Author: Jeremy Ryan

NBA Top Shot, the leading sports NFT platform, is set to launch a series of applications that will allow fans to engage with their services more efficiently through their mobile devices. This is according to an announcement made on February 16. According to Jennifer Van Dijk, Senior VP of Sports Partnerships at Dapper Labs, it’s a necessary step because the platform receives up to 75% of its traffic via mobile web; however, buying and handling NFTs on a mobile browser is difficult.Dapper Labs is the creator of Flow blockchain and the parent platform of NBA Top Shot, NFL All Day,…

NFT Ledger wallet and luxury brand RTFKT announced a capsule collection at the NFT Paris: an educational collaboration to bring self-care to the masses. Ledger wallet in partnership with RTFKT to launch capsule collection Ledger wallet and the educational component of the partnership with RTFKT Growing need for hardware wallets in the US The increase in volumes after the collapse of FTX Ledger wallet in partnership with RTFKT to launch capsule collection During the NFT event in Paris, Ledger wallet and the leader in digital fashion and on-chain digital artifacts, RTFKT, announced their collaboration and new collection. There will also…

Since BAYC creators Yuga Labs’ Dookey Dash launched, the NFT community entered a frenzy. Two days ago, the hunt for the game’s grand prize, the Golden Key, turned into a 690 ETH offer by UPDAO! Surprisingly, the lucky holder, Mongraal, declined it asking for no less than double, or about $2.2 million. Now the community can’t help but wonder: is the Golden Key really worth that much? The Dookey Dash winner Mongraal listed his Golden Key for sale but declined UPDAO’s offer! Dookey Dash: How Much Is The Holder Asking for The Golden Key? The Dookey Dash game may have…

NFT Animoca Brands Chairman Yat Siu has a message for marketplaces: if you care about the health of the web3 ecosystem, you should stand behind creator royalties. The remarks, made in an interview at NFT Paris, follow a prolonged debate about the correct model for remunerating artists and creators in crypto. Last week, Blur, the NFT marketplace targeting pro traders, set its royalty fee — the levy paid back to creators on on-going sales of NFTs — at 0.5%. In response, OpenSea dropped its 2.5% fee to zero for a limited time. Animoca Brands is one of the most prolific…

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stressed the importance of implementing a strong regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies during a G20 meeting on Feb. 25. Speaking to Reuters, Yellen said it was “critical to put in place a strong regulatory framework.“ She also noted that the United States is not suggesting an “outright banning of crypto activities.“Yellen’s remarks follow earlier ones from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva, stating that banning crypto should be an option: “There has to be very strong push for regulation… if regulation fails, if you’re slow to do it, then we should not take off the table…

Whenever the NFT landscape experiences a sharp market downtrend, a savior project will often emerge that re-awakens and revitalizes the niche. NFT aficionados have experienced the debut and aftermath of reputable projects like the BAYC, Cool Cats, CryptoPunks, Meebits, Doodles, and Moonbirds, and how they reshaped the entire landscape at their respective debuts. As the wheels of time rolled over into 2023, another fantastic project took its place among these blockchain heavyweights, the Checks NFT Collection.What is Checks Collection?The Checks Collection, also dubbed “Checks- VV Edition,” is another grand NFT project created in 2023 by renowned artist, Jack Butcher. It…

NFT Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-largest conglomerate with operations in manufacturing, hotels and e-commerce, plans to expand its non-fungible token (NFT) business onto the global market through a partnership with the Polygon blockchain, Lotte’s marketing and NFT hub Daehong Communications said on Monday. See related article: Weekly NFT sales surge amid marketplace Blur’s new round of token airdrop Fast facts The partnership will start with rebranding BellyGom NFTs, or Lotte Homeshopping’s profile picture (PFP) digital collection centered around a pink bear character of the same name. BellyGom NFTs, first minted in August 2022 on the Klaytn network, gives holders benefits…

NFT It’s also important to remember that, like other markets, the trading card market is susceptible to changes and volatility caused by various external causes. As a result, the rise in the price of Trump trading cards may only last for a while. This article will explain why virtual collectibles have become so popular. Let’s start with the fundamentals first. Why Do People Buy Digital Trading Cards? Digital trading cards are popular for many reasons: Convenience There is no need to touch actual cards while purchasing and collecting digital trading cards online. Due to this, card collectors are no longer…

The final vote on the European Union’s much-awaited set of crypto rules, known as the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation, was recently deferred to April 2023. It was not the first delay — previously the European lawmakers rescheduled the procedure from November 2022 to February 2023. The setback, however, was caused solely by technical difficulties, and thus, MiCA is still on its way to becoming the first comprehensive pan-European crypto framework. But that will happen only in 2024, whereas during the second half of last year, when the MiCA text had already been mostly written, the industry was shaken with…

In a joint statement released by three United States federal agencies, the banking sector was advised against creating new risk management principles to counter liquidity risks resulting from crypto-asset market vulnerabilities.The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released a statement reminding banks to apply existing risk management principles when addressing crypto-related liquidity risks.The joint statement highlighted the key liquidity risks associated with crypto-assets and related participants for banking organizations. The risks highlighted concern the unpredictable scale and timing of deposit inflows and outflows.…