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Metaverse Trends in 2022: Prepare for More Gaming and New Virtual Experiences with NFTs
16.1.2022
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While ‘non-fungible token’ (NFT) may have been Collins Dictionary’s word of 2021, there’s a good chance that ‘metaverse’ came a very close second (Collins did indeed mention the word in its blog commemorating NFTs). Because ever since Facebook changed its company name to Meta...
Gift to Pope Francis Sold as NFT Raises $80,000 for Afghanistan
16.1.2022
A carpet presented by the United Arab Emirates as a gift to the head of the Catholic Church a few years ago has been sold in the form of NFT. While the original remains in the Vatican, its digital representation has been successfully used to collect funds for the people of Afghanistan. NFT...
Bank of America Says Solana Could Take Market Share From Ethereum, Become the ‘Visa of the Digital Asset Ecosystem’
16.1.2022
Bank of America’s analyst says that Solana could take market share away from Ethereum. Noting that Solana is optimized for micropayments, gaming, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the analyst expects “Solana could become the Visa of the digital asset ecosystem.” Bank of America...
Crypto Fundraising in 2022: More VC, Metaverse, Gaming, and Regulatory Questions
15.1.2022
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The nascent crypto industry is very dependent on funding. Not just the funding we’ve seen in the form of various coin offerings and private fundraising, but also the indirect funding that occurs whenever retail traders buy a cryptoasset and boost its price, thereby increasing...
How Music NFTs Could Disrupt the Music Industry
15.1.2022
Copyright issues, exploitation, no royalties. These are but a few challenges that musicians all over the world face when it comes to the production and distribution of their music. With the emergence of music non-fungible tokens (NFTs), there is the potential that the music industry can...
LooksRare Outperforms OpenSea NFT Volume with 20x Fewer Users
13.1.2022
LooksRare, a novel non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, has exceeded USD 931.33m in trading volume since its official launch on January 10. During the same span of time, the major NFT marketplace OpenSea has recorded a volume of USD 219.2m, according to Dune Analytics data.
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Student's Selfie NFT Collection Goes Up 876% in 24H Volume
13.1.2022
Ghozali Ghozalu, a 22-year-old student from Indonesia, has turned 933 selfies into a viral non-fungible token (NFT) collection, dubbed “Ghozali Everyday.” Ghozali initially sold each item at ETH 0.001 (USD 3.37), but the floor price has since appreciated to ETH 0.25 (USD 843).
"I took photos...
Student's Selfie NFT Collection Goes Up 876% in 24H Volume
13.1.2022
Ghozali Ghozalu, a 22-year-old student from Indonesia, has turned 933 selfies into a viral non-fungible token (NFT) collection, dubbed “Ghozali Everyday.” Ghozali initially sold each item at ETH 0.001 (USD 3.37), but the floor price has since appreciated to ETH 0.25 (USD 843).
"I took photos...
NFT Market Looksrare Surpasses Opensea’s 24-Hour Sales With $385 Million in Volume
12.1.2022
A new non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace called Looksrare has surpassed Opensea in terms of daily volume on Wednesday. Statistics show 3,264 Looksrare traders have executed $385.39 million in sales during the last day, as the marketplace has seen a 1,461% increase in daily volume. Looksrare...
Political Boost May Be on the Horizon for South Korean Metaverse, P2E, NFT Champions
11.1.2022
South Korean metaverse and crypto gaming projects could get a massive boost in the weeks ahead – if the results of the next general election go their way, and provided politicians make good on their promises....
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175-Year-Old News Cooperative the Associated Press Plans to Launch NFT Marketplace
11.1.2022
On January 10, 2022, the Associated Press (AP), the American non-profit news cooperative founded in 1846, has announced the news agency is launching a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. The AP NFT market was built by the distributed ledger technology provider Xooa and on top of the Polygon...
The Blockchain-Based Webtoon Platform “TooNFT” Launches on Toomics’ Ecosystem
11.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Tortola, BVI, 10 Jan 2022: Anyone who has been paying attention to the world of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) will know that people love investing in cartoon-themed initiatives. Whether it be the immensely popular canine-oriented cryptocurrencies like Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba...
Unstoppable Domains’ New Feature Allows Ethereum, Polygon Login With NFT Domains
11.1.2022
Unstoppable Domains, a US-based company that's building blockchain domain names, launched ‘Login with Unstoppable,’ describing it as the first functional non-fungible token (NFT) single sign-on service for Ethereum (ETH) and Polygon (MATIC) – with more than 50 companies supporting it...
JPMorgan Shares Predictions on Crypto Markets, Ethereum’s Upgrades, Defi, NFTs
10.1.2022
Global investment bank JPMorgan has published a report on the future outlook of crypto markets, including Ethereum’s upgrades, decentralized finance (defi), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The bank sees “the cryptocurrency markets as increasingly relevant to financial...
Wind-Breaking NFTs: Reality Star Who Made $200K Selling Farts in Mason Jars Launches NFT Collection
9.1.2022
Just recently the reality star, American Youtuber, and Tiktoker Stephanie Matto made international headlines after raising $200K from selling her farts contained in mason jars online. After Matto had to go to the hospital and after a doctor told her the farting idea was causing her to...
‘Making a Stronger Impact Artistically’ — An In-Depth Discussion About NFTs With System of a Down’s Serj Tankian
9.1.2022
Last month, the lead vocalist of System of a Down, Serj Tankian, hosted an art exhibition with the non-fungible token (NFT) platform and marketplace Curio NFT. The physical and virtual-melded art show was called “Not for Touching” and this week Tankian told Bitcoin.com News that...
Samsung Reveals Virtual Store 837X in Decentraland Metaverse With NFT Badges and Theater
9.1.2022
After the electronics giant Samsung disclosed the firm’s upcoming 2022 smart televisions would boast non-fungible token (NFT) support, the company has revealed it has opened a virtual store inside the Decentraland metaverse. Modeled from the physical store Samsung 837, Samsung’s...
$2.7 Billion in NFT Sales Recorded Last Month — Ethereum, Ronin, Solana Top 3 NFT Networks
8.1.2022
This week Google Trends shows that the acronym NFT, which stands for non-fungible token, has reached a score of 100, the highest score a search query can get from the data analytics aggregator. Meanwhile, statistics indicate that during the last 30 days across ten different blockchains...
Interest in Bitcoin and Ethereum Slides According to Google Trends Data, NFT Queries Skyrocket
7.1.2022
While bitcoin, non-fungible token (NFT) assets, ethereum, and cryptocurrencies had an incredible year in 2021, none of the trends made it into Google’s “Year in Search” review. Currently, interest in bitcoin, in terms of Google searches has dropped considerably since the week...
Top 20 NFT Marketplaces Where You Can Buy & Sell Digital Collectibles
7.1.2022
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are (still) booming, with new marketplaces appearing almost every week to meet the growing demand. That can make it tricky for newcomers to know where to safely buy and sell virtual items and crypto art.
Read on to discover a list of 20 leading NFT marketplaces across...