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How The Cool Kids’ New NFT Project Is Elevating Hip-Hop
Since starting in Chicago’s hyper-competitive hip-hop scene 15 years ago, The Cool Kids carved out a singular niche for themselves in the larger music industry by consistently being ahead of the curve. When the duo, comprised of Chuck Inglish and Sir Michael Rocks, dropped their first video Black Mags in 2007, the world witnessed a novel kind of alternative hip-hop that later topped the charts in the following decade. Now, The Cool Kids have kicked off yet another forward-looking initiative — a generative NFT art collection. Following the success of their membership token, they felt like they could go deeper […]
A Muhammad Ali-Inspired Web3 Game Is Lacing Up Its Gloves
The Alpha: The celebration of the 47th anniversary of Muhammad Ali’s career-defining Thrilla in Manila pay-per-view bout will go down on the metaverse, according to a press release shared with nft now. Muhammad Ali Enterprises and Non-Fungible Labs have partnered up with Altered State Machine to provide the Greatest’s loyal fanbase a truly unique AI metaverse boxing experience. This AI-driven metaverse game, called Muhammad Ali — The Next Legends, will feature digital boxing avatars equipped with Altered State Machine’s AI NFT brains. The mint for these AI boxers will go live on October 1 via a Pro-Pack bundle that features […]
Literary NFTs: Here’s How Writers Can Leverage Their Passion in Web3
In the last few years, platforms like Substack have upended the power dynamics of the legacy publishing industry, providing both established and emerging journalists with freedom, access, and uncapped earning power. Now, literary NFTs are adding fuel to this fiery paradigm shift, opening the door for unprecedented levels of collaboration, direct connection, and value creation between writers and their audiences. While traditional publishing will never disappear, the power imbalance between creators and publishers will. This article will guide you through the basics of literary NFTs, including the potential benefits and downsides, use cases, pricing, community building, and copyright. First, let’s […]
Christie’s Is Going On-Chain With a New NFT Marketplace
The Alpha: Following the hosting of several successful high-ticket NFT auctions, esteemed auction house Christie’s just announced in a press release shared with nft now the launch of Christie’s 3.0. This new platform will enable the legacy auction house to conduct fully on-chain NFT sales — ensuring that “all transactions — including post-sale processing — will be automated and on-chain,” said Christie’s Director of Digital Art Sales Nicole Sales Giles in an interview with nft now. This announcement comes in the wake of the Ethereum Merge, which cut down the Ethereum blockchain’s energy usage by more than 99 percent. Manifold, […]
NFT Art on Debit Cards? Mastercard and Crypto App hi Have Your Back
The Alpha The crypto and financial app hi has partnered with Mastercard to announce the world’s first NFT-customizable fiat and crypto debit card for hi users, according to a press release. Gold-tier members of hi will be able to decorate their cards with an NFT they can verify they own as long as it meets Mastercard’s design standards. The hi Debit Mastercard comes in six variants that hinge on a hi user’s membership tier. Customers can become a member by staking HI, hi’s native token. Memberships start at a price point of around 10 euros. Why it matters Legacy businesses […]
NFT Theft: Here’s How the Dark Side of Web3 Gets Away With It
How do NFT thieves get away with heists in the millions (or even billions) of dollars, in plain sight? Crypto transactions happen on the public ledger, so finding the culprit should be simple. Despite this, NFT thieves are nearly impossible to catch. Part of the problem comes with the territory, since successful NFT scammers and thieves live on the cutting edge of the space. But there are deeper reasons for this than simply being familiar with the space — and examining the deeper story could help all of us better shield ourselves from future onslaughts. NFT theft, high art, and […]
Pixelmon Has New Leadership. Can It Overcome the Rug Pull Allegations?
The Alpha: When Pixelmon first launched in February 2022 with a 10,005-piece collection of pixellated character NFTs, the NFT community quickly grew excited at the prospect of what seemed like a Web3-focused competitor to Pokémon. All that excitement swiftly turned into scorn the moment the Pixelmon team revealed what the game they were building would look like. Due to each NFT’s hefty 3 ETH price tag, the NFT community went on to call Pixelmon a “$70 million rug pull.” Pixelmon has announced the hiring of a new leadership team to help correct its course, according to an announcement initially reported […]
How WhIsBe United 24 Leading Artists for His Next Drop
When New York-based artist WhIsBe — short for “What is beauty?” — first reignited the then-dormant flames of his creative fire in 2011, he was mostly concerned with following in the footsteps of his heroes in the traditional art world. Through graffiti, he thought, he could iterate on the works of Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The result was commercial imagery intent on the disruption of public spaces — WhIsBe’s take on graffiti art. But amidst all of WhIsBe’s subversive iconography, one recurring character in his works sticks out in its biting critique of the US criminal justice system: the […]
Magic Eden Opens Up About Its Controversial NFT Tool
The debate is heating up surrounding creator royalties in the NFT space. Initially instigated in response to platforms like sudoswap, X2Y2, and Yawww emerging as opponents of cookie-cutter creator royalties, the conversation has continued to expand cross-chain, prompting Solana NFT marketplace giant Magic Eden to chime in. In support of creators taking control of their secondary sales kickbacks, Magic Eden has introduced something called MetaShield to its platform. With MetaShield, launched in partnership with NFT marketplace and aggregator Coral Cube, NFT creators now have the ability to review listings and sales of NFTs, giving them a recourse of action if collectors […]
The Goblintown Creators Just Launched an NFT Marketplace
The Alpha: Truth Labs, the Web3 company behind projects like Goblintown, Illuminati, and The 187, has launched the Truth Labs Marketplace, a dedicated platform for its NFT collections, according to a press release shared with nft now. Snag Solutions, a white-label NFT marketplace, built the platform in partnership with Truth Labs. The aim is to enable secondary sales of NFTs from its collections with reduced fees for sellers, according to the release. The Truth Labs Marketplace will charge a single 5-percent royalty marketplace fee for transactions on the platform. Why it matters The stance Web3 companies take towards marketplace fees and […]