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Nifty news: NFTs in space, defunct CryptoPunks, Ernst & Young gets in on the act
5.8.2021
NFTs have been streamed from and to the International Space Station, Unifty decentralizes its governance, and 342 CryptoPunks may be lost forever
Slew of Venture Funds, Eminem, Paul Rosenberg Inject $30 Million Into NFT Platform Makersplace
5.8.2021
On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace secured $30 million in a Series A financing round. The team behind the NFT marketplace says it plans to leverage the funds to “acquire additional talent and scale the business.” While the Series A was co-led...
FTX and Entertainment Giant Dolphin to Launch NFT Marketplace
4.8.2021
On August 2, West Realm Shire Services Inc., the owner and operator of FTX.US, revealed the company has partnered with film and television production company Dolphin Entertainment. According to the announcement, FTX and Dolphin will be launching a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace dedicated...
CryptoPunks clone PolygonPunks booted from OpenSea marketplace
4.8.2021
PolygonPunks have been removed from leading NFT marketplace OpenSea, likely at the behest of CryptoPunks' creator Larva Labs
Selling Lord Kek Dust — 2016 Rare Pepe NFTs See Fresh Demand Going for Thousands on Opensea
3.8.2021
During the first half of the year, non-fungible token (NFT) sales surged to $2.5 billion in 2021, and trade volume shows the trend hasn’t slowed down. For instance, July saw a record $363 million spent on approximately 157,801 NFT sales. Meanwhile, as new NFTs enter the space every day, older...
OpenSea's daily volume is exceeding its 2020 total
3.8.2021
Nonfungible tokens appear to be bubbling again, with marketplace OpenSea now processing more volume daily than it did for the entirety of 2020
Cats cause chaos on Ethereum again as Mila Kunis project sells out in 35 minutes
28.7.2021
Data from Dune Analytics shows there was a total of 344.4 ETH ($793,000) in value lost to failed Stoner Cats transactions
NFT Marketplace Opensea Raises $100 Million — Firm Becomes a Blockchain Unicorn
22.7.2021
Opensea has become the latest non-fungible token (NFT)-focused firm to raise funds this year as the company announced raising $100 million in a Series B this week. The venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz led the Opensea financing round alongside investors like Kevin Durant, Ashton Kutcher,...
OpenSea is the latest crypto unicorn after $100M funding round
21.7.2021
OpenSea also announced expanded support with Polygon, and noted that “Buyers no longer have to pay blockchain fees when making trades on OpenSea.”
NFT Market Gets A USD 100M Boost As OpenSea Turns Into Unicorn
20.7.2021
New York-based non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea said it raised USD 100m, valuing the company at USD 1.5bn and bringing more capital to fuel NFT adoption.
The investment round, that followed a USD 23m Series A round in March, was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation...
NFT sales top $2.5B in first half of 2021
7.7.2021
NFT sales in June alone have eclipsed those for the entire first half of 2020 for the OpenSea marketplace
NFT Marketplace Rarible Raises Over $14 Million, Plans to Launch on Flow Blockchain
24.6.2021
The non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Rarible has revealed the company has raised $14.2 million in a Series A funding round. Rarible details the funds will be leveraged to take NFTs to the mainstream and announced integration with the consumer-centric blockchain called Flow. Rarible Raises...
Defi Economy Is Recovering Faster Than Most Crypto Assets After Market Rout
3.6.2021
Decentralized finance (defi) exchanges and tokens are recovering a lot faster than a great number of digital assets that lost more than 40% in value last week. Defi tokens like curve, kyber network, terra, hxro, and more have been seeing double-digit gains. On May 23, the defi economy’s...
Nifty News: Earn NFTs watching TV, DAO pays $1M for Aoki and 3LAU track ... and more
19.5.2021
Jenny DAO paid Aoki and 3LAU $1 million to create an NFT, as comedy icon Steve Harvey drops NFTs for charity
OVR: The Eiffel Tower Non-Fungible Token Has Been Sold for 38 ETH
5.5.2021
OVR.ai has sold the Eiffel Tower, putting it for sale as Non Fungible Token on OpenSea for about $106.9K USD. In fact, the auction ended a few days ago, reaching a value of 38.6159 ETH. The Eiffel Tower NFT was a package of 60 OVRLands and it was on sale on Opensea for only a […]
Metis: First Ever Community-Minted NFT Attracts Buyers With an Early Bid of 7 ETH
30.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. The first ever community-minted NFT launched at OpenSea this week, attracting a bid of 7 ETH for this historic event and giving 256 lucky users the opportunity to share the proceeds of the NFT auction with the artist. That large bid is the latest stage of a highly popular campaign...
African Digital Media Company Set to Hold NFT Auction Featuring Artwork by Kenyan Filmmaker Rich Allela
25.4.2021
A Kenya-based digital media company, Picha Images, is reportedly set to hold one of the first non-fungible token (NFT) auctions in Africa. The auction event, which is set to be held between April 26 through May 3, 2021, will initially feature the works of Rich Allela, the award-winning photographer...
It was only a matter of time — Some NFTs now have human DNA sequences
15.4.2021
The future is starting to look "Gattaca"-esque as bidding for a crypto user's DNA sequence begins
Kenyan Athlete and Olympic Champion Eliud Kipchoge Gets $40K in ETH After Auctioning NFTs of ‘Key Moments’
14.4.2021
Kenyan athlete and world record holder, Eliud Kipchoge recently auctioned off his first set of NFTs for a total of 17.9837 ethereum tokens. The auction, which was conducted on the NFT marketplace Opensea, includes some of the key moments in Kipchoge’s career. According to a report, one...
14 Years of Art for $500K: Youtuber Ali Spagnola Compiles All Her Free Paintings Into an NFT
12.4.2021
In mid-January, Bitcoin.com’s newsdesk wrote about the popular artist and Youtuber, Alicia Dawn “Ali” Spagnola after she “accidentally got bitcoin rich” from her Free Paintings project. Since then, a great number of people told her to create a non-fungible token (NFT)...