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...

An Australian TV show is auctioning off an NFT that will see the winning bidder become part of the show next season, while sporting icons Mike Tyson and Lionel Messi have entered the NFT arena. An Australian TV show is auctioning off an NFT that will see the winning bidder become part of the...

    Golden Goals – a football club NFT merchandising platform – has launched on the Tezos network. As part of the announcement, Golden Goals has revealed its latest prominent club partnership is the Ligue 1 side FC Nantes which...

Explore the topics mentioned in this article   There has been some exciting news from the biotech, cryptocurrency and corporate sectors that investors may have missed over the weekend. Here is a quick look at the top...

Among all Layer2 solutions, sidechains (Matic, Ronin, xDai), state channels (Efinity, Raiden), Optimistic Rollups (Optimism), ZK-Rollups uses "validity proofs" like SNARKs or STARKs and plenty of complex mathematics to prove the validity of the transactions in the rollup. Using validity proofs...

Cole Petersen I wrote about NFTs last Wednesday and figured I’d take a break from talking about them for at least a couple of weeks, but so much has happened over the past few days that the topic seems unavoidable. So where to start? Well besides multiple 7-digit NFT sales, I think...

  Justin Sun, founder of Tron and chief executive officer of BitTorrent Inc., in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Sun, the 30-year-old crypto entrepreneur who bought $10 million worth of GameStop Corp. at the height of its Reddit-fueled rally, is predicting a paradigm...

Within a year of launching NBA Top Shot, the company behind it, Dapper Labs, is valued at more than $7.5 billion—and pushing NFTs into the mainstream. Last October, NBA fans were greeted by a new online marketplace for basketball collectibles. Called NBA Top Shot, it allows users...

MacKenzie Sigalos Clip art of a rock just sold for 400 ether, or about $1.3 million, late Monday afternoon. The transaction marks the latest sale of EtherRock, a brand of crypto collectible that’s been around since 2017 – making it one of the oldest non-fungible...

Payment giant VISA has made another bet on the Ethereum ecosystem. The company recently announced the purchase of an item from the popular non-fungible token (NFT) collection CryptoPunk. Item 7610, one of 3840 “Female” punks with a Mohawk, Clown Eyes Green, and “Hot”...

  by WS Chronicle By Stacy Brown NEW YORK – Russell Simmons says he wants hip-hop pioneers to get their flowers and much-deserved money while still alive. Over three days in New York – beginning with a massive celebratory dinner at The Chop House in the...

    Volume and demand for non-fungible tokens have been surging. One project that is climbing up the leaderboards is PUNKS Comic, an NFT comic series drawn by Marvel and DC Comics artist Chris Wahl. A...

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WWE today announced it will create non-fungible-tokens (NFTs) inspired by WWE Superstar John Cena, along with never-before-sold memorabilia and experiences, just in time for SummerSlam. The drop will feature a platinum tier auction that includes a...

  Thomas Harrigan MLB has partnered with Candy Digital to release unique NFT editions for all 30 MLB teams as part of the MLB Stadium Series, giving fans the chance to bid on digital collectibles featuring artwork of each team’s venue created by renowned digital...

Despite having verified it, and with investors already spending millions on the project, OpenSea has delisted the NFT series after being notified by its creator. Image: Screenshot of "Feels Good Man" trailer, via YouTube. An Ethereum based non-fungible token project named Sad Frogs...

    The Singapore edition of Vogue magazine plans to release an NFT series this fall to broaden community engagement.  Fashion magazine Vogue steps into the NFT arena with its Singapore edition by releasing a series of NFTs as...

  BLACK LEMON BYBLOS, Lebanon, Aug. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Recently, BLACK LEMON announced that it will launch its token $BOM on Pancakeswap and Moonlift DEX. For people who have always been drawn to the latest trends in digital art, gaming, and technology, NFT is the new way to...

MADISON, Wis., Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- VNM USA reveals a report from NFTQT.com called The NFT Whale Directory: 50+ Top NFT Buyers & Whales. The directory compiles the biggest spenders in NFTs, making it easier to follow the NFT trends that whales...

    The Chinese multinational technology giant, Alibaba Group, has launched a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. According to regional reports, the Alibaba NFT platform not only provides customers with the ability to purchase and sell NFTs, but the marketplace also allows...

Cryptocurrency has become of the biggest markets and it is a huge area of crossover with gaming. Naturally, this has lead to lots of the best crypto mobile games popping up. However, more recently some NFTs games have also emerged. NFTs offer an interesting prospect to games since they...

Weston Blasi DraftKings acknowledges that some users were able to make multiple purchases of a recently released Tom Brady NFT Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrates after winning Super Bowl LV. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images  ...

