From kittens to NBA highlights, Roham Gharegozlou's Dapper Lab is bringing non-fungibles to the masses. The early-aughts titans of tech, masters of the digiverse, envisioned an online world that mimicked our physical reality. Operating under Westphalian sovereignty, the would-be technocrats...
KINGSTON, ST. VINCENT / ACCESSWIRE / July 30, 2021 / The Social NFT vision was to bring the power of NFTs to the masses. Ever since NFTs became popular in early 2021, the world saw a glimpse of what the future might look like. In the times to come, everything that people value will be on a...
N.F.T. clubs are all the rage among cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Are they a get-rich-quick scheme or the future of culture? Source images courtesy Bored Ape Yacht Club Bored Ape Yacht Club, which launched in April, is a strange combination of gated online community, stock-shareholding...
For Indian artists, NFTs or non-fungible tokens represent a new horizon of possibilities and the opportunity to showcase their work at a global scale like never before. Shruti Dhapola Foundation is a premium platform for NFTs, and one where Indian artists are finding global recognition. (Image...
Atal Bansal is President and CEO at Chetu, a leading U.S.-based custom software development and services company. Getty Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, have captured the world’s attention after a piece of digital-only artwork sold at Christie’s auction house for over...
2021 has seen NFTs, or "Non-Fungible Tokens," become the centre of attention in the worlds of sport, investing and blockchain. A catalyst for this rise in popularity is NBA Top Shot, a new form of licensed digital collectibles from the NBA. More than $230 million was spent on Top Shot NFTs during...
Organizers took into account the fact that the NFT art trade represents an uncomfortably high number of white male practitioners producing works that are usually purchased by white male buyers. Perhaps in response, curators Damiani and Velicescu kept their choices on the diverse...
AlchemyNFT, a non-fungible token (NFT) service that allows users to customize the NFTs they own, has announced that it raised $6 million to improve its platform. Investors include Crypto.com and billionaire Mark Cuban. Most NFT offerings today don’t have much utility besides the...
Horizon Blockchain Games is — as the name implies — a company building games on the blockchain, along with tools to help others do the same. The company announced today that it has raised another $4.5 million, bringing its total raised to a little over $13 million....
Caitlin Cook What if you could own a small portion of a Mickey Mantle or Stephen Curry rookie card? A new marketplace for sports cards and NFTs wants to allow users to do exactly that. El Segundo-based Dibbs, which brands itself as "the only real-time fractional sports card marketplace,"...
Mila Kunis’ NFT project was a resounding success after selling out in just 35 minutes. But, it wasn’t without its share of bumps in the road. The recent Stoner Cat non-fungible token (NFT) sale had a number of ups and downs in the 40 minutes the collection took to...
Adina-Laura Achim Dolce & Gabbana is launching a set of NFTs called Collezione Genesi. But will it help solve the Italian luxury brand's China problems? Photo: Shutterstock Key Takeaways: Dolce & Gabbana is partnering with UNXD to launch an exclusive NFT collection....
When Patrick Mahomes launched his NFT collection this spring, it sold for $3.4 million. (Courtesy The Impossible Brief and NFT Producers/Sean Treacy & William Savas) In May, a 35-year-old Target shopper left the store and headed for the parking lot. Before he got to his car, four men...
The downsides and areas of possibilities for the future of the virtual assets By Jason Velliquette Has the hype died off? Is the fad over? With Google Trends reporting an 80% drop in search interest for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) since its peak in late March, do...
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is selling an NFT commemorating the historic performances of Mahler’s First Symphony by members of the DSO and Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in the spring. Sean Kenney's Nature Connects Made With Lego Bricks Dallas Symphony Orchestra music director...
The wild boom and bust of art NFTs made many onlookers wary of blockchain-based technology — but new developments in gaming, ticketing, and music royalties reveal NFTs’ true power Samantha Hissong Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, the hip-hop group who saw a percentage...
As the world’s first beauty brand-created NFT sells for charity in two seconds, the power of digital artworks is only growing. By Jessica Burrell If the pandemic has been good for anything at all, it’s the fuelling of online shopping, interaction and creativity. Case in...
A month of exploding NFT projects has continued as Axie Infinity – a mobile game developed by Sky Mavis – doubled its native coin market cap within three days. Valued at just under $5 in June of this year, the AXS token is currently trading in the $35 to $45 range, putting the...
