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Wicked Ape Bone Club NFT
3 years ago 1 min read

Wicked Ape Bone Club NFT Trades $5.1 Million in Secondary Sales

It seems like the year is far from over for Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are on the rise since the beginning of 2021. These digital arts keep driving people crazy day by day as the market rises. On August 22, Wicked Ape Bone Club announced that it made 1,000 ETH in secondary sales. This is worth around $5.1 million with Ethereum price at press time. According to the team, Wicked Ape Bone Club NFT or WABC is an “NFT collection of 10,000 skeletal monkeys that live far in the future after all ape life went extinct.” In addition, the Wicked

Facebook Diem
3 years ago 1 min read

Facebook Exploring NFT Space As It Thinks Bitcoin Is too Volatile

According to Business Insider, Facebook says it is looking at building NFT-related features on Diem, a simple rebranding of Libra, a centralized, proof-of-stake (PoS) crypto project initiated by Facebook on a quest to solve the world’s money problems. During an interview with Bloomberg on Tuesday, David Marcus, co-creator and a board member of Diem said, “We think the world needs a better payment system.” Also, he added that after all these years, Facebook is nearly ready to deliver the solution. In addition, he noted, “We’re in a really good position to do so.” This comes as the project is still

8-Bit Universe NFT
3 years ago 1 min read

8-Bit Universe NTF To Be Revealed Tomorrow

atNFT, the NFT marketplace, announced that the 8-Bit Universe collection will be revealed tomorrow. Non-fungible tokens have taken the world by the horn as the NFT market surges since the beginning of the year. Today, NFT announced the release of the 8 Bit Universe. Moreover, the digital art is a collection of NFTs that aims to bring back the nostalgia of 8-Bit gaming with a twist through its newly created metaverse. According to the company, there are 8888 available to mint, at the price of 0.08888. The first drop “Familiars” will highlight humans, aliens, zombies, wizards, and special characters. In

Kobe Bryant NFTs
3 years ago 1 min read

Kobe Bryant NFT is now LIVE on Cryptograph

Cryptograph NFT marketplace announced that ‘KOBE’ by Davis Factor Auction is now live. The auction features Kobe Bryant NFTs that are one-of-a-kind NFTs intended to immortalize Kobe’s legacy and help Mamba and Mambacita Foundation. Cryptograph is an NFT marketplace that is one-of-a-kind digital collectibles from your favorite icons and artists that raises money for charity forever, all secured by blockchain technology. Today, they announced that 8 never-before-seen NFTs are available for bidding. The digital image or photos presented in this auction are one of the world’s first impressions of Kobe at the beginning of his career. As mentioned above, there

Lionel Messi has partnered with Ethernity NFT platform
3 years ago 1 min read

Lionel Messi NFTs, ‘The Messiverse’ Comes To Life Today

NFTs are still booming, and this time with one of the world’s best players, Lionel Messi. The 6th time Ballon d’Or has partnered with Ethernity — an NFT platform producing super rare, licensed, digital collectibles. The partnership with Ethernity is to bring the ‘The Messiverse’ to life. The collection drop extends beyond the range of a single series, set piece, or footballer. According to the report, the NFT collection deserves its own term, its own word, as big as the legend of Lionel Messi himself: “The Messiverse.” In addition, the design is done by Bosslogic, an Australian Artist with millions

Justin Sun spent half million dollars on a rock
3 years ago 1 min read

Tron CEO Justin Sun Spent $611,170 on Ethereum Pet Rock NFT

People react to Tron CEO about buying Ethereum Pet Rock NFT for $611K. Tron CEO Justin Sun said he bought the Ethereum pet rock craze that has mopped the NFT market. He announced that he spent half a million dollars on a rock with the laughing emoji. While you and we are crying about losing $10 or $50, people are spending a crazy amount on digital items (NFTs). Justin Sun threw a half-million dollars on drawings of rocks that were issued as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain back in 2017. He spent $611,170 on the digital art called

