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The Gateway Korea: Meet the Artists Announced So Far
As The Gateway: Korea gets ever-closer, the concept of convergence — the theme of nft now x Factblock’s forthcoming event from Sept. 7-8 at Korea Blockchain Week— begins to take center stage. Through interactive experiences, immersive galleries, fireside chats, and more, the physical and digital realms are set to coalesce not only in celebration of Web3 but of those working to create the culture being established on the blockchain. Unlike previous Web3 events and activations, 2023’s The Gateway marks a significant effort to expand the horizons of the often Western-centric NFT space. And in consideration of this endeavor, the unique […]
Beatport Debuts New Marketplace, First Digital Collectible Series
Beatport, an online music platform dedicated to electronic and dance music DJs, producers, and fans, has announced its new marketplace, Beatport.io. This platform aims to act as a Web3 space where artists and labels can share their music and art in new, collectible formats. Web3 venture builder Define Creative collaborated with the company to build the marketplace on Aventus, a parachain in the Polkadot ecosystem. Save the date: 27 July at ███▓▒░… #NACHTS @nachts_berlin pic.twitter.com/mC1fBYnjrt — Beatport.io (@btprtio) July 26, 2023 Introducing NACHTS The first project to be featured on Beatport.io is NACHTS, a multi-part art digital art collection representing […]
Upcoming Drops: July 24-30
Let’s face it: The NFT space moves really fast. Considering how quickly things can change in the metaverse, a week in NFTs might as well be a month IRL. Don’t get us wrong — the more people onboarded into the space, the merrier. But because of the constant influx of great art and ideas, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with all the news, launches, and general happenings. Well, you can put the days of endless Twitter and Discord scrolling behind you as we pull together a weekly list of upcoming NFT drops you definitely don’t want to miss. […]
With AI’s Help, Jackson Pollock’s Art Finds New Life on the Blockchain
The Jackson Pollock Studio is stepping into the digital landscape, acting as guardians of the late artist’s legacy. Teaming up with Iconic Moments, the studio is set to unveil Beyond the Edge, a debut collection of limited-edition prints and NFTs that capture the essence of the unparalleled artist. All of the pieces will feature the splattered paint that landed just beyond the edges of Pollock’s masterpieces. Pollock’s artistic brilliance will now echo in formats that extend beyond the conventional canvas. Beyond the chance to own a piece, selected works from the collection will find their home in the permanent exhibition of the […]
For the Culture: Jack Butcher’s Custom ThreadGuy Opepen Edition Goes Viral
The niche internet subculture that is the NFT space has gone through numerous iterations. From market cycles to controversies, the vernacular, priorities, and overall vibe of what the inhabitants of the blockchain call Web3 has continued to ebb and flow as consistently as the prices of the coins that drive it. Yet, one thing has remained certain, and that is, regardless of speculation, NFTs have and will always have greater meaning than what can be derived from the constraints of art and money. There is a singular culture that has formed within the NFT space, and it’s one that — […]
Upcoming Drops: July 17-23
Let’s face it: The NFT space moves really fast. Considering how quickly things can change in the metaverse, a week in NFTs might as well be a month IRL. Don’t get us wrong — the more people onboarded into the space, the merrier. But because of the constant influx of great art and ideas, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with all the news, launches, and general happenings. Well, you can put the days of endless Twitter and Discord scrolling behind you as we pull together a weekly list of upcoming NFT drops you definitely don’t want to miss. […]
Terraforms Are Trending, Here’s Why You Should Be Paying Attention
Every once in a while, an NFT advent arrives that shakes the foundations of Web3. At first, the sole innovator of the metaverse seemed to be PFPs. Then came text-based NFTs, open editions, minigames, and so on — expanding outward to more conceptual advents like Soulbound Tokens and phygital goods. Anecdotally, it’s been anyone’s guess as to what might set off a new trend and bring both interest and copycats to a budding sector of the NFT market. Yet, after many hype cycles have come and gone and with no clear breadwinner currently in sight, an unlikely suspect has reemerged […]
An AI-Generated Nude Just Sold for $340,000. So, Why Are People Angry?
With all the developments in AI art in the last year taking up so much of the public awareness, it can be easy to forget that the movement has roots that reach back far before Stable Diffusion or Midjourney arrived on the scene. Robbie Barrat, for example, is a household name in the artificial intelligence and generative art universe and also represents an important part of crypto art history. Having experimented with machine learning and GANs (generative adversarial networks) since 2018, Barrat’s early explorations led him to produce a series of 300 AI-generated nude art portraits that have since become […]
How Forgotten Runes Is Using ChatGPT to Build a Fantasy Empire
What is the point of an NFT project? How do they sustain themselves, and what truly differentiates one from another? These kinds of Web3-related questions are unique in that they come from both crypto art veterans and those who still find the very concept of NFTs to be a bit absurd. They also sit at the crux of what is arguably the NFT ecosystem’s greatest challenge: justifying its own continued existence. Not many projects have come up with a good, lasting answer to these questions, and it’s not always for lack of trying. Despite sincere efforts and the exceedingly common […]
Could Blur Token Farming Tank the NFT Market?
Few entities have shaken up the Web3 landscape as much as the NFT marketplace and aggregator Blur has in the last year. In November of 2022, it began to consistently rival OpenSea, the previously undisputed NFT marketplace champion of the past six years. By February 2023, it had left the platform in the dust, outpacing OpenSea by as much as $400,000,000 in weekly trading volume. Blur owes its success to a few things; it addressed a major gap in the market by providing a frictionless way to trade NFTs in large numbers via a no-frills interface featuring tools that appealed […]