When New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson first coined the term metaverse in his 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, he set a high bar for other science fiction authors to come, including the worlds subsequently created in films like The Matrix. His immersive literary technique and attention to detail in each of his works –…
“We need more reach.” “This will get a lot of clicks.” “The client won’t be happy with these numbers.” We’ve heard these narratives nonstop since our media careers began more than 15 years ago. They are thought patterns that have been normalized in newsrooms and ad agencies across the world. And this is just the…
At the start of 2023, with Ordinals Inscriptions growing in popularity daily, it seemed every collector worth their salt was out to cash in on the Bitcoin NFT craze. While most turned their attention to CryptoPunks, OnChainMonkey, and other Ethereum-native projects bridging over to the world’s oldest blockchain, one Bitcoin-centric endeavor emerged to establish a…
The AI art movement is accelerating fast. And while the very concept of AI art sits at the center of one of the most contentious and ongoing debates in recent history, the creators driving the trend forward seemingly have both nothing and everything to prove to those attempting to delegitimize the technology and its use….
Bitcoin Ordinals are here and seemingly here to stay. But not everyone is happy about their presence. Because Ordinals increase traffic on the blockchain, seasoned HODLers and those accustomed to using Bitcoin solely for its primary purpose (transacting) have raised concerns about the congestion these digital artifacts might be causing. With this in mind, it’s…
What is happening over at Friendsies? The kindness-themed NFT project, headed by FriendsWithYou founders Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, raised some major eyebrows in the Web3 community on February 21 when they tweeted that they’d be putting “a pause on Friendsies and all future digital goods for the time being.” Specifically, they cited market…
OnChainMonkey (OCM) has emerged as a historic staple of the NFT community that’s proven time and time again to be well ahead of the curve. The project is well-known for uploading its entire 10,000 NFT collection to Ethereum in a single transaction. And with the new Ordinals protocol, OCM became one of the first 10,000…
You might say that Yuga Labs’ Dookey Dash was a success. At least, that’s what the hundreds of thousands of hours people spent playing the game and the nearly 37,000 ETH in Sewer Pass trading volume on the secondary market would indicate. When the game’s two-week run ended on February 16, few in the Web3…
We’ve come a long way since the world’s first NFT was minted in 2014. Since then, projects like CryptoKitties, Rare Pepes, and CryptoPunks have revolutionized the industry — both creatively and financially. NFT sales have skyrocketed in response, and many of the most famous and well-known NFTs have brought in millions of dollars. To record…
