Generative NFTs have not faced the market pressures that affected other NFT collections over the course of 2022, according to a new report from The Block Research. “Although the NFT...
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Christie’s NFT sales fall 96% in 2022
Art auction house Christie’s saw a tremendous decrease in NFT sales this year compared to 2021, despite a bumper year elsewhere in its art business. Christie’s sold 87 NFTs in 2022 ...
Trump’s NFT collection swings up and down over the weekend
The floor price for Donald Trump’s NFT collection went up and down during its first weekend. The former president’s collection sold out hours after its release on Thursday. The so-ca...
The Block: Here are the top cryptocurrency stories from past week: SBF, Trump and more
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried dominated headlines once again as the one-time celebrated wunderkind was arrested in the Bahamas and formally charged with fraud. U.S. lawmakers then followed w...
Donald Trump NFT collection sells out within hours
A 45,000 item NFT trading card collection created by the former U.S. president Donald Trump sold out within hours and has already racked up more than 648 ETH, or about $785,000, in trading volume, acc...
Failed hedge fund Three Arrows Capital estimated assets at $1 billion in July
Three Arrows Capital (3AC), the now-bankrupt crypto hedge fund, estimated its assets at around $1 billion as of July, according to a document obtained by The Block. The document, prepared by 3AC...
Former US president Donald Trump unveils NFT trading card collection
Donald Trump, the former U.S. president long-known for releasing branded products, has added another to the list: an NFT collection. The so-called Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection wa...
Valhalla and Cockpunch NFTs draw in combined $18 million in seven days
Two new NFT projects saw over $18 million in transaction volume within the last seven days. The depressed market conditions of 2022 spared no one, not even blue chip NFT projects, but these pro...
Scottie Pippen unpacks the power of flexing in the metaverse
Episode 124 of Season 4 of The Scoop was recorded live with The Block’s Frank Chaparro and NBA legend Scottie Pippen and Orange Comet CEO Dave Broome. Listen below, and subscribe to The Sc...
A Deep Dive on DeGods and y00ts
December 12, 2022, 3:39PM EST • 9 min read Quick Take DeGods and y00ts have monopolized the mindshare in the Solana NFT market, despite getting off to a bumpy start that almost prompted the team to th...
The Block: Defense against an AI-bot apocalypse: Give them pets
One new company may have come up with our best hope of preventing AI bots from ushering in an apocalypse: Give them pets to play with.That’s the concept behind augmented reality start-up Anima’s new p...
Winamp goes web3 with NFT music support in new update
Old-school media player Winamp now supports Ethereum and Polygon-based music NFTs in its latest desktop update. The new web3-focused support allows users to connect their Metamask wallets from w...
Warner Music Group and Polygon team up on virtual vinyl platform
Polygon and Warner Music Group have teamed up with e-commerce platform LGND.io to roll out a multi-year web3 music program that will allow users to play digital vinyl on-the-go. The platform, c...
OpenSea sees Art Basel bright spots in gaming, storytelling
Seated inside a trendy new hotel in Miami’s Wynwood arts and entertainment district on a sunny and warm December afternoon, OpenSea VP of product Shiva Rajaraman said he had come to town to take...
Has removing royalties paid off for Magic Eden?
While November has been a rough month for a lot of people with the fall of FTX reverberating around the crypto space, most NFT and gaming firms have so far been spared the brunt of the fallout. ...
The Block’s guide for the crazy web3 week ahead in Miami
Miami’s busiest week of the year is about to unfold, with the global jet set due to storm the city just after Thanksgiving for seven straight days of nonstop art and parties anchored by the Art ...
‘Vincent Van Dough’ launches new NFT gallery: Exclusive
A prolific NFT collector who goes by the pseudonym “Vincent Van Dough (VVD)” has launched a new NFT gallery called Art of This Millennium. AOTM is opening today with 32 artists featured in...
Saudi shock sinks Argentinian fan token, The Saudi’s NFT collection soars 2,000% in volume
Argentina’s shock loss to Saudi Arabia today was heard around the world and even spilled over into crypto. The Argentina fan token offered through partnerships with Socios crashed 23% ove...
WME talent agency signs Valfré, artist part of Instagram’s NFT push: Exclusive
Powerhouse Hollywood talent agency WME is once again showing its faith in web3’s future potential by adding contemporary artist Ilse Valfré to its roster, The Block learned exclusively. Valfré, ...
Brevan Howard Digital co-leads $4.8 million round for NFT fraud detection startup Yakoa
Yakoa, a California-based NFT fraud detection startup, has raised $4.8 million in a seed funding round. Brevan Howard Digital, Volt Capital and Collab+Currency co-led the round, with Uniswap La...
NFT royalties: The story so far
NFT royalties, once the reigning recurring fee to benefit creators, have been sent to the gallows. This year marked a race to the bottom among marketplaces to remove royalties and cut NFT trading cos...
Yuga Labs suggest allowlist to help maintain royalties upon sale
Wylie Aronow and the other co-founders of Yuga Labs have suggested a way for upholding NFT royalties for new smart contracts. They suggest doing this through an allowlist which would check the w...
a16z-backed startup Flowcarbon launches carbon-offsetting NFT project
Flowcarbon, a blockchain startup co-created by WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, will launch an NFT project that uses a majority of its proceeds to buy carbon offsets. Dubbed Flow3rs, the project...
Doodles CEO says brand is ‘ready to grow up,’ aims for Disney-level brand recognition
Ask Doodles new CEO Julian Holguin what he envisions for his upstart NFT brand, and he boasts of his company aspiring to challenge entertainment giants such as Disney, Amazon or Netflix. Doodles...
CryptoPunks takes top pricing spot from Bored Apes
CryptoPunks is back on top. The Larva Labs NFT collection is the most expensive and exclusive one, taking the spot from Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC). The floor price is the lowest price at which a ty...