The highly anticipated Azuki Elementals mint is happening in less than 24 hours on June 27. The news about the new 20,000-strong PFP collection was made public on June 23 at Azuki’s “Follow the Rabbit” event in Vegas.
During the Vegas event, Azuki holders were airdropped a locked Elemental that will be revealed after the sale. Additionally, all Azuki and Beanz holders were airdropped a Soulbound Token (SBT) called a...
The United States Secret Service has finally shed more light on its bizarre nonfungible token (NFT) collection sitting on OpenSea. The NFT collection was first revealed during a Reddit AMA on May 16, where agents answered questions from members of the r/cryptocurrency subreddit about their involvement in crypto and blockchain tech. Until this time, not much of an explanation was provided about the NFT collection or why it exists.Speaking to...
Retail giants across the United States, including Walmart, Kroger, Meijer, and Whole Foods, have recently become the targets of a series of hoax bomb threats. While these threats have, to date, proven to be unfounded, they have created a climate of apprehension and disruption in stores across the nation.
The perpetrators of these threats have maintained their anonymity by using blocked phone numbers and have demanded...
Avant Arte, a curated art discovery and ownership marketplace, has announced a new collaboration with pseudonymous digital art patron Cozomo de’ Medici. The partnership aims to establish an ongoing program that will bring together leading digital artists supported by The Medici Collection and Avant Arte’s expertise in print-making and editioning.
This marks a significant milestone for Medici as they venture into sup...
In 2021, Forbes hinted at NFTs being the future of e-commerce, a reality that is becoming increasingly apparent today. Amanda Cassat, ex-chief marketing officer of ConsenSys, went even further, predicting:“I think every single e-commerce store is going to turn into an NFT store.”This view is supported by the increasing integration of NFTs by major brands like Louis Vuitton and celebrities such as Snoop Dogg. However, the driving force behin...
Let’s face it: The NFT space moves really fast. Considering how quickly things can change in the metaverse, a week in NFTs might as well be a month IRL.
Don’t get us wrong — the more people onboarded into the space, the merrier. But because of the constant influx of great art and ideas, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with all the news, launches, and general happenings.
Well, you can put the days o...
Blockchain Australia’s new CEO Simon Callaghan hopes the Federal Government will take its cues on crypto regulation from the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Singapore — and definitely not the United States.In his new position, Callaghan aims to steer crypto rule-making in the country and avoid making similar moves to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — which is suing the world’s two largest exchanges and has branded at least 68 tok...
French luxury fashion house Hermès has notched another win in its infringement case against artist Mason Rothschild after a United States judge ordered a permanent injunction on all “MetaBirkin” nonfungible token (NFT) sales. Hermès initially submitted the request to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in March to block all sales of the MetaBirkin NFTs.On June 23, Manhattan-based U.S. Judge Jed Rakoff officially gr...
A creditor of now-bankrupted crypto exchange FTX pledged a claim as collateral for a loan in the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Arcade. The transaction was the first on-chain loan backed by an FTX claim, according to the bankruptcy claims platform Found.The $31,307 claim was tokenized, and its ownership was represented by a nonfungible token (NFT). On June 23, the NFT was used as collateral for a $7,500 loan to be repaid in five days...
Over the past year, Azuki’s path to NFT prominence has been filled with unrivaled hype and in-depth lore. An undoubtedly influential blue-chip collection; while at times, holders have felt that things have been slow-going, an exciting new chapter of Azuki has officially arrived.
While the Azuki ecosystem has been subject to a variety of unique expansions in the past, this latest initiative may be the most sizable to ...
