Tag: nfts

TikTok may have just followed in the steps of other social media platforms as they all continue looking for ways to integrate NFTs into their platforms. All through this week, attention has been on the NFTs on Twitter. But now, TikTok is also announcing that its own creator-curated NFTs are incoming, and would be powered […]

Side-eyeing Chloe meme which sent the internet into a frenzy some 8 years ago, has now been sold as a non-fungible token (NFT). According to BBC reports on Saturday, the NFT sold for about $74,000. In the meme, we saw a two-year-old girl, Chloe Clem, giving her mother, quite the dissatisfied stare following their surprise […]

One of these early NFT projects is CryptoPunks: a set of randomly generated pixel-based avatars. Some of the rarest, most desirable CryptoPunks have sold for millions of dollars. Seriously! The market for crypto collectibles released as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) exploded in 2021, with $2.5 billion in transaction volume in the first six months as NFTs […]

Axie Infinity Surging to $1,000,000,000 in Sales Play-to-earn game Axie Infinity (AXS) just breached $1 billion in all-time sales, adding to the surging popularity of games based on non-fungible tokens (NFT). The online video game developed by Sky Mavis allows players to generate profits through buying, breeding and selling digital pets known as Axies. Each […]

Many NFT games are being created and promoted as blockchain games, not great games where decentralized tech is just one element. Since 2017, dozens of projects have created games that use blockchain and nonfungible token (NFT) technology. The overall vision is inspiring and has attracted a solid base of fans and investors in equal measure. […]

A representative said that eBay “will add new capabilities that bring blockchain-driven collectibles” to the platform. Online marketplace eBay has introduced auctions for nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, to its platform. According to a Reuters report, eBay users who meet certain criteria on the platform will be permitted to list NFTs. The company added that it […]

Is this what adoption looks like or is it companies trying to make a quick buck? American food company General Mills has released its first nonfungible tokens (NFTs) with Dunkaroos, as per a tweet earlier this week. NFTs…cause why not? NFTs are blockchain-based representations of tangible or intangible objects that prove their holders are the […]

From tacos to toilet paper, you can now get your hands on non-fungible tokens from some of the world’s biggest brands. All aboard the NFT hype train! In brief Brands have seized on NFTs as a way to engage with their audiences and promote their products. Nike, Panini, and Vodafone are among the brands that […]

In his new position as Ledger’s vice president of NFTs, Brooks will be responsible for bridging the platform with the artistic community. Apple Music veteran Parker Todd Brooks is leaving the company to join Ledger, one of the biggest providers of cryptocurrency hardware wallets. According to a Friday announcement, Brooks will now head Ledger’s non-fungible […]

Scams are a common occurrence in the crypto ecosystem. NFTs are no different. After a non-fungible token (NFT) selling a cybersecurity exploit and a NFT marketplace getting hacked, another common specter of the cryptocurrency world has taken root in the NFT ecosystem – scams. According to new research out today from Bolster, a deep learning-powered fraud […]

Lux Expression, an NFT artist whose Lux Cards collection has recently passed 310 ETH (over half a million US dollars at the time of publication) in market cap. The latest series of his glossy, mesmerising 3D cards that naturally had a chameleon sitting on top of each one — an homage to a popular cryptocurrency […]

NFTs have become one of the hottest crypto trends of 2021, with overall sales up 55% already since 2020, from $250 million to $389 million. Here’s how you can create, purchase and sell these popular digitals assets. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are unique collectible crypto assets, have been around as early as 2012 when the […]

If you spend any time on the internet, you’ve doubtless encountered the saga surrounding Beeple’s record-breaking NFT artwork. But why should a digital artist you may have only heard of a couple of weeks ago have all the fun? Why indeed. Enter the Beeple Generator, a website that assembles its own digitally rendered, randomly generated, […]

Could ‘physical meets digital’ become a new mantra in the art world, as non-fungible tokens take hold? In brief Wladimir Baranoff-Rossiné’s 1926 painting “Abstract Composition” is being sold alongside an NFT at digital auction house Mintable. Nine Baranoff-Rossiné limited-edition works are also being auctioned in purely digital form as NFTs. Wladimir Baranoff-Rossiné (1888-1944) is possibly […]

Can you match Beeple’s $69.3M crypto art sale with a nude Buzz Lightyear atop a duct-taped space banana? Give it a try with this tribute web app. In brief Beeple Generator is an unofficial web app that lets you create surreal 3D-generated artwork for crypto art NFTs. The real artist Beeple sold digital artwork for […]

Lepricon is a decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) trying to realise the potential of gaming and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in blockchain by giving users a platform for gamified decentralized finance (DeFi) dApps focusing on user experience. Lepricon Background Review Founded in October 2020, the project is led by Joshua Galloway (Founder & CEO), Stephen Browne (COO), […]

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are the hottest trend for the past couple of months. Here’s everything you need to know about them. With the creation of Bitcoin back in 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto would have probably never guessed that the world would buy digital, collectible CryptoKitties, Punks, Hashmasks, celebrity music, and so forth. However, all of the […]

As an academic researcher, developer of artistic technology and amateur artist, I was quite skeptical about crypto art when I first read about it several years ago. However, I follow a community of artists on social media, and some of the artists there whom I respect, like Mario Klingemann and Jason Bailey, embraced and advocated […]