The launch comes just as John Cena and Roman Reigns are facing off in SummerSlam 2021 Jessica Napoli WWE announced on Monday night it will create non-fungible-tokens (NFTs)inspired by WWE Superstar John Cena.  Just in time for SummerSlam, WWE will also be selling one-of-a-kind...

  Sam Blake A new film about a tech titan starring Anthony Hopkins is being released next month, not on Netflix or in theaters but on an NFT platform. L.A.-based startup Vuele is releasing "Zero Contact," a film featuring Hopkins as a character whose secret invention could...

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar-winning artist and animator Phil Tippett (Jurassic Park) is getting into the NFT game. The respected industry vet, known for his work on franchises including Star Wars, Jurassic Park, RoboCop and Starship Troopers, is selling a segment...

  The Great One is the latest name in hockey getting into the digital marketplace space of NFTs.   Wayne Gretzky (Scott Rovak-USA TODAY Sports) NFT collections are becoming more and more commonplace among names in the sports world some of the biggest hockey names are...

Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace SuperRare launched a “Curation Token” on Tuesday to decentralize the project. At launch, 15% of the RARE token’s total supply was airdropped to past users of the platform.  The announcement follows a wave of activity...

  Kurt Nagl Big Boy Big Boy will sell 20,000 packs of NFTs starting Aug. 31. For the past couple of years, Southfield-based Big Boy Restaurant Group LLC has worked to revive its business by rebranding and remodeling restaurants across the...

If you don't have $300,000 to drop on this crypto-collectible, you can also download the original clipart for $0. In the world of non-fungible tokens, nothing is off the table. After seeing people ready to pour out ridiculous amounts of cash to own NFT’s of farts, cat...

  Madeleine Buckley  Two of the Outer Space Men NFTs | Source: Oasis Digital Studios/the Pop Insider The Outer Space Men have landed! Well, to be more precise, they are landing tomorrow, on the blockchain as NFTs. As announced last month, Apex Comics Group and...

    On August 17, 24 Hours of Le Mans, the endurance sports car race held annually in Le Mans, France, and the European art collective the Automobilist revealed the launch of the first-ever 24H Le Mans’ non-fungible token (NFT) collection. 24 Hours of Le Mans and the...

  Trevor Holman In a recent development, the NFT established tool Liquidifty has entered into a collaboration with the Decentralized Oracle Network “Chainlink”. This association will be a lucrative feature for the Chainlink ecosystem as it is an eminent component in the...

WISeKey to Commercially Launch its WISe.Art NFT Platform on September1, 2021; the Platform will Auction High–Value NFTs of Luxury Items andCollectibles(see Video and Demo site of the platform)The...

  press release   PRESS RELEASE. Molecule, a decentralised biopharma marketplace, has developed a novel IP-to-NFT framework with Web3 technology innovator Nevermined. In a historic transaction, the first biopharma IPNFT was successfully transferred to research collective...

  Joshua Henslee  In 2021 in addition to yet another cryptocurrency bull market, NFTs have become the hot subject. The fad seemed to peak when artist Beeple sold a jpg file ‘as an NFT’ for $69 million. Yet the craze still continues...

Blockchain Incubator Launchpool Labs Announces Incubation of NFT Marketplace NOWwhere Launchpool Labs Cohort1 revealed, first to take part in the 3-month program August 16, 2021 07:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Launchpool Labs, the first community-centric blockchain...

Indeed, for some teenagers, making NFTs and other forms of digital art has become the new summer job, a modern take on bagging groceries or working at a fast-food restaurant. Last fall, Randi Hipper decided to, as she put it recently, “go in-depth with the crypto space.” After...

Key Takeaways The Sollamas NFT launch has encountered several severe issues. In an attempt to rectify some of the problems, the developers have started "killing" minted llamas, replacing them with new ones. Over the last week, several NFT projects have launched on Solana, with varying...

The boxes contain NFT artworks that depict the moment of sunrise in 10 cities around the world TRENDING TODAY Fashion magazine Vogue will launch a series of mystery boxes on Binance NFT, the NFT marketplace, as part of its September issue for Singapore. “We...

New NFT fund offers investors exposure to digital art, collectibles market, and the metaverse LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK and LONDON, Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Wave Financial LLC (Wave), the Investment Advisor for digital assets, announced the launch of...

Top 40 Recording Artist Jon Christopher Davis to release "Vinyl Revival" music collection as a NFT on OpenSea.io DALLAS, Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vinyl records meet NFTs in the release of a new NFT collection based on the song "Vinyl Revival" by Jon Christopher Davis,...

  David Hollerith   Scroll back up to restore default view.   Blockchain-based gaming is being adopted at an increasingly rapid rate, new data suggests, even as the popularity for other applications such as non-gaming tokens...

