Pudgy Penguins Releases Toy Line, Earns $500,000 in 48 Hours

Yesterday, the Pudgy Penguins NFT Twitter handle tweeted out a video announcing the release of Pudgy Toys, its physical line of family-friendly plushie and figurine toys. The video also unveiled Pudgy World, an online portal that provides non-Web3 native consumers their first blockchain wallet and soulbound and tradeable NFTs. The video, which depicts a child…

Exclusive: Avalanche Unveils New Marketplaces and Plans to Bridge the Physical-Digital Gap

The Alpha Two new marketplaces are coming to the Avalanche blockchain. Today, May 19, Superchief Gallery NFT and Zeroone both announced partnerships with Avalanche and parent company Ava Labs respectively. Further, Avalanche shared that it has entered a partnership with Legitimate to bring phygital experiences to its events. Dive deeper Things have been getting interesting…

Animoca Brands Founder Confronts the Next Era of Ownership

The theme for this year’s TED conference was “possibility.” Yat Siu, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands, wasn’t expecting to receive an invitation to speak. After all, Animoca Brands is a blockchain gaming and venture capital company focused on Web3 — and 2023 is one of the more volatile periods in crypto history. …

Ledger Recover: Is Your Seed Phrase Really Safe?

The Paris-based crypto hardware wallet provider Ledger found itself in hot water this week after revealing plans to introduce Ledger Recover, an optional, paid subscription service for Ledger Nano X wallet holders that provides a seed phrase recovery system involving third-party custodians. Ledger touted the new feature as an innovation that would allow crypto and…

Vincent Van Dough Talks Disrupting Galleries and the Power of Pepe

The pantheon of pseudonymous NFT collectors features no shortage of enigmatic characters, but few enjoy the crypto-native cult following of Vincent Van Dough. Regarded as a major proponent of the digital art ecosystem, the 2023 NFT100 honoree is well known for his NFT spending sprees and eclectic projects, which now include the web3 gallery Art…

VeeCon 2023: Must-See Speakers, Events, and Activations

Building on the success of its inaugural year, Gary Vaynerchuk’s VeeCon is returning in 2023 as the second annual NFT-ticketed super-conference. This unique event, exclusively designed for the VeeFriends community, is being held in Indianapolis, Indiana, from May 18-20. Those who aren’t VeeFriends holders can still attend by purchasing tickets through Opensea. At the time…