Campbell's is breaking into the world of Non-Fungible Tokens, or NFTs, through a collaboration with artist Sophia Chang. The collaboration and entry into NFTs is being done in concert with a new label design Campbell's is rolling out for its well-known soup brand. According to...
Even if you can’t hold it in your hands, it is still art—at least, that appears to be the consensus as of mid-2021, when the NFT art market has mushroomed by more than 800 percent—or $429 million—in value since the year began. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are certificates of...
On Hinc et Nunc, I’ve witnessed artists organize initiatives that push for greater artistic exchange and accessibility. by Clara Peh I first learnt of Hic et Nunc (HEN) in March of 2021, when artist Mario Klingemann began to tweet about the non-fungible token...
Dvision Network has emerged as one of the fastest-growing NFT and blockchain gaming protocols in recent months. The blockchain protocol has made significant progress since its inception and continues to create new milestones. The latest is a partnership with the leading NFT ecosystem...
Over the last year and a half, non-fungible tokens (NFT) have seen massive hype and millions of dollars worth of sales executed at auctions. A recent survey produced by bonusfinder.com shows sports fans are doubtful of the NFT craze as the poll’s findings show nearly three out of...
Dean Takahashi OpenSea runs an open NFT marketplace. OpenSea raised $100 million at a $1.5 billion value from A16z to scale its open nonfungible tokens (NFTs) marketplace. The New York-based OpenSea said it has become the largest digital marketplace for...
If you wish it, you can buy it. Sarah Kearns Real Nifty has launched an NFT minting service that allows anyone to create an NFT for the things they want to buy. Dedicated to innovating NFTs to be used for real-life experiences, the new service, titled “Real Nifty...
4K, a novel marketplace that issues non-fungible tokens (NFTs) paired with luxury items held in storage, has raised $3 million in a seed round of funding that was led by Electric Capital, Crosscut Ventures, Collab+Currency, ConsenSys and IDEO CoLab Ventures. Testing of the...
Nina Bambysheva Crypto & Blockchain I cover cryptocurrencies and other applications of blockchain Bitcoin and ether are trading up, though they are being outperformed by Axie Infinity and Flow, as ... [+] getty The crypto market is rallying for the second day in a...
Ollie A Williams On the Wings of an Angel by Sacha Jafri Sacha Jafri A non-fungible token (NFT) artwork sold for nearly $1 million in just under a minute, setting a new record for the fastest selling NFT. Meanwhile another artwork set a record for the largest amount raised for charity...
Cleveland Cavaliers / The Cleveland Cavaliers are preparing to launch a digital application where fans can buy and sell unique Cavs NFTs. The Cleveland Cavaliers are jumping into the nonfungible token (NFT) craze but are taking a different approach than...
Today, the Sacramento Kings announced the franchise’s first-ever digitally designed Non-Fungible Token (NFT) depicting the 1985 commemorative pin given out in the inaugural season of the Kings in Sacramento and an industry first combination of the digital nature of NFT's, ownership, and...
By Alexandra Steigrad Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is beefing up his NFT platform Autograph with deals to launch movie content with Hollywood studio Lionsgate and sports-related tokens with sports betting site Draftkings. The startup is also adding a slew of big-name...
The art world’s erstwhile enfant terrible approaches the question of ownership by distilling it down to its purest economic and commercial form—literally artwork as money. English artist Damien Hirst’s latest project, The Currency, is an artwork in two forms. Its...
In recent days, news that GameStop would enter the NTF arena gained traction among apes and Reddit traders. Wall Street Memes discusses why this could be good news for the stock. Bernard Zambonin GameStop (GME) - Get Report shares have been heading lower week after...
By Fang Block Sports NFT platform Sorare partnered with Goldin Auctions to offer digital trading cards of the starting 11 players on the Belgian and French national soccer teams. Courtesy of Goldin Auction This feature is powered by text-to-speech...
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei LarvaLabs, CryptoPunks Detail, 2021 Courtesy of Sotheby's The price of Bitcoin is down but, contrary to conventional wisdom, the market for NFTs has not faded. The NFT phenomenon dominated the first quarter of 2021, culminating on...
Kevin Stankiewicz Famed contemporary artist Damien Hirst told CNBC on Wednesday he believes in the staying power of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, the blockchain-based digital collectibles that soared, then sank, in popularity this year. “You look at what’s happening in NFTs, and...
DraftKings is charging into the NFT game, announcing a marketplace aimed at curating sports and entertainment-themed digital collectibles for its audience of enthusiasts. The platform is “debuting later this summer,” and showcases another potentially lucrative expansion for the...
