NFTs

CoinFlash

Time Magazine Seeks New CFO, Lists ‘Comfort With Bitcoin’ as Qualification

The LinkedIn job posting shows awareness of cryptocurrencies is penetrating the C-suite in a way that would have been unthinkable a year ago.

Business  ·  23 March 2021
Ether

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Near $56K, Struggles With Flat Activity on Exchanges

As of March 21, there were fewer than 2.44 million BTC available on exchanges, the lowest amount since August 2018.

Markets  ·  22 March 2021
Opinion

Non-Fungible Tokens and the New Patronage Economy

Non-fungible tokens don’t have to be more than niche to have a big impact on the economics of art, says RMIT's Chris Berg.

Business  ·  22 March 2021
Newsletters

The Node: NFTs Made It to ‘Then They Mock You’ Even Faster Than Bitcoin Did

When rarefied art critics sneer at non-fungible tokens, it’s not about art. It’s about instructing the in-group what they should and should not care about.

People  ·  22 March 2021
Twitter

Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet Sells for $2.9M

The auction for the March 2006 tweet by the Twitter co-founder closed Monday.

News  ·  22 March 2021
DeFi

Financial Watchdogs Have DeFi in Their Sights, Alter Wording Around NFTs

The FATF guidance makes a careful change of terminology, which appears to nod in the direction of NFTs.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 March 2021
NFTs

Even NYC’s Highfalutin Guggenheim Museum Is Looking at NFTs, Job Posting Suggests

A call for MBA interns asks: "How will blockchain and crypto currency [sic] change how a museum defines its collection strategy?"

Business  ·  19 March 2021
NFTs

Artists Back ‘Green’ NFT Sale Citing Concerns Over Crypto’s Environmental Impact

The collaborative effort involving RNDR, Nifty Gateway and Beeple includes carbon offsets and a donation to the Open Earth Foundation.

Business  ·  19 March 2021
Tron

On Covering the NFT Hype

In a bull market, people new to crypto will seek out any information they can, from serious to silly. What should they find?

People  ·  19 March 2021
NFTs

Tony Hawk Skates His Last Ollie 540, Puts the NFT of It Up for Auction

The stunt, deemed scary by Hawk in recent years, will be immortalized as an NFT after a winner is declared in an auction.

News  ·  19 March 2021
Opinion

The Art of Scarcity

Cryptocurrencies and NFTs are often derided for not having "intrinsic value." But, honestly, what does?

People  ·  18 March 2021
Funding Rounds

NFT Marketplace OpenSea Raises $23M, Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Transaction volume on OpenSea has grown more than 100x over the last six months.

News  ·  18 March 2021
Tron

Lindsay Lohan Partners With Justin Sun to Release NFTs on Tron

The auction comes during the technology’s seemingly overnight transformation into a fascination of the investing world.

Business  ·  18 March 2021
Ethereum

Ether Cards Banks $3.7M in Presale of ‘Supercharged’ NFTs

“What you can do right now with NFTs is you can buy, you can sell and you can hold. And I think we can do better than that.”

Business  ·  18 March 2021
NFTs

Pseudonymous $69M Beeple NFT Buyer MetaKovan Reveals True Identity

Vignesh Sundaresan said he wants to show Indians and people of color they could be art patrons, too.

People  ·  18 March 2021