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SEC commissioners slam agency after $750K FlyFish Club NFT settlement
17.9.2024
SEC commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda didn’t believe any US securities laws were triggered and urged the commission to give NFT firms more room to experiment
y00ts brings royalties with Magic Eden to reward creators
27.2.2024
y00ts announced enforcing royalties with Magic Eden. They are expected to allocate the entire portion of royalties for two purposes: buying y00ts and endorsing their creators through an X badge, with X formerly being Twitter. Candidates can be picked up in two ways. One, y00ts holders can nominate...
Rari Foundation Launches Mainnet for RARI Chain on Arbitrum
24.1.2024
The RARI Foundation has launched the mainnet for RARI Chain on Arbitrum. Built with Caldera by leveraging an Orbit chain, RARI Chain utilizes the Arbitrum Nitro tech stack, introducing a unique feature of embedding royalties on the sequencer level. For the launch of mainnet, Rari Foundation...
RARI Foundation Launches Testnet for RARI Chain on Arbitrum, Introduces Royalty-Embedded NFT Ecosystem
30.11.2023
Source: Pixabay The RARI Foundation, the nonprofit entity linked to the Rarible ecosystem, has officially launched the testnet for the RARI Chain on Arbitrum. This novel EVM-equivalent blockchain is designed to serve as a nonfungible token (NFT) infrastructure solution, embedding royalties directly...
Magic Eden and Yuga Labs Unveil Ethereum NFT Marketplace to Protect Creator Royalties
6.11.2023
Yuga Labs has announced a collaboration with Magic Eden to introduce the Magic Eden Ethereum Marketplace, scheduled for release before the end of the year. In a press release on Saturday, the two companies announced that the Magic Eden Marketplace would become the first major Ethereum marketplace...
Bored Apes Creator Yuga Labs and Magic Eden Collaborate to Fix NFT Royalties Problem – What's Going On?
18.10.2023
The consortium of major Web3 companies OMA3 (the Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3), has formed a working group to find the best way to standardize creator royalties on non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces - and to ensure they stay there.
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Tattoos as NFTs: Machine Paves Way for Artist Royalties – Here's How it Works
13.10.2023
Backed by famous artists, US-based company Blackdot has revealed a machine that inks blockchain-stored tattoos that clients also own as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) - enabling artists to earn future royalties.
"Welcome to the Tattoo Revolution," says the Blakdot website, stating that the company...
Creator Of Hit Pigeon-Dating Sim Says Epic Never Paid Her Royalties
2.10.2023
Mediatonic is best known for the colorful battle royale Fall Guys. Long before it was purchased by Epic Games, however, the UK-based studio created the international HD remaster of the cult-hit dating sim about pigeons that go to high school, Hatoful Boyfriend. The game’s original creator, manga...
SEC Charges Stoner Cats Over $8M Unregistered NFT Offering: Mila Kunis-Backed NFT Project to Pay $1M Penalty
13.9.2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Stoner Cats 2 LLC (SC2) with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that raised about $8 million from investors to finance an animated web series. SEC Slaps Stoner Cats 2 With...
SEC Charges Impact Theory in First NFT-Related Lawsuit Over Unregistered Token Sales
28.8.2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Los Angeles-based media company Impact Theory with offering and selling unregistered securities in the form of crypto asset tokens. Notably, this marks the SEC’s first lawsuit targeting an NFT offering. SEC Sues Impact Theory Over $30M...
NFT marketplace Rarible sees uptick after commitment to royalties
24.8.2023
NFT aggregator Rarible said by October it would cut off aggregate orders from competitors that don’t enforce royalties, such as OpenSea
Opensea Phases Out BNB Smart Chain Support, Citing Resource Alignment With Promising Efforts
19.8.2023
One of the largest non-fungible token (NFT) platforms, Opensea, has declared its decision to withdraw BNB Smart Chain (BSC) support. Opensea revealed that the “cost to continue supporting BSC outweighs the impact.” Opensea Pivots Away From BNB Smart Chain in Strategy Re-evaluation...
Yuga Labs to wind back from OpenSea over its axing of royalty enforcements
19.8.2023
Yuga Labs said it will start winding back OpenSea support for “all upgradable contracts and any new collections” following the announcement from the NFT marketplace
NFT Market Slump Hits Artists Hard: Payouts to Creators Plunge 98% as Royalties Slashed
6.8.2023
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...
More Money For Creators: NFT Minting Platform Zora Initiates New Revenue Split
3.8.2023
As the debate about creator royalty rages on, Zora has pledged to pay creators a portion of platform fees collected on every new free mint
Today in Crypto: WeChat & Alipay Enable Foreigners to Pay at Chinese Retailers, ETH 699,816 Paid as Royalties to NFT Projects on Ethereum, Hana Bank & Woori Bank 'Interested in Certificate of Deposit' Tokens
24.7.2023
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Tokenizing music royalties as NFTs could help the next Taylor Swift
19.7.2023
Negative experiences in the music biz have seen artists like 3lau, Nas and The Weeknd turn to tokenized royalties for a fair deal
Collectors Are Bored of Apes and Don’t Want to Pay Royalties
7.7.2023
This week, the floor price of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection dropped to its lowest price in nearly two years, leading to questions about the collection’s value. But floor price is just one metric used to value NFTs – experts explain that there are other important factors in assessing what...
Ethereum NFT royalties hit two-year low as Bored Ape floor price falls below 30 ETH
6.7.2023
NFT royalties act as an important gauge of incoming revenues to fund ongoing development of various projects in the ecosystem
NFT Creator Royalty Payments Hit Two-Year Low: Nansen
5.7.2023
The rise of royalty-optional platforms like Blur and OpenSea have contributed to declining royalty payments for artists across the space