Editor-in-Chief at Blockster

Lidia Yadlos

Lidia is the Co-Founder, Creative Director, and Editor-in-Chief of Blockster. Lidia closely crafts Blockster's messaging, concept, and partnerships which help define the new culture & lifestyle of Web3.

Articles by Lidia Yadlos

Lifestyle

Last week, creators, artists, and technologists descended in Miami for the 20th year of Art Basel. Unstoppable Domains SVP Sandy Carter discusses top takeaways from the week.

December 6, 2022

Lifestyle

A select amount of limited-edition Johnnie Walker bottles- exclusively sold on BlockBar.com- unlock access to an immersive experience at SCOPE curated by Vayner3 during this week's Miami Art Week.

November 29, 2022

Tech

We are pleased to announce that we have launched the latest version of the Blockster platform. You can now connect your wallet to register and create your account, officially making it a Web3 token-gated platform.

November 25, 2022

Gaming

Magic Eden today announced plans to integrate with the Polygon network to work more closely with strategic IP owners, world-class games developers, and emerging creators from the Polygon ecosystem.

November 22, 2022

Lifestyle

Dcentralize is building the first ‘one-stop-shop’ Web3 music ecosystem incorporating streaming services, live IRL & AR events, ticketing, an NFT marketplace, and an education and engagement launchpad for fans and artists.

November 15, 2022

NFT

Emerging artist Ricky Lake today announced the upcoming November 10th release of his latest project Altered, the first-ever generative album that will live exclusively in Web3 on Async Art.

November 8, 2022

Tech

Today, Helium Mobile™ & Solana Mobile announced a partnership to bring the world’s first cryptocarrier that's low-cost, reliable & decentralized providing 5G coverage to Saga users across the U.S.

November 5, 2022

Tech

To fix the shortcomings of Web2 identity verification, former Apple App Store executive announces Identity.com’s permissionless decentralized identity protocol.

November 4, 2022

Tech

Rockaway Blockchain Fund, a venture capital firm backing leading Web3 founders, has announced its rebrand to RockawayX. The firm ranges across three divisions—venture, engineering, and liquidity—with total assets under management of $500M.

November 4, 2022

NFT

Designed to get the Web3 community moving, ASICS introduces the first ever physical sneakers available to order globally using USDC on Solana Pay with an exclusive ASICS x STEPN NFT airdrop.

November 4, 2022

Tech

Substreams, developed by StreamingFast, a core developer to The Graph ecosystem, allow for a very quick and parallelized way to process the history of Solana's mainnet.

November 3, 2022

Metaverse

ZTX (ZepetoX), asia’s largest metaverse with a registered 340 million user base, goes Web3 making virtual land free for all. The Genesis mint for NFT homes will debut on Magic Eden.

November 3, 2022

Tech

Layer N (“The Protocol”), a hyper performant and scalable layer 2 blockchain backed by FTX Ventures, Solana Ventures, Solana Foundation, as well as angel investors Anatoly Yakovenko, and Raj Gokal, announced that it will be coming out of stealth.

November 2, 2022

NFT

Mythical Games is releasing a much anticipated first look at NFL Rivals, the first NFL and NFLPA officially licensed video game on the blockchain.

November 1, 2022

NFT

The Find Satoshi Lab ecosystem, today announced the launch of the MOOAR, a multi-chain NFT marketplace — the third project to launch after STEPN, a lifestyle fitness app & DOOAR, a decentralized exchange (DEX).

November 1, 2022

Metaverse

After months of development, Unpaired, the company behind the Party Degenerates NFT collection, will be unveiling the OxArena as part of Decentraland's Metaverse Music Festival on November 10th.

October 31, 2022

NFT

McFarlane Toys, the toy company founded by famous comic book creator Todd McFarlane, will be releasing its first-ever digital collection featuring classic McFarlane Toy characters including Spawn, The Redeemer, and The Clown.

October 27, 2022

Lifestyle

Digital Art Week will debut in London next week featuring immersive art, parties and talks featuring Beeple, Andres Resinger and more. The week will be full of curated free-to-attend events bringing digital art to the wider public.

