The Breaking News of NFT
2021-02-23 10:48:09
LeBron James Lakers Highlight Sells for Record $208K on NBA Top Shot
A highlight of LeBron James posterizing Nemanja Bjelica in Nov. 2019 sold on NBA Top Shot for $208,000, which is now the most lucrative sale in the company's history.
2021-03-11 10:48:09
Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million
Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple, sold his NFT Everydays: The First 5,000 Days (2021) for $69 million at Christie’s.
2021-04-12 05:52:27
Pak Becomes First NFT Artist on Sotheby’s
In three day sale and auction of Pak’s NFTs named "The Fungible", $17 Million Realized in Sotheby’s First NFT Sale with Digital Creator Pak.
2021-04-25 13:18:53
Eminem Joins the NFT Party
Eminem released his first set of NFTs through Nifty Gateway on Sunday. The collection raised just short of $1.8 million.The collection featured digital action figures, characters from iconic Eminem videos, Mathers’ original instrumental beats, and rare physical items.
2021-04-30 10:48:09
Launch of Bored Ape Yacht Club
A collection of computer-generated 10,000 apes was released on 30 April, and it soon became one of the biggest NFT crazes of all time.. The collection was sold out in a day.Its famous collectors include NBA star Steph Curry, musician The Chainsmokers, singer-songwriter Post Malone, record producer Jermaine Dupri and TV show host Jimmy Fallon.
2021-06-04 07:55:31
Sotheby’s Opens an NFT Gallery in Decentraland
Sotheby's has launched a new location in 2021's hottest art trade hub: the NFT metaverse. Located in Decentraland, a decentralised virtual reality platform powered by the Ethereum blockchain, the auction house has created a digital replica of its London headquarters on New Bond Street.
2021-06-24 20:38:59
Binance Announces NFT Marketplace
Binance launched Binance NFT, the world’s leading NFT marketplace and trading platform. The new global marketplace will become the premier destination for NFTs and digital collectibles across mediums, from visual arts and gaming to music and sports.
2021-08-17 19:37:10
Alibaba Launches its Own NFT Marketplace
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched a new NFT marketplace dubbed ‘Blockchain Digital Copyright and Asset-Trade,’ which allows creators to sell the copyright of their works using the blockchain.
2021-08-20 08:52:30
Lionel Messi launches The Messiverse
Football player Lionel Messi announced his collection known as The Messiverse. The four NFT pieces were titled, The Golden One, The Man From Tomorrow, The Man of The Past and The King Piece. Each showed Messi striking a pose.
2021-09-09 13:27:59
Sotheby’s Launches Bored Apes Auction
A collection of 101 Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) sold for $24.4 million at a Sotheby’s auction Thursday.
2021-10-10 10:48:09
Japanese Gaming Giant Square Enix Joins the NFT Scene
Blockchain gaming has without a doubt seen immense success this past year, and it’s never been more apparent that the future is bright for NFTs and gaming than when Japan’s biggest gaming company, Square Enix, announced it is testing the waters of this new technology. As an initial first step, Square Enix launched an NFT series on the LINE blockchain by celebrated manga artist Choboraunyopomi.
2021-10-13 13:18:53
Coinbase Unveils Plans to Infiltrate the NFT Market
Another crypto heavyweight, if not the most popular one of them all, announces its plans to build an in-house NFT marketplace. Many start wondering if this could potentially be the ultimate competitor of the mighty OpenSea? The NFT marketplace competition is getting real stiff now, with Binance, Crypto.com and Coinbase all jumping in the game.
2021-10-16 13:18:53
Crypto Exchange FTX US Announces New NFT Marketplace
The latest leading US cryptocurrency exchange FTX US launched its own NFT platform. The new marketplace, named FTX NFTs, will allow users to create NFTs, transfer existing ones to the marketplace, and also provide creators with full control in how they sell their NFTs.
2021-11-09 00:32:51
Christie’s Announces Collaboration with OpenSea - the World’s Leading NFT Marketplace
Christie’s X OpenSea kicks off on December 1 with an on-chain auction hosted on Opensea.io and curated by Christie’s. Through the OpenSea platform, collectors can now discover and purchase Christie’s-curated NFTs via the Ethereum blockchain.
2021-11-24 10:18:53
‘NFT’ becomes the word of the year
'NFT' is Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2021, beating out 'crypto' and 'cheugy'
2021-12-01 12:51:18
Adidas Enters Metaverse With Bored Ape Yacht Club Ethereum NFT
2021-12-24 08:45:12
NIKE Acquires Leading NFT Fashion Studio RTFKT
2022-01-01 07:44:58
Musician Eminem buys a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT for US$ 452K
2022-01-31 10:48:09
Justin Bieber purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT for $1.29 million
Justin Bieber purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT for $1.29 million, paying a reported 300 percent more than its valued market price.
