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Op-ed: The NFT Space Won’t Grow If We Continue to Cater to Speculators
When I got involved with NFTs in 2018, it was an extremely different industry. There was almost no venture capital. At the time, the NFT space felt distinct from the rest of crypto. There was a sense that NFTs were the real use case that crypto needed — not just something to speculate on like ICOs, or a tool to make speculation easier like DeFi. Fast forward to today, and things couldn’t be more different. I can’t pinpoint exactly when it happened, but around the middle of 2021, NFTs fully merged with the rest of the crypto world. They became […]
Yuga Labs’ Summoning Is Here: Everything You Need to Know
The Summoning is finally here. The long-awaited next step in Yuga Labs’ months-long interactive NFT mint mechanic is sure to set the Web3 community alight. Thousands of Sewer Pass holders are getting ready to burn their tokens in exchange for a Power Source, the item needed to advance to the next stage of the mint and reveal an as-of-yet unknown new set of NFTs. The rest of the NFT world waits with bated breath; both supporters and critics of the Bored Ape Yacht Club brand are waiting to see what comes next for the project and how its effects will […]
Justin Aversano on How ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Confronts Loss and Life
The Alpha: Web3 mixed-media photographer Justin Aversano will debut the latest iteration of his well-known Smoke and Mirrors collection at Gabba Gallery in Los Angeles on March 25. The exhibition will consist of 78 limited-edition silkscreen-on-papyrus prints of portraits attached to NFTs. Viewers can see the prints, which depict “healers, spiritualists, creatives, and family,” until April 8. Aversano tells nft now that he has a particularly intimate connection to the pieces in this exhibit. “All of these artworks, all these art projects really come from a place in myself of death,” he explains. Dive deeper Justin Aversano is a household […]
Upcoming Drops: March 13-19
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. […]
Valhalla: The NFT Project Promising to Make Web3’s Version of Twitch
Valhalla and its team may have bitten off more than they can chew. The NFT project’s ambitious goals include creating a platform that can rival Twitch. However, despite the enormity of this task, the project has already shown promise. It had a successful mint that quickly sold out, and the project has had more than 23,000 ETH in total sales volume. If that doesn’t sound promising enough, the project was created by Stacked Studios, an LA-based startup with a stated goal of building web3 products to become one of the largest crypto companies in the world. So far, the company […]
Lamborghini’s 7-Month NFT Campaign to Conclude With Special Drop
The Alpha: After a seven-month NFT campaign, Automobili Lamborghini is bringing its ‘Epic Road Trip” drop to a conclusion with a 60th-anniversary digital collectible and special airdrops to its most consistent collectors, according to a company press release shared with nft now. The celebratory collectible will be available to those who attend any of Lamborghini’s IRL 60th anniversary celebrations as well as those who visit Lamborghini dealerships via a QR code. The commemorative collectible will also be airdropped to those who collected two or more NFTs from the eight separate monthly drops throughout the campaign. All holders of the commemorative […]
Getty Unveils First NFT Drop, Featuring Stevie Nicks, David Bowie, and More
The Alpha: Starting on March 21, 2023, Getty Images will release The ’70s Music & Culture Collection, a compilation of images of musicians and cultural icons, including Jimi Hendrix, Elvis, David Bowie, Stevie Nicks, The Rolling Stones, and several more. To release their first-ever NFT drop, Getty partnered with Candy Digital, a digital collectibles platform and marketplace that has previously helped Major League Baseball, Netflix, The WWE, and more enter Web3. Fans will be able to purchase the images, which will be minted on the Palm blockchain, on Candy.com with credit cards or USDC. Photographs in the collection will range […]
Owls NFTs Are Driving a Resurgence in ASCII Art
Owls NFTs have been on an absolute tear recently. Having dropped on March 3, the 10,000-piece collection of randomly-generated colorful text art owls has already done more than 11,000 ETH ($17 million) in trading volume on the secondary market and currently has a floor price of 0.184 ETH. Little is known about the collection, whose Twitter account is just a month old and whose creator recently self-doxxed to reveal that they go by Rei. What is certain is that the project has rekindled interest in ASCII art NFTs and other on-chain projects that make up a remarkable part of the […]
Upcoming Drops: March 6-12
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. […]
BREAKING: AI Artist Claire Silver’s Latest Collection to Premier at the Louvre
The Alpha: AI-collaborative artist and AI art movement advocate Claire Silver announced today that her newest collection will debut at the Louvre on March 21. Silver’s existing 1/1 artwork, Love in the Fourth Turning, will also be exhibited at the world-famous art museum. Both are in collaboration with Superchief NFT. In the same tweet detailing the announcements, Silver also revealed that she has signed for representation with WME as the company’s first AI artist. Dive deeper Silver is one of the AI art movement’s most consistent and prominent voices, regularly holding AI-collaborative art contests on Twitter and providing perspective and […]