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Grammy Nominated Hip-Hop Star Logic Dropped $6 Million Into Bitcoin Last Month
20.11.2020
During the last few months, a slew of celebrity luminaries, millionaires, and even a number of billionaires have announced taking the plunge into the crypto asset economy. On Thursday evening, the former rapper Robert Bryson Hall II, known professionally as “Logic,” revealed...
Why One Crypto Artist Won’t Call Biden Victory until Fat Lady Sings
10.11.2020
NFTs by Beeple.
World leaders may have been racing to congratulate United States President-elect Joe Biden on his still officially unconfirmed win over President Donald Trump – but like the incumbent commander-in-chief, one crypto artist said he will wait for conclusive proof of Biden’s election...
Artist, gamer or property mogul? Follow the NFT road to find earnings
2.11.2020
From owning land to playing games and creating artworks, earning opportunities on NFT marketplaces continue to grow
Rare Batman NFT Digital Art Collection Sells for Record 540 Ether
19.10.2020
A five-piece collection of Batman digital art has sold for a combined 540.86 ether, or about $202,000, on Makersplace, a record price for non-fungible crypto artwork. The rare artwork is a collection of animations or PNG files of the Dark Knight. It was created by DC comic artist José Delbo...
Hit Record Producer Murda Beatz Tells Fans He Purchased Bitcoin
9.10.2020
Another hip hop artist has joined the cryptocurrency community, as the Canadian record producer, DJ, and songwriter ‘Murda Beatz’ (Shane Lee Lindstrom) said he bought some bitcoin on Tuesday. The music producer joins a slew of other recording artists that have joined the crypto...
Guggenheim, MoMA-Collected Artist to Release Digital Artwork on the Blockchain
6.10.2020
A prominent Taiwanese-American multimedia artist considered a pioneer of internet-based art is releasing her work on blockchain-based platform MakersPlace
NFT Digital Art That Changes With Bitcoin Price Volatility Sold for Record $101,000
19.9.2020
Matt Kane’s “Right Place & Right Time,” a non-fungible token (NFT) digital artwork that changes every day with the bitcoin price volatility, claims the artist, has been sold for a record 262 ether or $101,100 on blockchain platform Async Art. According to a description of...
Non-fungible Digital Artwork Sale Shatters Records, ‘Picasso’s Bull’ NFT Sells for $55K
10.8.2020
During the first week of July, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the growing sales of non-fungible token artwork being sold on marketplaces like Opensea, Nifty Gateway, and Makerplace. Just recently, the NFT market Nifty Gateway broke records selling a piece of digital artwork created by the artist...
Artist Whose NFT Broke Auction Records ‘Dismissed’ NFTs Initially
6.8.2020
Trevor Jones, the artist who composed Picasso’s Bull — an NFT that sold for a record $55,555 on NIfty — originally thought that NFTs were destined to fail
DC Comics Artist Launches VR Exhibition in Decentraland
24.7.2020
Decentraland users can see the works of Marvel and DC comic artist José Delbo at the in-game MakersPlace gallery
‘Wonder Woman’ Illustrator and British Artist Terry Flaxton to Sell Ethereum-Backed Art
17.7.2020
The non-fungible token (NFT) and blockchain-backed collectible economy continue to see demand and the digital art market Makerplace has seen enormous growth recently. A number of well known artists have started to participate, as work from the acclaimed comic book illustrator Jose Delbo and...
‘Fiat and Money Printing’ Street Mural Earns $500 in Bitcoin Donations in Five Days
11.7.2020
A Parisian street artist is receiving hundreds of dollars every day in bitcoin donations from his painting that speaks about “fiat and money printing.” Pascal Boyart’s latest mural, “Confessions of a Red Jester”, is a modern interpretation of the 1862 painting...
Nonfungible Tokens Could Change the Way We Own Things
28.6.2020
With the ongoing digitalization of the world, NFTs may become a very viable solution for tokenizing ownership and property
CryptoKitties Launches Artist Series Inspired by Blockchain Ecosystem
14.5.2020
CryptoKitties is excited to launch the Artist Series collection, which is influenced by the creative aspects of the blockchain ecosystem. The very first set features four CryptoKitties by Momo Wang. Wang is a globally acclaimed illustrator from Beijing. We're kicking off the CryptoKitties...
Artist Vesa Kivinen: Crypto Art Has the Potential to Go Parabolic
30.4.2020
Speaking at Virtual Blockchain Week, crypto artist Vesa Kivinen encouraged people to approach crypto art as an investment
Art + Crypto Tale Takes New Twist as Artist Tokenizes His Output
22.4.2020
#freetoexplore #swipelife, 2019. Exhibition view, Magasins Généraux, Pantin, France. Source: ben-elliot.com
Artists are increasingly turning to crypto-powered solutions to fundraising – and a future whereby both artists and their output are tokenized may not be far off.
In a glimpse of what might...
French Artist Launches Personal Crypto Tied to Value of His Career and Output
21.4.2020
In a bid to revolutionize the artworks owning experience, artist Ben Elliot is launching a personal crypto backed by the market value of his artworks
Vermont Rapper Releases Hip Hop Track ‘#Freeross,’ Ulbricht Petition Nears 300K Signatures
27.3.2020
Southern Vermont-based hip-hop artist, Krypto Man, has released a new single called “#Freeross” in hopes to get Ross Ulbricht released from prison. Krypto Man is a well known rapper on the east coast and revenue from the song will be donated to the nonprofit Freeross.org. Ross Ulbricht...
Grammy-Nominated Artist Akon to Launch Cryptocurrency on Stellar
28.2.2020
Akon has chosen the Stellar blockchain network for his new cryptocurrency, which is due to launch in early 2020
The Coolest Jobs in Crypto
10.12.2019
Meme Lord. Street artist. Unique startup founder. Feeder of the hungry. There’s no end to the amount of cool jobs in crypto, and new uses for decentralized, peer-to-peer cash are limited only by the bounds of one’s imagination. Whether finding new and innovative solutions...