October 27, 2022

Music

The coming together of two industry leaders will see attendees discover a new NFT-powered VIP experience when Dubai hosts the 8000-capacity Elrow XXL festival in February 2023.

October 26, 2022

Lifestyle

In an unprecedented step for Web3 real estate, AGIA International Ltd announced plans to sell 60 ultra-luxurious villas to build atop of the Bahamas’ Great Exuma Island via a series of NFTs.

October 20, 2022

Gaming

Alien Worlds launches a first of its kind breakthrough in-game DAO that allows users to create their own game experience, compete with each other as teams, while managing some of the largest treasuries in crypto.

October 20, 2022

Art

A Frida Kahlo artwork, bought in 2015 by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Martin Morabak, has been converted into high-resolution NFTs with the intention of burning the original artwork and then selling the NFTs for charity.

October 16, 2022

Lifestyle

10KTF is making its Crafted Comfy Hoodie NFTs available as a physical item through the launch of 10ktf.shop, a new online store dedicated to equipping collectors with physical renditions of their NFTs.

October 14, 2022

Metaverse

Over the past year, FlyteVu has been building next-gen Web3 marketing strategies and educating current clients on the Web3 space. The introduction of FV3 will further expand the agency’s skillset and knowledge of the metaverse and strategy offering.

October 14, 2022

NFT

CoinShares, Europe’s largest full-service digital asset investment today announced the launch of @CoinsharesNFTAI, a Twitter bot that utilizes algorithms developed by CoinShares researchers to estimate the current fair market price for an NFT.

October 13, 2022

People

Dare-devilry and talent plus his unrivalled mastery for self-promotion have gone towards making Damien Hirst one of the richest and most outrageous artists of the modern art world.

October 13, 2022

Tech

Blockster, a Web3 media platform, is preparing to release new features soon. These will transform it into a token-gated platform powered by the BXR token.

October 9, 2022

Music

Next-generation record label and artist advocacy collective Nvak Collective, “Bruises” will first be available as a limited collection of 25 audio NFTs today on Sound.xyz

October 7, 2022

Metaverse

Following on from the successful launch of its Genesis ‘IT Bags of the Metaverse’ NFT, metaverse fashion brand ‘Diverge’ is now dropping its ‘Genesis Total Look - Jumpsuit “LeeLoo.”

October 6, 2022

Tech

LG choose Web3 infrastructure platform Fr0ntierX as their global partner to deliver the next generation of smart screen business solutions and consumer loyalty and rewards.

October 4, 2022

Lifestyle

The subject of crypto has became so popular that top universities from around the world have developed courses around it. And now, many institutions provide programs subject of cryptocurrency.

October 2, 2022

Lifestyle

BitPay, the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, has announced support for two new cryptocurrencies this week: ApeCoin (APE) and Euro Coin (EUROC).

October 2, 2022

Lifestyle

The newly minted “Solana Spaces” at the Hudson Yards held a private showing for media earlier this week, and Blockster was one of the lucky guests to be invited for a private tour ahead of the grand opening.

October 2, 2022

Lifestyle

FS360 is a fully NFT-gated, all-inclusive 3-day event, taking place July 29 – August 1, and converging 360 of the most influential people in WEB3 that are handpicked by community members with the mission of creating an accelerator ecosystem,

October 2, 2022

People

we’re bringing the spotlight to a powerful Web3 voice, Ashanti, who’s recently dropped an NFT collection on the 20th anniversary of her debut album.

October 2, 2022

People

While many speculated that NFT NYC might be off this year based on the climate and sentiment of uncertainty in the crypto space, it seems to be business as usual! From Sunday until late night Wednesday we’ve seen a collection of great activations.

October 2, 2022

People

This week at Blockster, we’re turning the spotlight to a true Crypto King, Haydn Snape, who we had the pleasure to connect with during NYC NFT.

