Tagged: digital collectibles

March 8, 2022 @ 3:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Former Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko and artist WhIsBe have teamed up to launch NFTs in support of Ukraine “amidst an unprecedented crisis in the country, NFT creative agency Metacurio announced.” All proceeds will reportedly “go to Red Cross Ukraine and UNICEF, ensuring that funds from… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Electric Capital recently raised $1 billion to fund cryptocurrency networks, Web3 protocols, and blockchain-powered businesses. Electric Capital wrote in a blog post that they are long-term investors and partners to their founders. They claim to have spent the past four years “building software and data… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ukraine is reportedly funding its war against Russia by appealing to the global crypto community. This, as the nation will soon introduce non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in order to help support financially its armed forces. Mykhailo Fedorov, the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, recently confirmed that… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Subspace Labs, the developer of Subspace Network, recently revealed that they have finalized a $32.9 million financing round that was led by Pantera Capital along with contributions from Coinbase Ventures, Crypto.com, Alameda Research, ConsenSys Mesh, and KR1. Other investors reportedly include: Hypersphere Ventures, Stratos Technologies,… Read More

February 26, 2022 @ 11:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Spencer Noon, an investor in Variant, a first-check cryptocurrency venture capital fund, has released their latest Network report. Spencer Noon, the co-founder and General Partner at Variant,  notes in an update that Solana reached 299k daily active users. As mentioned in the report, Solana’s unique… Read More

February 11, 2022 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Salesforce told its workers at a sales kickoff this Wednesday that the firm intends to launch an NFT (non-fungible token) Cloud. This, according to sources familiar with the matter (and cited by CNBC). As covered, NFTs are provably unique digital assets (and collectibles) that are… Read More

February 10, 2022 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is watching. It likely will not be long before the first enforcement action against a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) issuer is announced. The 80+ enforcement actions the regulators have taken to date on cryptocurrency, digital assets, and Initial Coin… Read More

February 9, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Silicon Valley Fintech Alchemy has acquired $200 million, making it the latest crypto firm to achieve unicorn status (valued at $1 billion or more). Led by VCs Lightspeed Partners and Silver Lake, Alchemy’s Series C investment round takes the firm’s valuation to $10.2 billion —… Read More

February 6, 2022 @ 6:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In order to help with protecting endangered animals, UK’s TV station, WildEarth, has introduced its own set of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Notably, 40% of the main sale proceeds will be directed towards various custodians of the land on which the animals are currently living. Graham… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 9:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic Realm, one of the “most active” developers of the Metaverse and NFT ecosystem, recently announced the introduction of the inaugural collection of GFTs in collaboration with Atari, one of the most “iconic” brands. GFTs are NFTs specifically designed for gifting, and they “initially appear… Read More

February 1, 2022 @ 8:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An “unofficial” Minecraft NFT collection is now the most recent initiative that turned out to be a rug pull (but the founders claim otherwise). Recently, the project called “Blockverse”, which offered an on-chain Ethereum NFT that claimed to support a unique P2E on Minecraft “like… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and innovation incubation division of Binance, has announced a strategic investment in StarryNift, the game Metaverse and co-creating platform that aims to bring the Metaverse space to greater heights. StarryNift is described as the first gamified “massive” co-creation Web 3.0… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NFT Investments, an incubator focused on the market for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), is pleased to confirm that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) for the acquisition of Pluto Digital PLC, a crypto tech and venture firm (for a “consideration” of £96… Read More

January 22, 2022 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Luxury brand Hermès has reportedly decided to sue an artist for selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) of Birkin bags. The lawsuit has been filed after the artist earned $42,000 for a virtual rendering of the high-fashion accessory in December of last year. Hermès submitted its complaint… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 12:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Metaverse and the GameFi world have grown tremendously, with nearly every blockchain  ecosystem in the crypto space getting more actively involved. Polygon (POLY) ecosystem’s capabilities of building and connecting different blockchains and dApps is being supported by the launch of Polygon Studios, which is… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital asset platform CoinList is introducing their first-ever NFT collection: FiatWorks. As noted in an update, dated January 5, 2022,  CoinList started with “a small, dedicated base of true crypto believers that supported projects like Filecoin, Stacks, Solana, Algorand, and more.” As… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 10:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Neoverse has entered into a “new chapter.” In order to celebrate the launch of the N3 MainNet, NGD (or NEO Global Development) launched Neoverse — which is described as an NFT mint and collection campaign carried out “with multiple developer communities, ecosystem projects, and… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 11:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at IOHK, which supports the development of major blockchain platform Cardano (ADA), says that 2021 was the year robots, and “graffiti came to a decentralized, smarter Cardano.” The update posted by IOHK noted that Beeple used to illustrate their write-ups, however, art NFTs… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 1:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LTD.INC, a curated platform that teams up with various artists, creators, and brands to launch rare physical and digital NFT collections and experiences via the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain and the latest NFT tech, has announced the “upcoming launch of its Web 3.0 platform and mobile… Read More

January 2, 2022 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Waves, a blockchain technology platform focused on digital assets, DeFi, and NFTs, recently shared the main takeaways from community discussions during which the Waves ecosystem’s short-term plans and longer-term strategy were revealed. Waves founder Sasha Ivanov has talked about the Waves ecosystem’s… Read More