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Apple Revises App Store Guidelines for Crypto and NFTs Following Court Ruling

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has reportedly updated its App Store guidelines, loosening restrictions on iOS apps that facilitate crypto and NFT transactions. This change comes in response to a U.S. District Court ruling in the ongoing antitrust case brought by Epic Games, marking a pivotal moment for digital… Read More

Web3 News of the Week: Disappearing NFTs, Data Center Shortages and RWAs

Web3 executives comment on disappearing NFTs, data center shortages and other issues of the week. Disappearing/reappearing NFTs highlight risk with centralized cloud networks “After Nike’s CloneX collection went dark on Thursday, we worked closely with the Nike RTFKT team to hurriedly upload the files to… Read More

Bitcoin Remains Relatively Steady in Q1 2025 as DeFi TVL Declines, NFTs and Meme Coins Continue to Struggle – Report

The digital assets and blockchain ecosystem in early 2025 has experienced considerable volatility and it has been impacted by global economic / political uncertainty as well, based on insights drawn from CoinGecko’s 2025 Q1 Crypto Industry Report and Sumsub’s Crypto Industry Report 2025. These research… Read More

Andreessen Horowitz Wants a New Crowdfunding Regime to Fund NFTs

Andreessen Horowitz wants an updated version of Regulation Crowdfunding, or Reg CF, to be used to fund Non-Fungible Token (NFT) offerings. The venture group defines NFTs as “crypto assets whose value, utility, or significance is primarily derived from being a record of ownership or rights with respect to… Read More

NFT Marketplace X2Y2 to Shut Down on April 30 After Three Years of Operation

Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace X2Y2 will shut down its trading platform on April 30, 2025, ending a three-year run amid declining volumes and intensifying competition in the digital collectibles market. The platform’s front-end interface will go offline, though its smart contracts will remain active, allowing… Read More

Corporate Bitcoin Accumulation, Ethereum ETFs, NFT Market Revival Indicate Steady Crypto Ecosystem Growth – Report

The cryptocurrency market in early 2025 has already seen significant developments, as revealed in Gemini’s recent industry update. From Ethereum’s ETF resurgence to corporate Bitcoin accumulation and a revival in the NFT market, the research report from Gemini indicates that the crypto industry is growing… Read More

RWA Tokenization Platform Polytrade Partners with Anotherblock to Enable Fractionalized Trading of Music Rights via NFTs

Polytrade, which claims to be a leader in RWA tokenization, announces its strategic partnership with Anotherblock, a platform focused on facilitating the buying and selling of fractionalized music rights through NFTs. This partnership sees Polytrade assume responsibility “for royalty distribution, further positions the business at… Read More

SEC Penalizes Flyfish Club for NFTs Deemed to be Crypto Asset Securities, Commissioners Peirce and Uyeda Slam “Crypto-Obsessed Commission”

Earlier today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an Administrative Order punishing the FlyFish Club (FFC) for allegedly issuing “crypto asset securities.” The FlyFish Club is a private dining venue that offers memberships similar to country clubs. Unfortunately, FFC upset the Commission by issuing… Read More

Two Legal Experts Comment on OpenSea Wells Notice and Potential SEC Enforcement Action Are NFTs Securities?

Last week, OpenSea, a popular NFT [non-fungible token] marketplace, revealed that it had received a Wells Notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The missive indicates a good probability of a forthcoming enforcement action against the firm. While NFTs are largely aligned with digital… Read More

OpenSea Receives Wells Notice from SEC. NFTs Could Be Securities

OpenSea, a leading NFT [non-fungible token] platform, has received a Wells Notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A Wells Notice indicates that the SEC is recommending that the Commission pursue enforcement action against the target firm. While not conclusive, it is highly likely… Read More

Bitcoin based NFTs Including Ordinals and Runes See Market Cap Surge to $1.03 Billion – Report

The total market cap of the top 10 Bitcoin-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs), comprising Ordinals and Runes, has surged “to $1.03 billion, with a daily average trading volume of $2.25 million in May 2024, proving their increasing prominence in the world of Web3.” This, according to… Read More

Alchemy Pay Supports Phygital Collection Purchases via Another-1 with NFT Checkout

Alchemy Pay, the crypto payment solutions provider, now enables users to purchase physical-digital blended fashion collections on the Another-1 platform, a Web3 phygital fashion platform built on Polygon, using its NFT Checkout solution. With this integration, users who seek to mint and “acquire phygital assets… Read More

NFT Lending Volume Reportedly Exceeded $2.1B in Q1 2024

The CoinGecko team has recently examined NFT or non-fungible token lending volumes which have reportedly surpassed $2.1B in Q1, led by Blend. The CoinGecko has examined what they consider to be the top NFT lending platforms. According to the research report, Blend is said to… Read More

Digital Property Ownership: Celo Foundation and Rarible Introduce NFT Marketplace Powered by RaribleX

The Celo Foundation and Rarible introduce Celosphere, a new NFT marketplace powered by RaribleX and platforming digital ownership aligned with the Celo community’s mission of creating prosperity for all. Built on Celo, an emerging Ethereum Layer-2 and mobile-first blockchain network, the Celosphere provides creators “with… Read More

UK’s HM Treasury May Update AML and CFT Framework, New Rules Could Apply to NFTs

The UK’s HM Treasury is reportedly considering or looking into possibly making changes to its existing Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (AMLCFT) framework. This may potentially mean that service providers of non-fungible token (NFT) trading platforms could get added within the applicable regulatory framework. At… Read More

Transak, the Payments Infrastructure Provider for Crypto and NFTs, Teams Up with Visa

Transak, the payments infrastructure provider for crypto and NFTs, has announced a collaboration with Visa, an enabler of digital payments, in order to implement Visa Direct capabilities and help enhance its global off-ramp service. This collaboration marks a significant milestone by “enabling users in over… Read More

NFTs: Agoric Mainnet to Support Crabble Application which Will Enable NFT Lending

Bytepitch, the team building the Crabble NFT lending platform, have deployed their contract to Agoric mainnet after their proposal had a passing vote. The second third-party application to launch on-chain on Agoric, Crabble offers a utility layer for NFTs on Agoric and “soon the entire… Read More

Web3 Firm Treehouse Acquires Origins Analytics to boost NFT Offering

Treehouse, a Web3 data and analytics company, has acquired advanced NFT analytics firm Origins Analytics to boost its non-fungible token (NFT) capabilities. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Following the acquisition, Origins’ founding team will join Treehouse to integrate Origins’ technology into its… Read More

Digital Collectibles: Swiss Tennis Introduces NFT Collection with Sygnum

Swiss Tennis, the national association that advocates for a strong Swiss tennis community, is cooperating with Sygnum, the digital asset bank, in order “to launch the Swiss Tennis World Champion NFT art collection to support the next generation of tennis players in Switzerland.” Swiss Tennis… Read More

Chainlink CCIP Integrated by Affine to Help Unlock Cross-Chain NFT Bridging

Affine has integrated Chainlink CCIP — the industry standard for secure cross-chain interoperability — across the Ethereum, and Polygon mainnets. Affine is leveraging CCIP’s arbitrary messaging capabilities “to help build cross-chain NFT bridging functionality for Affine Pass NFTs, which helps enable seamless and secure NFT… Read More

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