October 2, 2022

People

Miles Deutscher is a 21 year-old Australian crypto investor and analyst, known for hosting a daily livestream in front of 570k subscribers on Crypto Banter

October 1, 2022

Tech

Despite Ethereum’s ‘Merge’ arguably causing disruption to the ongoing crypto winter, matters become complex as Fidelity announces plans to introduce crypto.

October 1, 2022

Tech

Nilos today announced a successful $5.2 million financing round to offer a first of its kind platform that unifies crypto and fiat treasuries for businesses.

October 1, 2022

Tech

In a move that is sure to excite their fans, Polygon has recently announced partnerships with major brands like Starbucks, Mercedes, Meta & more — a clear sign that they are moving into the mainstream.

October 1, 2022

Fashion

London based company xydrobe opens booking registrations to the World’s first luxury V-commerce shopping universe in 2023. Partnerships will soon be announced.

October 1, 2022

Tech

Apple has sent shockwaves through the NFT space by implementing a 30% commission charge on all NFTs sold through apps on the ‘App Store.'

October 1, 2022

Metaverse

Following on from the pioneering success of its Hong Kong ‘Mega City,’ The Sandbox has announced that it will be launching a Dubai-themed metaverse called ‘Dubaiverse’.

September 30, 2022

Metaverse

Sci-Fi writer Neal Stephenson's relevance is resurfacing as he announces his intent to build an all-encompassing open-world metaverse called Lamina1.

September 30, 2022

Gaming

Layer-1 blockchain Zilliqa has revealed its plans to launch the world’s first web3 hardware console and gaming hub

September 30, 2022

Metaverse

Metaverse experience builders Metaprints have teamed up with Web3 metaverse platform The Sandbox to launch agaming adventure for their Alpha Season 3.

September 30, 2022

Tech

The creators behind the framework for Solana launch Backpack, a first-of-its-kind wallet that brings crypto application experiences to pro and mainstream users.

September 30, 2022

Tech

Bitcoin miners are facing the full force of crypto winter with profit margins dropping to $17.2m a day, 72% less than November 2021’s daily figure of $62m.

September 30, 2022

NFT

After announcing its plans to go multi-chain last month, Solana-exclusive NFT marketplace Magic Eden has now officially begun testing its new suite of Ethereum NFT trading tools.

September 23, 2022

Lifestyle

DCentralize Festival is on a mission to empower artists and enact social change through decentralization as the first festival brand to be tokenized and fully-owned by its community.

September 23, 2022

Art

Green Web3 platform OneOf has announced a new NFT collection featuring three iconic photographs of Marilyn Monroe, taken by legendary photographer Frank Worth.

September 23, 2022

NFT

Clout.art is the most recent NFT company to launch on the Hedera network, following LG Electronics. As a microservice, curation platform, and creator launchpad community, Clout.art strives to help up and coming artists benefit from the NFT space.

September 23, 2022

Tech

Hang, a new B2B startup in the fledgling space backed by investors including Allbirds, Warby Parker, and Kevin Durant, is looking to help some of the world’s largest brands replace their existing membership and loyalty programs with NFT technology.

September 20, 2022

Tech

With every passing week, acknowledgement of and interest in the concept of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (or DAOs) becomes more and more prevalent, both in and out of the web3 sphere.

September 20, 2022

People

Check out today’s interview with the highly respected, Dr. Julian Hosp, CEO and Founder of Cake DeFi, who talks about his fintech company and sparks hope for future crypto investors.

September 19, 2022

People

To better understand how Web3 will be shaping our society in the coming years, MIT hosted the first of three conference events this year called, “Imagination in Action” in partnership with Forbes.

September 19, 2022

Lifestyle

NYC NFT was kicked off Sunday night with a VIP investor cocktail event in partnership with Gotham Magazine at the Nebula Nightclub.

September 19, 2022

Lifestyle

Bitcoin is pumping this coastal village full of opportunities that will benefit the local community.

September 19, 2022

Lifestyle

A private island named Satoshi Island in Vanuatu, South Pacific is currently in development to become a luxury homestead for crypto professionals and enthusiasts worldwide.