It was bound to happen at some point. An entrepreneur is putting the physical and digital versions up for sale at the same time to see which does better. The job application from Steve Jobs has gone for hefty sums over the past few years. Apple A London-based entrepreneur is hoping to...
NFT Marketplace is an IOTA-powered platform for minting, promotion and trading of non-fungible tokens. Now all IOTA enthusiasts can experiment with its minimum viable product. NFT marketplace released on IOTA According to the official announcement on social media channels, IOTA's first...
Wed, July 14, 2021, 3:00 PM CHEYENNE, WY / ACCESSWIRE / July 14, 2021 / EV Biologics Corp, OTC PINK:YECO, today announced that it will distribute a dividend of one (1) Non-Fungible Token (NFT) for every 100 shares of YECO common stock held on the record date. Shareholders possessing less...
Cynthia LittletonJul 12, 2021 1:57pm PT Courtesy of Notables Investment firm Forest Road Co. has enlisted Hollywood’s largest talent agencies CAA, UTA and WME to help launch the NFT sales venture Notables. Notables is designed to serve as both a creator of NFTs...
Premier NBA Top Shot resource startup takes NFT user experience to the next level with investments July 13, 2021 08:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MomentRanks, the premier nonfungible token (NFT) resource and engagement platform, announced today that it has secured $1.7...
By Geoff Herbert | [email protected] Updated Jul 13, 2021; Posted Jul 13, 2021 Joe Bonamassa performs at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center on November 20, 2019 in Birmingham, Alabama.Photo by David A. Smith/Getty Images A guitar hero from Central New...
IOTA today launched its new NFT marketplace on IOTA 2.0 DevNet. Called IOTA NFT marketplace, this new launch is all set to change how NFTs are perceived in the market today. One of the prominent highlights of this new protocol is its feeless feature which is sure to revolutionize the way NFTs...
'FLADrops' give fans opportunity to purchase and bid beginning with 2021 Panthers Draft Party July 13, 2021 Facebook Share Twitter Share Link Share Email Share SUNRISE, Fla. - The Florida Panthers announced today an all-new partnership with...
Huobi’s NFT trade and exchange platform has been accused of breaches on two entertainment star projects in a row. Huobi has been warned of foreseeable legal action against its NFT platform. However, the breached data has been taken down from Huobi’s NFT platform, users are...
The TDE singer's latest drop has sold out. Yoni Yardeni Four years removed from the release of CTRL and its abiding fanbase, SZA has announced that she will be working on her own collection of NFT's. Tied in with her recent concert sponsored by American Express, the Top...
The Recording Academy's Pro>Sessions takes a deep dive into the impact of NFTs on the music industry and how independent creators can leverage this technology to generate revenue in its latest installment JESS PICKETT GRAMMYS ...
Geoff Weiss Colby Brock, who is one-half of the horror exploration YouTube channel Sam and Colby with best friend and co-creator Sam Golbach, is launching his very first NFT collection today in collaboration with influencer-curated music label Heard Well and...
Joanna Ossinger13 июля 2021 г., 14:19 GMT+3 The world’s digital answer to collectibles that has fetched millions of dollars at art auctions this year could well end up being a daily necessity within a decade, according to a cryptocurrency doyen. Non-fungible tokens, which...
Just swipe your American Express credit card to buy… a non-fungible token of R&B singer SZA? American Express is making its debut into NFTs, the digital media phenomenon that has excited collectors enough to spend as much as $70 million for rights to digital...
July 13, 2021 8:08 AM GMT+3 The world’s digital answer to collectibles that has fetched millions of dollars at art auctions this year could well end up being a daily necessity within a decade, according to a cryptocurrency doyen. Non-fungible tokens, which are digital...
USDC Expands to 10 New Blockchains, Crypto Payment Initiatives Launch By Jordan R. Silversmith The Centre Consortium recently announced that USDC, a stablecoin that is backed 1:1 by U.S. dollars, will soon be added to 10 additional blockchain networks. In related news, Circle, “the...
Anthony Hopkins' new film Zero Contact will premiere as an NFT on Vuele, a global distribution platform for NFTs. Vuele boasts of being the first direct-to-consumer platform where limited edition film and other content can be watched, collected, or traded. ...
The short will be up for auction on the NFT platform OpenSea starting on July 22. Christopher Meloni has been a busy boy during the pandemic, as the star of Law & Order: Organized Crime also found the time to make a short film...
