A consumer watchdog group reminded them that they need to disclose their connection to an NFT collection when they promote it on social media. Celebrities have been quick to jump into NFTs, but their motivations for doing so may be confusing to fans. Truth in Advertising, a consumer...
Cameo co-founder Steven Galanis said his Apple iCloud was compromised, leading to a loss of over $200,000-worth of crypto assets. The Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT stolen from Cameo founder Steven Galanis. Yuga Labs/OpenSea Owning aBored Ape Yacht Club NFTputs a target on your back for scammers...
BigFoot Town, the NFT trading suite platform that aims to create the next avid community of NFT believers and DAO builders, is today announcing the launch of its eponymous 'BigFoot' Solana NFT Collection. Holders of a BigFoot NFT will gain early access to the company's partner Dapps and a suite...
PRESS RELEASE.As inflation soars & opportunities begin to diminish, an increasing number of individuals all over the world are turning to raffles, lotteries & other gambling endeavors as their only means of escape. The problem is, there is no way to prove beyond any doubt that any on...
Leading generative art platform fx(hash) records over $3,800,000 in sales in July. Tezos NFT art community 1-of-1 Month notches over $300,000 in primary market sales. Tezos hits record smart contract deployment stats as more dapps launch on the Proof-of-Stake network. The...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NFT Technologies Inc.(NEO: NFT) (the “Company” or "NFT Tech"),a leading technology company mainstreaming decentralized ownership, NFTs and the metaverse for public markets, announced today its partnership withSony’s Hawk-Eye Innovationsto...
As Moonbirds and XCOPY artwork both transition to CC0 licenses, here’s a look at why creators are embracing the public domain. Moonbirds (left) and XCOPY's artwork are entering the public domain. Image: Proof/XCOPY Moonbirdsis one of 2022’smost successful NFT projects, yielding more than...
For just 0.5 ethereum, you can become the proud owner of an exclusive NFTuck. Hopefully that sentence made sense to someone out there. Here's a sentence that sure to send your grandfather into hypnosis: A Mel Tucker NFT can be purchased for just 0.5 ethereum. What is an NFT? It stands for...
Image: Mark Zuckerberg (Instagram)noneOther than “turning up the heat a little bit” on Meta employees who shouldn’t be there andhitting the metaverse runway, Mark Zuckerberg is highlighting Instagram’s expanded NFT support. The founder and CEO took the opportunity of announcing expanded...
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergenoneTextbook publisher Pearson suggests blockchain tech could let it take a cut of secondary textbook sales, capturing a section of the book market that’s so far escaped it.As quoted byBloomberg, Pearson CEO Andy Bird believes non-fungible tokens, or...
Anyone can buy the newly launched NFTiff, but Punk holders who own an NFTiff can also redeem it for a custom pendant. Anyone can buy the newly launched NFTiff, but Punk holders who own an NFTiff can also redeem it for a custom pendant. On Monday, the trading volume of CryptoPunks, one of the...
One Reddit user collected quotes from NFT haters on the internet and famous skeptics like Warren Buffet, Peter Schiff and Dan Olson. One Reddit user collected quotes from NFT haters on the internet and famous skeptics like Warren Buffet, Peter Schiff and Dan Olson. A Redditor made it his...
Following a series of testing phases, NFT integration is now live on Instagram across 100 countries. Social media giant Meta (META) has started to roll out non-fungible tokens (NFT) across 100 countries after integrating with Coinbase (COIN) Wallet and Dapper. Meta's founder...
Over 1 million unique wallet addresses were involved in the minting process, signaling that nonfungible token market activity remained strong. Over 1 million unique wallet addresses were involved in the minting process, signaling that nonfungible token market activity remained strong. According...
“There’s always a little bit of humor in my art. There’s always a little bit of sarcasm.” Image: Jimmy Edgar. For musician and visual artist Jimmy Edgar, NFTs are intangible—but that’s not a bad thing. In themusic world, Edgar has worked with the likes of Vince Staples, Charli...
Blockchain-based games are becoming increasingly popular. Add in the potential to earn money while playing and you’ve got a recipe for success! Play-to-earn games allow you to gain a small fortune by enjoying yourself in one of the most exciting NFT projects to date. Without further ado,...
Instagram’s NFT initiative now includes more than 100 countries, including collectibles from the Flow blockchain. Over a billion people use Instagram each month. Image: Shutterstock Instagram is expandingits NFT initiativeinternationally to more than 100 countries, parent company Meta...
In a major change for the popular NFT project, Kevin Rose, founder ofMoonbirds,announced on Twitterthat both Moonbirds and Oddities will move to a CC0 license. CC0, otherwise known asCreative Commons, simply means “no rights reserved” on intellectual property. It’s a form of copyright...
