NFTs


Pananalapi

Reddit Starts Airdrop of Polygon-Based 'Collectible Avatars'

Avatars from the four collections are available for listing and trading on OpenSea.

Reddit has submitted a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RDDT.” (Brett Jordan/Unsplash)

Pananalapi

Crypto Developer Platform Thirdweb Gets Katie Haun's Backing at $160M Valuation

Other investors in the $24 million Series A round included Coinbase Ventures and Shopify.

Venture capitalist Katie Haun appears on stage at the 2022 FTX/SALT Crypto Bahamas conference. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Pananalapi

Most NFT Projects ‘Convey No Actual Ownership’: Galaxy Digital Research

NFTs giving token holders total ownership rights is an ambitious idea, one that's “a long way off,” Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, said on CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover.”

Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, speaks at Consensus 2022. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Pananalapi

NFTs Worth $100M Reported Stolen Over Past Year: Elliptic

Thefts in May 2022 topped the list in in terms of value with 3,473 NFTs worth $23.9 million stolen.

(Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Matuto

What Is NFT Wash Trading?

The shadowy practice is often used to manipulate markets and create a false sense of high demand.

Laundromat (Getty Images)

Tech

LooksRare Fork Sudorare Rugs for $800K Despite Crypto Twitter Warnings

Developers behind the project deleted Sudorare’s social media channels and its website on Tuesday morning.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Pananalapi

Bank Run at NFT Lender BendDAO Prompts Attempt to Avert Another Liquidity Crisis

Faulty auction mechanics highlighted the downside of letting people borrow money against their Bored Apes.

A Bored Ape owner searches for upside without risking auction liquidation. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinyon

Will Taylor Swift Ever Issue a Music NFT?

It shouldn't come as a surprise that celebrities have been slow to adopt crypto, even when mass commercialization is around the corner.

Musician Taylor Swift in 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Don Arnold/WireImage)

Opinyon

Are NFTs Rendering Art Meaningless?

The overproduction of NFTs runs the risk of killing art, says one of Silicon Valley's favorite artists.

(Agnieszka Pilat)

Pananalapi

Ex-OpenSea Executive Files to Dismiss DOJ Case Alleging NFT Insider Trading

Nathaniel Chastain's motion says NFTs cannot be classified as securities or commodities, a requirement for wire fraud charges.

OpenSea is preparing for the possibility of an extended crypto downturn. (OpenSea/CoinDesk, modified PhotoMosh and BeFunky)