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A Complete Rundown of the Art Gobblers Allow List Controversy
Art Gobblers is a truly unique NFT project. The collaborative result of Rick and Morty’s Justin Roiland and Web3 investment firm Paradigm, Art Gobblers is made up of 2,000 NFTs that “gobble” art — drawings made by people in the project community that can be minted as 1 of 1 NFTs themselves and displayed in the Art Gobbler’s “belly gallery.” Along with some funky “Goo” tokenomics that influence how much art users can create and a burn dynamic that incentivizes community collaboration, the project aims to become a self-contained ecosystem of artists, collectors, and traders that lasts for years to […]
Revenue and Relevance: Skateboarders Open Up About NFTs
The world of skateboarding is changing, and many professionals are finding it difficult to keep up. “Nowadays with all the content-creating platforms, skateboard content just comes and goes very quickly. You’ll work on a video project for years, and then that video gets lost in the ocean of content. It’s really tough,” Torey Pudwill, 32-year-old professional skateboarder, told nft now. Over the years, skateboarding has evolved alongside technology. Community gatherings turned into VHS recordings, then DVDs, and eventually live streams on social media. These shifts dramatically changed the nature of the game. Historically, new video projects would be released every […]
Instagram Is Officially an NFT Marketplace
The Alpha: Meta has started to roll out features that let creators sell NFTs on Instagram, according to information shared with nft now. To kick-start this process, Instagram has made new features available to a select group of creators on its platform. More creators will be onboarded in the coming weeks. The initial round of selected creators includes Amber Vittoria, Dave Krugman, Refik Anadol, Isaac ‘Drift’ Wright, Eric Rubens, Jason Seife, Vinnie Hager, Sara Baumann, Olive Allen, and Ilse Valfre. Meta spokesperson Christine Pai told nft now that, when digital collectibles are purchased on Instagram, neither the creator nor the […]
Next Up: Five Ones to Watch in November 2022
In 2021, a new creator economy was born on the blockchain. Since NFTs took center stage, artists have achieved NFT superstardom, billion-dollar brands have been forged in just a few months, and many lives have been utterly transformed time and again. Yet, the most inspiring thing about the NFT space is the number of artists of all creeds and mediums who have found community and support by embracing this technology. In keeping with our mission to empower creators, we present Next Up — our monthly franchise dedicated to showcasing rising artists. In our November edition, we’ve curated a list of […]
New Fees and Killing Bots: What Musk’s Twitter Takeover Means for Web3
Elon Musk officially owns Twitter. After spending months trying to back out of the deal, the world’s richest person is now running one of the world’s most far-reaching and prominent social media platforms. It also happens to be the platform that Web3 and NFT enthusiasts call home. So what does this mean for the community? And could this takeover actually be good news for Web3? Mixed community sentiment So far, the reception amongst Web3 figureheads has been mixed over Musk’s purchase. After all, Musk has the potential to make the platform a more crypto-friendly, Web3-integrated place, indicating his desire to […]
Justin Roiland’s Art Gobblers Claim Top OpenSea Spot Amidst Criticism
The Alpha: Art Gobblers, the NFT project brainchild of Rick & Morty co-creator Justin Roiland and Web3 firm Paradigm, has taken the NFT world by storm, having done a total of 7,426 ETH (just shy of $12 million) in trading volume on OpenSea within the first day of its existence. According to NFTstatistics.eth, the project, whose floor price sits at 12.5 ETH, rocketed into the top 10 list of projects for total ETH volume in October, barely an hour after minting out. The project’s unique ideas, instant success, and controversy surrounding its allowlist process have made it a lightning rod […]
Six Creepy NFT Projects to Collect This Halloween
There’s no shortage of creepy, strange, or eerie projects in the NFT space. And since it’s Halloween season, there’s been an uptick in activity surrounding spooky NFTs. From zombies and goblins to skulls and mutants, there’s something for everyone, no matter your taste. Let’s celebrate the macabre-themed NFT projects doing the most for this spooky season with a list of collections and communities to join just in time for Halloween. Deadfellaz Deadfellaz is a zombie-themed PFP project created by crypto artist PsychStreetFight and his wife, Betty. The collection of 10,000 NFTs — which launched toward the beginning of August 2021 […]
Visionary Abstract Artist Hilma af Klint to Be Immortalized on the Blockchain
In Web3, everyone is building towards the future. As an internet ecosystem centered around cryptography and decentralization, the blockchain has become a hotbed for far-sighted innovation. The NFT space itself, which exists at the intersection of finance, art, and tech, is proof enough of this fact. A great abundance of digital and generative artists exist in proximity to Web3, and their efforts to curate blockchain-based bodies of works are both future-oriented and a logical next step for careers in art. But to those established, revered, and often older artists beyond the reach of the blockchain, NFTs can feel elusive, volatile, […]
What Happens to Your Crypto and NFTs When You Die?
Nine days into their honeymoon in December 2018 in Jaipur, India, Gerald Cotten, and Jennifer Robertson made an emergency trip to a private hospital. Cotten had come down with a severe stomachache, and after a diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis, his condition worsened severely. Blood tests pointed to septic shock as the culprit. His heart stopped, and despite doctors’ best efforts, Cotten was declared dead just 24 hours after his stomachache had begun. As the CEO and Co-Founder of QuadrigaCX, Canada’s then-biggest Bitcoin exchange, Cotten’s death soon made international headlines, but not just because of his status in the crypto world. […]
Reddit’s Avatar NFTs Generated Over $2.5 Million in One Day
The Alpha: Reddit’s Collectible Avatars generated $2.54 million in sales from October 23 to the 24, according to public blockchain data compiled by Dune user polygon_analytics. This represents an increase of more than 1,000 percent in sales volume from the previous day and brings the total for Collectible Avatars to a more than $8.1-million spread, across nearly 28,000 individual sales. At the time of writing, Reddit’s NFTs have closed more than one-half million dollars in sales in the last 24 hours. Why it matters Reddit’s CryptoSnoos NFTs are limited-edition collectibles based on the social platform’s mascot, Snoo. Designed by independent […]