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Damien Hirst's ‘Currency’ NFT drop more than 6X oversubscribed
22.7.2021
Collectors will now have to seek out Damien Hirst’s NFTs on secondary markets after the drop was oversubscribed by more than six times
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,...
Record network activity and a second NFT boom send WAX price higher
22.7.2021
WAXP price appears to be gaining strength after the NFT-focused project introduced staking, yield farming and partnerships with companies that offer pop culture collectibles
Testing interest in NFTs vs. physical collectibles with Apple founder’s 50-year-old job application
21.7.2021
The NFT features writing from a teenage Steve Jobs years before he helped found Apple Computers
HOPR Staking Lets You Earn Rewards and NFTs While Supporting Data Privacy
21.7.2021
The HOPR protocol provides network-level and metadata privacy for every kind of data exchange. Designed to be better than TOR, the mixnet protects the identity of both sender and recipient by routing data via multiple intermediate relay hops that mix traffic. Now the project launches staking with...
FTX Closes $900 Million Series B — Capital Raise Pushes Exchange Valuation to $18 Billion
21.7.2021
FTX Trading Ltd. announced the firm has closed the largest capital raise in crypto exchange history in a Series B funding round for $900 million. The financing gives FTX a valuation of around $18 billion and the crypto firm aims to expand its global presence. FTX Closes Largest Capital Raise...
Georgian Government Embraces Blockchain to Promote Its Wines Globally
21.7.2021
As Georgia seeks to bring its millennia-old wine industry into the 21st century, it is collaborating with blockchain platform Wiv to put the nation’s winemakers in front of a global audience of wine collectors, producers, and merchants. Move Brings Wines and Accompanying Provenance...
Seascape Network and Binance NFT Release Exclusive Zombie Mystery Box NFTs
21.7.2021
PRESS RELEASE. 20th July 2021, SINGAPORE – Leading DeFi and NFT gaming platform Seascape Network is working with Binance NFT, enabling the integration of BSC for exclusive NFTs from their upcoming Zombie game series on the brand new Binance NFT Marketplace. Binance NFT Mystery Boxes...
Nifty News: Tyson Fury’s NFT nets almost $1M, bad trip from Sushi, wine gets nifty ...
21.7.2021
Sushi dropped LSD-themed NFTs to celebrate the launch of its trident AMM, while the ‘Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury has sold a single NFT for almost $1 million
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.”
Japanese Regulator Likely to Create New DeFi, NFT & CBDC Regulations
21.7.2021
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), could be set to introduce new laws to police decentralized finance (DeFi)-related projects operating in the nation – with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) also potentially in the firing line.
The FSA issued an official announcement...
Social NFT platform DeFine raises $5M from Asian investors
20.7.2021
The market for nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, appears to be growing in Asia. Several companies and venture funds have backed DeFine in its quest to bring NFTs to mainstream audiences
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...
Infinity Skies Uses Chainlink VRF to Share its Loot Boxes
20.7.2021
In an important development, Infinity Skies has announced that it has collaborated with Chainlink to integrate the latter’s Verifiable Random Function (VRF) to bring more transparency and authenticity to its distribution of Loot Boxes. Infinity Skies is developing a blockchain-based game in which...
Axie Infinity Down 40% Since Last Week’s Price High, Protocol Revenue Outshines Competitors
19.7.2021
Last week, the game token leveraged within the Axie Infinity gaming universe skyrocketed to all-time highs, while other crypto markets remained extremely lackluster. During the last seven days, Axie Infinity’s platform token has dropped significantly in value shedding more than 12%....
Polygon launches blockchain gaming and NFT studio
19.7.2021
Through Polygon Studios, Polygon is attempting to corner two key segments of the blockchain industry: gaming and nonfungible tokens
Axie Infinity (AXS) axes almost half its value following 971% bull run
19.7.2021
The governance token earlier rallied exponentially despite dull price actions in the broader cryptocurrency market
Infinity8.io and Sacha Jafri Make NFT History at amFAR 2021
19.7.2021
As cameras flashed at tonight’s 27th amFAR gala at the Cannes film festival in the south of France, one-star continued to shine, the world’s second highest-selling living artist, Sacha Jafri. The lavish gala celebrated its 27th edition with host Sharon Stone as Alicia Keys gave...
Ethereum documentary featuring Vitalik Buterin raises $1.9M in 3 days
19.7.2021
Slated to premiere in winter 2023, the film will approach Ethereum as an “infinite garden,” laying out its blockchain as a “decentralized ecosystem with soil, plants, and insects.”
Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion Mike Tyson Asks Fans if They Prefer Bitcoin or Ethereum
19.7.2021
On Saturday, former heavyweight boxing champion, Mike Tyson, asked his 5.6 million followers on Twitter which crypto asset they prefer: bitcoin or ethereum. Tyson is no stranger to the world of crypto and just recently stepped into the realm of non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles. Iron Mike Asks...