2022-02-07 19:04:23
Bud Light Super Bowl Ad Includes Nouns Ethereum NFT Imagery
“Noun glasses” from the Nouns NFT project will show up in a Bud Light commercial that will run during Super Bowl LVI.
2022-02-15 19:04:23
History Made as CryptoPunk NFT Sells for Over $23 Million
The NFT space has hit another landmark moment as a recent auction saw CryptoPunk #5822 sell for a record-breaking 8,000 ETH (approximately $23.7 million). The sale of the neon blue Punk ‘Alien,’ which sports a royal blue hat, has expectedly sent shock waves through the community, further catapulting the digital asset into NFT stardom.
2022-02-25 02:49:02
LAST NIGHT ON LATE NIGHT JAN. 25, 2022 Paris Hilton and Jimmy Fallon Go Ape for Printouts of NFTs
2022-03-11 16:31:50
BAYC team buys CryptoPunks
Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs made a big splash in the NFT space in March, announcing that it had acquired the influential CryptoPunks IP from Larva Labs, along with its metaverse-centric Meebits avatar IP
2022-03-16 08:14:50
Bored Apes NFT project gets official ‘ApeCoin’ token
The Bored Ape Yacht Club launched ApeCoin, an Ethereum token for use in metaverse apps, in March. Bored Ape and Mutant Ape owners were eligible to claim ApeCoins, with Bored Ape owners potentially receiving up to $80,000 worth of tokens on the first day.
2022-03-18 06:41:54
TIME released first ever-full magazine issue as NFT
TIME Releases First-Ever Full Magazine Issue as an NFT on the Blockchain Featuring a Cover Story on Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin. On Wednesday, March 23, TIME will release the first-ever fully decentralized magazine issue available as an NFT on the blockchain.
2022-03-22 05:16:38
Bored Ape Yacht Club Owner Yuga Labs Raises $450M Led by A16z
Eli Tan March 23, 2022·1 min read In this article: ETP 0.00% Yuga Labs, the company behind the popular non-fungible token (NFT) project Bored Ape Yacht Club, has raised a $450 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
2022-03-25 05:54:11
Madonna buys Bored Ape Yacht Club for $571,000
2022-04-01 02:30:27
WeChat banned accounts associated with NFTs
China's popular WeChat messaging app has suspended some accounts linked to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), to prevent speculation in the digital assets.
2022-04-07 18:17:23
Solana NFTs Joined OpenSea
NFTs minted on the Solana blockchain network are now available to trade on OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace by volume.
2022-05-01 05:53:53
Virtual land sale of Otherdeed crashed Ethereum network
Yuga Labs launched a sale Saturday of virtual land related to its highly anticipated metaverse project, raising about $320 million in the largest offering of its kind. Demand was so strong that activity related to the event caused ripple effects across the entire Ethereum blockchain, disrupting activity and sending transaction fees soaring.
2022-05-29 19:59:20
Tech Axie Infinity’s Ronin Network Suffers $625M Exploit
The gaming-focused Ronin network announced a loss of over $625 million in USDC and ether (ETH). The exploit affected Ronin validator nodes for Sky Mavis, the publishers of the popular Axie Infinity game, and the Axie DAO.
2022-06-20 15:17:36
Minecraft Ban NFTs on Game Servers, Derivative NFT Projects
Minecraft will change its usage guidelines to prohibit NFT use on its servers, as well as prohibit NFTs that use the game’s assets.
2022-06-26 02:49:02
Yuga Labs Lawsuit Accuses Ryder Ripps of 'Scamming Consumers' With Fake Bored Apes
Yuga Labs became embroiled in an ugly legal case after it took umbrage at a series of comments made by NFT community member, Ryder Ripps. With the range of accusations including slander, attempts to devalue to project, and the unsolicited use of BAYC IP.
2022-06-30 07:27:53
OpenSea reported a massive data breach
OpenSea — the most popular NFT marketplace — posted a blog addressing the breach. One of the Customer.io, OpenSea’s email vendor’s employees, misused their access to share users’ email addresses with an unauthorised external party. The company stated that anyone with an email account shared with OpenSea should “assume they are affected”.
2022-08-02 06:20:23
Gucci to accept Bored Ape Yacht Club’s cryptocurrency
Gucci started accepting ApeCoin — the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s cryptocurrency — as a mode of payment in certain US branches.
2022-10-27 02:49:02
CryptoPunks Gains Notoriety in the Latest Guinness Book of Records
NFTs reached new highs when esteemed compendium of random facts, The Guinness Book of Records, featured the technology for the first time. Within its pages, recognizing CryptoPunk #5822 as the most expensive digital collectible of all time.
2022-11-14 02:49:02
The collapse of FTX
The sudden demise of FTX sent shockwaves throughout the NFT industry. As a result, BAYC floor prices tumbled, Solana projects took a massive hit, and risk aversion saw many projects postpone their NFT drops.