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Netflix Is Using NFTs to Harvest Engagement Data. And TV May Never Be the Same
The Alpha To commemorate the launch of the third season of Love, Death + Robots, Netflix released an NFT collection on OpenSea. The collection featured corresponding NFTs depicting scenes from the season’s nine episodes. Netflix also conducted a virtual and IRL scavenger hunt for these NFTs, leaving QR codes across various IRL billboards and on social media for fans of the show to find. Why it matters When Duncan Cock-Foster mentioned the need for the NFT space to transition past its current status as a speculative market at nft now’s State of NFTs IRL event, this is exactly what he […]
Fine Art NFTs: How a Breakdancing Med Student Broke Into Web3
Getting a degree can be daunting. Between managing a school/life balance, memorizing course material, and potentially learning that landing a job isn’t the post-collegiate guarantee it used to be, it’s no wonder that, on average, roughly 33 percent of undergraduates do not complete their degree program. Some even describe college and its associating costs as soul-crushing. And if the day-to-day university life isn’t enough, consider throwing one of your passions into the mix. Unless they make money, hobbies are often the first to fall by the wayside when life gets tough and time becomes limited. Do you think you could […]
Can Lyrical Lemonade Change Hip-Hop Forever?
Lyrical Lemonade’s rise over the past decade has been nothing short of meteoric, even playing a pivotal role in the widespread emergence of the era-defining hip-hop microgenre called Soundcloud rap. What started as a humble blog founded by then-high school student Cole Bennett in 2013 evolved into a full-on multimedia company and a juggernaut in the hip-hop world. Beyond production credits for some of the last decade’s biggest hits like Lucid Dreams and Catch Me Outside, Bennett has recently expanded the scope of Lyrical Lemonade’s operations into collaborations with legacy apparel brands, as well as an annual music festival. Now, […]
NFTs Free Us From Web2 Hierarchies. Forcing Utility Erodes Progress
If the NFT community were an extended family that met on occasion for holiday dinners and special events, utility would be the topical equivalent of politics and religion that people might try to avoid to keep things civil. The word has sparked countless discussions in the space in recent months, and the outcomes of those conversations are likely to answer a crucial question facing the Web3 world: what does an artist who sells NFTs owe the people who buy their work? The answer to what utility means is more straightforward and interesting than you might think. But to get to […]
Street Art NFTs: How Graffiti Can Embrace the Blockchain
For more than half a century, graffiti has spread across urban areas’ walls, streets, and billboards. Proliferated throughout the world first as a method of storytelling and turf claiming, what once began as a criminalized pastime has grown into a global phenomenon of cultural expression. Anecdotally, street art exists solely as public art. That is to say that street art and graffiti live in the physical realm and, similar to paintings and sculptures, are unmoving and unchanging. But now, as with other forms of “permanent” works, street art is making its way onto the blockchain. NFTs primarily exist as digital […]
The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Pudgy Penguins NFTs
In the wide world of NFTs and crypto, volatility isn’t always just volatility — sometimes, rapid surges in the value of a digital asset may predict continued, sustainable growth. And this may be the case with the recent near 400-percent surge Pudgy Penguins has experienced since August 18, according to data collected by CoinGecko. And it’s not over yet — on Monday, a Pudgy Penguin sold for an astounding 400 ETH — worth $625,758 as of writing, according to OpenSea. Pudgy Penguins floor prices as of August 23, 2022. Source: CoinGecko This surge comes just months after a multi-million dollar […]
A Guide to Magic Eden: A Young Marketplace Making Its Mark
Without the Ethereum blockchain, NFTs might never have gained notoriety. From landmark sales to the literal empires that sprung up on ETH, it once seemed Vitalik Buterin’s brainchild would always be the one-stop-shop for nonfungible tokens. But times have changed since the 2021 token craze, and the NFT ecosystem has expanded far beyond the reaches of a single blockchain. Now, NFTs are on nearly every major chain, with new marketplaces cropping up almost quarterly. Yet, these platforms aren’t all created equal, and at times, it’s significantly apparent which entities in the NFT space are running a sprint, and which are […]
A Complete Guide to Proof Collective’s Exclusive Web3 World
We can’t deny it: the concept of identity — and questioning it — is and will remain among the most intriguing capabilities as blockchain technology continues its evolution through modern society’s financial and cultural landscapes. Keeping in line with the decentralized and open nature of the Web3, anonymity (or pseudonymity) in the crypto and NFT space has forged novel dynamics. Until February 2022, for example, the identities of the founders of Bored Ape Yacht Club, the most successful NFT project in existence, were a mystery. But anonymity cuts both ways: It allows people to be active in the Web3 ecosystem […]
Anthony Hopkins’ First NFT Collection Reaches for Eternity
Sir Anthony Hopkins, the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Oscar-winning icon of film, television, and theater, has partnered with Web3 media company Orange Comet for an upcoming series of NFT drops showcasing his work as an artist, according to information shared with nft now during an early press junket with the actor. The project, called The Eternal Collection, includes three drops centered around a set of 10 digital animations of Hopkins digitally rendered as interpretations of various Jungian character archetypes the actor has portrayed throughout his career. Their designs also incorporate aspects of Hopkins’ work as a painter. Its tentative release […]
Dan Harmon’s New NFT Series Gives Fans “Krap” Control
The entertainment industry is getting serious about NFTs. For example, The Walking Dead metaverse has seen massive success in the Web3 space, and even comic book publishers have used NFTs to change how they interact with their fanbases. Now, a major television broadcast network is doing the same. Co-Creator of Rick and Morty Dan Harmon and Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL, Fox Entertainment’s Web3 studio) have released a series of NFTs for the upcoming animated series Krapopolis, a show about a dysfunctional family of humans, gods, and monsters set in mythical ancient Greece, according to a press release shared with nft […]