Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was the backbone of many startups and venture capital funds around the world. Its collapse signifies the biggest banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis. While the crypto market has largely been spared from an adverse effect, the same cannot be said for the non-fungible token (NFT) space. According to the latest edition of the DappRadar report, the NFT traders went “numb” in response to the banking turmoil in the United States. NFT Space...
Read More »Binance NFT Announces Integration With Polygon Network
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s non-fungible token arm – Binance NFT – has announced adding support for the Polygon network on March 8th. The integration of the Polygon network will enable users to explore and trade a wider variety of NFTs across multiple blockchains. This includes – BNB Smart Chain (BSC), Ethereum (ETH) network, as well as Polygon from their Binance accounts. Despite the announcement, Binance has taken a cautious approach in terms of NFT listings. As such,...
Read More »Here’s When Amazon Plans to Supposedly Launch its NFT Marketplace
Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce company, is reportedly preparing to enter the world of non-fungible tokens (NFT) with the launch of its own Marketplace, reportedly scheduled for April 24th. According to Yahoo Finance, the new ‘Amazon NFT Marketplace’ or ‘Amazon Digital Marketplace’ will offer 15 NFT collections that will initially be available to customers in the United States. The company is expected to expand the service to other countries in the future. The reports...
Read More »Trip Hawkins, Founder of Electronic Arts, Enters The NFT Gaming Industry
Despite the ups and downs of the crypto market, the Web3 and the NFT gaming industries continue to attract the attention of business leaders who are betting on technological innovation to push the whole ecosystem forward. On February 24, Trip Hawkins, one of the founders of Electronic Arts (EA), announced he was joining the Web3 gaming startup Games for a Living (GFAL) as co-founder and chief strategist. GFAL develops a set of tools that allow the development of Web3 games....
Read More »Spotify Runs Pilot for Token-Enabled Playlists with NFT Partners
Spotify is testing a new service – “token-enabled playlists” – with one of its partners to enable non-fungible token (NFT) holders to connect their wallets and access curated music. It is currently in the pilot phase. The new service was designed in partnership with the Web3 gaming ecosystem, Overlord, and involves a token-enabled community-curated playlist that can be accessed via Web3 wallets of those who hold the Creepz NFTS on Spotify. According to the official...
Read More »Here’s Why Stacks (STX) Exploded 160% in a Week
STX – the native token of the Stacks network – has soared by a whopping 160% in the past seven days. One possible reason behind the significant surge could be the connection between the asset and one of the recent trends in the cryptocurrency space – the Bitcoin NFTs through the Ordinals protocol. The financial services platform – Matrixport – predicted that STX could rally even more in the near future. The primary reason is the rapidly increasing number of newly-minted...
Read More »LACMA Museum Receives Donation Of 22 Top-Tier NFTs Including CryptoPunks, ArtBlocks
On February 14, 2023, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that it received the first and largest donation of NFT art ever sent to an American museum. According to LACMA’s statement, the donation of 22 digital artworks was made by the collector Cozomo de’ Medici. The collection includes works by international artists from Brazil, Canada, China, England, Germany, Portugal, and the United States. Some of the NFTs donated to LACMA. Image: LACMAAmong the donated...
Read More »Bitcoin Miners Generated $600K From Ordinals Transactions in 2 Months: Dune
Since the launch of the new controversial Bitcoin-based non-fungible token (NFT) protocol Ordinals in mid-December, miners on the largest blockchain have made nearly $600,000 in BTC transaction fees. According to data from blockchain data platform Dune Analytics, a total of 81,468 Ordinals have been inscribed into the Bitcoin network. This has caused an upsurge in user activity and, as a result, increased the number of non-zero Bitcoin addresses. BTC Miners Cash Out From...
Read More »Breaking Records: NBA Star NFT Sells for $187,000 on Sorare
The single edition non-fungible token (NFT) of professional basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo was sold for 113.9 ETH ($187,000) on Sorare NBA over the weekend. Sorare NBA is a licensed NFT-driven fantasy basketball game, and the sale set a new milestone, being the platform’s highest single transaction since its launch in October 2022. The 1/1 Antetokounmpo NFT was auctioned through Sorare NBA’s Ethereum-based platform. The sale price of the NFT was thrice the price of the...
Read More »NFT Trading Platform SudoSwap Airdrops its Governance Token
NFT marketplace SudoSwap said it debuted its native governance token called SUDO with an airdrop of coins to early supporters. The move comes amid a recent resurgence in NFT trading volume after a lull that was part of a broader downturn in crypto activity. SUDO Tokens to Be Airdropped to SudoSwap LPs SudoSwap announced the launch of its SUDO token on Monday, Jan. 30. The token release, updated earlier today, included an airdrop for early supporters of the project. The SUDO...
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