Nonfungible tokens (NFT) have taken the world by storm, resulting in mainstream interest and greater adoption of cryptocurrency. According to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, NFT popularity skyrocketed in 2021. Chainalysis’ “NFT Market Report” shows a minimum of $44.2 billion worth of cryptocurrency sent to Ethereum smart contracts associated...
AMC’s long-running flagship drama, The Walking Dead, is releasing NFTs to accompany the premiering of its final, 11th season. As the show prepares to leave our television screens for good, the NFTs are being rolled out as part of the franchise’s multi-year strategy to keep the undead series...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a study on the high-value art market, highlighting the potential in the nonfungible tokens (NFT) space to conduct illicit money laundering or terror financing operations.The treasury’s “Study of the facilitation of money laundering and terror finance through the trade in works...
2021 will be remembered as the year of nonfungible tokens (NFTs). In a year where names like Beeple and Bored Ape Yacht Club dominated the headlines, it’s estimated that NFTs have generated more than $23 billion in trading volume.The rise of NFTs has ushered in a new generation...
As NFT projects prepare to embark into the Metaverse, it seems they are pivoting from their static imagery to integrating mechanics that provide utility.Notably, Bored Ape Yacht Club has amassed over $1 billion in total volume and announced a mobile play-and-earn game, while fellow primate projects, CyberKongz and...
Mike Brown is the director of the Defense Innovation Unit. Prior to DIU, Mike served as CEO of Symantec Corporation and Chairman and CEO of Quantum Corporation. Mike also served for two years as a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow at DoD where he co-authored a Pentagon...
From bedroom walls, to office picture frames, to being sticky-taped to the inside of college lockers. These are just some of the ways that sports fans over the last 60 years have kept coveted images of their favourite sports stars who feature as the front cover of the...
Hosted on various NFT Worlds called Battle Planets,5,555 NFT Avatars will battle it out.Heroes are a collection of 5,555 generative ERC-721 NFTs that act as an access-pass, and playable in-game avatars within the Hero Galaxy. Heroes accrue value and rewards through gameplay within the Hero Galaxy’s various “battle-to-earn”...
In 2021 almost $41 billion was spent on NFTs and we witnessed a mainstream adoption of the technology on a grander scale than ever before. Even though only approximately $80 million of that came from the primary sales of music-related NFTs, it is precisely why the space has...