NFT Entitles Owner to a Barrel of Bordeaux En Primeur, Once-in-a-Lifetime Winery Experiences and Premier Wine Storage & Preservation July 12, 2021 04:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cult Wines, the global leader in fine wine investment and collection management, today...
Baltimore Orioles first baseman Trey Mancini is turning his Home Run Derby appearance into an opportunity to raise money for charity. And, yes, it involves non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The NFTs will be available on the Ureeqa platform just before Mancini steps into...
After receiving a sixth Twitch ban, streamer Jenelle “Indiefoxx” Dagres is now selling clips of her streams as NFT videos to purchase. First announced on Twitter, Indiefoxx has shared that she will continue to earn money from her previous Twitch streams by...
Italian national football team captain Giorgio Chiellini has launched a brand-new collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The series went live, exclusively on Blockasset, on July 9, as the footballer prepares to lead Italy in the UEFA Euro 2020 finals against England at...
Washington D.C. sports has two new non-fungible tokens (NFTs) collections to enjoy thanks to Monumental Sports & Entertainment (MSE) Monumental Sports and Entertainment, along with the Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals, have announced a new NFT...
SZA is releasing a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to celebrate one of her recent livestream events. The singer performed a 15-song set as part of American Express’ Amex UNSTAGED last month. A new, limited edition NFT collection has now gone on sale...
The Editors of ARTnews The ICA Miami. Courtesy ICA Miami To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines NEW DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN GETTING HIRED AT MAJOR ART MUSEUMS in the United...
MGA Entertainment’s hit fashion doll brand, LOL Surprise is the latest toy brand to enter the digital collectable space, having partnered with the New Zealand based NFT app, VeVe. Through the partnership, a series of limited edition, singularly unique digital collectables will be...
Binance gave more signals that it is feeling the heat from regulatory scrutiny around the world. The crypto exchange’s CEO, Changpeng Zhao, commonly known in crypto as “CZ,” published an open letter Wednesday calling for more regulation of digital currency and...
More than a dozen nail artists, fashion and beauty brands, including multiple perfume companies, have launched non-fungible tokens (NFTs) over the past few months. E.l.f. Cosmetics was the latest to sell out of an initial NFT line in June, with 9 collectibles sold at...
Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons has had a tough time since the team lost Game 7 to the Atlanta Hawks in the second round of the playoffs on June 20. He has been involved in trade rumors and trade suggestions after coming up small in the deciding game...
Key Takeaways Isaac Herzog, Israel's newest president, will receive an NFT today after taking his presidential oath today. The NFT is a tokenized replica of an oath taken by Herzog's late father and former president of the country. Herzog will hold the NFT and return it at the end of...
Award-winning movie star Anthony Hopkins’ new film called Zero Contact is set to launch on a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform this summer. The feature-length movie was produced entirely virtually during the 2020 global pandemic. Anthony Hopkins Stars in Movie...
Axie Infinity, an Ethereum based game, is now one of the biggest successes of the play-to-earn model. Featuring NFT’s like the game characters, the game monetizes breeding these characters and selling them. As a result, there is now a growing demand for Axies, whose stats...
Updated Jul 8, 2021 at 7:44 p.m. Major League Baseball (MLB) is to auction a physical 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers World Series Champions ring as part of a non-fungible token (NFT) drop. In addition to the ring, the winning bidder also receives the chance to throw the first pitch at...
Updated Jul 6, 2021 at 10:57 p.m. There is always a bull market somewhere. While the crypto market might seem boring now with its rangebound bitcoin (BTC, +2.83%) trading, the non-fungible tokens (NFT) space continues to buzz. One lesser-known coin coming out of the...
Innovative patent, currently listed on the OpenSea platform, introduces an entirely new use for NFT unlockable content July 07, 2021 08:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time NEW CANAAN, Conn. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--True Return Systems LLC and Boag Law PLLC are auctioning U.S. Patent No....
NFTs and VR are the Catalyst for an Abundant Decentralized Creator Economy, Powered by DeFi and Operated by the Global Community July 08, 2021 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SILICON VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The NFT Oasis (https://nftoasis.co/) today announced it has closed $4.4 million...
Dean TakahashiJuly 8, 2021 5:00 AM Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today. The Walking Dead is coming to The Sandbox. That’s a big boost for this decentralized gaming virtual world,...
Dean TakahashiJuly 7, 2021 9:00 AM The red guy with the big ears is DeadMau5. Image Credit: Mythical Games Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today. Mythical Games said that it will drop...