September 19, 2022

Lifestyle

Recently, the world-renowned music festival Coachella created Coachellaverse for fans around the globe. You can interact with Coachella both on-site and at-home and connect with artists, creators, and other fans in surprising ways.

September 19, 2022

Gaming

The collection, titled ‘The Hopeful,’ will give holders special perks and VIP treatment for the upcoming “Legions & Legends” Game in the universe of Azra Games.

September 19, 2022

Gaming

10KTF, an elaborate and story-driven NFT project just closed out its latest drop – the 10KTF Combat Crate collection raking in over 1.3M $APE (~ $10M USD) over a two-day sale

September 19, 2022

Gaming

The Genopets community can now trade in-game Semi-Fungible Tokens through Magic Eden’s marketplace.

September 19, 2022

Lifestyle

Amber Group, a leading global digital asset company, today announced that WhaleFin and Atlético de Madrid will be joining hands with STEPN to launch the first-of-its-kind Genesis NFT sneakers collection.

September 18, 2022

People

Steve Aoki, the GRAMMY nominated music producer, entrepreneur and Web3 visionary is putting his NFT mascot Character X‘s next chapter, Replicant X – a replication of Character X – in the hands of his fans.

September 18, 2022

Metaverse

Magic Eden announced a partnership with digital intellectual property (IP) entertainment company IPX (formerly known as LINE FRIENDS) and global blockchain-NFT company CRIPCO.

September 18, 2022

NFT

Magic Eden, the leading community-centric NFT marketplace, today announced that it will be adding and integrating Ethereum NFTs into their platform.

September 18, 2022

NFT

Tiffany & Co is making its way into the Web3 space with the upcoming launch of the NFTiff project — a special collaboration with CryptoPunks, allowing holders to create custom designed pendants from their avatars.

September 18, 2022

Lifestyle

Rémy Martin and award-winning artist Usher have teamed up to launch the “Usher x Rémy Martin 1738: A Taste of Passion” global campaign, featuring a limited-edition bottle and NFT.

September 18, 2022

NFT

The crossroad between fashion and Web3 allows for fans to receive physical products from virtual tokens, so that they can wear their digitalized apparel in both the metaverse and real world.

September 18, 2022

People

Today we are excited to feature one the community’s top enablers for Web3 development: Holaplex.

September 18, 2022

Music

While NFT technology is still in its infancy, many artists are beginning to explore the Web3 space as it offers its creators both financial and creative freedom.

September 18, 2022

Fashion

Fashion brands can now sell their products as digital wearables via NFTs in virtual worlds like Decentraland, Roblox, and Fortnite.

September 18, 2022

Metaverse

First it was the Metaverse, then the NFTs, now crypto payments will be accepted to buy real luxury goods.

September 18, 2022

People

A new ecosystem bridging the metaverse with the real world is ready to elevate the experience of Steve Aoki’s fans

September 18, 2022

NFT

OpenSea, the world’s largest NFT marketplace, just announced earlier today, April 7th, that it has added support for Solana NFTs.

September 18, 2022

Music

The buzz for NFTs–and crypto in general–is gaining more mainstream attention. As Blockchain Hustlers, this is music to our ears.

September 18, 2022

Business

Stripe, a fintech giant based in the US, announced that it will become more involved in the cryptocurrency industry. The company will add fiat payment support for cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

September 17, 2022

NFT

Baidu, China’s third-largest tech giant, recently announced the launch of its native NFT marketplace. As part of the launch, the company is also airdropping a massive NFT collection

September 17, 2022

NFT

Ledger, one of the biggest hardware crypto wallet manufacturers, recently announced plans to release a new hardware wallet for non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

September 17, 2022

Art

Magic Eden and international art collective LCD Lab unveil a collaboration around the Banksy Walled Off Hotel Box Set to be sold on the Magic Eden marketplace.

September 17, 2022

Lifestyle

LA Tech Week ventured into a new dimension this year 'How to Change Your Mind' Event showcased the newest innovations intersecting psychedelics & technology.

September 15, 2022

Metaverse

With the rise of Web3 and public interest in the metaverse, many brands have experimented with the vast benefits of implementing this technology into their showcasing.

