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CORRECTED: Louvre Museum Denies Reports of AI Artist Claire Silver’s Exhibition

Variety previously reported that Claire Silver, an NFT artist that uses artificial intelligence, would be exhibiting her latest collection at The Louvre.

The Louvre Museum, Paris (Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)

Finance

Sui Blockchain Developer Signs Deal With Alibaba Cloud

The cloud tech giant will provide node services and validator infrastructure for testnet developers.

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Web3

Yuga Labs Co-Founder Says First Bitcoin NFT Auction Doesn’t Open Door to Scammers

Greg Solano said the company’s use of the Bitcoin blockchain and its strategic bidding process could only be done because Yuga Labs is a “trusted party.”

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Web3

Esports Giant TSM Enters Into Web3 Gaming Partnership With Avalanche

Avalanche will be TSM's exclusive blockchain partner as it builds out its competitive gaming platform, Blitz.

Team TSM on May 22, 2022 (Joe Brady/Getty Images)

Videos

CoinDesk Launches Multi-Year, Multi-Tiered NFT Pass Package to Consensus

For the first time, CoinDesk is offering a multi-year access pass to Consensus, the biggest event in crypto and Web3. The three-year Pro pass features a generative art NFT from a notable artist and a layered bonus-reward system for those who collect over the next three years. CoinDesk Chief Content Officer Michael J. Casey, along with Sam Ewen, SVP, Head of CoinDesk Studios and Web3, share a preview of what to expect.

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Videos

Yuga Labs Co-Founder on Competition in the NFT Marketplace

NFT trading volumes reached $2 billion in February, according to Web3 data platform DappRadar’s latest industry report. Yuga Labs co-founder Greg Solano weighs in on the increasing competition in the NFT marketplace following the rise of Blur.

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Policy

‘Tonight Show’s’ Jimmy Fallon Files to Be Removed From Subpoena in Bored Apes Trademark Case

Fallon’s lawyer called the subpoena an “unwarranted fishing expedition for irrelevant material.”

Jimmy Fallon on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in 2015 (Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic via Getty Images)

Web3

Yuga Labs' Bitcoin NFT Collection Fetches Top Bid of Nearly $160K

The company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club generated $16.5 million from its auction of 288 NFTs in its TwelveFold collection based on the Ordinals protocol.

TwelveFold (Yuga Labs)

Web3

Hermès Asks Court for Control Over MetaBirkin NFTs

The French luxury house has filed an order asking for control of the MetaBirkins smart contract, social media handles and royalties.

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Videos

What Does Web3 Actually Mean?

Brands like Nike, Starbucks and Gucci have started to make big bets on Web3 through non-fungible token (NFT) sales or metaverse activations. Web3 has also been increasingly adopted in the crypto industry to refer to the future of the internet. So what does this futurist vision actually mean? CoinDesk's Doreen Wang explains.

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