Talent Giant UTA Signs Prominent NFT Projects Cryptopunks, Autoglyphs, and Meebits

On Tuesday, the global talent, sports, and entertainment agency, United Talent Agency (UTA), announced the company has signed three non-fungible token (NFT) projects created by the firm Larva Labs. UTA will work with the NFT collectibles and intellectual property (IP) for Cryptopunks, Meebits, and Autoglyphs across television, film, licensing, publishing, and video games. UTA to … Read more

Chinese Regulator Aims to Digitize Securities Market Using Blockchain and Smart Contracts

China’s Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) will promote a national alliance chain to introduce smart contracts and blockchain-based services to digitize the securities and futures market. The announcement was made at the China Securities Industry Alliance Chain and OTC Alliance Chain Special Work Symposium in Beijing. Jiang Dongxing, deputy director of the Science and Technology Regulatory … Read more

Topps Unveils New MLB Inception NFTs — Firm’s NFT Series Now Minted on the Avalanche Blockchain

The American firm that manufactures chewing gum, candy, and collectibles, The Topps Company Inc., has announced the launch of the 2021 Topps MLB Inception NFT collection. Furthermore, Topps is now leveraging the Avalanche blockchain for NFTs after the company was using the Wax blockchain for projects like the Garbage Pail Kids and Godzilla series. Topps … Read more

Marvel to Drop Captain America NFT Statues, Fully-Readable Amazing Spider-Man #1 NFTs

81 years ago on August 31, 1939, the company Marvel Comics was introduced to the world for the first time and people were presented with a whole universe of superheroes. In celebration of Marvel’s birthday and the firm’s collaboration with Veve Digital Collectibles, “Marvel Month” will conclude with special edition Captain America non-fungible token (NFT) … Read more

The Largest Art Museum in the World Partners With Binance to Auction Leonardo Da Vinci, Claude Monet NFTs

The Binance NFT Marketplace announced today that the non-fungible token (NFT) platform will launch a premium NFT collection backed by the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The NFT auction will begin on August 31 and run until September 7, 2021. The NFT auction will feature NFT artwork by the world-renowned artists’ Vincent Van … Read more

Ethereum Burns $432 Million ETH — Ether Burned Could Buy 2,000 Medium-Sized Homes

Approximately 25 days ago, the Ethereum blockchain implemented the London hard fork and a number of features were added to the ruleset. One of the most anticipated changes was EIP-1559 which makes the crypto asset ether deflationary by burning a fraction of coins. Since August 5, over $432 million worth of ether has been burned, … Read more

South African Central Bank Governor Reiterates: ‘Crypto Is Not Currency’

The governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), Lesetja Kganyago, has reiterated the central bank’s longstanding belief that cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are not currencies. According to Kganyago, crypto-assets, as he prefers to call them, are not currencies because they fail to meet the standard of what constitutes a currency. Crypto and the Currency Test … Read more

Cryptopunks NFT Collection Joins Axie Infinity and Opensea by Hitting $1 Billion in Sales

On Saturday, August 28, the non-fungible token (NFT) project Cryptopunks crossed $1 billion in all-time sales. Cryptopunks joins the heavyweight NFT hitters Axie Infinity’s $1.6 billion and Opensea’s $3.53 billion. Three NFT Projects Have Sold More Than a Billion-Dollars in Sales The non-fungible token project Cryptopunks is now a billion-dollar NFT collection as statistics show … Read more

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