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Exclusive Interview: Tether Co-Founder Says Crypto Industry Will Bounce Back Despite Past Failures - Here’s Why
17.3.2023
In an exclusive interview with Cryptonews, William Quigley, the co-founder and CEO of decentralized blockchain WAX and co-founder of USDT issuer Tether, shared his insights on the crypto and blockchain industry's future amid recent challenges.
Quigley, who has over 30 years of experience...
Meta Winding Down Support for NFTs on Facebook, Instagram
15.3.2023
U.S. tech giant Meta is giving up on operations with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) amid ongoing turbulence in the crypto space. The company allowed creators to share digital collectibles on its leading social media platforms last year. Meta Platforms Cutting Off Support for Non-Fungible Tokens...
Yuga Labs’ Twelvefold Collection of Ordinal Inscriptions Generates 735 Bitcoin, Worth More Than $16 Million
7.3.2023
Yuga Labs, the creators of the blue-chip non-fungible token (NFT) collection Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), announced that the team has completed its Ordinal Inscription auction with a total of 3,246 bidders. The Twelvefold collection of inscriptions generated 735.7 bitcoin, worth more than...
Israel's Tax Authority Probes NFT Creators Over Alleged Tax Evasion
6.3.2023
Israel Tax Authority has arrested two NFT creators for charges of tax evasion and money laundering after allegedly failing to report $2.2 million in sales throughout 2021.
According to a recent report by Israeli news outlet Ynetnews, Avraham Cohen and Anthony Pollack, the owners and operators...
NFT Creators Investigated in Israel for Alleged Tax Evasion
6.3.2023
Israel’s tax authority is after two creators of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) suspected of failing to report almost $2.2 million in revenue. The news of the investigation comes after the recent arrest of a graphic designer from Tel Aviv accused of similar offenses. Thousands of ‘Western...
NFT Sales Dip by 32% in the Last Week, Ordinals Squeeze Into Top 10 Collections via Emblem Vault
5.3.2023
After a significant spike in February, sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the last seven days are 32.32% lower than last week. Of the 19 different blockchains, Ethereum accounted for $148.56 million out of the total $186.20 million in NFT sales settled this week. NFT Sales Decline Following...
Galaxy Digital Report Predicts Bitcoin NFT Market Could Reach $4.5 Billion by 2025
4.3.2023
As the number of Bitcoin-based Ordinal inscriptions nears the 300,000 mark, Galaxy Digital’s research team published a report on the subject that says the market size of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) built on Bitcoin could reach $4.5 billion over the next two years. The researchers at Galaxy...
Unity Gaming Engine Launches Blockchain and Web3 Integration Options
3.3.2023
Unity, a gaming engine development company, has announced the introduction of several blockchain-based integration options to its platform. The new options offer opportunities for developers, that will be able to take advantage of digital identity, tokens, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other...
How a Price Battle Between Two Heavyweight NFT Exchanges is Pumping Prices
3.3.2023
Despite the prices of most major cryptocurrencies stagnating over the course of the last 30-days, with the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum only up a respective 1.7 and 4.0% and BNB and XRP down 3.9% and 7.0% each according to CoinMarketCap, the prices of non-fungible tokens (NFT) have been pumping....
New Crypto Startup Enables Users to Send NFTs Using Phone Numbers – Is This The Future of NFTs?
2.3.2023
The typically complicated process of onboarding new users to Web3 may have just become a bit easier: US-based startup ReDeem claims to have simplified this process by allowing users to interact with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) via their phone numbers....
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Binance Tests AI-Infused NFT Platform Bicasso in Limited 10K Mint Run
2.3.2023
On Wednesday, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, announced the launch of a new non-fungible token (NFT) platform infused with artificial intelligence (AI). The AI-centric product is named Bicasso, and CZ said the beta version dropped today and was limited to 10,000 mints. Combining...
Bitcoin-Based NFTs Cross 200,000 Ordinal Inscriptions, Yuga Labs Launches Twelvefold Collection
28.2.2023
On Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, the number of Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain crossed 200,000 at 1:02 p.m. Eastern Time. In addition to the 200,000 inscriptions, Yuga Labs, creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible tokens (NFTs), revealed that the team had created...
NFT Marketplace Wars See Royalties Evaporate and Creators Aren't Happy - Can Coinbase Attract Them?
27.2.2023
A war for dominance between different NFT marketplaces has caused royalties paid to creators to evaporate. As a result, NFT creators are turning to platforms that continue to enforce the payout of royalties, with Coinbase NFT being one of them.
The war between NFT marketplaces has also been fueled...
NFT Sales Soar 138% in Past Week, Blur Market Dominates This Week’s ETH-Based NFT Sales
24.2.2023
Non-fungible token (NFT) sales have soared this past week, climbing 138.15% higher than the week before. Sales recorded between last Friday and Feb. 24, 2023, indicate that $801 million in NFT sales have been settled over the last seven days. Ethereum Digital Collectibles and Mutant Ape Yacht Club...
Spotify's Latest Experiment: Playlists Unlocked by NFT Holders – The Future of Music Streaming?
24.2.2023
Online music streaming giant Spotify is testing a new playlist function made specifically for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) holders.
Called Token-Enabled Playlists, the new function will enable users who hold certain NTFs to connect their crypto wallets to Spotify and access exclusive...
Seized NFTs Worth Millions of Dollars To Be Sold by Three Arrows Capital Liquidators – Here's The Latest
24.2.2023
Liquidators of the now-defunct crypto fund Three Arrows Capital plan to sell some of the firm's NFTs as part of recovery efforts.
In a notice published Wednesday, Teneo, the New York-based liquidation firm tasked with overseeing 3AC's liquidation, said they will put the bankrupt firm’s NFTs...
Tokenizing the Titanic: New Partnership Brings Real Artifacts from Wreckage to NFT Market
23.2.2023
Physical artifacts retrieved from the wreckage of the Titanic are set to be tokenized as NFTs and shared with the world through a new, three-way partnership.
The collaboration involves RMS Titanic (RMST), which holds exclusive salvage rights over the wreck and the wreck site of the Titanic, Hong...
Federal Judge Rules NBA Top Shot NFTs May Be Considered Unregistered Securities
23.2.2023
A federal judge, Victor Marrero, ruled on Wednesday that the NBA Top Shot non-fungible tokens (NFTs) issued by Dapper Labs may meet the requirements to be considered an unregistered security. The case arose in 2021 when an NBA Top Shot collector sued Dapper Labs, claiming that the NBA Top Shot...
Luxor Technologies Acquires Ordinalhub to Provide Tools for Bitcoin-Based NFTs
22.2.2023
With Bitcoin-based digital collectibles becoming a popular trend, the full-stack bitcoin mining services company Luxor Technologies has acquired the platform Ordinalhub, a project that provides tools to buy, sell, and track Bitcoin-issued non-fungible token (NFT) assets. Luxor Plans to Address...
Litecoin Network Adopts Ordinal Inscriptions, Following Bitcoin’s Lead
22.2.2023
Following a growing trend of Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain, the technology has been ported to the Litecoin network, and the number of onchain Litecoin inscriptions has surpassed 13,000. Software developer Anthony Guerrera made Ordinal inscriptions on the Litecoin network possible...