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FTX Debtors’ List of Assets Omits Mention of Large Stash of NFTs and ENS Names Owned by Alameda
20.1.2023
This week, FTX debtors issued a press release and a 20-page document noting that bankruptcy administrators had located $5.5 billion in liquid assets. The document details that investigators discovered fiat currencies, crypto assets, and securities as part of FTX’s and Alameda...
Ubisoft Devs Don’t Understand Company’s NFT Push, Either
14.12.2021
Last week Ubisoft revealed its new NFT tech platform, called Quartz, and it didn’t go well. The announcement that Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint would be the first game to implement cryptocurrency-backed items was downvoted on YouTube over 40,000 times. Now it turns out even many developers...
Ubisoft Is Getting Into The Blockchain Grift
28.10.2021
At this point, we’re all just holding out hope that our favorite video game franchises aren’t getting into weird crypto shit. Sometimes, it’s a vain hope. In today’s second quarterly earnings report, Ubisoft said it is exploring blockchain for games. Read more
British Auction House Christie’s to Auction Cryptopunks, Meebits, Bored Apes NFTs
7.8.2021
The well known luxury auction house Christie’s has announced the company’s first non-fungible token (NFT) art sale in Asia on September 17. According to the announcement, the NFTs will feature Cryptopunks by Larva Labs, Meebits, and Bored Apes. Christie’s Reveals First NFT Auction...
The NFT Market Has Collapsed, Oh No
3.6.2021
Does anyone remember March 2021, when some techbros and artists were convinced that NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) were going to change the world? Well hi, it’s now June 2021 and the ass has fallen out of that market. I know, I am surprised as you are.Read more
African NFT Art Exhibition Featuring Portraits of Two African Royals Launched
22.5.2021
The Museum of Modern African Art Gallery & Lifestyle (MOOMA), a platform that promotes African artworks, recently kickstarted a 30-day non-fungible token (NFT) Modern African Art Exhibition. The exhibition, which will be MOOMA’s first NFT showcase, is set to feature the works of Goran...
Carbon Offsets for NFTs Don't Address the Deeper Problem
25.3.2021
The NFT space has a ballooning carbon problem. But rather than address emissions head-on, platforms may be turning to at best, self-deception and at worst, greenwashing by relying on carbon offsets.Read more
Going to pieces: Fractionalized NFT projects gather steam
18.3.2021
Two new projects aim to bring NFTs to the masses by breaking them apart
Crypto Art Belongs In The Trash
11.3.2021
The blockchain, at best a scam and at worst an impending environmental disaster, has lately been upending everything from currency exchange to basketball collectibles. But one area it’s had a particularly sudden—and divisive—impact is the world of art.Read more
How to Fix Crypto Art NFTs' Carbon Pollution Problem
10.3.2021
The “crypto-” carbon crisis is evolving. And after years of low-key use, art and collectibles tied to what are known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have exploded into the global discourse as the Next Big Thing. Embedded with it, though, is an existential tension.Read more
Blockchain Losers Are Spending Millions On What Are Basically Useless Loot Boxes
4.3.2021
While gamers rail against loot boxes and governments around the world edge ever closer to regulating them, connoisseurs of blockchain bullshit are falling over themselves trying to buy digital highlights of basketball players from a platform called “NBA Top Shot”, in effect spending their money...
Rick and Morty Creator Sells NFT Art Collection for Over $1 Million in Ether
22.1.2021
Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the Adult Swim cartoon series Rick and Morty has joined the growing trend of celebrity artists creating non-fungible token (NFT) artwork. After the animator released the collection called “The Best I Could Do” on the NFT auction house Nifty Gateway,...
NFT Painting of Buterin in Harlequin Garb Sets Record in Weekend Crypto Art Sale
22.11.2020
"EthBoy," created by Trevor Jones and Alotta Money sold for 260 ETH, setting records for the highest dollar value of a cryptographic painting to date
As Museums Go Dark, Crypto Art Finds Its Frame
22.4.2020
With the physical world closed, artists are presenting their works in the digital glow of online showrooms, like the new Nifty Gateway