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Decrypt reports upcoming movies developed from NFT collections. They are: Movies in the pipeline Yam Karkai’s World of Women, with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. Micah Johnson’s Aku, the story of a black boy who wants to become an astronaut. Ben Mauro’s NFT comic book Huxley, with Marvel producer Ari Arad. Question marks: CryptoPunks by Larva…
Read MoreBillboard and Universal Music announced a partnership to sell music NFTs on the environmentally conscious Flow blockchain. The NFTs will be called Chartstars NFTs featuring “officially licensed art and creative including short visual clips from music videos, and album photography.” [More from Bitcoin.com] We expect 2022 will be a major year for music NFTs. Here’s…
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Crypto payments app developer MoonPay had the winning bid at Christie’s auction of World of Women # 5672 NFT. It was one of the highest purchases for the World of Women (WoW) collection. Yam Karkai is the artist and creator behind WoW. She recently announced a partnership with Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine to develop WoW…
Read MoreWeb3 promises a better, decentralized world, not controlled by “Big Tech” Internet platforms like Facebook. Blockchain is at the center of this movement to decentralization. But, when something goes wrong, it’s difficult to undo. Transactions on blockchain are permanent. And the names of recipients of transactions on blockchains are not readily identifiable. Anonymity reigns supreme.…
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February 19, 2022 was a bad day for OpenSea. It is still investigating but apparently some nefarious person engaged in a phishing attack on OpenSea users that resulted in the theft of at least 254 NFTs. The thief reportedly has $1.7 million in ETH from sales.
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Since discovering NFTs back in October 2021, Reese Witherspoon has championed NFT projects developed by women creators. Now, Witherspoon is putting the power of her entertainment studio Hello Sunshine to partner with World of Women NFTs created by Yam Karkai. The partnership includes the development of films, TV series, live events, and other productions. Wow!…
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NFTs continue to disrupt the music industry. Snoop Dogg, a major collector of NFTs, announced that he not only purchased Death Row Records, the label that he first signed with, but he also will be transforming DRR to be the “first major in the metaverse.” Music producer Timabaland announced back in November 2021 his creation…
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Metaplex has another CEO. Adam Jefferies was just named CEO in Sept. 2021. Now former Solana Labs product chief Stephen Hess has been named CEO. Metaplex stands out for being based on the Solana protocol, which is more energy efficient than the current, popular Ethereum-based protocol. According to Coinrivet, Metaplax has been quite successful already…
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VF London writes about the “Billion Dollar Boom: NFT Rainmakers” in Vanity Fair. The article provides a good summary of some highlights from the NFT world, including founders of Opensea, Alex Atallah and Devin Finzer, becoming billionaires (on paper), plus the involvement of Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon, Serena Williams, Ava Duvernay, and Eva Longoria in…
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