Carter-Williams
3 years ago 2 mins read

A Blockchain-Based NFT Card Game Announces a Partnership With NBA Star

Blockchain-based NFT card game, LegendsofCrypto (LOCGame), has announced a partnership with Michael Carter-Williams, an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 29 years old icon was drafted in the first round with the 11th overall pick in the 2013 NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. According to the LOCGame team, the partnership is a long-term collaboration, allowing them to produce a series of personalized NFT cards for Michael Carter-Williams. Further, LOCGame said that the NFT partnership with the NBA player is an expansive marketing plan. The firm said that the project would

CryptoPunk 8348 Goes For Sale For 60,000 ETH Worth $171 million
3 years ago 1 min read

CryptoPunk 8348 Goes For Sale For 60,000 ETH Worth $171 million

This year, non-fungible tokens took the art world by storm. NFT is a unit of data stored on a digital ledger, called a blockchain. More so, this blockchain certifies a digital asset to be unique and therefore not interchangeable. The digital asset can be online pictures and videos or even sports trading cards. CryptoPunk number 8348 is put on auction for 60,000 ETH worth $171 million. According to NFT, CryptoPunk #8348 is seen as the rarest of the 10,000 punks due to being the only one with 7 traits. In addition, the firm said that if this punk sells at

Lionel Messi To Drop His First NFT Collection
3 years ago 1 min read

Lionel Messi To Drop His First NFT Collection

Barcelona and Argentina superstar Lionel Messi announced on his official Instagram account that he will drop his first non-fungible token (NFT) soon. According to the post, Messi, one of the best players in the world team up with Ethernity, a digital protocol, and platform that produces super rare NFT collectibles. Moreover, Messi, the greatest player of all time himself made an appearance in a video, telling NFT investors to discover his first NFT collection on Ethernity Chain. In addition, the collection is called the ‘MessiVerse’, and the artwork was done by a great and very well-known artist, Kode Abdo, aka

Mona Lisa NFT
3 years ago 1 min read

Mona Lisa Non-Fungible Token (NFT)

Yes, you heard that right. Mona Lisa, one of the world’s famous portrait paintings by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, got its non-fungible token (NFT) on OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace. NFT’s official Instagram page announced that Monas is on OpenSea. In addition, they are a collection of 5,000 unique, programmatically generated NFT collectibles. According to NFT, these collectibles are “a representation of internet culture today mixed with classical art.” Moreover, the firm mentioned that the 27th Mona was listed for $450k and the 85th Mona, which is one of the rarest Mona collectibles, was listed for $250k. Also, NFT

Amazon denies accepting crypto
3 years ago 1 min read

Amazon.com Inc Denies Rumored Plans About Accepting Bitcoin Payments

The e-commerce giant, Amazon.com, denies reports of it accepting crypto and Bitcoin payments by the end of the year. According to an Amazon spokesperson, the company won’t accept crypto payments by the end of 2021. But, it is still interested in blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency space. The denial news came on Monday when Amazon.com’s insider took to the media, saying Amazon has no specific plans to onboard digital assets for payments yet. The insider said, “Notwithstanding our interest in the space, the speculation that has ensued around our specific plans for cryptocurrencies is not true. We remain focused on

NYDIG adds Bitcoin
3 years ago 1 min read

NYDIG Registers New Bitcoin Fund With SEC

An asset manager registers a new Bitcoin fund with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Stone Ridge Asset Management has been actively seeking new investment means for Bitcoin (BTC). Yesterday, Stone Ridge’s open-end mutual fund announced a new Bitcoin-focused investment policy. The parent of the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) has registered a new scheme with the United States SEC to add BTC to its open-end mutual fund. According to reports, the actual filing is on July 26, 2021. As per the reports, the main investment goal of the firm is capital appreciation. The Fund explores exposure

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