Artist: Terrell Jones, MichiganDate minted first NFT: March 28, 2021Which blockchains? Ethereum, Tezos Influenced by classic gangster films, Terrell Jones has a distinctive style that captures imagination and nostalgia. He is about to auction a second piece at Sotheby’s and has a patented “soft-shell taco method” to garner the attention of notable collectors. Who is he? From childhood aspirations of…
Bitcoin (BTC) fell to three-week lows on March 8 as stronger-than-expected employment data from the United States dampened risk assets. BTC/USD 1-day candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Employment stats boost Fed hawks, BTC price dips Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dipping to $21,858 on Bitstamp. The pair was attempting to preserve $22,000 as support at the…
Following Kraken’s listings of Aptos (APT) for most countries on October 19, 2022, Kraken is excited to announce the availability of APT for residents of the United States and Canada! Funding and Trading Funding and trading are live. You can add APT to your Kraken account by navigating to Funding, selecting the asset, and hitting Deposit. Already have APT and…
Chinese social media platform Wechat has introduced support for the state-backed digital yuan in its popular payment app. Over a billion users will now ostensibly be able to take advantage of fast payments with the digital currency issued by the People’s Bank of China. Wechat Pay Follows Alipay in Integrating Payments With Digital Yuan The largest Chinese social network and…
Mat Collishaw is turning his attention to a new kind of tulip mania. Called Heterosis, the project is a pioneering NFT-based flower collection and immersive metaverse experience created in partnership with artist Danil Krivoruchko, snark.art, and metaverse architects EL-GABAL. Snark.art is the firm behind the og.art protocol, upon which Heterosis and several other NFT projects have been built. The project…
The age-old question of “what happens after we die” is one humanity has grappled with for millennia. Religions, philosophers and thought leaders have put forth theories about each person’s fate beyond life on earth. Until now, no factual, science-based conclusion has provided a satisfying answer. Psychologists have understood that the fear of death — or the realization of mortality —…
The world of crypto and decentralized technologies is no longer an internet niche, home to a few pioneers on the frontier of fintech. It is now a blossoming sector for people of all backgrounds, interests – and genders. Women have been entering the space in droves to find financial freedom from traditional systems and help create the future of digital…
Web3 Music Platform Bolero Wants to ‘Put a Record Label in Everyone’s Pocket’ Bolero co-founder and CEO William Bailey tells Decrypt’s Dan Roberts at NFT Paris how Bolero works, the vision behind letting fans of an artist own a piece of a song, the future for music NFTs, and how Web3 can change the music industry broadly. Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/live-events/OyEkrWjp/web3-music-platform-bolero-wants-to-put-a-record-label-in-everyones-pocket
Crypto exchange Coinbase has launched a new business solution for enterprises looking to offer Web3 wallets to their customers — a move it says will help streamline the adoption of Web3 products and services. Coinbase’s wallet-as-a-service, or WaaS, provides enterprises with the technical infrastructure to create and launch customizable on-chain wallets, the exchange announced on March 8. Specifically, WaaS provides…
How CyberBrokers Creates Quests Across Multiple NFT Communities: Josie Bellini Josie Bellini, NFT artist and creator of CyberBrokers, tells Decrypt’s Stephen Graves at NFT Paris how CyberBrokers creates “missions and quests” for its holders to complete that lead them to other hubs like Cryptovoxels, Mona, and other projects “so that we’re not just in our own silo.” Source: https://decrypt.co/videos/live-events/EiBJFsTS/how-cyberbrokers-creates-quests-across-multiple-nft-communities-josie-bellini
