Musician and The Homies DAO founder Iman Europe sat down with The Agenda podcast to discuss how her Web3-based project promotes wellness among music workers. Talk to any musician who has “made it,” and they’ll say that achieving fame is both a gift and a curse. While success in entertainment can obviously bring many positives,…
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Yuga Labs, the entity behind the popular NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), is set to halt support for OpenSea due to a change in the platform’s royalty model. In a Saturday tweet, Yuga Labs announced that it plans to wind down support for OpenSea following the upcoming removal of Operator Filter, an on-chain royalty enforcement tool. … Read…
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The buzz surrounding Bitcoin’s leap into the NFT world via Ordinals might be fleeting. A Dappradar study reveals that trading actions and sales figures for Bitcoin Ordinals have plummeted by a staggering 97% since their May 2023 zenith. This downturn mirrors a wider slowdown in the NFT sector. However, the slump in Bitcoin Ordinals is…
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With the Bitcoin Cash network’s May 15 Cashtokens upgrade now three months behind us, bustling development in non-custodial wallets, marketplaces, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), games, and other applications continues unabated. Paytaca wallet CEO Joemar Taganna notes that “improvements in consensus building” and “new and powerful upgrades to the protocol” showcase several parties “working together to make…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York has partnered with the popular gaming platform, Roblox, in order to offer a virtual experience for its younger audience. As part of this collaboration, Roblox users can now obtain digital versions of famous artworks and artifacts for their avatars, including Van Gogh’s iconic straw hat. … Read More: The MET…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opted to postpone its decision on Ark Invest’s proposal for a Bitcoin ETF, continuing a longstanding challenge for cryptocurrency assets seeking inclusion on mainstream U.S. financial platforms. The SEC announced on Friday its move to solicit public opinion regarding a particular amendment in the Ark 21Shares Bitcoin…
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The football club has been keen on creating nonfungible token collections for much of the past year. Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona has secured a 120 million euro ($132 million) investment from Libero Football Finance AG and Nipa Capital B.V. for its Web3 initiative, Barça Vision. According to the Aug. 11 announcement, FC Barcelona sold…
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In the latest wave of onchain mystery, enthusiasts of the crypto world have been abuzz with talks about an enigmatic address that has been annihilating millions of dollars in crypto assets, as well as blue chip non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Specifically, on July 26, 2023, this very wallet sent 2,500 ether, valued at over $4.6 million,…
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The NFT market is experiencing a tumultuous slump, with tensions rising between traders and creators of digital collectibles rising amid controversy surrounding royalties. This friction has resulted from the recent decision by top NFT exchanges, including Blur and OpenSea, to cut royalty rates paid to artists when a token’s ownership changes. … Read More: NFT Market Slump Hits Artists Hard: Payouts to Creators…
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Popular video game retailer GameStop has announced plans to shut down its NFT wallet due to regulatory uncertainty in the crypto space. According to a pop-up message on its NFT marketplace, GameStop would cease support for the wallet starting November 1. “Due to the regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space, GameStop has decided to remove its iOS…
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