  Cole Petersen After a brief period of running the Alpha Alarm newsletter as an exclusively email-native publication through Forbes, we now have a dedicated page that allows us to create and curate a library of our content that will all live in one place. We hope this makes it easier and...

An innovative NFT product, named GoldDebit, by XRI(XRoad Initiative) is upcoming. What is GoldDebit NFT? GoldDebit NFT is a new type of  NFT product of gold bullion. In addition to the asset value of the gold bullion, GoldDebit NFT has a highly entertaining element. Especially the...

400 cats are up for grabs. Aaron Chow 400 cats are up for grabs. Following its release of four NFT magazine covers and announcement that it will accept cryptocurrency payments for subscriptions, TIME has revealed its most exciting crypto-related project yet in collaboration...

Sean O'Neill The five-star hotel Ca’ di Dio will officially open in Venice on August 27. But through Monday, August 16, the parent company VRetreats is auctioning off a night’s stay where a guest can enjoy the entire property by themselves. Notably,...

Trading volumes on the a16z-backed NFT marketplace OpenSea have surged since the start of August. The exchange has seen nearly $800 million in volume since the beginning of the month, according to data collected by The Block Research and shown in the chart below. In July, the marketplace saw...

  Italian haute couture fashion label Dolce & Gabbana will debut its non-fungible token (NFT) collection on the luxury marketplace UNXD later this month in a bid to “bridge the physical with the metaphysical.” UNXD is built on Polygon, the layer 2 network meant to offer...

Kenneth Rapoza  Enjin Coin helps power the non-fungible token economy on the Ethereum blockchain. Yes, people fork ... [+] KMR Images Bitcoin’s roughly 30% fall from its all time highs (xie xie, China!) did a number on the alt-coins. I forked over a pretty penny to own...

Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante has partnered with new digital platform neonARKade to release the first NFT in his "Monsters Art Series." Benante detailed the NFT, which dropped Friday, in an Instagram video last week. “The NFTs are a series of Monsters that I created with...

    The first non-fungible token (NFT) collection celebrating pioneers of hip hop music is scheduled for global launch.  The series, entitled Masterminds of Hip Hop, will roll out exclusively on leading NFT platform TOKAU. While available for preview as of today,...

Ralph Okobz Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam, and rapper Snoop Dogg have curated an NFT to benefit the pioneers of Hip-Hop. Photo: Getty Images Speaking to HipHopDX about the project, Masterminds of Hip-Hop: An Exclusive NFT Collection, Simmons said; The idea...

    Two of the largest American news magazines, Fortune and TIME, have jumped headfirst into the non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem in recent times. The New York-based multinational business magazine Fortune raised $1.3 million selling its first NFT collection this week....

    Till Lindemann, lead singer of the German metal band Rammstein, has angered Russia’s renowned Hermitage Museum with a crypto initiative. The musician seeks over a hundred thousand euros for an NFT collection containing footage and imagery shot in the cultural institution....

An innovative NFT product, named GoldDebit, by XRI(XRoad Initiative) is upcoming. What is GoldDebit NFT? GoldDebit NFT is a new type of  NFT product of gold bullion. In addition to the asset value of the gold bullion, GoldDebit NFT has a highly entertaining element. Especially the...

By Kimberly Gedeon  How to buy NFTs (Image credit: Nifty's/Warner Bros.) Note: This is not financial advice. This is for educational purposes only. NFTs are a highly volatile asset class. "How to buy NFTs" is a question that's flooding the Google search...

Urian B.   (Photo : Image from AxieInfinity) NFT Games Yield Farming for 'Axie Infinity' and More | How Do Players Get Paid? Lessons from Elk Academy Does yield farming have the same approach as NFT gaming? What is crypto farming? When you put your stake into a token, how do they make...

    Many new non-fungible token collections are launching every single month. It can be challenging to see the forest through the trees, making one potentially miss out on promising projects. One such project going by a bit unnoticed is Posh Pandas, as users can still mint tokens...

by Alan Rubenstein  15 Sep 1990: Mandatory Credit: Otto Greule /Allsport       Miami Hurricanes fans will have a unique opportunity to purchase non-fungible tokens of athletic program merchandise with the launch of Canes...

The embrace of NFTs by Kings of Leon was a wake-up call for their record label—and the music industry, which is now racing to avoid the same mistake that almost killed it 20 years ago. Michael del Castillo More than two decades after it released its first album, Kings of Leon was honored...

There’s a final bash to raise funds for the unexpected move. Jay Ortiz (left) and Darnell Schoolfield (right) outside Art From the Heart Gallery in Brewerytown  Kimberly Paynter / WHYY  

The experiment consisted of two parts. First, Fortune sold a set of 256 limited edition NFTs of its latest cover art, designed by the digital artist pplpleasr. Each “tokenized” piece was priced at 1 Ether, the basic unit of the cryptocurrency Ethereum, or...

