Tag Archives: Non-Fungible Token (NFT)

Notorious digital artist Pplpleaser shared a picture of herself crying… but out of joy. All thanks to the booming interest in NFTs.The artist, who has a reputation not only in the DeFi scene but also in the wider, more “mainstream” art industry, put an NFT up for sale on the auction platform Foundation.app. And things went really well.x*y=k: The $500K NFT Sold by PplpleasrPplpleasr’s token depicts an animation of a Uniswap-Esque unicorn on its journey to reach the “Ethereum Promised Land.” On...

The recent NFT boom has seen several individuals make so much money from digital collectibles. Everything from artworks, virtual lands to sports cards, and even tweets have now become non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFT Investments Are Like GamblingWith this raging NFT mania, investors are worried that this might be another bubble. More recently, John Egan, the CEO of French bank L’Atelier BNP Paribas, opined that investing in NFTs is like gambling, adding that they are the riskiest asset class...

According to an announcement from the project, the development team needs more time to “conduct a more thorough review and testing” to ensure that the network will function effectively when it scales over 100,000 Elite Edge Nodes.Theta Mainnet 3.0 To Launch In June Theta Labs has been consistently working on releasing its Elite Edge Nodes with TFUEL staking and burning on the Theta 3.0 Mainnet. The company also intends to “incorporate some building blocks” for an NFT marketplace on the...

While doing the necessary work on the upcoming hard fork Alonzo, Cardano’s founder Charles Hoskinson said that his project would also focus on NFTs and NFT marketplaces. He noted that Cardano has already carried conversations with several such marketplaces about potentially transitioning to its blockchain.Cardano and the NFT ManiaNon-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are undoubtedly the hottest trend in the cryptocurrency space this year. It enabled representatives of other industries, such as artists,...

With non-fungible tokens (NFTs) permeating the mainstream, TRON is doing everything it can to guide some of that attention to its network. Following a strategic collaboration between TRON and MixMarvel, the latter’s blockchain-agnostic gaming ecosystem will be bringing its tokenized gaming interface to TRON.This is intended to unlock new value for both communities, as MixMarvel will be able to introduce TRX as a base asset in its gaming ecosystem and gain access to TRON’s community, while the...

NFT prices are in a bubble. That’s according to the third most valuable living artist today. Mike ‘Beeple’ Winkelmann, in an interview, said that despite the inflated prices, the technology itself is strong.NFTs Absolutely in a Bubble, Says BeepleMike Winkelmann, who is better known for his artist name Beeple, especially within the cryptocurrency community, believes that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are in a state of a bubble.In a recent interview for Bloomberg, the artist said that NFT art is...

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 above made use of a whole new Ethereum standard for identifying unique assets on its blockchain – the ERC-721, better known as the solution for the creation and transfer of non-fungible tokens.This article discusses the following questions related to non-fungible...

Just a month after openly endorsing TRON on Twitter, the American actress Lindsay Lohan has partnered with the Justin Sun-founded blockchain project. Moreover, she has delved even further into the ongoing NFT craze by creating her own collection, which will be released on the TRON network. TRON, the popular blockchain project founded by Justin Sun, announced its latest partnership milestone in a press release shared with CryptoPotato.  The post highlighted the recently launched TRC-721...

A ‘decentralized social network and marketplace ‘ named BitClout sold off celebrity-backed NFTs without authorization. The “iFan-esque” platform, which claimed to be backed by top venture capitalists, can no longer be accessed via its website.A Bit Of NFT CloutThere’s a lot of puffery surrounding NFTs of late, and justifiably so. Beeple’s digital art recently broke the record for the priciest NFT in history. The ‘Everydays: The First 5000 Days’ was bought by Metakovan for $69 million at...

DC Comics, one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, is closely following the NFT industry and is launching its own set of collectibles.A recent partnership between DC Comics and Veve, a startup dedicated to creating NFT collectibles, marked the beginning of a new phase in the American comic book studio’s merchandising strategy. The company announced a collection of digital Batman statues with a black and white color scheme.The collection consists of 4 different designs....