NFT Oasis creator Provenonce raises $4.4M to help VR creators reach the masses Dean TakahashiJuly 8, 2021 9:00 AM Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today. The NFT Oasis creator Provenonce has...
Playboy is more than crypto-committed. Besides partnering on a number of non-fungible token digital art drops in the last few months, it’s set its sights on the broader goals of audience and revenue growth for the brand showing up in the digital world. The lifestyle brand...
EQS GroupMon, 5 July 2021, 9:00 am Coinsilium Group Limited (COIN) 05-Jul-2021 / 07:00 GMT/BSTDissemination of a Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by EQS Group.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. COINSILIUM GROUP LIMITED ("Coinsilium" or the...
Mon, July 5, 2021, 11:45 AM AELIS’ VIRTUAL ART: Aelis claims to be the first couture brand to tap into non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, with a project linked to its collection for fall 2021, which will be presented later this week. “Aelis, faithful to its...
Taking to his Facebook, Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest called out a publication for running a misleading headline One of the most iconic hip-hop groups A Tribe Called Quest was recently in the news for reportedly selling their first five albums in an NFT auction in partnership with...
Jul 03, 2021 Photographer Reuben Wu has released the final chapter of his groundbreaking Lux Noctis project, which involves lighting large-scale landscapes with drone-mounted lights. Titled “An Electric Storm,” the digital artwork has an incredible physical...
July 5, 2021 | 10:09 am Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side The “play-to-earn” movement is an emerging phenomenon in gaming, wherein players collect rewards in the form of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) within a game and later convert them to real cash. Guilds have also...
A more secure nonfungible token infrastructure holds the key to disrupting the current art world. Jul 03, 2021 A more secure nonfungible token infrastructure holds the key to disrupting the current art world. 2021 has already seen a number of eye-catching milestones reached for the...
Esports crypto streaming service turns bandwidth into profit danielkuhn6 hours ago Theta is a blockchain project that underpins a peer-to-peer video streaming network that rewards many of its 1 million monthly users in exchange for unused bandwidth. Theta’s market value has...
By Helen Holmes • 07/03/21 9:00am Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Sotheby's On Wednesday, Sotheby’s sold an NFT version of the source code for the World Wide Web at auction, illustrating yet again that non-fungible tokens are...
As high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) continue to invest in cryptocurrenciesand seek to diversify their portfolio, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are slowly gaining asset-class credibility. Indians are also warming up to this new digital asset that has given creators and collaborators a...
Per a Bloomberg report, Canada-based company Blockstream will aid El Salvador in its effort to implement its Bitcoin Law. The company has proposed the national government issue digital bonds backed by U.S. dollars. If approved, the project would operate with a platform called...
The company said the NFT Vision Hack will run from July 7 to August 30 and will include a series of challenges and workshops based around the latest NFT technologies Coinsilium Group Ltd (LON:COIN) (OTCQB:CINGF) said it will run the NFT Vision Hack, a global online hackathon...
Blockchain startup dotmoovs is one step closer to revamping the concept of competitive freestyle football. Gamifying competitive sports on the platform and having footage analyzed by artificial intelligence creates an unbiased system where everyone can showcase their skills and earn rewards. The...
A crypto entrepreneur says he’s giving away 1 million of his personal Dogecoin (DOGE) holdings today, worth over $240,000. It’s part of a push to promote the beta launch of an augmented reality game called The Million Doge Disco. Million Doge Disco gives...
Six out of top-10 digital tokens were trading lower at 9.30 hours IST, gaining as much as 6 per cent. Pawan Nahar NEW DELHI: Major Cryptocurrencies were trading mixed on Monday. The crypto market has turned volatile recently, but logged some gains over the weekend. Six out of top-10 digital...
On the NFT marketplace by WazirX, India's biggest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume, a unique NFT, which was a collaborative artwork between pop icon Ritviz and visual artist Santanu Hazarika, was sold for $391.8 within 10 seconds of going live. WazirX has sold more than 160...
Seven one-of-one digital collectibles will be available via auction starting Thursday, July 1 at 9 am PT on Crypto.com/NFT VEGAS (July 1, 2021) - Vegas Golden Knights Chief Marketing Officer Brian Killingsworth announced today, July 1, that the team has launched their first...
An NFT representing the source code for the Internet as we know it were sold at auction Wednesday evening as a nonfungible token, or NFT, for $5.4 million, becoming the latest digital collectible to fetch a multi-million dollar price. The NFT, called “This Changed...
