NFT

The digital ownership conferred by blockchain will allow the Metaverse to fulfill its true potential as community-owned and community-governed, writes Yat Siu on Cointelegraph. Every day, we hear of more involvement by big industry players (for example, Epic Games and Roblox) as we creep closer to the Metaverse, a shared persistent virtual environment of interconnected…

Twitter Inc. on June 30 has announced the launch of its own collection of non-fungible tokens (NFT), which will be available on Rarible. The company will give away 140 new NFTs, the social network’s first official raid into digital assets, which are growing popular since the beginning of the year. On Wednesday, the San Francisco-based…

A non-fungible token (NFT) representing the original source code for the World Wide Web sold for $5.4 million at Sotheby’s in an online auction on Wednesday, as Reuters reported. Tim Berners-Lee, who wrote the code back in 1989, also known as the “Father of the Web,” plans to donate the money to charity. Sotheby’s organized…

On Tuesday, Formula 1 has announced Crypto.com, the world’s fastest-growing crypto platform, as the inaugural global partner of the new Sprint series for 2021. The Hong Kong-based exchange with over 10 million users worldwide also sponsored Italian soccer’s Coppa Italia final in May and signed a deal with the National Hockey League team Montreal Canadiens…

The NFT, a burgeoning technology that potentially could change how we own everything from artwork and concert tickets to our homes. The mind-boggling sales bring attention to NFTs, along with support from bigger names. USA TODAY collected everything you need to know about the digital platform. Last week, the auction house Christie’s announced the artist…

Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, unveiled his next venture on Thursday, a website called WENEW, which allows people to buy and own historic moments as NFTs, and “immortalizing these moments of human achievement.” Earlier this March, Beeple made headlines after Christie’s auctioned his artwork as an NFT for $69 million. Now he’s…