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Pussy Riot Founder Shares How NFTs Can Empower Activism
In February 2012, Nadya Tolokonnikova and the rest of the Russian feminist performance and protest group Pussy Riot made headlines worldwide following a guerilla performance at Moscow’s Church of Christ the Savior. The anti-Putin protest led to the group’s near-immediate arrest and eventual detainment in Russia’s harsh prison system. Following her late 2013 release, Tolokonnikova continued her activism, protesting against injustice and rallying for social change. In recent years, she and the rest of Pussy Riot have come to see the fundraising and organizational potential of decentralized platforms, fully embracing the NFT ecosystem as a new channel of subversion in […]
WATCH: Why The Boondocks Producer’s Next Move Is NFTs
Carl Jones, best known for his involvement in the cult classic series The Boondocks, recently entered the NFT space with the release of the 10,000-piece Bubblegoose Ballers collection. The collection’s genesis can can be traced back to his childhood. Growing up, Jones viewed puffy bomber jackets or “bubblegoose” jackets as status symbols within his neighborhood, describing their wearers as “ballers.” Inspired by this imagery, Jones set out to make the earliest iterations of his characters. Over the course of his long career in the entertainment industry, these characters have never seen a home — that is, until Jones discovered NFTs. […]
A VIP Look Into the World’s Biggest NFT Festival
This year’s edition of NFT.NYC was something else. With large swathes of the NFT community making landfall in New York City, NFTs became a very IRL thing in the city that never sleeps throughout the week of June 20. Attendees had a smorgasbord of events to choose from throughout the week’s festivities. This included panels and talks hosted at the convention’s main stage, as well as exclusive parties throughout the city featuring performances from some of the music industry’s biggest NFT advocates such as Steve Aoki, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem. Some of this year’s eventgoers even partied hard enough to […]
WATCH: Gary Vee Explains the Future of NFTs
Like it or not, the bear market is upon us. Still, the NFT community has continued to weather one of the worst crypto winters we’ve seen since 2017. In response, various community members have taken to building all sorts of zany projects to lighten the collective mood. Whether it’s goblins or people threatening to ‘do it,’ the prevailing school of thought seems to be that now more than ever, the community must continue to build. Long-time internet entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk would have to agree. When we visited VeeCon last May, we got the chance to speak with various members of […]
We Asked Strangers: “What’s an NFT?”
An NFT is a digital token of information (data) that lives on a blockchain. Each NFT has its own identification code and metadata. As a result, NFTs are unique and non-interchangeable i.e., they are “non-fungible.” The data an NFT contains can be tied to digital files like photos, poems, songs, albums, videos, avatars, and more. If you’re an avid nft now reader, or simply someone who has a passion for Web3, you probably already know that. However, NFTs are still quite new, in the grand scheme — to put it into perspective, Bored Ape Yacht Club has barely been around […]
Is THIS the Future of Concert Visuals?!
In this episode of Behind The Drop we take you to São Paulo, Brazil for a behind-the-scenes look at the most recent NFT from Anyma. Anyma is the solo project of Matteo Milleri from Tale of Us, and visual artist Alessio De Vecchi. Anyma is bridging the gap between live music and NFTs by showcasing NFTs in immersive and massive ways at their live Afterlife performances around the globe. The post Is THIS the Future of Concert Visuals?! appeared first on nft now.