What Does Your Crypto Wallet Say About You? Artist Ian Cheng Is Creating a Series of Algorithm-Based NFT Portraits

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What Does Your Crypto Wallet Say About You? Artist Ian Cheng Is Creating a Series of Algorithm-Based NFT Portraits

Each portrait can update with changed behavior, like a metaverse mood ring.

By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 11, 2022

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Italy Instructs Museums to Halt Contracts With NFT Companies, Citing ‘Unregulated’ Terms That Could Affect the Country’s Cultural Heritage

The move comes after the Uffizi revealed that a tech company took the vast majority of proceeds from the NFT of a Michelangelo masterpiece.

By Dorian Batycka, Jul 11, 2022

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A Crypto Hedge Fund Has Moved NFTs Worth Millions to a Single Wallet, Prompting Speculation of a Bankruptcy-Induced Fire Sale

Three Arrows Capital, a massive cryptocurrency hedge fund that went bust in June, seems to be consolidating its NFT assets.

By Dorian Batycka, Jul 11, 2022

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How the Chinese Government Is Trying to Reinvent the NFT Market Without Cryptocurrency—and With State Control Instead

The notoriously censorious country is taking new steps to foster growth, utility, and innovation in digital assets. But at what cost?

By Dorian Batycka, Jul 5, 2022

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Animation, Music, and Insider Info: Here’s What Makes Some NFT Drops More Successful Than Others, According to a New Study

It helps to be a seasoned investor.

By Dorian Batycka, Jul 4, 2022

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Madonna’s World of Woman-Sponsored Concert Was a Strange Mix of NFT Pitch and Variety Show

I didn't learn a lot about the NFT collection there, but I did catch COVID.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 1, 2022

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An NFT Sale at Christie’s Brought in $1.6 Million, Giving Digital Art Collectors Some Hope in the Wake of the Crypto Crash

All 27 lots in the event sold, but it was far from the heady NFT days of 2021.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 29, 2022

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If NFT.NYC Represents the Future of Art, Then Why Was It So Boring?

The organizers of this year's conference brought in no fewer than 1,500 speakers—and a lot of marketing gimmicks.

By Ben Davis, Jun 27, 2022

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Gucci Enters Its Next Century of Art and Fashion With an NFT Collection That Includes a GG-Monogrammed Bionic Body

The brand is presenting 'The Next 100 Years of Gucci' exhibition on its experimental online platform Vault.

By Dorian Batycka, Jun 24, 2022

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‘Fat Finger’ Errors or Bad Investments? Here Are 10 NFTs That Were Sold at a Substantial Loss as Crypto Markets Have Cooled

Mistakes happen! It just seems they happen more often when it comes to Bored Apes.

By Amy Castor, Jun 23, 2022

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Bye Bye, Bored Apes? As a Crypto Winter Descends on the World, Celebrities Have Begun Quietly Deleting Their NFT Profile Pictures

Jimmy Fallon, Shonda Rhimes, Travis Barker, and Meek Mill are among the celebrities who have abandoned their NFT avatars.

By Annie Armstrong, Jun 22, 2022

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‘It’s Probably Gonna Be a Huge Cry Fest’: Plunging Crypto Markets Cast a Shadow Over NFT.NYC and Its Jittery True Believers

It's a grim moment for the opening of this year's NFT.NYC.

By Amy Castor, Jun 21, 2022

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Christie’s Wunderkind Noah Davis, Who Sold That $69 Million Beeple, Is Leaving the Auction House to Lead CryptoPunks Into the Future

The head of digital sale will host his final auction at the end of the month, benefitting psychedelic research.

By Dorian Batycka, Jun 21, 2022

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Here Are the Top 10 Most Expensive NFTs Sold to Date, From Beeple’s Record-Setter to Edward Snowden’s Court Transcription

Will these sky-high prices survive the current crypto meltdown?

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 21, 2022

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‘I Am Very Sorry’: Takashi Murakami Apologizes to His Crypto Investors on Twitter as His NFT Prices Nosedive

Murakami's project has suffered in the wider crypto-economy shake-up.

By Amy Castor, Jun 15, 2022