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Crypto Believers Look for “Utility” at NFT.NYC

Avatar photo by Todd Fine July 1, 2022July 15, 2022

With a fresh Ethereum wallet ready to scoop up freebies, I attended the world’s largest conference dedicated to that controversial wart on the Zeitgeist, the “non-fungible token.”

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NFT Prices Drop as “Crypto Winter” Descends

by Sarah Rose Sharp June 15, 2022June 16, 2022

Bloomberg reports that the popular Bored Ape NFTs saw a 25% decrease in average price along with other “blue-chip” tokens.

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Madonna’s NFT Collab With Beeple Is a Matryoshka of Vagina Horrors

by Sarah Rose Sharp May 10, 2022May 10, 2022

Can’t Madonna just donate to charity without making everyone look at a 3D scan of her vagina?

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UK Recognizes NFTs as Property in Major Ruling for Crypto Theft

by Sarah Rose Sharp May 2, 2022May 3, 2022

The judgment enables litigants to bring the full power of courts to seize stolen digital assets or compel repayment.

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NFT of Jack Dorsey Tweet That Sold For $2.9M Has Tanked in Value

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

Crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi tried to sell the NFT and recent bids stand at just a couple thousand.

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Some Artists & Collectors Are Pumping Up Their NFT Prices, Study Finds

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

Researchers at Chainanalysis found that traders are artificially inflating the value of NFTs by selling tokens to themselves.

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Twitter’s New NFT Feature is an Annoying Show-off of Crypto Wealth

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 23, 2022January 21, 2022

On the bright side: The feature can be muted!

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Artists Say Plagiarized NFTs Are Plaguing Their Community

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia December 28, 2021December 29, 2021

Artists have taken to social media to denounce what they see as OpenSea’s slow and inadequate responses to takedown requests.

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Insider Trading Scandal Hits NFT Industry

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

Nate Chastain, OpenSea’s head of product, was ousted on Twitter by a user who posted questionable transactions from his wallet.

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How Women Artists Have Been Marginalized in the Blockchain Discourse

by Charlotte Kent June 13, 2021June 22, 2021

These women artists have been developing the creative possibilities within blockchain technology since the beginning.

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“First Ever NFT” Sells for $1.4 Million

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 10, 2021June 11, 2021

Kevin McCoy minted his non-fungible token “Quantum” in 2014, long before the crypto art market exploded.

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How Crypto Art Might Offer Artists Increased Autonomy

Avatar photo by Rea McNamara March 2, 2021November 1, 2021

As NFT artwork becomes increasingly popular, artists are figuring out how to utilize the medium to carve out a new model of equity for digital artists and creators.

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