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2024-04-30 20:36:58 Moonbirds NFT Sales Jump 227%, Defy Copyright Criticisms

Under Yuga Labs’ leadership, the recently unveiled ‘Moonbirds Universe‘ has boosted NFT sales by over 227%. Yet, it has also stirred controversy by moving the project’s artworks away from the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) copyright policy. In 2022, Moonbirds—owned by PROOF Collective at the time—surprised holders by adopting the CC0 code, placing its digital artworks in the public domain, thus allowing them to be freely commercialized without the owner’s consent.

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2024-04-30 07:47:01 Holograph Expands 'Omnichain' Gaming NFT Push With New Funding

Holograph, an omnichain tokenization protocol that mints NFT assets that can be utilized across multiple chains, announced Monday that it has raised a new strategic round of funding as it expands into the growing blockchain gaming space. The latest round of funding amounts to $3 million, and was led by Mechanism Capital and Selini Capital. The strategic round pushes Holograph’s total funding to date to $11 million.

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2024-04-29 19:07:01 GQ Magazine to Launch Its First NFT Collection Linked to Real-World Rewards

Men's fashion magazine GQ will release its first non-fungible token (NFT) collection that grants holders access to a magazine subscription, merchandise and live events. Titled "GQ3 Issue 001: Change Is Good," the collection is made up of 1,661 NFTs linked to one-of-a-kind art pieces created by artists Chuck Anderson, REO, Kelsey Niziolek and Serwah Attafuah. Each token allows holders to claim additional rewards such as a GQ magazine subscription, a curated GQ box of products, exclusive merchandise and a ticket to the inaugural GQ3 party in April.

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2024-04-29 09:47:02 NFT artwork by humanoid robot sells at auction for nearly $700,000

A digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia was sold at auction on Thursday for $688,888 in the form of a Non-Fungible Token (NFT), the latest sign of a frenzy in the NFT art world. NFTs, a digital signature saved on blockchain ledgers that allows anyone to verify the ownership and authenticity of items, have become the latest investment craze, with one artwork selling this month for nearly $70 million.

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2024-04-28 09:57:01 Mark Zuckerberg is more interested in the metaverse than election integrity, report says

Mark Zuckerberg's intense focus on the metaverse has replaced securing elections as the Meta CEO's top concern, four Meta employees with knowledge of the situation told The New York Times. Zuckerberg has been public with his desire to transform Meta — formerly known as Facebook — into a metaverse company, ploughing billions of dollars into developing metaverse technology.

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2024-04-27 23:16:59 Young Europeans are spending money in the metaverse

European tweens are increasingly willing to spend money in the metaverse to buy virtual products. Almost half of eight- to 12-year-olds have already bought a digital product, and a third are even willing to spend their own money. Thirty-seven percent of young European parents whose children play in the metaverse say their child has spent money (their own or their partner’s) on digital products, according to the latest YPulse survey.

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2024-04-27 09:06:58 Grant Yun’s ‘Life in Japan’ NFT on Solana

Prominent digital artist Grant Yun’s debut in the Solana NFT market was tremendously successful. The launch of Yun’s “Life in Japan” set on Exchange Art on April 18th sold out in only 9 minutes. Yun is claiming new ground here with this move, as he has published all of his past releases on the Ethereum blockchain.

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2024-04-26 10:47:01 Alien CryptoPunk sells for $12.5m as rare NFT trading heats up

One of nine alien CryptoPunks sold on Thursday for 4,000 Ether, around $12.5 million, in a trade facilitated by Fountain, a broker for high-value NFTs. CryptoPunks is a collection of 10,000 unique, pixelated profile pictures created by the development studio Larva Labs. Each image is linked to a non-fungible token, or NFT. NFTs are a type of digital collectible that use cryptography to verify their ownership and authenticity, serving as a digital proof of ownership.

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2024-04-25 20:57:02 CryptoPunk NFT Sells for More Than $12 Million

CryptoPunk #635 has been sold for 4,000 ETH worth more than $12 million. Indeed, the uniquely generated non-fungible token has been yet another from the well-known NFT line to be sold for a remarkable sum. Earlier this year, the Cryptopunk project saw multiple NFTs sell for more than $16 million worth of Ethereum. Specifically, in March, two weeks separated the two sales of Punk #3100 and Punk #7084. Now, Punk #635 is the latest CryptoPunk NFT to go for the impressive sum.

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2024-04-25 08:37:02 Justin Bieber’s NFT Investments Plummet From Millions to Mere Thousands

Arkham Intelligence, a well-known blockchain analytics provider, has disclosed a significant dip in the NFT purchases of Justin Bieber. As per the platform, the famous Canadian pop singer purchased above $2 million worth of NFTs back in 2022 but now their value has declined to just $100K. The analytics platform also revealed that the wallet of the Bieber on Arkham currently contains a very low value.

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