Tagged: nfts

June 3, 2024 @ 8:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

May 5, 2024 @ 8:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

April 27, 2024 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Manchester City has announced a new multi-year partnership with Quidd, one of the world’s  digital collectible platforms. Quidd is providing new experiences enabling people “to swap and collect digital cards, transforming the football culture pastime of collecting stickers and cards for the modern age through… Read More

April 10, 2024 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

GrtWines is a new online investment platform that focuses solely on collectible wines. At the beginning of the year, GrtWines revealed its inaugural collection, “100 Magnums,” featuring Bordeaux wines. According to GrtWines, this first collection sold out in four days, thus displaying high demand for… Read More

April 5, 2024 @ 12:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

March 29, 2024 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

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

February 12, 2024 @ 10:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Ram Ramachandran, the CEO at Router Protocol, which supports building an interoperable Web3 with modular cross-chain infrastructure. Ram Ramachandran commented on what can be done to help regain users’ privacy and security in Blockchain in 2024. Ramani Ramachandran, CEO of… Read More

January 31, 2024 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

December 20, 2023 @ 12:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

November 2, 2023 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

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

October 15, 2023 @ 12:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alchemy Pay, a fiat-crypto payment gateway, has established a partnership with Trekki NFT, and extended the functionality of its NFT Checkout in order “to support and facilitate its minting processes.” These unique NFTs, “bearing a travel theme,” are backed by the global online travel services… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 7:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an enforcement action against Stoner Cats and the creation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that were sold to the public. In total, Stoner Cats sold over $8 million in these NFTs which then were available for resale… Read More

September 13, 2023 @ 3:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stoner Cats 2 LLC has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for pursuing an unregistered securities offering with the issuance of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This is the second enforcement action targeting an NFT issuer as it broadens its targets in the digital… Read More

August 29, 2023 @ 4:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda have joined to issue a statement on the enforcement action taken by the Commission against NFT issuer Impact Theory. Yesterday, the SEC revealed its first enforcement action against an NFT issuer, with the firm settling the allegations without… Read More

August 3, 2023 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PostFinance, which claims to be one of Switzerland’s leading financial institutions and largest retail banks, leverages its existing partnership with Sygnum, the “world’s first” digital asset bank, to reward their employees “with a free NFT issued by Sygnum as part of their educational game for… Read More

July 31, 2023 @ 8:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Christian Niedermueller, CEO of Blocktrade, has commented on the evolving European crypto landscape during a recent interview with CI and shared his experience leading Blocktrade through this turbulent period in the industry. For context, Blocktrade is a gamified asset marketplace that raised 5.6 million EUR… Read More

July 17, 2023 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso, the crypto-powered financial services company in Latin America with more than 7 million customers, announced its business partnership with Mobile Streams plc (MOS), the intelligence company data specialist, next-gen content specialist, and creator of Heroes NFT CLUB . Thanks to this alliance, Bitso will… Read More

July 4, 2023 @ 12:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As a part of their global rebranding to Pluxee across 31 countries, the French multinational giant Sodexo Benefits & Rewards Services (Sodexo BRS), a publicly listed leader in tech-enabled employee benefits and engagement platform, embarked on a journey “to embrace the world of non-fungible tokens… Read More

June 16, 2023 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The convergence of AI and NFTs has far-reaching implications for the gaming industry. It introduces a new level of customization and creativity for players, enabling them to personalize assets within the gaming space. NFTs, providing the technology for creative ownership, synergize with AI, which breaks… Read More

June 15, 2023 @ 11:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Boson Protocol, an open-source, foundational infrastructure for facilitating decentralized commerce on Web3, has made the strategic appointment of Holly Wood as Director of Business Development. Holly will be “driving adoption of the protocol after Boson moved from closed beta to open access earlier this month.”… Read More