Luxury

Dolce & Gabbana Sets Date for Haute Couture NFT Drop

The fashion house's marketplace partner says the NFTs will bring D&G's work "from the physical to the metaphysical."

News  ·  13 August 2021

British Fashion Brand Burberry Releases First NFTs

The label said that the digital B Series collection will feature limited-edition product drops.

News  ·  4 August 2021
DeFi

Rolexes in DeFi? NFT Marketplace 4K Raises $3M to Combine NFTs and Luxury Goods

4K aims to bring NFTs of vault-stored valuables into the world of decentralized finance.

Business  ·  20 July 2021
DAOs

Fashion Redefines Finance: The Logic of Digital Luxury

Success in the new world of finance requires understanding the internet zeitgeist and how media content becomes popular and unpopular, says our columnist.

People  ·  6 July 2021
Newsletters

Crypto Is a Luxury, Gucci Just Hasn’t Realized It

High-end retailers are accepting crypto for their wares when they should be thinking much bigger.

Business  ·  21 April 2021
Retail

Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Prada to Use Bespoke Blockchain to Tackle Counterfeit Goods

A private network developed in partnership with ConsenSys will undergird the Aura Blockchain Consortium.

Business  ·  20 April 2021
Enterprise Blockchain

Luxury Watchmaker Breitling Adds Its First Timepieces to a Blockchain

In a rare example of real-world business deployment, Breitling is registering watches on a blockchain to track their provenance from owner to owner.

Business  ·  29 March 2020
Investing

Seychelles’ Stock Exchange Will List Ethereum Tokens Representing Supercars

MERJ, the only licensed stock exchange in the Seychelles, plans to list ethereum tokens representing shares in supercars issued by CurioInvest, starting with a $1.1 million Ferrari.

Business  ·  31 January 2020
Switzerland

Swiss Watchmaker Franck Muller Launches ‘Functional’ Bitcoin Timepiece

Swiss luxury watchmaker Franck Muller has launched a limited-edition bitcoin timepiece dubbed “Encrypto” that comes with a cold wallet.

Markets  ·  23 May 2019
Switzerland

This $100K Luxury Swiss Watch Will Have a Built-In Crypto Wallet

A. Favre & Fils, a luxury Swiss watchmaker that traces its history back three centuries, is developing a mechanical timepiece with a built-in crypto wallet.

Tech  ·  14 January 2019
Bitcoin

Canadian Jewelry Retailer Birks Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments

Birks Group, one of the oldest luxury jewelry retailers in Canada, is now accepting bitcoin payments at eight of its stores.

Business  ·  28 November 2018
News

Is This $11 Million Yacht The Most Expensive Thing You Can Buy With Bitcoin?

A yacht priced at 22,305.134 BTC ($11,000,000) may be the most expensive bitcoin product ever.

Business  ·  17 April 2014
BitPay

Take to the Skies: Private Jet Service PrivateFly Now Accepts Bitcoin

Private jet booking service PrivateFly.com is now accepting payment in bitcoin.

Business  ·  11 January 2014