Sotheby’s art auction house is accepting Bitcoin and Ether as payment for physical artworks.  In collaboration with Coinbase, Sotheby’s becomes the first major fine art auction house to do this.  While Christie’s art auction house recently accepted $69M in ETH for Beeple’s “EVERYDAYS: THE FIRST 5000 DAYS,” that was an NFT. Sotheby’s is taking its…

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IDEO today announced the IDEO Founder Collective, where founders of the design firm’s portfolio companies can invest in each others’ startups.  All 20+ members —including IDEO CoLab Ventures, the firm’s venture arm— are contributing an equal amount of equity or tokens in return for shared ownership in the collective. Besides participation in the group’s companies,…

Binance is planning to launch an NFT marketplace and trading platform in June, the exchange said in a post. Binance NFT aims to offer high liquidity and low fees for NFT transactions. The two main venues available at launch will be a “Premium Events” category for exclusive artist collaborations and exhibitions, and a “Trading Market”…

NFThub, which describes itself as a landing pad to navigate the NFT metaverse, emerged from “stealth Beta” this week with the launch of its governance token $gNFT. The site’s initial features include a “public community calendar [to which] anyone can submit an event” and an “open registry” in development on which anyone “can list a…

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The buyout contract for the B20 NFT bundle is live, meaning that 20 single-edition Beeple NFTs are back on the market in a winner-takes-all lot. B.20 bundle is a collection of ultra-rare NFTs including 20 one-of-one Beeples, a 3LAU soundscape, and prime real estate in Decentraland, Cryptovoxels, and Somnium Space. This bundle backs the B20…

When I first read about the $69M NFT being sold at Christie’s, I thought it was incredible. But I certainly did not think it was relatable. It’s literally a fine art auction. Which, for most people, is up there with yachts and islands as symbols of the ultra rich. And this is the story being…

Immutable X, an NFT-focused layer 2 solution on Ethereum from the team behind the NFT trading card game Gods Unchained, has launched a test version of the network. Gods Unchained players have exclusive access for the time being.  Immutable X offers gas-free NFT minting, trading, and collecting, as well as near-instant transaction times. Immutable X…

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