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The Creators of the First NFT Talk New Collection, Web3 Future
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy need little introduction. Ten years ago, the acclaimed artists introduced the world to Quantum, the first art NFT ever created. Quantum found its home on the Namecoin blockchain in 2014, when Kevin McCoy decided to mint it as an NFT to establish the provenance of the digital image. The Web3 world might see minting an NFT for such a reason as a banality these days, but in 2014, the idea was revolutionary. Provenance documents for digital art didn’t exist at the time, and Quantum showed the world that blockchain technology could solve the problem of ownership […]
The Now Pass Mint Details Have Been Unveiled
The Alpha: The Now Pass collection of 2,750 NFTs offering exclusive access to nft now’s ecosystem is here. Produced by the N3 Foundation, the NFTs will be released in three minting phases at nowpass.xyz. Phase One begins on March 23 at 10 am ET, Phase Two on March 23 at 2 pm, and Phase Three — the public sale of the NFTs — starts on March 24 at 9 am. Dive deeper Traditional media isn’t just problematic, it’s broken. With the rise of social media and programmatic advertising in the last two decades, media outlets have become addicted to the […]
Exclusive: DeGods’ Kevin III Talks Bitcoin Branch, y00ts Future
In the past year, DeGods has defied expectations to become the ultimate NFT comeback story. Born on Solana, the large-scale PFP endeavor and its counterpart, y00ts, have continued to drive conversation surrounding the cross-chain compatibility of generative avatars while simultaneously planning to branch over to Ethereum and Polygon, respectively. Now, DeGods has decided to take its multi-chain endeavors a sizeable step further by bridging a select set of NFTs from the original Solana collection over to Bitcoin as Ordinals Inscriptions. Dubbed “DeGods on Bitcoin,” this latest venture will introduce a first-of-its-kind minting experience on Bitcoin and is said by Dust […]
An NFT Every Day: A Guide to the Nouns NFT Project, DAO, and Ecosystem
If you’ve been around the NFT space, you’ve likely seen Nouns’ playful pixel art images featuring signature bright colors and simple blocky designs. As time goes on, you’ll definitely see these unique characters more and more frequently. Unlike most NFT projects that have a set number of supply before mint, Nouns is an infinite work of art. One Noun NFT is generated every single day “forever.” As a community-driven brand, Nouns aims to use its open-source IP to empower holders to fund their most ambitious dreams and business ideas with their NFTs as the face of the projects. Nouns are already […]
Web3 and Hollywood: How Omega Runner is Democratizing Storytelling
It’s no secret that Hollywood is small. For decades, a select group of industry gatekeepers has dictated what and where stories were told. No matter how talented, most people won’t ever get to pitch their ideas to the teams capable of bringing them to life. But even with this knowledge, few truly realize how difficult chasing this dream is. Roughly 50,000 screenplays are registered with the Writer’s Guild of America each year — but in 2021, 403 movies were released in the United States and Canada. That’s less than a one percent chance to get your script made into a […]
14 Women and Women-Led Projects Building the Future of Web3
The face of Web3 is not what you think it is. The idea that it’s the exclusive arena for wealthy finance-turned-crypto bros is an inflated stereotype that finds less and less grounding in reality with each passing day. The stubborn perception that it is, however, remains undeniably potent. Being airbrushed from history in just about any field or industry is nothing new to women, which is why it’s crucial that the Web3 community acknowledge those driving the space forward while they’re doing it, not just in retrospect. Just as NASA’s early successes in the 1950s and 60s would not have […]
Misan Harriman Shares His Vision for a More Equitable Web3
Five years ago, Misan Harriman picked up a camera for the first time. Three years ago, he became the first Black man to shoot a cover for British Vogue in the magazine’s 104-year history. Today, he’s on a mission to use Web3 to level the playing field for artists around the world. As someone who’s struggled with dyslexia and was afraid to pick up his camera for years, Harriman’s journey is as much about personal and artistic growth as it is about the democratizing potential of blockchain technology. Finding his artistic voice Shortly after he picked up his camera for […]
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 […]
A Web3 Cautionary Tale: The Biggest NFT Brands Had Funds in SVB
On March 10, after days of uncertainty spurred on by $1.8 billion in surprise bond losses, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed, sending a tidal wave’s worth of ripple effects throughout the financial industry. The event quickly prompted the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC to step in to effectively circumvent catastrophe and assure depositors of access to all of their funds, whether insured or not. While the situation is still developing, the seeming fiasco has left those in traditional finance to shudder in remembrance of the 2008 financial crisis. Yet, the context of the collapse — that SVB was […]
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 […]