To Fund Prison Reform, Artists Heno and Andre Oshea Turned to NFTs

The United States is home to less than five percent of the world’s population, but houses nearly 25 percent of the world’s total prison population. Chances are you’ve encountered this shocking statistic in some form within the past decade. Dictated most notably by Hillary Clinton during a speech on criminal justice in 2015, this unfortunate…

Visionary Abstract Artist Hilma af Klint to Be Immortalized on the Blockchain

In Web3, everyone is building towards the future. As an internet ecosystem centered around cryptography and decentralization, the blockchain has become a hotbed for far-sighted innovation. The NFT space itself, which exists at the intersection of finance, art, and tech, is proof enough of this fact. A great abundance of digital and generative artists exist…

Scams Explained: What Are Rug Pulls? Are They a Crime?

Back in March of 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Frosties founders Ethan Nguyen (“Frostie”) and Andre Llacuna (“heyandre”) with conspiracy to commit fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering in what is considered to be the agency’s first NFT “rug pull” bust. In the wake of the DOJ’s $1.1-million NFT bust, the…