Dapp Activity Soars to 3.4 Million, NFTs Close on $1 Billion

The Alpha: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) just announced an “international cryptocurrency enforcement action,” according to a live broadcast on the DOJ’s website. Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco announced that the DOJ arrested Hong Kong-registered crypto exchange Bitzlato founder and majority stakeholder Anatoly Legkodymov in Miami last night, according to a press release.Legkodymov, a…

If we were to trace a line back through history, stopping to admire the works of influential queer creators of the many eras, we would undoubtedly find that LGBTQIA+ artists are, and always have been, a quintessential facet of the traditional art world. From Haring to Warhol to Basquiat, or even Michelangelo and da Vinci,…

There’s a disparity between genres in Web3 music. While hip-hop and electronic (and, to a much lesser extent, pop) undoubtedly dominate the space, each seems to exist in its own microcosm. Considering the technological dependency of electronic music, it makes sense that the genre has easily found a foothold in Web3, but what about the…

Kraken, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the official launch of its NFT marketplace following the successful completion of its beta testing phase. According to a press release, the marketplace will support over 250 NFTs across multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, and Polygon. In November 2022, Kraken introduced a public beta version of its NFT…

Once upon a time, there were only crypto companies. In the era before NFTs, when crypto was still completely niche, the blockchain was ruled by developers and traders. But now, crypto traders have given way to deep-pocketed collector DAOs, and individual crypto-artists to a new paradigm of full-spectrum NFT project management teams. Where does the…

With over five million registered users, blockchain sports company Sorare just made it easier for sports fans to build their fantasy teams and collections using fiat currencies in a new partnership with the B2B fashion wholesale marketplace Mangopay. Cash Wallet, which launches in early August, allows Sorare users to make payments in fiat, including dollars,…