Per Kristian Stoveland’s artistic mind inhabits the liminal space between the logical and the playful. A visual artist who fell in love with coding at a young age and the co-founder of the Oslo-based design studio Void, Stoveland has recently found a home for his love of generative art and graphic design in Web3. On…
Many have theorized that the convergence of NFTs and gaming would bring about a unmatchably robust sector of blockchain interoperability. Yet, although a wide range of Web3 gaming endeavors exist and have achieved varying degrees of success, it seems that none so far have risen high enough to achieve the ultimate goal of NFT stewards:…
The rapid rise of Bitcoin Ordinals continues. With over 123,000 Ordinals inscriptions now forever written onto the Bitcoin blockchain — and a thriving trading and auction scene for the most sought-after (read: low inscription number) tokens and collections — Bitcoin’s status as an NFT ecosystem has been secured. While the chain’s version of NFTs has…
It’s difficult to frame the scale of the devastation and loss of human life that has taken place in southern Turkey and northern Syria in the last week. The numbers only do so much to convey the gravity of the disaster; on February 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near the Turkish city of Gaziantep at…
Yesterday, NFT marketplace Blur finally allowed users to redeem care packages for $BLUR, the platform’s native token. The event was highly anticipated and resulted in a significant market surge over the last month. Ultimately, the royalties-optional marketplace secured over $430 million in trading volume in the last 30 days. And yesterday, the money continued to flow. The event…
The Alpha: Contemporary art institution Pace Gallery will present a physical exhibition featuring new work from generative artist Tyler Hobbs at its New York gallery from March 30 to April 22. This marks Pace’s first exhibition dedicated to a single artist’s Web3 project. Titled QQL: Analogs, the exhibition will feature 12 large-scale works from Hobbs’…
$BLUR is finally here. After delaying the launch of the platform’s native token in January, the NFT marketplace officially began letting users redeem care packages for the token at 1:30 p.m. ET on February 14, 2023. The run-up to the launch has been marked by much anticipation, with popular exchange Coinbase tweeting that it would…
When Jack Butcher introduced his Checks project to the NFT space, he did so with a single sentence: “This artwork may or may not be notable.” Since his initial Tweet, it’s become clear that not only are Checks notable, but the collection marks a major shift in NFTs for the first time in nearly a…
Bitcoin NFTs, better known as Ordinals, have become nearly inescapable as of late, with more than 89,000 inscriptions in existence. For the first time in Bitcoin’s 14-year history, the blockchain is being used for something other than peer-to-peer transfers, but not everyone is pleased. While a significant portion of Web3 is thrilled with the way…
