NFTs

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are unique digital assets verified using blockchain technology, primarily on platforms like Ethereum. Unlike cryptocurrencies, NFTs are indivisible and cannot be exchanged on a one-to-one basis, ensuring each NFT is distinct and irreplaceable, much like a physical collectible. They have gained prominence in digital art, music, gaming, and other online communities for enabling proof of ownership and authenticity of digital creations. NFTs can represent anything from artwork and music to videos and tweets.


Finance

Pudgy Penguins NFT Project Ousts Founders as Mood Turns Icy

NFT influencers clash over the fate of Pudgy Penguins, raising governance questions surrounding non-fungible token communities.

Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 unique penguins with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain. (Screenshot: OpenSea)

Finance

NFT Curation Site JPG Goes Live With $3.8M in Seed Funding

The media curation protocol aims to change who can build an art gallery.

An exhibition at Miami’s Art Basel festival in December 2021 curated by Sofia Garcia of ARTXCODE and Kate Hannah of Art Blocks. The exhibit is now hosted digitally on JPG. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

GameStop Stock Surges Following NFT Marketplace Report

The struggling video game retailer is planning to build a new division focused on trading NFTs and establishing crypto partnerships, the WSJ reported.

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Tech

Singapore Tycoons’ Sons Plan Private NFT Club: Report

Kiat Lim and Elroy Cheo founded ARC, which will start as an app-based community and eventually grow into a metaverse with a gaming element.

(Yuichiro Chino via Getty Images)

Finance

Australian Open Apes Into Tennis NFTs and Decentraland, Too

The tennis tournament is merging NFTs with on-court action in a creative twist on generative artwork.

A peek into the Australian Open's metaverse experience. (Australian Open)

Opinion

Facebook, Walmart and How Companies Shouldn’t Set Up in the Metaverse

Facebook’s “pivot to video” destroyed businesses that went along. The metaverse could be a repeat act.

A WalMart demo of virtual-reality shopping, first produced in 2017, has been making the rounds again as an example of the Metaverse. (WalMart/YouTube)

Finance

Animoca Brands Leads $9M Round in NFT Data Aggregator CryptoSlam

The new funding will be used for an “aggressive” hiring plan, expansion to support more blockchains and the launch of several new products.

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)