A final-second bid saw a digital artwork NFT sell for $777,777 on Nifty Gateway. Non-fungible token marketplace Nifty Gateway hosted an auction that saw a single NFT artwork sell for $777,777 after a last-second bid doubled the price. On Dec. 14, Nifty tweeted that the “savage” bid of $777,777 had been entered with only a…
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Ah, Christmas — A time for joy! Merriment! And devouring the brains of the living with an insatiable bloodlust… because let’s face it, this is 2020. Darren Kleine, known to most by his handle DKleine, is an NFT artist with a decidedly specific niche — Zombies. We’re talking crypto zombies, political zombies, mustachioed Salvador Dali…
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The world’s first social media-managed NFT shares its views and plans with Cointelegraph On November 21st, the world’s first social media-managed, personality-branded non-fungible token (NFT) revealed itself to the cryptotwitter world: Axie #265, also known as “Axia.” Axies — the cute, digital critters inspired by Pokemon — populate the rapidly growing blockchain-based game Axie Infinity.…
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Crypto-artist Kevin Abosch on a recent ‘crime,’ the state of digital art, and a new generation of art collectors On Friday, Kevin Abosch — an Irish conceptual artist who was among the first to use blockchain technology as a medium — reported that a dastardly heist had been committed in one of his on-chain installations,…
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The buyer of last year’s most expensive NFT has finally come forward. In May 2019, a non-fungible token representing the first digital F1 car minted for the blockchain game F1 Delta Time was sold for a record breaking $110,000. The winner of the auction has just come forward, revealing why he brought the elusive NFT.…
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Non-fungible tokens are booming, with Animoca Brands and Skymarch revealing upcoming gaming titles powered by NFTs. Blockchain gaming firm Animoca Brands has announced a licensing agreement with electric single-seater car racing championship Formula E to develop a blockchain-powered motorsports game featuring non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The Formula E game will utilize Animoca’s REVV utility token as…
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But the solution isn’t exactly simple. Boson Protocol, a project that seeks to connect the real world of physical commerce to smart contracts, announced a successful $350,000 investment round on Monday. The project is creating the “building blocks for next-gen dCommerce apps” by providing a way to redeem blockchain tokens for their real-world physical counterpart.…
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Anthony Pompliano sees the digital art market cap eventually passing $65 billion. Major players in the crypto community are betting big on digital art NFTs surpassing the physical art market. According to a Sept. 21 tweet from Messari analyst Mason Nystrom, sales of non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible passed $5 million in September, with a…
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Animoca Brands’ REVV utility token is launching for trade on Uniswap ahead of two upcoming blockchain-powered motorsports games. Blockchain gaming firm Animoca Brands will launch its new REVV token on the popular decentralized exchange Uniswap. REVV will begin trading for Ethereum (ETH) on Uniswap from September 4 at 12 pm UTC. The token’s initial price…
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The race for blockchain adoption is on in South Korea. South Korea’s well-known chat application, Kakao, bolsters its presence in blockchain and crypto with its partnership with a non-fungible token-powered trading platform and its new crypto wallet Klip. According to Hanguk Kyungjae, the trading company Angel League will receive support from Kakao’s Klip platform for…
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