September 14, 2022

Lifestyle

As technology evolves faster than ever before, more students are choosing specialties that allow them to keep up with the latest fintech trends.

September 14, 2022

Gaming

What better way to understand what's really happening with the play-to-earn gaming industry then to connect with the company behind the #1 P2E game on Solana.

September 14, 2022

Business

This decentralized financial system aims to create a new kind of transaction that is safer, more private, transparent, and less reliant on laws.

September 14, 2022

Metaverse

Paris Hilton this week announced that her company, 11:11 Media, will bring social experiences and parties to the immersive virtual gaming world of The Sandbox.

September 14, 2022

Tech

Vuzix is on the cutting edge of developing AR technology that is directly integrated into normal sized eyewear for corporations and industries such as Amazon.

September 14, 2022

Metaverse

This year the MTV Video Music Awards will feature a new category: Best Metaverse Performance — nominees include Ariana Grande, BLACKPINK, Justin Bieber more.

September 14, 2022

Metaverse

Now is the time for brands to expand their digital spheres with predictions that the metaverse will contribute $3 trillion to global GDP in the next 10 years.

September 13, 2022

Lifestyle

Lost Village became one of the first UK festival to deploy NFT technology, at scale, for thousands of attendees to experience in partnership with SeatLabNFT.

September 13, 2022

Art

Web3 platform OneOf announced a new collection with David Bowie allowing collectors to purchase a redemption token of the physical photograph with a digital certificate of authenticity verified on the blockchain.

September 13, 2022

NFT

This article will highlight the growth of the new Web3 ecosystem, and how quickly people are beginning to adopt blockchain, crypto and NFT technology.

September 13, 2022

Fashion

Is digital fashion in demand? According to Gala Marija Vrbanic, CEO and Founder of Tribute Brand, the answer is yes. She’s also proving that digital fashion is not just a future concept.

September 13, 2022

Lifestyle

SOULRICH, a web3 music platform, heralds a new era in entertainment where artists can achieve fame while utilizing technology to protect their mental health.

September 13, 2022

Tech

Web3 Platform, Reveel Raises $1.3M Co-Led By Binance Labs

September 13, 2022

Metaverse

Why is Decentraland's Third Annual Art Week something the entire industry should pay attention to? Because it is rebuilding the retail narrative.

September 13, 2022

Art

Check out Blockster's August roundup of the NFT world — including the top 10 NFT sales, IP controversy over NFT ownership & Metaverse-linked NFT future growth.

September 13, 2022

NFT

Following this year's brutal winter, people are now looking for NFTs with intent & purpose, there are diverse new ways in which the asset is being leveraged.

September 13, 2022

Music

The Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) is one of the most heavily celebrity-endorsed NFT projects on the market, scoring a home run during this year's VMAs.

September 13, 2022

Lifestyle

Bridging the gap between physical products & Web3 while creating lifetime value, the release of Doge Vodka by SpiritPunks aims to raise $40,000 for the ASPCA.

September 13, 2022

Music

Doja Cat and JBL launched their new “Fresh Fruit by Doja Cat x JBL NFT” collaboration in partnership with OneOf. The NFT collection will give fans access to the JBL Fest 2022 in Las Vegas.

September 13, 2022

Fashion

The next era of the internet will have its fair share of pop culture, and the trend will only become more prominent. See what's trending in Web3 this week!

September 13, 2022

Metaverse

Andromeda is the first chapter in Saga’s journey to mainnet. It is part of a series of releases building up to the flow of launching applications on Saga.

September 13, 2022

Business

EventsFrame, an established startup who's worked with clients like TikTok, UN & TEDx events has reinvented itself and now unveils their NFT ticketing platform.

September 13, 2022

Fashion

As the broader crypto industry awaits the catalyst for the next bull run, Web3 fashion industry may just be the key to unlocking the next wave of adoption.

September 12, 2022

People

DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) and Steve Aoki announced that the two-time Grammy-nominated DJ and producer has agreed to become an official brand ambassador of DraftKings Marketplace.

September 12, 2022