Major online marketing platform eBay has revealed that it is considering accepting cryptocurrency as a payment method while also exploring the non-fungible tokens (NFT) industry. eBay Mulling Adding Crypto Payment Option Speaking in a CNBC interview on Monday (May 3, 2021), eBay CEO Jamie Iannone stated that the e-commerce giant is looking at adding other...Read More
An anonymous buyer purchased a signed football card of Tom Brady for about $1.68M worth of LTC at an auction presented by Goldin Auctions. The company revealed that this is the most expensive item to be paid in cryptocurrency since it started accepting such payments. LTC in Exchange for a Football Card Cryptocurrencies have intertwined...Read More
NFT fans will be able to enjoy digital visualizations of Picasso’s work as non-fungible tokens courtesy of Justin Sun’s JUST NFT Fund. This initiative is Sun’s latest attempt to bridge the gap between traditional art and its digital counterparty. JUST NFT to Introduce Picasso’s Work To take advantage of the growing demand for non-fungible tokens,...Read More
It seemed somewhat inevitable that the hip hop legend Snoop Dogg will get involved with DogeDay on 4/20 (April 20th). The famous rapper posted a video that included Shiba Inu – the dog bread that inspired the meme coin – and thanked Elon Musk for providing him with a spacesuit for a trip to the...Read More
NFTs are undoubtedly one of the hottest trends in the cryptocurrency industry and have expanded to sportspeople, artists, and musicians. In fact, musicians were among the first to interact with non-fungible tokens and, according to a recent mysterious tweet, Eminem could be next in line. Is Eminem Looking to Get on the NFT Wagon? What...Read More
The popular blockchain investment company Hashed has taken part in the seed round of Contxts – the operator of the NFT portfolio manager NFTBank. $1.4 Million Investment in NFTBank NFTBank is a platform that provides asset management services of NFT assets from various projects such as League of Kingdoms, Axie Infinity, The Sandbox, and so forth. It...Read More
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the world’s largest stock exchange by market capitalization, has jumped on the non-fungible tokens (NFT) bandwagon, launching an NFT collection for a selected number of stocks listed on its platform. In a tweet thread on Monday (April 12, 2021), the NYSE announced it is launching the “NYSE First Trade...Read More
One of the most successful sportspersons, Tom Brady, looks to take advantage of the growing mania of non-fungible tokens. The legendary quarterback has announced intentions to release his own NFT platform called Autograph. The 43-year-old Brady is arguable the most successful American football player with a mind-blowing record as a seven-time Super Bowl champion. According...Read More
The rapidly expanding popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has far exceeded the realm of the music industry and has reached the US Major League Baseball (MLB). The President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays recently said that his team and the entire league are actively looking for ways to employ NFTs to bolster fan...Read More
IOHK, the company behind Cardano, has partnered with Orion Protocol, becoming the first liquidity aggregator of the Cardano blockchain. Orion has provided a non-custodial gateway to the crypto market by aggregating liquidity from crypto exchanges into a single DeFi platform. The partnership with Cardano comes after a series of integration to other protocols, such as...Read More
In another whopping purchase, Justin Sun, the founder of one of the largest blockchain-based projects, TRON, and the CEO of BitTorrent, has bought Picasso’s “Femme nue couchée au collier” for $20 million. Besides that, he has also bought “Three self portraits” by Andy Warhol for $2 million, and he plans to tokenize both and launch...Read More
The gaming-focused blockchain platform Enjin has raised almost $19 million to develop a next-generation blockchain on Polkadot for non-fungible tokens. In a March 31 announcement, Enjin introduced Efinity, a next-generation blockchain built for NFTs on the Polkadot ecosystem. The firm raised $18.9 million to finance the new venture in a round led by Crypto.com Capital,...Read More
As NFTs grow in popularity, more creators and users want to mint them, which can be costly if using Ethereum. Creating ERC-20 fungibles or ERC-721 non-fungibles uses gas, and as everyone is painfully aware, gas is expensive at the moment. Addressing this, ConsenSys has announced Palm, which promises 99% efficiency over current proof-of-work networks. We’ve...Read More
With collaboration from the NBA, highlight clips have become NFT collectible cards. Canadian technology company Dapper Labs continues its lucrative streak by nabbing a whopping $305 million dollars from new investors. Private Equity Firm Cotue Rakes in Big Names The New York investment company Coatue Management, responsible for several other technology investments, has sealed a...Read More
