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The blockchain is a fitting recourse for artists and creators who, for decades, have felt shortchanged. With the rise of NFTs and tokenization, technology rewards those who truly deserve recognition and prevents abuse of intellectual property rights. There could be no better demonstration of how blockchain and NFTs are coming
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The buzz around the Bitcoin 2022 Miami conference spilled over to day two as Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel shared his “enemies list” publicly, while Mexico’s third-richest man, Ricardo Salinas, revealed he has 60% of his net worth in Bitcoin. PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is among a list of
According to a joint announcement made on Thursday, Bolt has reached a definitive agreement to acquire groundbreaking cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Wyre. The acquisition comes amid the growing demand for purchasing goods and services with cryptocurrency alongside the opportunities of Web3. Bolt sells online services while Wyre is a blockchain-based payments
Chicago-based payment app Strike has partnered with global e-commerce giant Shopify to bring Bitcoin payments to merchants via the Bitcoin Lightning Network. The BTC-based digital payments platform announced at the Miami Bitcoin 2022 conference that it would integrate with Shopify and partner with payment firm Blackhawk and the world’s
Last week, the Ukrainian government launched its own NFT collection to raise funds for its war and humanitarian efforts. But despite the anticipation that preceded the launch, the collection of 2,182 NFTs is yet to sell out after a whole week. Amid Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia, the
Last week, OpenSea finally confirmed the rumors of its long-awaited support for Solana NFTs. Barely a week after the tweet went live, the leading NFT marketplace has now officially enabled support for digital collectibles on the Solana network. On Thursday, the company took to Twitter once again to announce the
US-based cable television sports broadcasting network, ESPN, has inked a deal with Tom Brady's Autograph NFT platform to mint the network’s first NFT collection. The partnership, which is expected to last a couple of years, will kick off with a collection based on a documentary series around
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In December, video gaming giant Ubisoft entered the NFT scenes, creating a new platform called Ubisoft Quartz and rolling out NFT assets known as Digits. The in-game NFT tokens were first accessible in Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Sadly, the company is now nixing support for the triple-A game that had NFTs
Over a week ago, news broke that the blockchain behind the popular Ethereum NFT game Axie Infinity had been compromised. A hacker was able to gain entry into Sky Mavis’ Ronin Network sidechain, pulling a $622 million exploit. Sky Mavis has now raised $150 million to compensate those affected by
The television network of eastern China’s Shandong province has unveiled plans to build an NFT marketplace, making it the latest state-run media outlet to jump on the bandwagon. Shandong Television is looking to deploy its own blockchain infrastructure to support its digital collectibles, as well as develop “a series
Speaking at a town hall meeting on plans to “reimagine” the company’s future, Starbucks founder and new interim CEO Howard Schultz revealed that the Seattle coffee giant was “going to be in the NFT business” by the end of this year. A video of Schultz’s comments was leaked
An endorsement from a popular influencer or celebrity is no guarantee that an NFT project will do well. Many collectors have had to swallow this bitter pill after Billionaire Dogs Club NFT collection pulled an exit scam right after mint. The NFT collection, which was actively promoted to the three
Amid the ongoing NFT boom, Ledger has launched a new wallet targeting NFT collectors. The new Ledger Nano S Plus is the sixth hardware wallet produced by the company since its first product HW1 entered the market in 2015. The new product is an upgrade to the original Nano iteration
Popular NFT photographer and Quantum founder Justin Aversano is looking to unite the real and virtual worlds through a physical NFT gallery in Santa Monica. Aversano made the announcement on Monday at the Non Fungible Conference held in Lisbon. The artist, who stepped into the limelight last year with his
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Solana’s largest NFT marketplace, Magic Eden, will now accept the tokens of top Solana NFT projects DeGods and Aurory. Moving forward, users will be able to purchase any NFT on its platform with DeGods’ DUST or Aurory’s AURY. Magic Eden first teased the integration last week. On April