâ and lawmakersâ crosshairs. But NFT startups have been just as preoccupied with another rulemaker: Apple. With NFT volumes tanking along with the broader crypto market, marketplace startups could use a boost from using...
FIFA+ Collect went live on September 22, bringing historic FIFA moments in the form of NFT to collectors. The Genesis Drop, launched with 532,980 editions, will allow collectors to own and trade these NFTs. Algorand being the official blockchain platform, noted a surge in buying pressure,...
Remember when the Trump family Scrooge said, "Who gives a f*ck about Christas stuff and decorations"? Well, now she wants to sell you ornament NFTs. Former First Lady Melania Trump walks through the East Wing of the White House, which she decorated, during Christmas in 2017.Photo:Saul Loeb /...
Original mint price:1.5 SOL (approximately $150 at the time). Okay Bears, a successful non-fungible token (NFT) project launched on theSolana blockchain, is teaming up with global entertainment leaderIMGto launch consumer products and experiences. The deal places IMG as the...
Big gaming firms are working to spur mainstream blockchain gaming adoption, and donât want to âchange that policyâ even if it causes pushback from some. Big gaming firms are working to spur mainstream blockchain gaming adoption, and donât want to âchange that policyâ even if it...
Image Courtesy: NFT EveningThe lifestyle and fashion accessories brand, Vera Bradley is entering the metaverse and creating various NFT collections. The genesis NFT collection is now live and celebrates 40 years of fabulous fashion. Significantly, the âHeritage Passâ (the debut NFT...
Polkadot (DOT) and Kusama (KSM) are barely holding on above the yearly lows and could break down soon, accelerating their rates of decrease. On Thursday, as part of theBerlin Blockchain Week, nine of the Polkadot ecosystemâs top projects gathered to host a conference andnon-fungibletoken (NFT)...
The inaugural collection is a collaboration by artists Glenda LeĂłn and Gustavo PĂ©rez MonzĂłn. Ella Fontanals-Cisneros. Photo Mauricio Donalli.Following a successful partnership with Ars Electronica early this year, which awarded $85,0000 in grants to five Latin American artists who work with...
Berlin, September2022 âSpielworks, a leading blockchain startup specializing in gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions, partners with four popular NFT games to enable its community to enjoy a native login through the Wombat wallet. The integrated games includeGunstar MetaverseandTiny...
MoMA has a team monitoring the digital art market and will consider purchasing non-fungible tokens. Museum of Modern Art, New York. (Jamison McAndie/Unsplash) New Yorkâs Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is considering buyingnon-fungible tokens(NFT) with some of the proceeds of an auction of...
Ella Fontanals-CisnerosMauricio DonellinoneElla Fontanals-Cisneros, a major collector whose holdings run the gamut of Latin American art to conceptual art to video art, is getting into the NFT game. Using 3D scans, works from her collection, which boasts over 2,000 pieces, are going to be...
Cointelegraph spoke with NFT musicians and Web3 music industry natives to understand what came first: the music or the desire to make an NFT. Cointelegraph spoke with NFT musicians and Web3 music industry natives to understand what came first: the music or the desire to make an NFT....
Yuga Labs, the startup that developed the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), plans to launch a new NFT series, âMecha Apesâ, by the end of this year, according to a filing on Sept. 15. Thenew collection of NFTs is aimed at raising$50 million and 100,000...
The debate over creator fees or royalties on NFTs has been going on for a while now. Both sides, the creators and collectors, have made their case as to why or why not there should be royalty on top of the sale price of an NFT. NFT marketplaces have become proxies in this debate, by...
Sony held a State of Play event where it gave a glimpse of the first âdigital collectiblesâ that will be offered as rewards for the PlayStation Stars loyalty program. However, Sony has insisted that these collectibles are not non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Digital collectibles for the...
Washington and Pennsylvania wade into a largely unregulated marketplace A visitor at theSeattle NFT Museum in Washington, one of the first states to taxnon-fungible tokensPhoto by Jason Redmond / AFP via Getty ImagesEarlier this summer, Washington and Pennsylvania became the first two states to...
Not enough yachts in the Bored Ape Yacht Club? One NFT holder, crypto CEO, and yacht owner plans to change all of that. Artwork from the Bored Yachts Club. Image: Bored Yachts Club TheBored Ape Yacht Cluboffers plenty of disinterested-looking Apesâ10,000 of them, to be exact,...
Vanity Blocks paid roughly 30 ether to crypto miner F2Pool to mint an NFT of Ethereum's final proof-of-work block. Bids on "The Last POW Block" are half of what its creators paid to create it. (OpenSea) The entirety of Ethereumâs final block before it shifted to a proof-of-stake network...
Seedify Launches NFT Marketplace Token $SNFTS On August 31, 2022, Seedify, one of the biggest launchpads within the crypto sector, released $SNFTS - the Seedify NFT Marketplace token. Seedifyis one of the crypto industry's leading notable launchpads and incubators. They empower innovators and...