Justin Sun, the CEO of TRON and BitTorrent, has doubled-down on his NFT-related endeavors by announcing a designated fund. Called JUST NFT Fund, it aims to close the gap between the most recent craze in the blockchain space and artists wanting to release their own non-fungible tokens. Sun’s NFT Fund Justin Sun, and his blockchain-based...Read More
Leading crypto fintech startup Circle Internet Financial has announced the launch of a payment solution for the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) market. It will enable investors and content creators to make payments using credit cards and cryptocurrencies. Promoting NFT Adoption The company stated in an announcement today that it hopes the initiative would get more investors...Read More
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 Gambling With this raging NFT mania, investors are worried that this might be another bubble. More recently, John Egan,...Read More
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 Mania Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) are undoubtedly...Read More
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...Read More
They don’t come much bigger than Andreessen Horowitz, also known as A16z, which announced that it was leading a $23 million Series A round for OpenSea, a popular NFT marketplace. According to the announcement, angel investors Ron Conway, Mark Cuban, Tim Ferriss, Belinda Johnson, Naval Ravikant, Ben Silberman, and others will be joining the funding...Read More
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,...Read More
There’s a not-so-subtle reminder for NFT maniacs in the United States amidst the ongoing frenzy – NFT purchases made with cryptocurrency capital gains attract taxes to the tune of 20%. Tax-free? Of Course Not … If you paid for a digital collectible with your BTC or ETH gains, then you need to think of the...Read More
On this day, exactly one year ago, Bitcoin saw one of its worst trading sessions in history. The cryptocurrency lost around 50% of its value and tapped a low at around $3,800. That’s also true for every altcoin, as well as for the traditional financial markets. Nevertheless, it’s safe to say that the cryptocurrency market...Read More
The NFT artwork has been created by legendary crypto artist Beeple, aka Mike Winkelmann, over a period of 13 years, hence the title ‘EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS’. The unique work is a collage of images that Beeple has posted every day since mid-2007 and it has attracted a monumental bid of $9.75 million with...Read More
Jack Dorsey, the CEO of one of the largest social media platforms, Twitter, will be converting the proceeds of the sale of the genesis tweet in Bitcoin and donate it to the GiveDirectly’s Africa Response Campaign. Earlier during the weekend, CryptoPotato reported that Jack Dorsey has put up the genesis tweet for sale. This became possible through...Read More
The hype around non-fungible tokens (NFTs) continues to escalate as demand for primary sales is only growing higher. The last manifestation of this was earlier during the BossLogic NFT drop that took place on the OpenSea marketplace, causing it to essentially crash under the high traffic. OpenSea Crashes as Traffic Surges OpenSea, touted as the...Read More
Following milestone partnerships with sports teams in Europe, ChiliZ have their eyes set on conquering the United States. The fintech platform will open a new office in one of the world’s major commercial cities, New York. ChiliZ To Set Up New York Office Maltese blockchain giant, ChiliZ is scaling up operations after securing several partnerships...Read More
FD7 Ventures, the cryptocurrency-oriented fund that recently vowed to dispose of its BTC holdings for ADA and DOT, has set up a $250 million micro-fund focusing on investments in teams working on the ecosystems of Polkadot and Cardano. FD7 Goes to India for DOT and ADA Based in Dubai, UAE, FD7 is a crypto-oriented investment...Read More
Ethernity, the digital platform building an NFT ecosystem, has announced plans to launch on the decentralized fundraising platform Polkastarter. The team will conduct a public sale of its ERN token on the permissionless DEX for cross-chain pools and auctions to enable its community to participate in the ongoing NFT craze. Ethernity To Go For a...Read More
American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur, Lindsay Lohan is the latest celebrity to openly endorse cryptocurrencies. Just three days ago, she announced the sale of her NFT, Bitcoin ‘Lightning,’ and now, it seems she is getting fascinated by the DeFi world. There appears to be a widespread bitcoin frenzy in the music scene. While Hip Hop...Read More
