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Rakuten Points To BTC, Crypto.com & Visa, a16z Dives Into NFT Sea + More News
18.3.2021
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The Japanese e-commerce giant, e-pay and crypto exchange operator Rakuten has taken another step into the crypto sphere, launching...
NFT in the Mainstream: Sotheby's Follows Christie's with a New Plan
16.3.2021
Source: A screenshot, Instagram/sothebys
Following the record-breaking sale of a non-fungible token (NFT) art piece hosted by Christie's, New York-headquartered multinational corporation Sotheby's announced today that they would be collaborating with the well-known digital artist Pak.
On March...
'NFT' Surpasses 'Ethereum' on Google This Week as Trading Balloons
16.3.2021
The CryptoPunks, one of the most popular NFTs. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) surpassed Ethereum (ETH) on Google this week for the first time ever, while NFT dapps (decentralized applications) saw a triple-digit rise in volume and users.
While the Cryptoverse has had a period of gradual introduction...
A Crypto Vanity Dream Now Features Musk, Beeple, Justin Sun, DOGE and NFTs
16.3.2021
Source: Twitter/@beeple
The year is but two and half months old, but 2021 is already going into full meltdown mode, with Tesla’s Elon Musk seeking to sell an EDM song about non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital artist Beeple composing a portrait of a naked Musk mounted on a dogecoin (DOGE) dog –...
Who's Metakovan, The Buyer of USD 69M Beeple's NFT
15.3.2021
A fragment of an NFT, used by MetaKovan as a profile picture on Twitter. Source: A screenshot, superrare.co
MetaKovan is the pseudonymous buyer of a non-fungible token (NFT) piece valued at nearly USD 70m - but some claim to know his identity, and that there is a conflict of interest present given...
Hack Sunday: NFT Theft Follows a Personal Token Attack
15.3.2021
After personal tokens (aka social or community tokens) had gotten hit this weekend, a non-fungible token (NFT) hack emerged as well.
A number of personal tokens saw a sudden plunge this past Sunday, following a reported security breach at social money startup Roll, which issues social tokens...
Justin Sun: Christie’s Tech Glitch Stopped Me Paying USD 70M for Beeple NFT
12.3.2021
Justin Sun. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Tron Foundation
The Tron (TRX) chief Justin Sun has spoken out after it was confirmed he was thwarted in the finals seconds during his attempt to buy the first piece of digital-only art to go under the hammer at the auction house...
Beeple's '5000 Days' NFT Sold for USD 60.25M at Christie's
11.3.2021
A fragment of “EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS” by Beeple. Source: A screenshot, onlineonly.christies.com
A non-fungible token (NFT) piece of art thirteen years in the making was just sold for a whopping USD 60.25m at famous British auction house Christie's, becoming the most expensive NFT ever...