Once again, the NFT marketplace and aggregator Blur has shaken up the NFT space. On May 1, the company announced the launch of Blend, a peer-to-peer lending protocol built alongside Web3 investment firm Paradigm. Blur claims the new protocol will help unlock liquidity for NFTs and help grow the market overall. In the first 24…
In 2021, a new creator economy was born on the blockchain. Since NFTs took center stage, artists have achieved NFT superstardom, billion-dollar brands have been forged in just a few months, and lives have been utterly transformed time and again. Yet, the most inspiring thing about the NFT space is the number of artists of…
The Alpha: Today, legacy auction house Sotheby’s launched its own secondary marketplace for fine art NFTs, according to information shared exclusively with nft now.The marketplace is an expansion of Sotheby’s Metaverse, the company’s digital artwork and collectibles platform. The peer-to-peer marketplace will feature fully on-chain sales showcasing a rotating selection of high-profile Web3 artists curated…
The Solana NFT ecosystem has been facing a few challenges as of late. With the larger-than-life DeGods and Y00ts collections opting to migrate off of the blockchain and top Solana marketplace Magic Eden finding it hard to appease both collectors and creators simultaneously, many of the chain’s devout supporters have been left wondering what’s next….
Let’s face it: The NFT space moves really fast. Considering how quickly things can change in the metaverse, a week in NFTs might as well be a month IRL. Don’t get us wrong — the more people onboarded into the space, the merrier. But because of the constant influx of great art and ideas, it’s…
The more Web3 evolves, the more challenging it is for artists and builders to innovate within its walls. Gamified drops, unique burn mechanics, and more are all now commonplace in the NFT ecosystem. Each new pioneering dynamic raises the stakes just a bit higher. This is a blessing for collectors, but it puts the onus…
It seems that everyone plans to onboard the next billion people to Web3. Nike, Time Magazine, Budweiser, Nickelodeon, and a host of other influential brands (nft now included!) have all promised to onboard the masses. But what will it really take to bring blockchain tech from niche to mainstream? Looking at the progress so far,…
To say most of the discussion surrounding artificial intelligence in the last six months has centered around AI art tools is no injustice to the technology’s broader context. While programs like ChatGPT have done much to showcase AI’s disruptive capabilities in the public’s eye, its advancements in AI art tools that have stirred up the…
Since the launch of the Ordinals protocol by software engineer Casey Rodarmar on January 21, 2023, almost 2,000,000 “digital artifacts” have been created — ranging from memes to massive NFT projects like Taproot Wizards. But despite the explosive rise and frenzied media coverage of these seemingly new “Bitcoin NFTs,” developers have been focused on improving…