Dive Brief: Starbucks is launching an NFT marketplace calledStarbucks Odyssey, which will be integrated with the companyâs loyalty program,it announced Monday. Customers will have two paths to accumulating Starbucks NFTs: they can collect digital stamps by completing in-app tasks, like...
Mythical Gamesâ Blankos Block Party, which the studio claims has more than a million players, is now available on the Epic Games marketplace. Blankos Block Party. Image: Mythical Games Blankos Block Party, anNFT-powered online creation game, launched today on the Epic Games Store, becoming...
Mythical Gamesâ Blankos Block Party became the first blockchain-based game to become available on the Epic Games Store. The game marketplace of Fortnite creator Epic Games has listed its first non-fungible token (NFT)-powered Web3 title, Mythical Gamesâ Blankos Block Party, according to a...
During its State of Play even on Tuesday, Sony gave us a look at some of the first âdigital collectiblesâ thatâll be available as rewards for itsPlayStation Stars loyalty program. The items â which Sony insists are not NFTs or based on the blockchain â are basically little virtual...
Royalty payments have become a cornerstone of the burgeoningnon-fungible token (NFT)industry, allowing artists to profit when their work is resold, venues to profit from secondary markets for NFT tickets, and artists to abandon streaming services in favor of more lucrative, blockchain-driven...
Sony Music Entertainmentâs Columbia Records has officially filed a U.S. trademark application for non-fungible token (NFT) music, visual media, and more. Though Columbia Recordsâ NFT trademark (serial number 97571005) just recently came to light onsocial media, the label officially filed...
The Alpha: Following the July launch ofits very own NFT marketplace, brick-and-mortar gaming retailer GameStop is doubling down on its Web3 strategy ina new partnershipwith the crypto exchange platform FTX. The partnership aims to funnel GameStopâs growing Web3-savvy customer base toward...
Courtesy of MetaMundoMetaMundo has launched its second three-dimensionalNFT, an ocean-adjacent villa, complete with anNFTgallery, meditation pavilions, and entertaining areas. The structure was designed by American architect and hybrid-creative Luis Fernandez to become an immersive space for...
A trademark application covering its future efforts in the Metaverse and NFT space comes only a month after the company announced huge staff cuts. A trademark application covering its future efforts in the Metaverse and NFT space comes only a month after the company announced huge staff cuts....
Demand for non-fungible tokens connected to the late monarch surge along with prices. Image credit: LongLiveTheQueenNFT Twitter pageNon-fungible token (NFT) artworks portraying Queen Elizabeth II flooded the marketplace within minutes of the announcement of her death on Thursday in the U.K.,...
Every day there is a lot of news about the world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT), metaverse, and Web 3 in general. Here is a summary of the latest, related toUnstoppable Domains, Bored Apes Yacht Club (BAYC), the Nifty Gateway marketplace, and more. Brave collaborates with Unstoppable Domains...
The Alpha: AThursday reportpublished by the White House on Thursday has detailed a list of steps all blockchains can take to become more environmentally sustainable, which directly affects the NFT space. The report argues blockchains operating under a proof-of-work consensus mechanism â...
Investing in a Worthwhile NFT Collection There are an increasing number of scamNon-Fungible Tokens (NFT)projects and NFT creators who are here for the big bucks. Scams seem to be on the rise in this bear market too. Therefore, it might be hard to choose a worthwhile NFT collection among the...
The collection invited NFT artists and designers like Bobby Hundreds, Deadfellaz and Ghxsts to redesign an NBA logo that hasn't changed since 1966. Art by Varvara Alay The Chicago Bulls are releasing a new NFT collection later this month featuring "1-of-1" artworks designed by several...
After releasing dozens of pixel portraits of the late monarch in recent months, the Nouns NFT fork will close its initial collection. An Ethereum NFT from the QueenE project. Image: QueenE AnEthereumNFT project that produced dozens of pieces of Queen Elizabeth II tribute artwork over the...
Redditâs launch of limited edition NFT avatars has led to a large premium on secondary sales on OpenSea. Redditâs launch of limited edition NFT avatars has led to a large premium on secondary sales on OpenSea. Sales of recently launched Reddit blockchain-based avatars are rising...
It sounds like being a host in WestWorld, but less fun. Image: Disney/Anonymous Players in developing countries could work as NPCs in wealthier playersâ worlds, according to one game consultant. âWith the cheap labor of a developing country, you could use people in the Philippines...
The director owned the copyright to the screenplay, while Miramax owned the copyright to the movie. His plans to release NFTs based on the film erupted in a lawsuit. Winston Cho 'Pulp Fiction'Miramax Films/ Courtesy Everett Collectionnone Miramaxâs suit againstQuentin Tarantinoover plans to...
There is a long list of new tokens with names in poor taste such as Queen Elizabeth Inu, Save the Queen, Queen, QueenDoge, London Bridge is Down and Rip Queen Elizabeth. There is a long list of new tokens with names in poor taste such as Queen Elizabeth Inu, Save the Queen, Queen, QueenDoge,...