If you’ve paid even the slightest bit of attention to the blockchain gaming space, you’re already familiar with a three-letter word that’s come to define this growing gaming sector in the past years: play-to-earn. The world first heard about play-to-earn (P2E) games thanks to Axie Infinity, the massive blockchain gaming juggernaut that aimed to reward…
Two things are true about sex work: it’s popular, and the people who power the industry are still stigmatized, just like the work itself. While more than half the population of the United States says they’ve watched porn, for example, and traffic to websites like PornHub tally more than 40 billion visitors annually (with the…
Traversing the world of non-fungibles is a daunting task. With so many new NFT projects, artists, and large-scale collections cropping up weekly, it’s become nearly impossible to keep up with every subsequent development. In the past, a simple browse of OpenSea was enough to find the latest NFT craze. But things have changed drastically since…
Non-fungible tokens — or NFTs — are causing a paradigm shift across nearly every sector of society. They’re transforming everything from finance to art, and there’s good reason to suspect that almost no corner of society will be left untouched. If that sounds like a bit of an overstatement, know that it’s really not. Over…
The world of Web3 is about to get even wilder. “The Gateway” is coming back to Miami in 2022. And this year, it’s going to be even bigger and better. Earlier today, nft now and Mana Common revealed initial details for “The Gateway: A Web3 Metropolis.” It’s a five-day event powered by MoonPay that will…
Since starting in Chicago’s hyper-competitive hip-hop scene 15 years ago, The Cool Kids carved out a singular niche for themselves in the larger music industry by consistently being ahead of the curve. When the duo, comprised of Chuck Inglish and Sir Michael Rocks, dropped their first video Black Mags in 2007, the world witnessed a…
For Web3 companies in the entertainment industry, it’s crucial to understand how flexible NFT minting can be, especially when the goal is to onboard as many people to Web3 as possible. This is why diversifying platforms still under construction is so common among firms making their ascent in the space. And Gala is attempting to…
Music NFTs have the power to completely change the trajectory of an artist’s career. Don’t believe me? Just ask Daniel Allan, Latashá, Black Dave, or any of the dozens of producers, DJs, and musicians who have found it possible to sustain themselves by immortalizing their musical creations on the blockchain. With music NFTs, artists are…
In the last few years, platforms like Substack have upended the power dynamics of the legacy publishing industry, providing both established and emerging journalists with freedom, access, and uncapped earning power. Now, literary NFTs are adding fuel to this fiery paradigm shift, opening the door for unprecedented levels of collaboration, direct connection, and value creation…
