Tagged: nfts

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

May 18, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

James Wang, an experienced crypto analyst who says that Ethereum (ETH) could be the “last investment of your life,” points out that the world’s largest smart contract platform isn’t merely a cryptocurrency. Wang explains that Ethereum is a complete software platform with a rapidly increasing… Read More

May 17, 2021 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset firm Kraken notes in a blog post that Ethereum (ETH) remains a “driving force” behind cryptocurrency innovation. The team at Kraken points out that during the past year, Ethereum has played host to an “explosion” in digital art and “created a multi-billion dollar… Read More

May 16, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A newly filed lawsuit alleges that the sale of NBA Top Shot “Moments” is in violation of the federal Securities Act of 1933, which is a law that aims to ensure investor protection when acquiring publicly-traded securities. Michael McCann and Jacob Feldman from Sportico note… Read More

May 13, 2021 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi Group, a global blockchain firm, revealed on Thursday (May 13, 2021) that it has introduced Huobi Ventures, which is a “wholly-owned” subsidiary focused on expanding Huobi’s venture investment portfolio. Huobi Ventures will also be supporting “innovative” blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) initiatives via… Read More

May 11, 2021 @ 7:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on Monday (May 10, 2021), digital asset firm Coinbase will be supporting Internet Computer (ICP) at Coinbase.com (for retail traders) and via the Coinbase Android and iOS apps as well. Coinbase clients now have the option to purchase, sell, convert, send, receive, or store… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IOST has teamed up with Moonstake in order to support staking functionality for IOST coin on Moonstake wallets. Moonstake began offering services in the staking business in 2020 with the goal to develop the biggest staking network in Asia. Since that time, Moonstake claims it… Read More

May 7, 2021 @ 4:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken asks whether the current Bitcoin (BTC) rally could go straight up “forever.” Kraken points out in a recent report that for the first time since October 2020, we have seen a “brief pause” in the form of this… Read More

May 6, 2021 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Uniswap, a leading non-custodial Ethereum token exchange, revealed on May 5, 2021, that Uniswap version 3.0 has now been launched on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet. All “relevant contract addresses” are found here. As mentioned in an update from the Uniswap developers: “Uniswap… Read More

May 5, 2021 @ 1:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Kyle Sonlin, CEO at Security Token Market (STM), which is focused on supporting the nascent blockchain-based security tokens space. Sonlin explained how the global financial system is evolving rapidly and how security tokens can help streamline many traditional business processes. Sonlin… Read More

May 3, 2021 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

EBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) CEO Jamie Iannone indicated his company is investigating the offering of non-fungible tokens or NFTs as it looks to support new categories. In an interview on CNBC today, Iannone had this to say about the potential for NFTs: “We are looking at it… Read More

April 29, 2021 @ 6:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at the VeChain Foundation, which is focused on supporting VeChain, a leading blockchain platform for supply chain management and various other use-cases, has announced a $1 million Grant Program for the VeChain eNFT Ecosystem. As mentioned in a blog post, it’s been “the… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 1:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, announced a forthcoming NFT market to launch this coming June. NFTs or non-fungible tokens have boomed in recent months. While in existence for years, the advent of the sale of a work of digital art by Beeple for over… Read More

April 26, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange Poloniex revealed on April 25, 2021, that it’s pleased to welcome Dego Finance (DEGO) to its DeFi Innovation Zone. DEGO has reportedly joined over 100 other DeFi assets on Poloniex. Starting now (as of April 25), wallets are open and clients may… Read More

April 25, 2021 @ 6:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blaine Malone, Senior Security Engineer at digital asset firm Kraken, notes that he joined Gemini in March 2020 when New York had closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Malone adds that luckily, he got the chance to spend a day in the office, however, he’s… Read More

April 16, 2021 @ 7:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nitin Gaur, Founder and Director of IBM Digital Asset Labs, recently looked into how businesses may be able to absorb “disruptive” impact and start integrating new business models (NFTs) in existing and “new streams” of business opportunity. Gaur writes in a blog post that non-fungible… 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 16, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Howard Marks  |  

On March 11th, Beeple became the third highest-paid living artist with a $69M sale of one of his works as an NFT, a non-fungible token on the blockchain. This sale is one of many at the front of NFTs, blockchain’s latest hype machine of digital… Read More

April 13, 2021 @ 8:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arweave, which aims to offer a “novel” data storage blockchain protocol enabling “a permanent serverless web and creating truly permanent data storage for the first time,” has released its Q1 2021 Ecosystem Update, titled, NFTs, The Guardian, a new web wallet, new gateway (& much… Read More

April 13, 2021 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Time Magazine will hold Bitcoin on its balance sheet and perhaps pay some people in BTC in a new partnership with Grayscale. This is according to a tweet by Michael Sonneshein, CEO of Grayscale.   Thrilled @Grayscale is partnering w/ @TIME on a new video… Read More