For one night earlier this month, the bear market felt a world away. On June 15, digital art enthusiasts packed the Sotheby’s New York showroom for its highly-anticipated Grails Part II live auction, featuring a notable trove of generative art NFTs headlined by Dmitri Cherniak’s Ringers #879 — affectionately nicknamed “The Goose.“ The collection being put…
In the midst of the ongoing legal skirmishes between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the cryptocurrency industry, Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum, remains unbothered. Lubin, who also serves as the CEO of ConsenSys, the blockchain-based financial infrastructure company, expressed his views on the regulatory status of Ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of…
On June 20, Yuga Labs made major waves by announcing something called the “HV-MTL Forge” to begin on June 29. After sharing only a few major details about the event on social media, the Bored Ape Yacht Club progenitors have now unveiled the full extent of the significant metaverse gaming expansion. Here’s what you need…
Coinbase has sent waves throughout Web3 by taking a stand against the recent lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In a response submitted on June 28, the exchange giant contends that the case lacks a solid legal foundation and should be dismissed. The action comes amidst ongoing tension between the digital…
Over the past few years, fxhash has solidified itself as a premiere, community-focused, and accessible platform for generative art. A longtime major facet of the Tezos NFT ecosystem, the platform is now seeking to double down on its mission to enhance and untether the creative potential of artists in the generative NFT space with an…
The community has voted, and the ApeCoin DAO election winners have been chosen. The new Special Council members are Capetain Trippy and Waabam_eth. The new Stewards are AllCityBAYC and tigerisfine. Members elected to the ApeCoin DAO can serve up to two terms at a time. The election officially concluded on June 28 at 6 p.m….
Innovation is often the result of audacity and imagination. It was in this spirit that Adidas made its first jump into Web3 in 2021 with Into the Metaverse NFT drop— a collaboration between Bored Ape Yacht Club founders Gordon Goner and Gargamel, Pixel Vault founder GFunk and influential collector gmoney — to welcome Adidas Originals to the virtual world. Since then,…
If the prominent rise of AI art tools in the last year can be described as an uncharted ocean of creative possibility, then the Web3 photography platform Fellowship is one of the boldest and most capable ships navigating its waves. In April, the platform launched Post-Photographic Perspectives, its inaugural AI-focused art show featuring the mind-expanding…
On June 27, the Azuki Elementals mint went live, generating immense fanfare throughout Web3. Billed as the next evolution of the popular anime-themed PFP project, Elementals sold out in record time, failing to make it past presale before all 20,000 NFTs had been minted. Perhaps to be expected, though, not everything went off without a…
