Non-fungible token (NFT) art projects made in support of Ukraine have seen a surge in interest lately, with many artists both in Ukraine and elsewhere jumping on the chance to contribute to the cause. To help readers get an overview of the many projects that now exists where proceeds go to support Ukrainian people…
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A leading U.S. auction house, Phillips is auctioning a Baqueirat collection in May. Accepted payment options include Bitcoin and Ether. In further signs of crypto adoption among the art world, a leading United States auction house will accept crypto as payment for a series of paintings. A Jean-Michel Basquiat collection is up for auction by…
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Despite a canceled sale of 104 CryptoPunks, auction-goers and live stream participants listened to a panel of NFT experts who shared their love of Punks. CryptoPunks enthusiasts and hopeful bidders gathered Wednesday night at Sotheby’s auction house in New York City for what turned out to be a non-event after the consignor of 104 CryptoPunks…
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After pulling out of $30 million Sotheby’s auction just minutes before it was set to go live, the anonymous NFT collector made fun of the luxury art auction house on Twitter. NFT enthusiasts and fine art collectors have been left confused, after an auction for a collection of 104 CryptoPunks estimated to be worth around…
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Kiril Nikolov is Senior Sales Executive at major digital assets company Nexo. __________ We all know of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) but don’t use them in our day-to-day lives. With exposure to NFTs increasing, what’s it going to take to bring these assets fully into everyday life?… Read More: What’s Still Holding NFTs Back &…
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The popular Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria, in collaboration with the artèQ auction house, has turned Austrian painter Gustav Klimt’s famous masterpiece ‘The Kiss’ into 10,000 non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The collection dropped on Valentine’s Day and “each one is a unique part of the high-resolution image of The Kiss,” according to the official website….…
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The museum with world’s largest collection of Gustav Klimt paintings celebrates Valentine’s Day with its own “digital declaration of love.” The Belvedere museum in Vienna collaborated with the artèQ investment fund to launch a nonfungible token (NFT) drop inspired by one of Austrian painter Gustav Klimt’s most famous works “The Kiss.” Released on Valentine’s Day, a digital copy of…
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From money laundering concerns to the categorization dilemma, these topics will define the emerging regulatory discussion around NFTs. On Feb. 6, the United States Department of the Treasury released a report under the headline “Study of the facilitation of money laundering and terror finance through the trade in works of art.” In fact, only a…
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AssangeDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) consisting of “cypherpunks” fighting for the liberation of incarcerated WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has won the bid for the Clock NFT, which was created by digital artist Pak in collaboration with Assange. The DAO used the community funding hosting platform Juicebox to raise funds in return for its…
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