Twitter gives away a collection of 140 NFTs
04 Jul 2021
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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…

World Wide Web source code sells at Sotheby’s for $5.4 million as NFT
03 Jul 2021
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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…

Formula 1 bets on cryptocurrency sponsorship

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…

What’s an NFT? Here’s a guide to what they are
28 Jun 2021
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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…

Beeple launches the next art project to sell moments in time as NFTs
27 Jun 2021
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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…

Coinbase co-founder compares NFT’s rise to the DotCom boom of the 90s
20 Jun 2021
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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have hyped the art market and adjacent industries this year, but their extreme volatility makes it still too early to say on the future of NFT.  According to one of the earliest crypto pioneers, Fred Ehrsam, most of NFTs in the market might lose their value in a few years. In an…