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I Started Selling My Artwork as NFTs and It Changed My Life
An insider guide to starting out, from picking the right marketplace for your art to building a relationship with the NFT community.
People's Expensive NFTs Keep Vanishing. This Is Why
“There was no history of my ever purchasing it, or ever owning it,” said one confused NFT buyer. “Now there’s nothing. My money’s gone.”
NFTs Won't Save Small, Independent Musicians—But the Blockchain Could
Non-fungible tokens have been touted as a way to rescue lesser-known artists from financial peril. Instead, they're mostly helping the rich get richer.
‘Building the Cockchain:’ How NSFW Artists Are Shaping the Future of NFTs
The crypto-art medium has a lot of potential for adult creators—but some advise caution.
People Are Stealing Art and Turning It Into NFTs
The blockchain-based art collecting craze is fueling theft that artists are struggling to keep up with.
Beeple NFT Sells for $69 Million in Christie’s Auction
This is the largest NFT sale to date and the third largest art sale of any living artist
Azealia Banks Sold a Sex Tape with Ryder Ripps on the Blockchain for $17K
A 24 minute audio recording of Banks and boyfriend Ryder Ripps sold as an NFT.
People Are Spending Millions on JPEGs, Tweets, And Other Crypto Collectibles
Mark Cuban sold a GIF for more than $81,000. Someone bought a JPEG for $650,000. A digital land title in a game sold for $1.5 million. What are NFTs?
The Era of Government-Friendly Bitcoin Miners Is Here
Facing down new Treasury regulations, major North American miners agree to only process "clean" blocks of government-friendly transactions.
Someone Mysteriously Sent Almost $1 Billion in Bitcoin
An unknown person or entity just sent a whole lot of money while hiding in plain sight.
Someone Mysteriously Paid $2.5M to Send $133 in Cryptocurrency
Was it simply a catastrophically expensive mistake, or something more nefarious? The mining pool is holding on to the fee in case the sender speaks up.
ISIS Is Experimenting with This New Blockchain Messaging App
BCM allows administrators to create “supergroups” of up to 100,000 people.