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How the Expressions NFT Marketplace Aims to Uplift Global Communities
Next week, the NFT platform Expressions — a marketplace dedicated to supporting underrepresented global art communities in Web3, will launch its genesis art project — Origins & Ancestries. The drop is the first of ten that will take place over the next year and will showcase 1,000 artworks from 12 artists in the Caribbean, including Sofía Maldonado-Suárez (Puerto Rico), Edward Bowen (Trinidad), Carlos Davila Rinaldi (Puerto Rico), Isabel Berenos (Curaçao), and more. Expressions was created with an expansive goal in mind; Web3, for all its open-access rhetoric, remains frustratingly Western-focused, with North American and European artists dominating trends and headlines. […]
Runway: Adidas in Web3, Gucci and Vans on Roblox, and Nike x RTFKT
Welcome back to Runway, where we report to you from the frontlines of the digital fashion revolution. If you were waiting for the other shoe to drop, it finally did. Adidas, Nike x RTFKT, and dotSwoosh make major announcements this week — filling the digital world with more sneakers than we could imagine housing in our closet already stuffed with studded Valentinos, Jimmy Choos, and archival Louboutins. Next week we’ll fill you in on all things digital fashion and luxury that we witnessed during NFT NYC. Until then, read on to see what you missed this week. A new era […]
NFT100 Spotlight: Latashá on Championing Web3 Music
One of the most promising sectors to have emerged from the proliferation of NFT and blockchain technology over the past few years is undoubtedly Web3 music. Considering the legacy music industry has continued to fail artists time and time again, music creatives of all types have been flocking to the blockchain to take a crack at independence and succeeding. Thus far, few have achieved as significant staying power in the blockchain music sector as Latashá. A rapper, poet, performance artist, events coordinator, community manager, and much more, the Zoratopia founder has continued to define what excellence in Web3 music looks and […]
Beanz NFTS: The Ultimate Guide to Azuki’s Trusty Companions
If value was a competition in the NFT world, Azuki’s Beanz would be the perennial winners. While the collection isn’t necessarily the least expensive on the market, it acts as a more affordable entry into the popular Azuki community, offering owners a way to enjoy the project’s premium features at a fraction of the cost. In addition to a holders-only Discord channel in the Azuki server, Beanz holders get access to exclusive merchandise, collectible drops, and utilities within the Azuki metaverse. For many of these reasons, and despite being a relatively new collection, the Beanz Project has become one of […]
Everything You Need to Know About NFTs and Taxes in 2023
Tax season is finally upon us, with April 18 marked as the official due date for U.S. federal individual income tax returns. Sadly, it’s a day that brings confusion for just about everyone. But over the last year, it’s become especially hard for people reporting gains from NFTs. Don’t let the nerves get the best of you, though, because tax professionals have sought to ready themselves (and those in the NFT space) to tackle a broad variety of 2023 crypto tax needs. Hopefully, this year, those making last-ditch Google searches for “NFT tax loopholes” have already found a wealth of […]
Azuki, Beanz Creator Unveils Partnership With Line Friends (IPX)
The Alpha Chiru Labs, the Web3 company best known for being the parent company of popular NFT collections Azuki and Beanz, has announced a strategic partnership with digital IP platform company IPX (formerly Line Friends). Line Friends — similar to the IP of Hello Kitty and Friends — features a world of cute original characters, including Brown the bear, Cony the rabbit, and Sally the chick. The characters were originally created as stickers for Line users to use in their chats. Fans and holders can expect co-branded content and merch between Beanz and LINE Friends, retail distribution at Line Friends […]
Shira Lazar and Deepak Chopra Launch NFT Collection with Focus on Mental Health
The Alpha: Digital wellness agency Peace Inside Live announced on April 12 that it will launch “The JOMO Effect,” a charity NFT campaign on Magic Eden in support of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, according to information shared with nft now from Peace Inside Live co-founder Shira Lazar. The project, whose partners include TimePieces, Deepak Chopra’s Seva.Love, and Polygon Labs, will include art from 40 artists in the NFT community based on the theme of “JOMO,” or the joy of missing out. One hundred percent of proceeds from primary sales of the May 10 mint will go toward five […]
NFT100 Spotlight: Julie Pacino’s Web3 Filmmaking Vision
Julie Pacino is leading innovation at the forefront of Web3 filmmaking, and it’s not even close. Her upcoming feature-length debut, I Live Here Now, evolved out of a 2021 photography NFT collection of the same name, and the film is largely being funded by Pacino’s follow-up to that series, Keepers of the Inn. And having recently announced a deal with crypto payments platform MoonPay to co-executive produce the film, it’s become irrefutably clear that few others in the NFT community are maneuvering as deftly as Pacino to push creative freedom forward. In recognition of Pacino’s inclusion in the 2023 edition […]
NFT100 Spotlight: How Richerd and Manifold Empower Artists Beyond Open Editions
The lines between art and technology are more blurred than ever. A successful NFT art career requires as much creative talent as it does technical knowledge. How are artists expected to navigate both worlds? Richerd may have created the solution. As the co-founder of Manifold, Richerd created a platform that not only empowers artists to harness the technical power of blockchain technology — it also enables them to monetize their work through NFTs. While Manifold is just one solution in the growing NFT space, their work highlights the importance of accessibility and inclusivity in allowing creators to fully embrace the […]
NFT100 Spotlight: How Zhuk’s Serene Artistry Makes the Ancient Modern
When you see a Zhuk painting, there’s no mistaking it as anyone else’s work. The Azerbaijani artist’s style has become a staple of Web3 over the last year, injecting a digital-heavy NFT space with some refreshingly ancient aesthetics. A third-generation family artist, Zhuk brings a uniquely modern lens to classical figurative painting, often depicting the human body as if suspended in water or viewed in a dreamy, flow-like state. This approach allows her to play with shape, contrast, and color in fascinating ways. Zhuk’s work has been featured in Time’s NFT initiative Slices of Time, collected by some of the […]