Within months after its launch in April 2021, Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) has become one of the main reasons Wall Street should take the emerging nonfungible token (NFT) market seriously, thanks to its recent sales turnover of over $1 billion.Celebrities ape into BAYCFor the uninitiated, BAYC is...
By now, anyone remotely interested in NFTs and building their digital identity has heard about popular PFP avatar collections such as the Bored Apes Yacht Club (BAYC) or CryptoPunks. Like many others, these collections were relatively affordable at first. For example, CryptoPunks were technically given away for free,...
Data privacy is top of mind for online sellers, and for good reason: Regulators in China, Europe and North America are taking an interest, and iOS 14.5 allowed many consumers to disable data tracking, with negative consequences for companies that relied on Facebook’s granular ad targeting.
Bearing those factors...
2021 was an exciting year for crypto, with several well-known — some unexpected — brands entering the crypto sector. Here’s looking at you, Charmin, and your toilet paper nonfungible tokens (NFTs). The year saw its fair share of moments that had crypto enthusiasts on the edge of their...
It has somehow, inexplicably, impossibly been almost 10 years since the original Oculus Rift hit Kickstarter.
A decade of development later, VR headsets have gotten better and better — but it’s safe to say, at this point, that VR’s adoption will be … gradual. If we’re all destined to...
Towersmash, a Might & Magic inspired deck building, collectible card game, joins the growing game community on WAX. They’ve already completed their first sale, but you can still pick up packs from secondary sellers on Atomic Hub for very reasonable prices. A land sale is expected soon.
Joining an...
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Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for January 7, 2021! It’s Friday and the snow is falling like the dickens in my neck of the woods....
I have had the great fortune of spending much of my career in the sports industry and the emergence of NFTs within mainstream sports is a remarkably exciting and important moment. NFTs have created new opportunities for sports fans to collect, play, trade, and support their favorite players,...
The late Hong Kong and American martial arts legend, Bruce Lee, is being commemorated in an upcoming NFT collection. The collection aims to celebrate the life and legacy of the martial arts pioneer, philosopher, and global action film star.
The Bruce Lee Family Company and NFT protocol Ethernity will...
