There’s little more to say about the state of the legacy music industry that hasn’t already been said. These days it’s common knowledge that labels and execs rake in the dough while artists make pennies. And to top it all off, touring — which has anecdotally been a major breadwinner for artists — has increasingly…
The Alpha: The Now Pass, a collection of 2,750 NFTs set to help build the future of tokenized media, has arrived. The Now Pass grants holders access to the Now Network, an ecosystem containing nft now’s industry-defining tokenized media initiatives based on community, rewarding participation, and progressive decentralization. The Now Pass mint is officially live…
The Alpha: In an article published last week (March 12, 2023), global video game publisher Nexon announced that it was releasing a blockchain-based iteration of MapleStory, one of its flagship games. MapleStory was first released in 2003 in South Korea and currently has more than 180 million registered players worldwide. Thanks to this massive user…
Similar to Black artists, Black founders are making significant strides in the Web3 space, forging a path for themselves and their communities. However, they are still underrepresented. According to data from Crunchbase, Black founders in the U.S. received approximately $2.254 billion in venture capital funding out of the total $215.9 billion allocated. That’s only about…
The Alpha Now that the excitement around Blur has died down, Web3’s attention has shifted to another airdrop. All eyes are on Arbitrum, the Ethereum layer-two scaling solution launching its token airdrop (ARB) on March 23. Just over one billion tokens will be airdropped to more than 600,000 wallet addresses. The minimum airdrop entitlement is 625 tokens,…
In Web3, innovation can often seem like an all-or-nothing endeavor. Considering the NFT space is fueled by decentralization and thrives on transformative ideologies surrounding the advent of crypto, AI, and non-fungibility, the tolerance level for technologies perceived as antiquated feels significantly low. Yet, the future currently being created on the blockchain is not necessarily a…
A New York federal Judge has dismissed the Canadian corporation Free Holdings Inc.’s lawsuit claiming ownership of the digital artwork Quantum, the first known NFT created by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy and sold by Sotheby’s for $1.47 million. While the NFT was minted on “Namecoin,” an early blockchain controlled by Free Holdings, the judge says…
The Alpha Crypto payment platform MoonPay announced that it will partner with filmmaker, producer, and photographer Julie Pacino on her upcoming movie, I Live Here Now, according to a press release shared with nft now. The company will serve as Co-Executive Producer.The film marks Pacino’s feature-length directorial debut and is based on her 2021 NFT…
The Alpha: The Now Pass collection of 2,750 NFTs offering exclusive access to nft now’s ecosystem is here.Produced by the N3 Foundation, the NFTs will be released in three minting phases at nowpass.xyz. Phase One begins on March 23 at 10 am ET, Phase Two on March 23 at 2 pm, and Phase Three —…
