Tagged: digital collectibles

October 7, 2021 @ 7:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Republic, the financial services firm offering a full-stack investment crowdfunding platform, has introduced “Republic Music,”  which is described as a new type of investment product that aims to provide an innovative way to create, produce and share royalties acquired from music. The initiative has been… Read More

October 4, 2021 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are perhaps the “most exciting” development in crypto in 2021, according to the team at Kraken. The digital assets firm writes in a blog post that many people might believe the future of NFTs is “bright.” However, relatively few understand their true… Read More

September 30, 2021 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Matrixport, which claims to be Asia’s fastest-growing crypto-assets financial services platform, and MetaOpus, Non-Fungible Token (NFT) asset issuance and trading platform powered by BlockCreateArt (BCA) Network, have formed a partnership to provide NFT investors “best in class” custody solutions. As mentioned in an update shared… Read More

September 27, 2021 @ 2:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spencer Noon, an investor in Variant, a first-check cryptocurrency venture capital fund, has released their latest Network report, which covers OpenSea, Foundation, SuperRare, RMRK, and Fractional. Spencer Noon reports that analysts have covered the non-fungible tokens or NFTs space for: OpenSea, Foundation, SuperRare, RMRK, and… Read More

September 26, 2021 @ 1:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Play-to-earn blockchain games are becoming increasingly popular, and Kawaii Islands is set to throw its “hat into the ring,” according to an update shared with CI. Following a $2.4M private token sale round, the NFT-enabled blockchain or DLT-based game will debut in September 2021. As… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SWEET is reportedly working on what it claims to be a “first-of -its-kind” collaboration with fast-food giant Burger King. According to a note shared with CI, this will bring “a new level of awareness” to crypto with assistance from SWEET, the enterprise-focused NFT solution that… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NFTs have become quite popular with a diverse group of consumers including professional NBA athletes like Stephen Curry and even former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is talking about these digital collectibles. NFTs have quickly become the most-widely discussed topic in the crypto space. Even… Read More

August 20, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The art and collectible markets are considerably more “liquidity-starved” when compared to the global equity, gold markets, and other assets. And this problem is even more prevalent in the NFT market, which is its early stages of development. It might take a long time to… Read More

August 15, 2021 @ 12:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a “first” for the film industry and the Liquid Network (a sidechain-based settlement network for traders and exchanges, enabling faster, more confidential Bitcoin transactions), the feature film Silhouettes will reportedly be issuing tickets as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Liquid Network, by “using the… Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweet, the enterprise-focused NFT solution that aims to offer a user-friendly, consumer-first, environmentally “conscious” approach to providing digital collectibles, recently announced a strategic investment from Animoca Brands, which is described as an “influential force” in gaming. Of note is the news that Animoca recently raised… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweet, which aims to empower brands to deploy NFTs to broader consumer bases through immersive & integrated experiences, driving new revenue & engagement, is making non-fungible tokens or NFTs accessible to everyone. On May 23, 2021, more than 15,000 “fired-up” Knicks fans had shown up… Read More

June 5, 2021 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Waves blockchain-based game for collectors of non-fungible tokens or NFT ducks has “already gained popularity,” the developers at Waves revealed in a recent update. More than 4,000 NFT ducks have reportedly been issued, meanwhile, players are currently waiting for the introduction of NFT farming,… Read More

May 23, 2021 @ 5:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Earlier this week, the NEM Group announced that it had partnered with football legend Sir Kenny Dalglish and current Manchester City player and English Premier League Champion Riyad Mahrez on the “creation of one-of-a-kind digital memorabilia as NFTs.” As mentioned in a release shared with… Read More

April 16, 2021 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

RedBlock and NFT Bazaar have announced a strategic partnership in an “embrace” of the fast-evolving NFT industry. As noted in a blog post by RedBlock: “We are very pleased to announce that RedBlock and NFT Bazaar have officially entered into a strategic partnership, leveraging our… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 12:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Inal Kardanov, Co-founder and CTO of Billy, notes in a blog post published by the Waves Protocol developers that NFTs’ “second coming” is set to be even “more successful.” Kardanov, a software engineer focused on blockchain, AI, and machine learning, writes in a blog post… Read More

April 8, 2021 @ 6:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Billionaire Mark Cuban-backed Nifty’s has reportedly hired Olta Andoni, an NFT copyright legal expert as its new Chief Legal Officer. Andoni will notably be the first CLO of the nascent non-fungible token or NFT-focused social media platform. Nifty’s is a fairly new online network for… Read More

March 14, 2021 @ 10:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A digital artwork piece by Beeple recently set auction records (on Thursday / March 11, 2021)  when it sold at Christie’s for $69 million. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is auctioning the NFT or non-fungible token for the first tweet ever, “just setting up my twttr,”… Read More

March 13, 2021 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ali Ahsan writes in a blog post published by global Fintech firm Circle that the Internet started off in 1969 as a government initiative known as ARPANET. As explained by Ahsan, ARPANET was established to allow researchers to share important information with each other. He… Read More

March 10, 2021 @ 6:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski has decided to enter the blockchain-based digital collectible space by introducing his own non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The National Football League athlete has teamed up with NFT marketplace provider OpenSea to launch five different digital trading cards that feature memorable Super… Read More

March 5, 2021 @ 10:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rachel Mayer, VP at CirclePay, notes that as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) rise in popularity, the operators or managers of NFT marketplaces and storefronts will be needing to remove entry barriers for their users. Mayer points out that more consumers in and outside of the crypto… Read More