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How the Cryptostrikers Artist Elevated Indonesian Pop-Art With NFTs
Web3 is still in its salad days, but it’s already brimming with potential, despite the bear market. Creators are building novel use cases for NFTs like clockwork, but it’s essential to keep an eye on positive impact in life and global culture. For example, NFTs are changing how we interact with music, in addition to how artists’ work is perceived and valued. They’re bringing species back from the brink of extinction. They’re even inspiring communities to rethink our relationship with cultural icons of the past. But a more ambient (and transformative) use-cases for NFTs is the proliferation of cultural traditions […]
Gucci Will Now Accept Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Cryptocurrency
The luxury fashion retailer Gucci will now accept ApeCoin — the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s proprietary cryptocurrency — as a valid mode of payment in select US branches, according to a Tuesday tweet. Given ApeCoin’s origins as a limited, claimable cryptocurrency originally intended for Bored Ape and Mutant Ape holders, this partnership aims to offer holders of these esteemed NFTs and cryptocurrency a new way to represent their community IRL — via garments from the legacy high-fashion brand. In recent years, Gucci has been gradually planting its roots in Web3. In 2021, Gucci contributed to the massive bull run in […]
A Model for Future Cities? Miami Is Launching Its Own NFT Collection
What first pops into your head when thinking about Miami? Is it Miami beach? Miami nightlife? Authentic Cubanos? Dwyane Wade? All are correct, but now Miami’s city government wants you to add “Web3 hotspot” to that list. During the NFT industry’s bull run throughout 2021, one of the most important events during this time frame was undoubtedly Art Basel Miami. Scores of NFT enthusiasts flocked to the event’s various locations across the city to catch one of many NFT-centric events taking place at one of the most significant networking events in the entire art industry — not just in the […]
Ready to Audition Your Bored Ape Brand? A Crypto Exchange Beckons
While still a new and relatively undeveloped concept in Web3, the NFT market continues to grow, with NFT rentals forming a new economy within the blockchain ecosystem. NFT rentals aim to address the question of reliable income with NFTs, in a bid to offer more than speculative price increases. Instead of letting your digital assets sit idle in your wallet, proponents argue, why not rent them (and their utility) out and earn passive income in the process? MouseBelt Labs, for example, recently developed a platform for NFT rentals called BoredJobs, which is essentially a licensing marketplace that lists thousands of Bored […]
A New Hello Kitty NFT Project Will Feature Eight Iconic Cities
Kawaii — a Japanese word roughly translating to “cuteness” — has seeded the world with Japan’s viral-friendly aesthetic. And, at least in the U.S., it dates back to when Pokémon first aired on TV sets worldwide, in the late 90s. However, going even further back to the 1970s, we also saw the birth of one of the most enduring cultural exports — and kawaii icons — of the East Asian island nation: Hello Kitty. On August 25, Japanese legacy brand Sanrio — best known for characters like Aggretsuko, and of course, Hello Kitty — are teaming up with RECUR to […]
Everything to Know About The Notorious B.I.G. NFT Collection From OneOf
Legendary artists create music that transcends generations, leaving an indelible impact on fans, the music world, and society as a whole. Christopher Wallace — aka Biggie Smalls or The Notorious B.I.G. — is the epitome of such. Biggie released his first demo tape and broke into the hip-hop scene in the early 1990s. Just a few years later, he was a worldwide sensation, gracing listeners around the globe with his deep voice and captivating rhymes. Although his time on Earth was cut tragically short, his music lived on, and it continues to serve as an inspiration for fans of all […]
Exclusive: Doodles Co-Founder Talks Pharrell Williams and New NFTs
Launched on Oct. 17, 2021, Doodles has grown in leaps and bounds to become one of the most influential and beloved NFT projects in existence. Starting from humble beginnings, the collection of 10,000 generative NFTs has begun to expand far beyond the blockchain into a Web3 entertainment company. Considering the young age of the Doodles project, it’s been incredible to see the growth and accomplishments achieved by its founders Evan Keast, Scott Martin, and Jordan Castro. From live, immersive events to unique, innovative project development, the company has onboarded a range of talent to the team, including former President of […]
Sports Illustrated and OneOf Unite to Bring Muhammad Ali NFTs to Life
Athletes, musicians, and other public figures are commonly said to be “the greatest of all time.” The designation is used fairly casually nowadays, despite very few people actually deserving the title. However, when it comes to legendary boxer and US Gold Medalist Muhammad Ali, the honor is 100 percent deserved. Perhaps the most influential athlete and humanitarian of the 20th century, Ali is responsible for some of the most memorable and iconic moments in sports and civil rights history. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, won the Amnesty International Lifetime Achievement Award, was Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsman of the Century,” […]
The Incredible Staying Power of CryptoDickbutts NFTs
CryptoDickbutts was born in 2021, and it quickly cemented its place in NFT history and culture. At this point, it’s an essential project that every self-proclaimed NFT aficionado must be familiar with to be taken seriously. Need proof? CryptoDickbutts has a dedicated space in Punk6529’s Open Metaverse, more than 1700 unique holders, and a total volume of over 7k ETH on OpenSea. The NFTs regularly sell for thousands of dollars, and during the 2022 NFT market collapse, it was one of the few projects that kept the same floor price. How did a project that is literally about dick-butts achieve […]
Brand Loyalty 2.0: Why NFTs Are the Future of Digital Marketing
The internet has come a long way since it first went mainstream in the 1990s. We’ve gone from the early days of the world wide web (Web 1.0) where users could only consume content to today’s more interactive and user-centric Web 2.0. And now, we’re on the cusp of a new era of the internet known as “Web3” — a decentralized web powered by blockchain technology. In Web1, marketing efforts were focused on building awareness and driving traffic to websites. With the advent of Web2 and social media, marketing became more about engagement and building relationships with customers. Web3 is […]