Starbucks will unveil its web3 initiative, which includes coffee-themed NFTs, at next month’s Investor Day event. The company earlier this yearannounced its plans to enter the web3 space, noting its NFTs wouldn’t just serve as digital collectibles, but would provide their owners with access...
Expect to start seeing more NFTs on Instagram. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said Instagram support for NFTs is expanding tomore than 100 countries. The feature will let artists, businesses and others across Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas share NFTs on...
One of the earliest NFT projects is seeing renewed interest thanks to the iconic jewelry brand. A selection of CryptoPunks NFT avatars. Image: Yuga Labs The sales volume of the CryptoPunks NFT collection has spiked over 248% in the last 24 hours, sparked by an exclusive offer from iconic...
The collection of diamond-encrusted pendants is exclusively available for CryptoPunk owners to purchase and limited to 250 editions. Luxury jewelry brand Tiffany and Co. is putting CryptoPunks on-chain: diamond chains. The company is selling 250 customized, diamond-encrusted pendant...
Following a rash of social media NFT scams, MetaMask adds an extra step that could help users avoid “wallet drainer” attacks. Social media scams arebooming in the NFT space, with Twitter andDiscord users dupedinto connecting their cryptowalletsto malicioussmart contracts—and having...
One analysis concludes that hackers targeting Bored Ape Yacht Club and other NFT projects are part of a 'wider network.' Two Web3 security firms have issued reports focused on the recent scourge of hacks targeting NFT projects, likely by a linked group of hackers using compromised Discord...
(Image credit: Mojang Studios) An NFT company has hit back at Mojang after it decided that "blockchain technologies are not permitted to be integrated" in Minecraft by vowing to make its own Minecraft-like game. As we reported earlier in the week,Minecraftdeveloper Mojang hasexplicitly...
OpenSea now has its own minting platform to rival Magic Eden, but launch partner Zoonies appears to be stumbling out the gate. In an apparent attempt to match rivalMagic Eden’s feature set,OpenSeahas rolled out its new launchpad feature for minting newSolanaNFT projects. However, the...
PRESS RELEASE.Franck Muller, the world-famous Swiss luxury watchmaker, has announced the release of a series of digital wearables and physical watches on the Binance NFT marketplace. The series will commence with the release of ‘Mystery by Franck Muller’ generative NFTs onJuly 27, 2022....
The NFT platform is also acquiring wallet security firm Vulcan to help prevent hacks from happening again, said Premint CEO Brenden Mulligan. Bored Apes are among the most expensive NFTs around. Image: Shutterstock NFTregistration platform Premint, which over the weekend suffereda hack that...
Tony Hawk is partnering with The Sandbox to open a skate park in the metaverse. Tony Hawk announced last week via Twitter that he will be partnering with The Sandbox to open a skate park in the metaverse. Tony Hawk is known for being one of the most popular skateboarders in the world and now...
An NFT collector placed a joke bid of 100 ETH on an ENS name—and it was accepted before he could cancel it. Big oops. Image: Shutterstock Ethereum Name Service(ENS) names—effectively, domain names that point to crypto wallet addresses—aregaining valueas desirable names sold asNFTstrade...
The on-chain analytics platform known for its DeFi chops is expanding into the world of NFTs and DAOs. Crypto startupZapperis growing its on-chain analytics platform with the addition of non-fungible token (NFT) and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dashboards, the company...
Tencent this week will shut down Huanhe, the Chinese tech giant’s non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace that has been operating for less than a year, according to unnamed Tencent sources cited in areportby Shanghai-based technology news outlet Jiemian on Wednesday. Fast facts...
The video-game retailer's marketplace opened to $7.2 million in weekly sales volume, with the MetaBoy collection being the top seller so far. The video-game retailer's marketplace opened to $7.2 million in weekly sales volume, with the MetaBoy collection being the top seller so far....
A Bored Ape Yacht Club whale tried to have fun trolling Twitter bots but ended up self inflicting a 100-ether wound on himself. Scams and frauds areubiquitous in crypto, but sometimes the biggest losses are those people inflict upon themselves. On Wednesday, one NFT trader suffered a spectacular...
These don’t seem like something Avalanche would approve of Square Enix are threatening to overshadow the 25th anniversary ofFinal Fantasy 7by partnering with Enjin, a cryptocurrency platform, to launch non-fungible tokens (NFTs) based on the long-running JRPG series. To coincide with the...
Enjin’s Polkadot-based Efinity platform will power NFT collectibles and more for the smash role-playing video game franchise. Square Enix is the publisher of the smash hit Final Fantasy series. Image: Square Enix One of the most successful video game series of all time is set to receive...
There will be physical collectibles with an NFT component Square EnixnoneWhat had once been a warning of dark times to come is now a reality. Square Enix has finally announced itsNFT (or non-fungible token)project afterthreatening uswith the company’s embrace of the controversial andlargely...
