NFTs

An Ordinal featuring a one-second audio recording of a wet fart reportedly sold for Bitcoin worth $280,000. What Happened: Casey Rodarmor, a software engineer, designed and released Ordinals in January, a protocol that enables the storage of data on Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC)...

One of the biggest non-fungible token (NFT) collections of all time will be part of an innovative universe announced on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know about “Burn Island” and VeeFriends. What Happened: Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, aka Gary Vee, launched VeeFriends in May...

Donald Trump's NFT sales skyrocketed 528% in one hour on Tuesday, making it the number one Polygon-based NFT collection on OpenSea. What Happened: Before the surge on Tuesday, Trump's digital trading cards skyrocketed to a new all-time high floor price of $1,000 on Sunday, according to data...

Labeled Bitcoin enemy number one by Peter Thiel, Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett now owns a stake in Bitcoin thanks to one of his investments. What Happened: In June 2021, Berkshire Hathaway invested $500 million in Brazilian digital bank Nubank. Buffett...

Blockchain technology company for the sports and entertainment industry Chiliz (CRYPTO: CHZ) is marking its fifth anniversary by rebranding and launching a new layer-1 blockchain. The genesis block of the new EVM-compatible Chiliz blockchain has been validated, and the launch of the new chain is...

A new collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) will offer holders access to bathrooms and bars during the Mardi Gras activities in New Orleans. The NFTs will also provide additional benefits and could help launch New Orleans as a Web3 hub. What Happened: Web3 venture studio NieuxCo helped...

Donald Trump Digital Trading Cards surpassed 10,000 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) in trading volume on Sunday, reaching $13.4 million in total revenue. What Happened: Since Trump NFTs were first launched, their floor price has fallen by 68%. The NFT floor price peaked at 1.2 ETH...

Cryptocurrency Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB) has built a loyal following of fans and investors since launching in August 2020. Here’s a look at how much money people who got in at the start have made. What Happened: Shiba Inu launched in August 2020 as a similarly themed cryptocurrency to Dogecoin...

Over the years, scams in the world of cryptocurrency have increased. One of the tactics used is to hack a high-profile person’s Twitter account and post a phishing link that can drain people’s crypto wallets and take valuable NFTs. One scammer was recently caught by the FBI, resulting...

Digital real estate platform Roofstock announced on Friday the successful sale of a rental property in Alabama through a non-fungible token (NFT) enabled by Roofstock onChain (ROC), its Web3 subsidiary. What Happened: The transaction was settled via an NFT marketplace on the Ethereum (...

If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of cryptocurrency or meme history, you could soon be in luck. The couch from the original Doge meme, which inspired the Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) logo, is coming to the auction block. Here’s how you could own this unique piece of Doge memorabilia. What...

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) introduced NFTs that are stored entirely on its blockchain. These NFTs can hold up to 4MB of data, enabling the storage of short videos and even the Satoshi whitepaper on the blockchain. This has the potential to make Bitcoin a competitor to Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), which...

Global sports entertainment company Sorare announced a new partnership with the English Premier League. The four-year deal grows on recent partnerships by Sorare and will give the chance to consumers to purchase digital player cards and compete in fantasy football (soccer) challenges. What Happened...

The official Twitter profile of the Azuki NFT project was hacked on Friday, with the hackers posting multiple tweets asking users to claim virtual land. One of the tweets was pinned to the top of Azuki’s Twitter profile timeline, in an apparent bid to garner maximum clicks.Officials from...

A new open-edition non-fungible token takes aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin, during the time of war with Ukraine. The NFTs will offer proceeds to Ukraine. Here are the details. What Happened: After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, one of the sectors that stepped up with donations to...