Tagged: nft

April 19, 2022 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

NFT creation platform Mintbase has announced a $7.5 million Seris A round backed by Coinbase Ventures, Libertus Capital, Sino Global Capital, Animoca Brands, Woodstock Fund, Fundamental Labs, and more. Mintbase said it will use some of the funding to offer grants to NFT projects and… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Visa is launching a new venture designed to help creators produce their own NFTs. The Visa Creator Program aims to help digital-first artists, musicians, fashion designers, and filmmakers generate revenue with NFTs. Each cycle of the program will support a selected group of entrepreneurs looking to… Read More

March 18, 2022 @ 3:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

XDC Foundation announced this week that Fireblocks has launched support for the XDC Network, an enterprise-ready, open-source, hybrid blockchain protocol specializing in tokenizing trade instruments and moving them on chain, as well as its eponymous native token, XDC. The move will allow more than 1,000 of… Read More

March 18, 2022 @ 9:08 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

SIMBA Chain, a chain-agnostic API development platform providing pathways to blockchain technology for cloud-based technology companies, has announced that it will integrate with Polygon, a leading platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development, in efforts to further enhance blockchain technology adoption and innovation. To date, SIMBA Chain and… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 9:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Immutable, a carbon-neutral, scalable platform for trading NFTs on Ethereum, this week announced it secured $200 million in Series C financing led by Temasek, with investments from Animoca Brands and Tencent, bringing its valuation to $2.5 billion. ParaFi Capital, Princeville Capital, Arrington Capital, Mirae Asset and Liberty Global also… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Resonate (RESO), a “decentralized” social NFT platform that is centered on enabling users to have a decentralized AI-enhanced, “trusted” social experience “free from all forms of malicious, untrustworthy sources and actors” is set to launch on Fetch.ai. The first version of the platform “enables users… Read More

February 23, 2022 @ 4:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

PDX Coin, a utility-based cryptocurrency that includes an in-development global crypto-to-fiat mobile payments app, announced this week it will commence trading on both the Uniswap decentralized exchange and on XT.com, beginning today. Currently, PDX trades on p2pb2b.io and Vindax. Uniswap is the world’s biggest decentralized… Read More

February 20, 2022 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenSea is in the midst of figuring out an attack on its platform that appears to be a phishing scheme according to tweets by the company and its CEO. At some point yesterday, OpenSea stated that a phishing scam had caused 32 users to sign… Read More

February 12, 2022 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Chronicle, a “digital collectibles marketplace,” has announced a secondary marketplace, auctions, and crypto integrations. Simultaneously, Chronical has announced that it will enable payments from USDC, the dollar-based stablecoin issued by Circle. Launched last year, the NFT platform targets a global market that offers “authenticated” digital… Read More

February 10, 2022 @ 8:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Kirobo this week announced NFT capability has been added to its Liquid Vault, a non-custodial on-chain wallet. The update also expands its capacity to integrate with decentralized finance (DeFi) services on supported blockchains. The DeFi ecosystem has also shot up in total value locked, offering… Read More

February 1, 2022 @ 9:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

HashKey Group, a digital asset financial services group in Asia, announced its asset management subsidiary has completed an initial closing of its new fund in December 2021 with commitments of US $360 million. The newly raised capital will be used to fund entrepreneurs and startups… Read More

January 21, 2022 @ 12:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Mastercard users will soon be able to use their plastic to buy NFTs on Coinbase’s upcoming NFT marketplace, the two companies announced this week. Coinbase had announced Coinbase NFT in October of 2021. “Our mission at Coinbase is to increase economic freedom in the world,”… Read More

January 15, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Archethic, a blockchain network, has launched the Archethic Lab web portal, featuring a series of tools that help users and developers to join the project’s ecosystem. The website contains links to the platform’s testnet and mainnet beta, regular video tech updates, and all the tools… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 1:17 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

    Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies and NFTs are more trusted than stocks to give investors better returns in 2022, suggests a poll of close to 6,000 people on business networking site LinkedIn. The poll, conducted over the past two weeks, finds 30 per cent of… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 7:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The HBAR Foundation today announced a partnership with Indian composer, producer and musician A.R. Rahman, to create content for a new NFT music platform focused on India’s independent music community. It is providing a grant and organizational support for development and growth of the NFT… Read More

December 23, 2021 @ 9:20 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Even though NFTs exist in the digital realm, Shant Kevonian makes a compelling case for offering a physical replica, and his company NFT.Physio bridges that gap. A serial entrepreneur with a technological flair, Kevonian likens the NFT craze in some respects to products like Funko… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 3:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

There was no surprises at the top when GlobalData released the top 10 cryptocurrencies for 2021 in terms of how many social media conversations they generated through the year, up to Dec. 9. Twitter and Reddit feeds were monitored. Bitcoin generated close to 900,000 discussions… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 1:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Opera, a mobile browser with Web3 support and built-in crypto wallet, this week announced an upcoming browser integration with Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform. The integration is set to occur in Q1 2022 and will provide users in-browser access to more than 3,000 dApps on… Read More

December 16, 2021 @ 3:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Nansen, a blockchain data analytics platform, has raised a $75 million Series B round led by Accel. GIC, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Tiger Global, and SCB 10X are among the VCs and angel investors who also participated in the round. This funding will be used to… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 1:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In an attempt to improve the movie industry, NFT Community Arabian Camels and Swapp Protocol have introduced the “Antara Movie NFT,” which allows buyers to hold as much as 50% Intellectual Property rights to “Antara,” a $50M feature film based on the life of Arabian… Read More