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Instagram Is Expanding NFT Support to 100 Countries
Following test runs earlier this year in select markets, Instagram is expanding its NFT support to 100 additional countries across “Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the Americas,” according to a Thursday blog post. Thanks to the image-sharing platform’s status as a Meta-owned entity, this move could bolster the tech giant’s hopes of broadening its authority in the NFT industry. This is Instagram’s latest move toward serving users as an NFT marketplace, and it’s only a matter of time before Facebook follows suit should Meta’s NFT roadmap for its various properties come to fruition. View this post on Instagram A […]
DuckDuckGo Now Says It Will Block Microsoft Trackers via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
DuckDuckGo responds to recent criticism saying the third-party tracking scripts it blocks will now include scripts from Microsoft. The post DuckDuckGo Now Says It Will Block Microsoft Trackers appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
Exclusive: Major League Soccer Signs Bored Ape NFT as an Athlete
Major League Soccer — the US’ official soccer league (or “football league” if you’re in any other part of the world) — just announced a notable new signing: Striker, a Bored Ape NFT. The news was just announced in an exclusive release shared with nft now. The one-of-a-kind signing was conducted by a division of Get Engaged called ge3. Through the deal, the team hopes to tap into the growing interest the sports world has taken in NFTs over the past few years. Before Striker got packaged into a virtual athlete, he was simply known as Bored Ape #6045. Get […]
Google Updates Search Snippets For Product Review Pages via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
Google updates search results for product review pages by listing an item’s pros and cons in the search snippet. The post Google Updates Search Snippets For Product Review Pages appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
WordPress Gutenberg 13.8 Offers Greater Editing Flexibility via @sejournal, @martinibuster
WordPress released Gutenberg 13.8, offering welcome incremental improvements to design options and accessibility The post WordPress Gutenberg 13.8 Offers Greater Editing Flexibility appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
86% Of B2B Brands Find Success With Influencer Marketing via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
A research report on the state of B2B influencer marketing shares insight into business opportunities in 2022 and beyond. The post 86% Of B2B Brands Find Success With Influencer Marketing appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
YouTube Updates For Creators: New Metrics, Copyrighted Music, More via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern
YouTube’s weekly update for creators includes more subscriber metrics and access to an expanded library of copyrighted music. The post YouTube Updates For Creators: New Metrics, Copyrighted Music, More appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
8,000 Solana Wallets Attacked in a Multimillion Dollar Hack
Late Tuesday evening, scores of Solana suddenly found their crypto wallets completely drained of their digital contents. Unidentified hackers had broken into thousands of hot wallets — software-based crypto wallets that require an active connection to the internet — and arranged for the transfer of all funds in these wallets to an unknown third party. Solana initially confirmed the hack in a Tuesday night tweet, saying: “Engineers from multiple ecosystems, with the help of several security firms, are investigating drained wallets on Solana. There is no evidence hardware wallets are impacted.” Then Solana made a follow-up tweet early Wednesday morning, […]
Half of ETH Raised From Primary NFT Sales Stayed in the Space. Here’s Why
The blockchain’s immutable record provides unique opportunities to study the crypto and NFT ecosystem. Specifically, looking at money flow through the network can be a helpful lens on current dynamics in the NFT and crypto space. And, NFT market participants spent roughly $2.7 billion (963,227 ETH) minting NFTs between January 1 and June 30 of this year, according to a recent report by the blockchain analytics platform Nansen. During that time, 50.7 percent of the ETH raised from a project’s primary sales stayed in the NFT communities. Another 45.7 went to non-entity wallets, which the Nansen team defines as addresses […]