A fragment of Year 2, Age 15 - My Mama's Dream by FEWOCiOUS. Source: A screenshot, onlineonly.christies.com The non-fungible token (NFT) market has experienced a rollercoaster over the past year, and the latest major deals show how buyers strive to put a value on different...
Mintable’s Series A funding round raises $13 million, with participation by Ripple Labs and Metapurse among others. Singapore-based non-fungible token (NFT) platform Mintable has successfully raised $13 million in Series A funding. The platform, which is one of Mark...
EFI is the native cryptocurrency of Efinity, a Polkadot-based parachain developed by Enjin. The token sale, which was open to retail investors, sold out in just two-and-a-half hours. EFI is the native cryptocurrency of Efinity, a Polkadot-based parachain developed by Enjin. The token sale, which...
kjfsjkfh The Monetary Authority of Singapore is reviewing Binance's application for a license to operate in the city-state. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s financial regulator and central bank, said it is closely watching the regulatory developments...
Non-fungible tokens allow collectors to confirm ownership of unique digital works. Jeremy McKane, 44, poses in front of two representations of his NFT creations inside the One Arts Plaza building in Downtown Dallas in May.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) The NFT craze is a huge...
Asphalt Gamers Will Compete for an Array of Limited-Edition Digital Collectibles June 30, 2021 06:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time Gameloft will launch its first ever NFT activation powered by Epik Prime for an in-game tournament on Asphalt 9: Legends (Graphic: Business Wire)...
Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based blockchain game and non-fungible token (NFT) creator, has raised $50 million as part of its latest funding round. The new tranche, which takes the firm’s most recent funding round to about $139 million and has been conducted at a pre-money valuation of $1...
By Samantha Barnes, International Banker In February, 32-year-old entrepreneur Jessie Schwarz purchased a non-fungible token (NFT) of an NBA Top Shot video clip of a dunk by basketball superstar LeBron James for $208,000, along with some friends, and paid for it using FLOW tokens....
The NFT collective, including 'Bored Ape Kennel Club,' have taken off since May The Bored Ape Yacht Club is easy to write off — its based entirely on pictures of, well, bored looking apes. That’s it. But the BAYC is the leading edge of the NFT avatar movement, which has...
Savannah Spirit with her piece "A.I. Love". Visual artist/curator Savannah Spirit has been there and done that, but until recently there were two things that she could not claim: producing an NFT and exhibiting in the ‘Every Woman Biennial’, currently at the Superchief...
The art world as is the case for most other fields was devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. The interface of art with the public was cut off and artists struggled to get their art seen, let alone sold. The blockchain came to the rescue again with the introduction of NFTs for art. In a...
ARIA Exchange reimagines the NFT experience with a next-level consumer NFT trading platform that is original, transparent, secure and carbon negative. LOS ÁNGELES, June 30, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ARIA Network, an integrated media group bringing billions of physical and digital assets...
Debut Collection Highlights Rich History of the Detroit Music Scene in Partnership with Smokey Robinson NEW YORK, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Burble unveils their new platform along with the announcement of their debut NFT Collection, The Sounds and Soul of Detroit,...
No, it’s not April Fool’s Day. But Twitter’s entire account has been taken over by NFTs. As its new header reads: “I’ve stopped moisturizing because tweeting about NFTs is keeping me young now.” If that’s true, the...
India’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trading volume, WazirX, has sold 166 pieces of digital art in the first month of the launch of its platform for NFTs or non-fungible tokens, as more and more Indians try to ride the latest craze in the crypto world. The highest amount...
The singer's 'Play' residency begins at the end of 2021 Katy Perry has announced her first range of NFTs (non-fungible tokens), based around her forthcoming Las Vegas residency. The singer will begin her ‘Play’ residency at the new Resorts World casino in Vegas, which...
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee sells the digital artwork called ‘This Changed Everything’ in a Sotheby’s auction A projection at Sotheby's in New York last week, ahead of the auction of the files of the source code for the internet. The original files of the source...
Crypto asset represents ownership of various digital items from when Berners-Lee invented the web in 1989 An NFT of the original source code for the world wide web, written by its inventor Tim Berners-Lee, has sold for $5.4m at Sotheby’s in an online auction, the auction house said on...
The latest mega-auction of an NFT tied to a piece of internet history is complete, with Sir Tim Berners-Lee selling a digital item representing source code to the original web browser for $5,434,500. Berners-Lee is credited as the creator of the world wide web that this site is published on,...