NFT News
Series of NFT Phishing Scams Swipe More than $3.5 Million
Another scammer is currently prowling the crypto internet, operating under the name Monkey Drainer. Reportedly, he or she is employing phishing scams and has so far taken off with over $3.5 million, while swiping ETH worth some $1 million just this week. This specific phishing scam is based on fake NFT minting sites, which lure […]
Slotie NFT Charged with Selling Unregistered Securities in Four US States
Metaverse casino Slotie NFT, based in Tbilisi, Georgia, has been banned from selling NFTs in four U.S. states after being charged with violating their securities law. Thus, Slotie NFT is one of the first NFT projects to become a target of U.S. state regulators, specifically those from Kentucky, Alabama, Texas, and New Jersey. Owners of […]
Ethereum NFT Marketplace Blur Launches With Free Airdrop for Traders
Blur, an NFT marketplace, has announced its formal debut and is giving away Care Packages containing its token $BLUR to anyone who has traded NFTs in the previous 6 months. Additionally, those who post an NFT on Blur during the next two weeks will be eligible for the airdrop. The airdrop is only available for […]
NFT project Azuki launches Physical Backed Token
Azuki, a nonfungible token (NFT) venture inspired by anime, has developed a Physical Backed Token (PBT) – an open-source token standard that ties a physical object to an Ethereum blockchain-based digital token. The BEAN Device, a physical cryptographic chip that self-generates an asymmetric key pair, will be used in the first PBT implementation, according to […]
CoinShares Unveils Twitter Bot for Estimating Fair NFT Prices
Trading and digital asset investment group CoinShares has launched its Twitter NFT bot, designed to tell the users a fair price of NFTs based on a variety of factors. The bot uses the NFT price index constructed by CoinShares. It makes estimates based on data sets from the largest NFT marketplace, OpenSea. Moreover, the bot […]
OpenSea Adds Bulk Listing and Purchasing Features
Despite the overall prices and trading volume of NFTs shrinking, OpenSea continues to introduce new features. This time, the largest NFT marketplace has added the bulk listing and buying options for users. Namely, OpenSea users can now list or purchase up to 30 NFTs in a single transaction. This not only makes the process more […]
NFT Artist Beeple Targeted in Phishing Scam, Again
High-profile NFT artist Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple, just can’t get a break from cyber criminals. This time, he found himself involved in another phishing scam. Namely, a hacker modified Beeple’s links leading to his official Discord channel. When users followed the links, they entered a fraudulent Discord channel containing the Collab.Land bot. The bot asked […]
OpenSea Becomes Official Partner of Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group announced that it has entered into a partnership with the NFT marketplace, OpenSea. The collaboration is supposed to increase Warner Music artists’ Web3 presence, including Madonna, Ed Sheeran, and Cardi B. As part of the deal, OpenSea will secure the artists an early place in the NFT marketplace future products. In addition, […]
NFT Prices and Trading Volume Shrinking
The NFT market isn’t immune to crypto winter either. According to Dune Analytics, weekly NFT trading volume has dropped by 98% since the beginning of the year. Currently, the trading volume amounts to some $114 million – a significant decrease from its $6.2 billion mark back in January. Trading volume saw an all-time $146 billion […]
Christie’s 3.0 Ethereum NFT Marketplace Launched
Renowned auction company Christie’s has launched its own NFT marketplace. Named Christie’s 3.0 and built on Ethereum, the marketplace is a fully on-chain auction platform. Christie’s collaborated with smart contracts firm Manifold to make this project possible. In addition, blockchain analytics company Chainalasyis and metaverse platform Spatial also had a hand in providing further functionality […]
