The main counterpart of Visa, payment processing giant Mastercard, is preparing to add non-fungible tokens to its portfolio. To deliver NFT services to its 2.8 billion cardholders, Mastercard has partnered with seven leading NFT and web3 platforms to offer direct NFT operations without dealing with crypto. The news rolled out on May 9th on the company’s website. Thus, according to…
The supermassive stars in the skies of the world’s cinema are regularly highlighting their new NFT and web3 endeavors. One of the latest superstars who have dived deeply into the realm is Jim Carrey with his first-ever NFT. Now, following in the footsteps of his multiple colleagues, the iconic representative of the old school, the best “Hannibal Lector” of all…
Russian heavy artillery keeps “denationalizing” Ukrainian land, razing to the ground architectural marvels, historic sites, and museums housing masterpieces of international value, to say nothing about schools, churches, hospitals, and living blocks. According to the recent UNESCO report of June 13th, since February 24th and up to this day, Russia has damaged at least 143 religious sites, museums, historic buildings,…
Despite previously hinting at an NFT collection that never came to fruition, enlightened and Hollywood-abandoning A-list actor Jim Carrey has finally launched his first-ever NFT. Dubbed ‘Sunshower’, the 1/1 asset is currently up for auction on SuperRare, and has a bid of 46.6 ETH (or approximately $56,900). Sunshower is produced in collaboration with fellow Hollywood figure David Bushell, who is famous…
As recent blockchain endeavours from the likes of Prada have showcased, offering NFTs alongside physical counterparts is becoming more common. Although many of these come with essential add-ons rather than being exact physical replicas, one New York-based artist has set out to manifest NFT artwork in one of the most fitting and decentralised ways within the physical realm – graffiti…
In a move predicted by many, Mfers creator Sartoshi emulated his Bitcoin-founding namesake by disappearing into the great unknown. On his departure, bequeathing control of his 10,021 PFP stick figures to the wider Mfers community. Sartoshi’s crudely drawn offspring debuted on the Ethereum blockchain at the tail end of last year, entering the sphere with none of the usual bells…
Leading Tron-based NFT marketplace, APENFT, has once again collaborated with enduring fashion publication, Vanity Fair. Hand in hand, launching another series of NFT covers fresh from accomplished studio Valuart. The incredible collection showcases the exceptional talent of Valuart’s portfolio of creators, releasing five individual NFTs that look to blend the realms of art, entertainment and crypto into one gloriously stylized…
Automated trading platform BOTS is launching its first non-fungible token (NFT) collection, named Metabots, on July 15th, 2022. The community-focused collection consists of 3.000 unique NFTs. Owners of this NFT collection will benefit from both digital and physical benefits. The Metabots NFT collection will give holders benefits from the crypto trading platform BOTS. Why Bots is putting out the Metabots…
Just weeks after the Zagabond fiasco, the Zunkz NFT project sees itself caught up in some drama again. This time it’s due to an NFT content creator who made some serious allegations against the Zunks project admins. A day later, one of the admins came out not only to refute the claims, but also to promise that there will be…
If you have been active on Tech Twitter the past couple of days, you are likely to have come across the term “Web5”. It all started when former Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey announced the new platform on Twitter on June 10. Developed on the Bitcoin Blockchain, Web5 will be a combination of Web3 and Web 2.0. Still confused? Let’s dive…
