NFTs


Marchés

SCMP Spinning Off NFT Business Into New Firm ‘Artifact Labs’

The newspaper has found a brisk business in selling NFTs of its historical front pages, clearing $127,000 in its last auction.

(Howard Pulling/Flickr)

Finance

Mark Zuckerberg Says NFTs Are Coming Soon to Instagram

The Meta CEO’s comments at South by Southwest confirmed earlier reports that Instagram was preparing to make such a move.

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Finance

McLaren to Mint NFTs of Luxury Supercars in InfiniteWorld Partnership

McLaren Automotive plans to build a marketplace for the sale of NFTs that will include access to exclusive experiences for its buyers.

McLaren supercar (Ernie A. Stephens/Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Unicorns Closes $26M Token Sale Ahead of NFT Game Launch

The popular Polygon-based NFT collection will introduce its first play-to-earn game later this month.

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Analyses

The First NFT Monopoly

With Bored Apes and CryptoPunks under the same corporate roof, the NFT market barrels toward further centralization.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Marc Andreessen (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Finance

Solana-Based NFT Marketplace Magic Eden Raises $27M Series A

The round was led by Paradigm and included contributions from Sequoia and Solana Ventures.

Iguazu Falls, Argentina. (Julia Caesar/Unsplash)

Finance

This Mila Kunis-Backed TV Show Lets NFT Holders Choose the Plot

The animated series is Kunis’ latest project at the intersection of Hollywood and blockchain.

Mila Kunis (Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb)

Finance

Digital Assets Can Boost Revenue for Sports Teams, PwC Says

Token sales and metaverse events have the potential to become major revenue streams for teams and leagues.

PwC logo (Shutterstock)

Finance

BAYC Backer Yuga Labs Buys CryptoPunks and Meebits

Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, has acquired the CryptoPunks and Meebits NFT collections.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 12: CryptoPunk digital art non-fungible token (NFT) displayed on a digital billboard in Times Square on May 12, 2021 in New York City. The image is part of SaveArtSpace's "Pixelated" public art exhibition which will be displaying 193 of Larva Labs' CryptoPunks on phone booths, bus shelters, and billboards around New York City during the month of May. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced pandemic restrictions to be lifted on May 19.  (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Layer 2

After ‘Doxxing’ Fracas, Bored Apes Team Starts Asking for Customer ID

About a month after Buzzfeed News revealed the identities of its founders, Yuga Labs has started requesting customers’ personal information for an unspecified new project.

A sly ape (Rob Tol)