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Next Up: Mumbot’s ‘Cool, Cute, and Creepy’ World of Phygital Art
In Web3, it’s become almost a rarity for an artist to focus exclusively on one single medium. Perhaps because the crypto-art sector itself takes a variety of skills to enter, the vast majority of creatives that call the blockchain their home usually dabble in an assortment of disciplines. From illustration to digital painting, sculpting, animation, and everything in between, the cross-pollination of artistry that can be found throughout the metaverse is undoubtedly indicative of the special and still growing creative culture of the NFT space. And when it comes to crafting and curating this culture, some go above and beyond. […]
Exclusive: Yuga Labs’ Chief Creative Officer Talks Otherside Preview
Yuga Labs, the company behind several of the Web3 space’s most successful and well-known NFT brands, previewed its latest Otherwise metaverse developments to a small group of Bored Ape Yacht Club and Otherside community members on July 27 in Studio City, California. The group, which consisted of 40 Voyagers, got a chance to check out never-before-seen concept art for Otherside that has been in development for the past year and take part in a walk-through of a part of the island that resides at the center of the metaverse. Otherside Test Group: A Recap pic.twitter.com/57gh9g8VlA — Othersidemeta (@OthersideMeta) July 28, […]
Mastercard, Billboard to Drop 5 New Artist Singles as NFTs
Mastercard and Billboard are poised to unveil a brand new showcase on Thursday, July 27 at 3 pm ET, dropping five new singles as NFTs through the culminating release of its trailblazing Web3 music initiative, The Mastercard Artist Accelerator. The Accelerator, which was announced earlier this year and officially kicked off in April, was initially conceived with the vision of equipping budding artists with the requisite tools, acumen, and opportunities to carve their niche in the rapidly evolving digital music landscape. The latest release of Mastercard’s program represents another step in artist and platform attempts to reshape what many see […]
Beatport Debuts New Marketplace, First Digital Collectible Series
Beatport, an online music platform dedicated to electronic and dance music DJs, producers, and fans, has announced its new marketplace, Beatport.io. This platform aims to act as a Web3 space where artists and labels can share their music and art in new, collectible formats. Web3 venture builder Define Creative collaborated with the company to build the marketplace on Aventus, a parachain in the Polkadot ecosystem. Save the date: 27 July at ███▓▒░… #NACHTS @nachts_berlin pic.twitter.com/mC1fBYnjrt — Beatport.io (@btprtio) July 26, 2023 Introducing NACHTS The first project to be featured on Beatport.io is NACHTS, a multi-part art digital art collection representing […]
Gucci Wants to Reward ‘Material NFT’ Holders With 2 Physical Items – For Free
Luxury fashion powerhouse Gucci is preparing to gift two exclusive physical items – a wallet or bag – to holders of its Gucci Vault Material NFTs, which will be generally unavailable to Gucci’s usual clientele. The Material NFTs debuted last March as part of a partnership between Gucci and the narrative NFT project, 10KTF. The collection dressed eleven selected NFT collections, including Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), World of Women (WoW), Cool Cats, and more, in digitally enhanced Gucci outfits to showcase Gucci’s digital identity in an alternate world. 10KTF tells the fictional story of a floating city in a […]
Gambling Coins Are the Latest Meta. How Did We Get Here?
Hamster racing, snail racing, and now marble racing. It’s all happening in Web3. Hamsters.gg, a platform purporting to be the first ever to livestream hamster races, has rapidly gathered a dedicated following of betters in the Web3 space eager to amass fortunes through races. Hamsters are put into specially designed racing lanes equipped with automated starting gates. Prior to the beginning of each race, users can place wagers on the racing hamster they favor. The concept quickly became popular, leading to the creation of numerous similar platforms featuring different animals, such as Snail Trail ($SLIME), Race (RABBIT), and Rat Roulette […]
Here’s How Web3 is Reacting to OpenSea’s New ‘Deals’ Feature
When OpenSea hinted at an impending announcement last week, many in the community speculated that they would launch a token or airdrop. Instead, they surprised users with a new feature called Deals. The feature lets users exchange an NFT or a combination of NFTs from their collection for another user’s NFT or a collection of theirs directly on the platform. Additionally, users can add Wrapped Ether (WETH) on top of the offers. With this move, OpenSea’s team is creating a more direct peer-to-peer trading experience. Users can view, offer, and accept trades directly on OS, eliminating the need to venture […]
Melania Trump’s New Buzz Aldrin NFT Violates NASA’s Image Policy
When former First Lady Melania Trump unveiled her newest NFT this week, she also found herself in potentially dangerous waters with NASA on the unauthorized use of its images that violate the federal agency’s strict image use policy, according to an initial report by Gizmodo. Her new NFT, entitled “Man on the Moon,” dropped on Wednesday, showcasing NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the iconic 1969 photograph during the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 20. The limited-edition NFT costs $75 and includes an embedded audio file that unlocks upon purchase. The United States put a man on the moon […]
Next Up: Dani Loftus on Leading a Cultural Metamorphosis Around Digital Fashion
The metaverse brings with it many promises: finding identity anew through digital means, the democratization of information, and the potential to achieve financial independence, to name a few. Yet, before these broad-scope benchmarks can be achieved, it’s surely up to the blockchain-based builders of today to iterate upon our current culture to lead us into the future. And although a true-to-form metaverse may be a ways off, we’ve already begun to see glimmers of the fabled next iteration of the internet through advents like artificial intelligence, Soulbound Tokens, and the crossover between digital and physical. Specifically, thanks to the work […]
Doodles Reveals Details of Immersive IRL Playground
The Alpha: Doodles has announced a concrete launch date of August 19 for its in-person partnership with Camp: an immersive, 3,500-square-foot experience that will feature IRL renditions of the Doodles World, including a “Stoodio,” Space Doodles crash site, 12-foot-tall daisies, and more. The initiative represents a new chapter in the evolution of the Doodles brand. The joint venture will include a co-branded collection of apparel and accessories, including hoodies, t-shirts, backpacks, stationery, and Doodles’ first line of kids and youth products. Dive Deeper Doodles is solidifying its efforts to pioneer the intersection of the physical and digital with a reveal of […]