Magic Eden: Your Guide to the Expanding NFT Marketplace

The Alpha: Today, at the Worldwide Developers Conference 2023, Apple revealed its long-awaited mixed-reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro. Representing the first brand-new product category from the company since 2014’s launch of the Apple Watch, the high-end augmented and virtual reality headset could have a major impact on the future of the metaverse. The device’s…

There’s no denying it: NFTs are fundamentally reshaping the digital economy, taking blockchain to unprecedented prominence in a new era of Web3. It all started with the first NFT ever created, called Quantum, which was minted by Kevin McCoy on Namecoin in 2014. But several other NFTs were launched on pre-Ethereum blockchains over the following…

In a move signaling a more structured approach to the burgeoning crypto industry, U.S. House Republicans unveiled a fresh legislative proposal on Thursday that establishes swimlanes between the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  At 212 pages, the “Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act” is designed…

Owls NFTs have been on an absolute tear recently. Having dropped on March 3, the 10,000-piece collection of randomly-generated colorful text art owls has already done more than 11,000 ETH ($17 million) in trading volume on the secondary market and currently has a floor price of 0.184 ETH. Little is known about the collection, whose…

Retail giants across the United States, including Walmart, Kroger, Meijer, and Whole Foods, have recently become the targets of a series of hoax bomb threats. While these threats have, to date, proven to be unfounded, they have created a climate of apprehension and disruption in stores across the nation. The perpetrators of these threats have…

Since its November 2020 launch, Art Blocks has established itself as the preeminent platform for generative art within the NFT landscape. Artists worldwide, including Tyler Hobbs, Dmitri Cherniak, and Kjetil Golid have looked to the platform to host their collections. But what led to its rise? 10,000 colorful squiggles. Art Blocks’ CEO and founder Erick…