NBA star Stephen Curry snapped up a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT worth $206,000, while Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann unintentionally created an NFT craze. Three time NBA champion Stephen Curry has snapped up a Bored Ape Yacht Club nonfungible token (NFT) for 55 Ether worth around $206,000 at the time of publication. The Golden State…
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NFT collector Pranksy has been refunded the 100 Ether he spent on a digital artwork fraudulently claiming to have been composed by popular artist, Banksy. Nonfungible token collector Pransky was duped out of 97.67 Ether, worth $341,500, after the website of popular artist Banksy was hijacked to promote a fake NFT auction. However, almost all…
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On Tuesday, the noncustodial digital currency wallet Metamask announced that the platform has surpassed 10 million monthly active users (MAUs). Year-to-date, Metamask has seen 19x growth since July 2020 as MAUs climbed 1,800% in 12 months. Metamask Hits Over 10 Million Monthly Active Users There’s no doubt that Metamask has been a popular Ethereum blockchain…
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Following the bug and the split that occurred after a great number of Geth nodes did not upgrade, Ethereum fees have risen dramatically since August 21, jumping from $11 per transaction to today’s 0.0088 ether per transaction ($27.98). Ethereum Transaction Fees Skyrocket Ethereum is the second-largest crypto asset in terms of crypto market capitalization with…
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Jenny DAO paid Aoki and 3LAU $1 million to create an NFT, as comedy icon Steve Harvey drops NFTs for charity. Blockchain-based streaming service Sator has developed a decentralized app that will enable users to earn NFTs, tokens and “other rewards” by watching TV and playing games. While details are sparse on the exact amount…
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Playboy bunnies are set to hop into the NFT market, Saturday Night Live sold that NFT sketch for more than $360,000 with all the proceeds going to charity. Playboy centerfolds will be sold as NFTs after the classic men’s magazine announced a partnership with Nifty Gateway today. The entertainment and lifestyle brand, famous for its…
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Sophia the Robot has generated more than $1 million in NFT sales, Bhad Bhabie is dropping NFTs to help the “troubled teen industry”, Cardano trying to convince top NFT platforms to port over. If creative self-doubt and competition between humans in the art world weren’t already hard enough, artists now face the prospect of battling…
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Will this new funding round pave the way for OpenSea to become the Amazon of NFTs? OpenSea, one of the largest digital collectible marketplaces, has secured backing from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, or a16z, and others in a new funding round. According to Andreessen Horowitz, the firm is leading a $23 million Series A…
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NFL star Rob Gronkowski’s debut NFT drop generated more than $1.8 million in primary sales on OpenSea. NFL star Rob Gronkowski’s NFT drop has generated more than $1.8 million in primary sales on NFT market OpenSea. The Rob Gronkowski Championship Series NFT Collection includes five different tokenized cards depicting in-game action shots of the player…
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