A statement written by Mojang is surprisingly scathing of the tech Whilethe whole NFT thing appears to be mercifully on the decline, there are still companies out there—like Square Enix—trying to justify partnering with technology that exists solely as an enormous scam. Mojang is clearly not...
EXCLUSIVE:The SimpsonsanimatorErick Tranhas teamed withfilm and TV-focusedNFTand DeFi marketplace Mogul Productions to create what’s believed to be the world’s first animated NFT series — with Hollywood the inspiration. The Mogieswill be a a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the...
The highly anticipated first trip into the Otherside Metaverse went off with 4,500 users, as the project’s Otherdeed NFTs surpassed $1 billion in sales. The highly anticipated first trip into the Otherside Metaverse went off with 4,500 users, as the project’s Otherdeed NFTs surpassed $1...
Mercedes hitall the right notes jumping into the crypto pool.At Bentley and Lotus, the waters are largely untested. And what’s up with Porsche? In January, Lamborghini announcedSpace Time Memory, its first NFT project. The series of five photographs of a Lamborghini Ultimae...
Kingship is here. The group consisting of BAYC and MAYC collectors is a band that is allegedly supported by grammy award-winning producers, artists, and well-respected founders. Official Kingship Links Twitter Discord Website Opensea A collection of 5,000 access-enabled Key Cards that unlock...
A cannabis marketing agency and 3D motion designer and multimedia artist have come together to create the state of Arizona’s first cannabis NFT gallery event. Nicole Potter The cannabis-themed NFT gallery in Phoenix, Arizona is set to open to the public at a special event held on July 22,...
While digital currency markets have dropped in value during the last two months, weekly non-fungible token (NFT) sales have slid lower as well. Seven-day statistics show that NFT sales managed to rise more than 10% higher than the week prior. One particular NFT sale, Cryptopunk #4,464, helped...
Mark Venturelli's presentation had crypto sponsors of the event 'trying to break into the talk' During Brazil’s International Games Festival last week, developer Mark Venturelli (Chroma Squad) was scheduled to give a talk called “The Future Of Game Design.” A few seconds in, he...
A bottle of very expensive whisky is being auctioned off with an NFT to authenticate true ownership of it, along with artwork made special for the event. 7 hours ago A bottle of very expensive whisky is being auctioned off with an NFT to authenticate true ownership of it, along with artwork...
"Anecdotes, observations, advice, memories, Murray-isms" are coming to the world of NFTs as acclaimed icon Bill Murray prepares to launch an inaugural NFT series with Coinbase. 19 hours ago "Anecdotes, observations, advice, memories, Murray-isms" are coming to the world of NFTs as acclaimed icon...
NFT twist is latest development in saga of contested ‘Leonardo’ painting hidden in a Swiss vault A painting of a princess possibly by the Old Master has been sold digitally—but questions remain over its provenance, the inherent value of non-fungible tokens and who owns what...
In Britain, you can now use the blockchain to sue someone. A UK judge gave the go-ahead to serve legal documents -- the process of bringing a lawsuit to a person’s attention -- over the blockchain ledger by a nonfungible token for the first time, according to court documents made public this...
Crypto startups — fresh off a mind-boggling bull run — are preparing for the next phase of life where the mere mention of “NFT,” “DAO” or “DeFi” may not tempt investors quite as much as before. The breed of crypto startups raising now are looking to double down on scoring more...
The two-day-old platform, still in beta, moved well over 3,000 ETH. That's minuscule compared to OpenSea, but it beats Coinbase NFT. Image: Shutterstock GameStop’s new Ethereum-based NFT marketplace has been live in beta for a little over 48 hours. It isn’t even offering gaming NFTs yet,...
FromsweatshirtsonAmazon, to aburrito from Chipotle, to evenguns, BNPL—that is, thepoint-of-sale financing methodthat allows shoppers to carve up a single payment into several smaller ones—has become about as unavoidable at the online checkout today as a pack of two Reese’s peanut butter...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergenoneOpenSea co-founder and CEO Devin Finzerrevealed this afternoonthat theNFTmarketplace is laying off about 20 percent of its employees. Finzer did not indicate how many people that represented.AForbesarticlein January celebrating Finzer and his co-founder...
If you dream of dressing likeMichelle Obama, now is your chance — online at least.Jason Wuwill release his first NFT in the form of a digitally wearable copy of the former first lady’s 2009 inaugural ball gown. While the original ivory silk and organza creation sits in the National...
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have taken the world by storm in the last few years. You may have heard of collections such as theBored Ape Yacht Club, or one-off creations like those by artists likeBeeple, or even corporate NFTs created for themetaverseby companies likeNikeandGucci. How To Make An...