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Tom Sachs and Nike Give NikeCraft Trainers to Fully-Assembled NFT Rocket Holders Free of Charge
You must have already known Tom Sachs: Rocket Factory by numerous collaborations with top world brands. Recent Tom Sachs & Tiffany, Chanel, and other top-tier partnerships brought the skyrocketing designer and his team to the top of the rankings. The recent team-up is no-less grandiose, as the NY-based artist has developed a series of phygital sneakers dubbed NikeCraft trainers in collaboration with Nike. While the utility is the core value, which draws more people to NFTs daily, this Nike-branded cartoon Rocket will come accompanied by a physical pair of NikeCraft trainers. It’s noteworthy that the contemporary designer has taken up […]
Solana NFT Trading Volume Exceeded a Whopping $2 Billion
Ethereum’s main counterpart, the Solana blockchain, is breaking all records in recent days. Thus, the protocol has surpassed $2.35 billion in all-time NFT sales the other day, outperforming all other NFT-related cryptos, except for Ethereum, of course. The whopping figure was recorded on June 5th, even though the blockchain is recovering from the 2022 Q2 bearish trend. Just a few weeks ago, the $SOL market cap fell by over $14 billion. But currently, there are definitely some reasons to celebrate, as May marked the first time when Solana exceeded the 24-hour Ethereum NFT trading volume. Of course, at the moment, […]
MetaMask and Asset Reality Join Efforts to Protect Crypto and NFT Scam Victims
Unfortunately, crypto scams due to phishing attacks are quite widespread and go unpunished in most cases. Although NFTs and other crypto assets are used by people on all continents around the globe, most countries still have no specific authority to go to in case of being scammed. To help the victims of phishing attacks bring their assets back and make the web3 a safer place, the leading self-custody wallet MetaMask has partnered with Asset Reality, the world’s first company engaged in the protection of crypto holders’ rights and investigation of scam actions. The partnership will allow Asset Reality to act […]
Nike and RTFKT’s Dotswoosh.eth Domain NFT Is the Tenth ENS on the List of Alike
Nike-owned RTFKT Studios has recently added another .eth domain name to its rapidly growing list of Ethereum Name Service (ENS) NFTs. The purchase of dotswoosh.eth for 19.72 ETH or about $35,000 at the time of the deal has grown the number of domains to ten in total, including these: Artifacts.eth, RTFKT.eth, Drmos.eth, MintVial.eth, Dreamos.eth, SpaceDrip.eth, DripCoin.eth, M2tekno.eth. The reason for dotswoosh.eth purchase is still shady but the large Twitter community is actively discussing rumors on Nike’s intentions to issue subdomains in the long run. This means that any user could personify their crypto-related domains under dotswoosh.eth, like YOUR NAME.dotswoosh.eth. As […]
Kanye West Files Web3 Applications for His Yeezus Label
Both hip-hop and fashion industries have been at the forefront from the very start of the massive web3 transformation. However, the renowned celebrity Kanye West, a prominent representative of both areas, has been showing no interest in the global trend, until now. Even back in January 2022, he posted a handwritten note on his Instagram saying: “Do not ask me to do a f*cking NFT” (he added, “Ask me later”). But, according to released documents Kanye West is not that much against NFTs and other web3 initiatives. On the contrary, he’s about to get into some. Thus, on May 27th, […]
GameStop Is About to Release a Non-Custodial Crypto and NFT Wallet
One of the largest US computer games retailers GameStop moves further into Web3 introducing its non-custodial Ethereum wallet to the public. The new wallet will allow crypto holders to store, send, and receive both currencies and NFTs and comes forwarded by its gaming NFT marketplace launched in partnership with Loopring. Currently, you can try GameStop wallet in the form of Chrome and Brave browser extensions. The company also plans to launch an iPhone-compatible crypto wallet in the near future. GameStop won’t have access to its users’ non-custodial wallets, which means that crypto holders only bear full responsibility for their crypto […]
The Historic Moment of the Ethereum Merge Is Likely to Happen in August
After a couple of delays, the largely-anticipated Ethereum merge is likely to finally happen in August. This great news was confirmed by the Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin during the recent ETH Shanghai Web 3.0 Developer Summit. The whole crypto community is waiting for the merge, as it’s going to be a history-making moment, the launch of Ethereum 2.0. The Ethereum merge will celebrate the new era of low-cost mining due to the transition to a more beneficial proof-of-stake (PoS) model. First, let’s find out what this merge means for crypto users. The Ethereum Mainnet chain we all use today is […]