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Avalanche launches initiative for digital artists, NFT creator protests Sotheby’s gender bias, and more
31.3.2023
The Avalanche Foundation has launched a new mentoring initiative for digital artists, and Ticketmaster has introduced a new feature allowing artists to reward NFT holders
Web3 creators at higher a loss for royalties than anticipated: data
29.3.2023
New data from research by eBit Labs and LiveArt marketplace reveals that the previous estimates of creator royalty losses, which were around $35 million, may be much higher
Why Web3 gaming is becoming the new hype for serious gamers
29.3.2023
Prior to the introduction of P2E gaming, the average gamer would say that they enjoy playing video games simply because they're fun. Now, Web3 adds a completely new dimension to their original experience
Ticketmaster Launches NFT-Gated Ticketing Service for Avenged Sevenfold Shows
28.3.2023
Ticketmaster, the global provider of event ticketing services, has launched “token-gated sales,” allowing fans access to concert tickets using non-fungible token (NFT) technology. The first to use the service is the metal band Avenged Sevenfold (A7X), whose “Deathbats Club”...
Eva Beylin: NFTs Are Empowering to Artists
20.3.2023
The director of The Graph Foundation and a speaker at this year’s Consensus festival, on why NFT artists should get royalty payments and why online pseudonymity matters
NFT Marketplaces Should Promote 'Underrepresented Artists and Art Forms'
17.3.2023
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Artists Finally Have A Tool To Help Fight Back Against 'AI' Platforms
17.3.2023
It’s been almost a year since the emergence of “AI art” platforms (it’s neither truly “AI” or art), and in that time artists have had to sit back and watch helplessly as their creative works have been sucked up by machine learning and used to create new images without either credit...
MasterCard reveals artists for Web3 accelerator on Polygon
13.3.2023
MasterCard recently named the inaugural artists partaking in Polygon’s Artist Accelerator program. The announced inaugural artists are Manu Manzo from Venezuela and Young Athena. The remaining three artists are to be announced before the MasterCard Music Pass is released. Polygon aims to find five...
The metaverse is getting a greenhouse and a garden full of NFT flowers
8.3.2023
The Heterosis project allows users to collect breedable, dynamic NFTs of digital flowers, all of which are housed in a metaverse rendition of London's National Gallery
Crypto Con Artists Leave Trail of ‘Rip Deal’ Victims From Amsterdam to Rome
27.2.2023
They invite you to a restaurant to ink an investment in your project, and then they vanish – with the contents of your crypto wallet. Scams have popped up over the last few years targeting crypto companies, and European authorities are investigating
Original Bitcoin Wizard Artist Raises Nearly $150,000 in BTC via Lightning, Despite Criticism From Bitcoin Maximalists
21.2.2023
On Monday, crypto proponent Udi Wertheimer shared a story on Twitter explaining how he and the Taproot Wizards helped an artist who created the original 2013 bitcoin wizard meme raise nearly $150,000 in bitcoin. While the minting and sale were successful, Wertheimer explained that bitcoin...
Ordinal Inscription Collections on Bitcoin Blockchain Grow as Creators Monetize Art
20.2.2023
With more than 150,000 Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain, there are now numerous collections as creators and artists have found a new way to monetize their artworks via blockchain technology. In the past month, people have launched collections such as Ordinal Punks, Ordinal Penguins...
Yuga Labs accused of IP theft for trademarking BAYC wolf skull logo
19.2.2023
NFTs were introduced to the world to help solve the illegal use of intellectual properties and protect artists — the very problem Yuga Labs has been accused of doing
France's top modern art museum to display CryptoPunks, Autoglyphs NFTs
11.2.2023
A new exhibition targeting the intersection of art and blockchain will open this spring at the Centre Pompidou, home of the first collection of modern art in Europe
Preserving and reinventing music festival legacy in the metaverse
2.2.2023
The metaverse has been used as a means of cultural preservation in the past. Now, the legacy music festival Woodstock is using digital reality to preserve its legacy and reinvent its future
How to demystify DeFi
2.2.2023
Although the learning curve for using decentralized finance (DeFi) is steeper than with centralized exchanges, DeFi and its use of immutable smart contracts open up prospects for a more inclusive world
Artists Weigh In on the Battle Over NFT Creator Royalties
30.1.2023
While some NFT marketplaces have switched to royalty-optional models, artists behind PFP collections, one-of-one designs and music NFTs share different thoughts on the future of royalty fees
Proof Reveals Artists Behind Grails III NFT Release, Urging Collectors to Appreciate Digital Art Over Hype
27.1.2023
The 20 artists behind the latest installment of the NFT collective’s Grails project, including Matt Kane, All Seeing Seneca and Josie Bellini, were revealed post-mint
Proof of Protest: Artists Pussy Riot and Shepard Fairey Team Up to Raise Money for Ukraine Through NFT Collection
26.1.2023
All proceeds from the open edition Putin’s Ashes NFT collaboration will be donated to troops in Ukraine
'AI Art' Companies & DeviantArt Are Being Sued By Artists
15.1.2023
Stability AI and Midjourney—two of the biggest names in the exploding field of AI-generated imagery—and portfolio site DeviantArt have become the target of a class action lawsuit, filed in California on behalf of artists.Read more