Zora Protocol has unveiled documentation around its universal media protocol, offering developer tools to create perpetual markets for NFTs by baking an order book directly into the token. Zora’s protocol creates assets that contain a market and media component, allowing NFTs to become independent of the platforms they are issued on, a concept they have…

Reddit announced a partnership with the Ethereum Foundation, a sign it’s betting on a more decentralized internet and doubling down on the leading smart contract platform.  The social media company and the foundation started collaborating last year with the  Scaling Bake-off, a scaling technology competition. Reddit is also exploring  Community Points – or non-transferable ERC20…

A 24 x 24 pixel image sold for a whopping 140 ETH, or $176k, the highest USD price on-record for a non-fungible token. It’s the latest sign that the crypto art market is heating up.  The piece sold is CryptoPunk 8219, one of 24 Ape punks. To some, it’s just a low-resolution image of a…

For all the optimism about the potential for NFTs – or non-fungible tokens – to revolutionize digital collectibles, one important drawback has been hanging over the sector; lack of liquidity.  NFTX is seeking to address the issue by debuting an NFT liquidity pool. “NFTX is a platform for making ERC20 tokens that are backed by…

$777,777.77 was the highest bid for a piece from Beeple’s entire 2020 collection. The whole catalogue went for $3.5 Million. Trevor Jones breaks down the Beeple bonanza and later shares his ambitious project for the upcoming year involving 20 artists. And guess who’s involved…

Following the great DeFi summer many have been predicting NFTs to be the tricky second album. This is a monumentally large subject with competing viewpoints and every level of talent from scammer to international superstar. In this episode we cover Robert Alice’s Block 21 sale at Christie’s through Anthony Pompliano’s big bet on Trevor Jones,…

What happens when you create a fair launch governance token for a community-owned digi-physical brand apparel platform? You get $ROBOT. MetaFactory, which produces limited edition  wearables for crypto designers advancing Web3 culture, is distributing the ownership of the project via a token called ROBOT. The initial token distribution of 39k ROBOT went to the 43…

A non-fungible token is set to be sold at one of the world’s most prestigious auction houses tomorrow, in a world’s first. Portraits of a Mind, the work by artist Robert Alice is composed of two parts, a physical painting and an NFT. The NFT to be auctioned at Christie’s was developed by Async Art,…

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Rarible, a digital art-focused NFT platform, has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-seed round closed by crypto investment firm CoinFund. “The investment will help Rarible develop a community-governed, blockchain-based NFT marketplace that enables a direct relationship between digital content creators and buyers,” Rarible’s announcement said. CoinFund supports its investment with the view that blockchains…