Web3 has a navel-gazing problem. While it’s hard to pass a day on Twitter without coming across rhetoric of the space’s accessibility and egalitarianism, it remains stubbornly Western-centric. Big international happenings like NFT Paris and NFT Korea Festival absolutely deserve credit for helping to broaden its scope, but even these events can feel like rehashes…
If value was a competition in the NFT world, Azuki’s Beanz would be the perennial winners. While the collection isn’t necessarily the least expensive on the market, it acts as a more affordable entry into the popular Azuki community, offering owners a way to enjoy the project’s premium features at a fraction of the cost….
Megan Kaspar, the co-founder and managing director of FirstLight, is widely recognized as a savvy investor and trailblazer in the digital fashion realm. In October 2021, she made headlines as the first person to showcase NFT clothing during a video interview. Kaspar’s pioneering spirit also earned her a feature in Haute Living’s Miami issue wearing…
The Alpha: Digital wellness agency Peace Inside Live announced on April 12 that it will launch “The JOMO Effect,” a charity NFT campaign on Magic Eden in support of Mental Health Awareness Month in May, according to information shared with nft now from Peace Inside Live co-founder Shira Lazar.The project, whose partners include TimePieces, Deepak…
The Alpha Chiru Labs, the Web3 company best known for being the parent company of popular NFT collections Azuki and Beanz, has announced a strategic partnership with digital IP platform company IPX (formerly Line Friends). Line Friends — similar to the IP of Hello Kitty and Friends — features a world of cute original characters, including…
When you see a Zhuk painting, there’s no mistaking it as anyone else’s work. The Azerbaijani artist’s style has become a staple of Web3 over the last year, injecting a digital-heavy NFT space with some refreshingly ancient aesthetics. A third-generation family artist, Zhuk brings a uniquely modern lens to classical figurative painting, often depicting the…
Web3 is a breeding ground for innovation, almost by definition. The digital token economy is still nascent — cue the tried and true rhetoric of being early to the party — and that’s precisely why the NFT community is able to push the envelope of what’s possible in the new digital age. Art, tech, finance;…
Bryce Johnson, better known as Brycent, is a leading voice in Web3 gaming. A longtime gamer, he first stumbled on to NFTs when he heard Axie Infinity — dubbed Pokémon on the blockchain — mentioned on a podcast in early 2021. It was a perfect match for Brycent, who grew up playing Pokémon and worked…
One of the most promising sectors to have emerged from the proliferation of NFT and blockchain technology over the past few years is undoubtedly Web3 music. Considering the legacy music industry has continued to fail artists time and time again, music creatives of all types have been flocking to the blockchain to take a crack at…
