Starbucks To Unveil NFT Rewards Next Month
Story written by TechCrunch, @sarahintampa. Starbucks will unveil its web3 initiative, which includes coffee-themed NFTs, at next month's Investor Day event. The company earlier this year announced its plans to enter the web3 space, noting its NFTs wouldn't just serve as digital collectibles, but would provide...
Gucci Stores Now Accept ApeCoin (APE) Via BitPay
ANNOUNCEMENT -- 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). Consumers can now buy, store, swap and spend both ApeCoin (APE) and Euro Coin (EUROC) within the BitPay...
Magic Eden Announces Expansion To The Ethereum Blockchain
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 2022 -- Magic Eden, the leading community-centric NFT marketplace, today announced that it will be adding and integrating Ethereum NFTs into their platform. Since its launch in September 2021, Magic Eden has seen over 90% of secondary trading volume and US$2B USD in total trade volume...
Fyli x UBS Kick Off Partnership to Support Female Founders At Hamptons Tech Week
UBS Global Wealth Management has recently announced the launch of its partnership with a new venture capital fund, known as the Fyli Fund, who is actively raising $20M to invest in female founders including women in web3. The Fyli x UBS partnership was kicked off...
Bling Out Your CryptoPunks Avatar With Tiffany & Co
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. Tiffany & Co appears to be the first luxury jewelry...
Magic Eden Introduces SFT Marketplace & Minting Capabilities for Genopets
The Genopets community can now trade in-game Semi-Fungible Tokens through Magic Eden’s marketplace #GameFi #MoveToEarn New York, NY – July 27 – Magic Eden (“the Company”), the leading community-centric, NFT marketplace on Solana, today introduced the Company’s first Semi-Fungible Token (SFT) marketplace in conjunction with the...
USHER x Remy Martin Release A Limited-Edition NFT Bottle
NEW YORK, July 26, 2022 -- Rémy Martin, Cognac Fine Champagne, and Grammy award-winning musical 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, whose design was inspired by A.I. integrated technology....
Web3 B2B Firm, Hang.xyz Raises $16M Series A Funding
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. Last week, the company announced that...
The Difference Between Cryptocurrency & Digital Currency
Are Digital Currency & Cryptocurrency Really Different? Digital currency and cryptocurrency are often mistaken to be just the same thing, but that is not really the case. Digital currency and cryptocurrency have their own similarities and differences, which you’ll be able to tell by the...
The Latest Phygital Trends In Fashion
What makes NFTs so unique is that there will only ever be one original. The power of this verifiable originality at scale is the key reason why NFTs are becoming an arsenal for fashion. The crossroad between fashion and Web3 allows for fans to receive physical...
FS360: The 3-Day, All Inclusive Mastermind Event
ANNOUNCEMENT -- Metanoise, a Web3.0 organization focused on creating a collective of builders, futurists, creatives, and tech leaders, will be hosting their immersive, NFT-driven music and mastermind summit, FutureShape360 (FS360) at the end of this month. FS360 is a fully NFT-gated, all-inclusive 3-day event, taking place July 29 -...
iFX EXPO Asia 2022 To Be Held In Bangkok For The First Time
ANNOUNCEMENT - Following a successful event in Limassol, Cyprus, iFX EXPO is back with its next edition, iFX EXPO Asia 2022! The largest B2B expo for the financial sector is scheduled for 13-15 September. While iFX EXPO Asia has previously been held in cities including...
A Decentralized Open-Source Platform for NFT Creators
Today we are excited to feature one the community’s top enablers for Web3 development: Holaplex. They are the original provider of open-source software to the Holaplex Community of NFT creators and collectors. Holaplex launched in November 2021 with a mission to build a future that...
Inside Look Into A Leading NFT Creative Agency
Meet the Creative Duo Behind Some of the Biggest Music Acts Like Chainsmokers and Coldplay — Who Are Now Fully Embracing Web3 It's an interesting time to be connecting with people from the NFT world. The marketplace has been steadily falling since the start of...
Digital Fashion Brand Raises $4.5M To Bring Couture To The Metaverse
ANNOUNCEMENT – Tribute Brand, a pioneer of digital fashion known for its distinct conceptual work reshaping the future of fashion, has raised $4.5M in its seed funding round. Tribute Brand launched in April 2020, and has since set the course for the global digital fashion market,...
An NFT Marketplace to Support Broadway Live Theater
The past two years have been difficult for Broadway and for live theatre. COVID-19 shut down all productions, and subsequent variants, including Omicron and Delta, continue to have an impact. For audiences, it meant not seeing the shows they know and love. For producers, actors,...
The One Man You Should Trust In DeFi. Meet Dr. Julian Hosp
When cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius froze all user accounts amid a plunge in valuations, it sent ripples across the industry raising questions about what happens to user assets if and when a crypto platform files for bankruptcy. More importantly, what happens now to the entire...
A New Wave of Play To Earn Gaming Is Coming
The crypto bear market has definitely had an impact on the blockchain space with NFT art along with DeFi getting hit particularly hard. Monthly sales volume on OpenSea have plunged to $700 million in June, down from $2.6 billion in May, while Bitcoin lost around...
MIT’s Web3 Summit Sparks Optimism Amongst Top Thought Leaders
While news about the metaverse and cryptocurrencies have swept through the mainstream media, society is still trying to decipher hype from reality in the early days of the new era. To better understand how Web3 will be shaping our society in the coming years, MIT...
Luxury NFT Mansions in the Metaverse
There is no question that blockchain, Web3 and the Metaverse have all largely grown in popularity in recent years. While assets like NFT art have dominated the conversation, their luster has recently slowed down as the economy enters into a bear market. Web3 investors are...
Meet Crypto King, Haydn Snape, Founder of DIG
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. Haydn kicked off NYC NFT with a spectacular event at the Nebula night club, accompanied by the prestigious Status Luxury...
Spotlight on a Unique Music NFT Collective, Chaos
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. We're seeing individual artists, as well as collaborative projects, like Songcamp, build digital communities and ecosystems to help...
Ashanti: A Powerful Web3 Voice for a New Generation of Artists
The recap of NYC NFT continues! This time, 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. Whilst celebrating her music NFT drop, she is now also inspiring a new...
Gotham Magazine & DIG Host VIP Investor Event for NYC NFT
NYC NFT was kicked off Sunday night with a VIP investor cocktail event in partnership with Gotham Magazine, co-hosted by Nick Champagne and Chris Gravagna. The exclusive VIP investor event was hosted at Nebula Nightclub, one of the most popular Manhattan event and nightlife clubs...
The BAYC Ape Fest Kicks Off NYC NFT in Good Spirit
NYC NFT Week officially kicks off this week! Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably come across dozens of Bored Ape YC posts on Twitter, sharing their stories about the upcoming NYC Ape Fest. Of all the NFT communities, the...
The Blockchain Hustle: Key Takeaways from Consensus
This was the first year Coindesk hosted their annual conference show, Consensus, outside of NYC—the event took place in Austin Texas. As usual, the Consensus show attracted the biggest blockchain businesses and people from around the world. Aside from all the side events and cool...
Bitcoin Burning: Live Art Performance by Jules Muck
Watch Jules Muck host a live art performance, and talk about her inspiration behind the Bitcoin artwork. The live art performance took place during this Consensus show in Austin Texas. As usually, the show attracted the biggest blockchain businesses and people from around the world....