Dean Takahashi Immutable has established an alliance with NRG Esports to create nonfungible token (NFT) collectibles for the upcoming Guild of the Guardian’s mobile role-playing game. Ukraine-based Stepico Games is developing the blockchain game for publisher Immutable,...

Forget mowing lawns and bagging groceries. Some Gen Z kids are finding other ways to make money this summer. NFT art, “his name is victor,” by FEWOCiOUS (whose legal name is indeed Victor Langlois).FEWOCiOUS, via Christie's Last fall, Randi Hipper decided to,...

PolygonPunks launches to become the world’s first “punks” NFT on the Polygon (Matic) network – following in the footsteps of the legendary Ethereum based NFT collection, CryptoPunks. PolygonPunk New Delhi, India, Aug. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NFT craze is gaining...

Chinese payments app Alipay is now requiring users to hold onto non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for at least 180 days before they can transfer them, Chinese media reported.  Alipay updated the terms for use of its NFT marketplace "mini-program," an app within the super-app, AI...

David Lazar McKayla Maroney is selling her "Not Impressed" meme as a NFT. AFP via Getty Images McKayla Maroney is entering a new profession. The 25-year-old gold medal-winning gymnast recently launched The McKayla Collection on the NFT marketplace OpenSea starting at 15...

Shanti Escalante-De Mattei YUGA LABS (ESt. 2021) BORED APE YACHT CLUB #8746 Courtesy Christie's Made popular by celebrities like Jay-Z, profile pic non fungible tokens (PFP NFTs) can be used as a buyer’s profile picture or avatar on social media platforms such as...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Fans won't have to wait much longer to get their hands on highly coveted nonfungible tokens featuring Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and seven-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady. DraftKings Marketplace, the NFT ecosystem that will house Brady's Autograph...

Looking for more information on the NFT drops in the DraftKings Marketplace? This page will provide a full breakdown of what to expect. DK Playbook   DraftKings Marketplace is now live and users will be able to purchase NFTs through Drops (where DraftKings lists new NFTs on...

In this article, we discuss the 10 NFT startups investors are flocking to. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of these stocks, go directly to the 5 NFT Startups Investors are Flocking To. The mainstreaming of cryptocurrencies in the past two years has helped fuel a roaring trade in...

Ethereum accounted for 26% of Coinbase volume in second quarter Jonathan Garber  Ethereum was the most traded cryptocurrency on the Coinbase exchange during the three months through June, as investors explored the world of decentralized finance. Ticker Security Last...

13/08/2021 In Brief

BeInCrypto has announced a collaboration with the Exquisite Workers to host a for-charity non-fungible token (NFT) auction.  Leading crypto media company BeInCrypto (BIC) has announced an upcoming charity NFT auction to celebrate its third anniversary. Opening its doors in August...

  NEW YORK — Online home furnishings marketplace 1stdibs launched an non-fungible token platform as a response to the growing digital artwork market. An NFT is a unit of data stored on a digital ledger called a blockchain which certifies a digital asset to be unique and therefore...

The board will be run by the newly launched Envoy Network By Stephen Lepitak A platform for nonfungible tokens (NFT), featuring content from singer Akon and creators and producers from entertainment franchises such as Marvel, Batman and Ghostbusters, is to launch and will...

By ImagineFX staff (ImagineFX)  (Image credit: Catherine Graffam) Supporters say NFT art gives creators better control over their work and more opportunities to make money. Digital artist Beeple sold a digital collage of his digital drawings for £50...

August 10, 2021 Quick Take Bored Ape Yacht Club is a NFT project that has been rapidly growing in popularity. It has now donated $850,000 in cryptocurrency to Orangutan Outreach. An ape-themed NFT project called Bored Ape Yacht Club has donated66.45 ETH ($208,000)...

Sales and trading in nonfungible tokens (or NFTs) have gone from increasing to skyrocketing. They’re new. Their values can be volatile. But for those with U.S. tax obligations they can also be a goldmine for the IRS. Why? Because unlike most other forms of income and assets, NFTs...

Prices for NFTs have skyrocketed this summer, and crypto enthusiasts have invested exorbitant amounts of money in everything from digital trading cards to virtual property. Now you can add digital rocks to the mix as well. Prices doubled over the weekend and then again on...

SINGAPORE, Aug. 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (via Blockchain Wire) -- Technicorum Holdings, which has been incubating the innovative DeFi and NFT project KingSwap (https://www.kingswap.io/), today announced that its decentralized microlending platform, Gennix, will offer investors the...