Artificial intelligence has come a long way since games like Akinator started terrifying people on the internet in the mid-2000s. Thankfully, AI’s progression hasn’t gone in a direction that would see a real-world equivalent to the Geth rising up. Today, AI is used in many practical settings — like in our virtual assistants and in our cars — as well…
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The Biggest Rug Pulls in NFT History
The term “rug pull” doesn’t have any positive connotations. Either someone is going to fall on their face, furniture is going to topple over, or, in the case of the NFT world, a lot of people are going to lose a lot of money. A rug pull scheme is what happens when crypto developers attract early investors to a project…
David Guetta and Stage 11 Team Up for a Virtual NFT Adventure in Music
Legendary French DJ, David Guetta, has teamed up with metaverse pioneer Stage 11 to build an elaborate music-themed virtual adventure. The world-famous DJ will lead explorers on a grand mission to save the future of music. According to reports, the wild new ‘David Guetta Experience’ will see a high-resolution David avatar guide gamers through an epic Sci-Fi universe, with a…
Interview with Founder pack Perception Face NFT
On this joyful day, we are sitting down with Horacio Lampe — Perception Face Blockchain Team Leader. Chris: The Founder Pack of Perception Face NFT is an attempt to innovate in the world of entertainment. How does the NFT do that? In core, what is the central theme of the token? Horacio: The revolution that NFT technology achieves is beyond…
Music Streaming Service QQ Music Receives NFT Treatment
Chinese technology and entertainment conglomerate Tencent has announced that it has began testing NFT profile picture (PFP) avatars, as well as a virtual ‘Music Zone’ in the QQ Music app. Although geo-restricted to only allow Chinese citizens to use it, the QQ Music app’s blockchain endeavors became available to the Android-adopting portion of its 220 million users on Monday. The…
A VIP Look Into the World’s Biggest NFT Festival
This year’s edition of NFT.NYC was something else. With large swathes of the NFT community making landfall in New York City, NFTs became a very IRL thing in the city that never sleeps throughout the week of June 20. Attendees had a smorgasbord of events to choose from throughout the week’s festivities. This included panels and talks hosted at the…
Everything You Need to Know
Few projects have reached such levels of popularity and infamy as Azuki. A PFP project featuring 10,000 anime-inspired NFTs, Azuki’s path to prominence has been characterized by unrivaled hype, in-depth lore, and surprising controversy. First bursting onto the NFT scene in January 2022, Azuki quickly won the hearts of countless NFT enthusiasts as a potential new frontrunner of the then…
Shrapnel Operators, Thousand Ether Homepage, LetsWalk, and More
Traversing the world of non-fungibles is a daunting task. With so many new NFT projects, artists, and large-scale collections cropping up weekly, it has become nearly impossible to keep up with all the new and exciting happenings. Previously, all that was needed to find the latest NFT craze was a simple browse through OpenSea. But things have changed drastically since…
Some of the Most Successful Fundraising Efforts By NFT Projects
When NFTs experienced a massive bull run in 2021, many people looked at the dollar signs and saw an opportunity — not to fill their own pockets, but to do some social good. Since then, NFTs have emerged as one of the best ways to fundraise for important causes — from reproductive rights to supporting underrepresented artists. And for good…
A Link Between Blockchain and IRL Experiences?
Collecting NFTs, and engaging with blockchain technology in general, can at times be an overwhelmingly stagnant experience. As the only portal to interacting with the blockchain is via the internet, investors, developers, artists, and collectors usually find themselves sitting for hours staring at a screen. But what if collecting NFTs could be a more engaging activity? Of course, this is…