NFTs


Pananalapi

Kraken to Develop NFT Marketplace Offering Token-Backed Loans

The marketplace will determine NFTs’ liquidation value before they are used as collateral.

The artists rolled into Miami with a wrapped bus touting their new NFT project. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

CoinDesk ‘Most Influential’ Artists Sell Charity NFTs for 50 ETH

They will donate up to 20% of the $200,000 (so far) in sales to charity, in association with The Giving Block.

(Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

Pananalapi

Arcade Raises $15M to Offer NFT-Backed Loans

The project lets users borrow against the value of their NFTs.

cash pile

Mga video

NFTs Are More Popular Than Ever Despite Sour Mood in Wider Crypto Market

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are more popular than ever, according to Google Trends. The tool is currently returning a perfect score of 100 for the worldwide search query “NFT” over the past five years.

CoinDesk placeholder image

Merkado

NFTs Are More Popular Than Ever Despite Sour Mood in Wider Crypto Market

Peak popularity does not imply an increase in actual buying pressure from retail investors.

(Bored Ape Yacht Club, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinyon

NFT Forgeries Aren’t Going Away

A rash of plagiarized NFTs suggests digital “ownership” doesn’t always amount to “digital property rights.”

Copycat! (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Opinyon

Web 3 Is a Return to the Internet’s Wild Spirit

“I think that’s what audiences want, right?” writer and founder of freelance payments system OutVoice, Matt Saincome said.

A digital tree. (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Layer 2

How NFTs Put Generative Artists on the Map

Profile avatars emerged from a long tradition of artists expressing themselves through code, math and randomness. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Culture Week.

Artist Sol LeWitt with one of his instruction-based wall drawings in 1978. LeWitt is widely credited for his influence on the field of "generative art," which has benefited from NFT technology.

Opinyon

Crypto Is the Biggest Thing to Change Culture Since Hip Hop

A ‘90s kid reflects on seeing how iconoclastic rappers changed the world. And how that energy is now in Web 3.

Rap group N.W.A. pose with rappers The D.O.C. and Laylaw from Above The Law during their "Straight Outta Compton" tour in 1989. (Photo by Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)