Author: Leah Alger

The Coinbase social NFT marketplace is akin to Instagram and OpenSea The Coinbase social NFT marketplace, which launched for beta testers on April 20, shows resemblance to Instagram. Comparable to the social media platform, the new marketplace consists of social features that allow users to create profiles, follow members and leave remarks. “We’re building a place that’s for more than just buying and selling. We want Coinbase NFT to be a place that helps creators and collectors build and engage their communities,” says Coinbase’s blog post. OPENSEA SIMILARITIES Nevertheless, the Coinbase NFT marketplace features to buy, sell and create virtual…

Moonbirds NFTs fly high over its unique nesting and membership process Moonbirds NFTs soared over Bored Ape Yacht Club and Azuki on OpenSea, with a sales volume of approximately 100,000 ETH ($300 million). The collection of 10,000 pixelated owls, minted on the Ethereum Blockchain, consists of cute avatars with opposing personalities. The rarity of some birds warranted a sale of 265 ETH ($2,935.44) alone. Further enticing crypto collectors to purchase the NFTs, owners will gain access Proof Collective ecosystem. The project is “built with utility and community at the foundation,” rather than art solely being the focus. ABOUT PROOF COLLECTIVE…

MOAR NFTs show unattractive sides of human existence in a humorous manner Spanish artist of MOAR, Joan Cornellà, collaborates with Hong Kong collectibles platform, FWENCLUB, to create NFTs showing unattractive sides of human existence. Buyers perceive the NFTs as lighthearted and innocent at first glance, before smirking at the hidden messages the artwork entails. WHAT IS MOAR? Joan Cornellà is a freedom of expressions artist, best known for sharing his surreal humor through comic strips and cartoons. His digital project consists of 5555 hand-drawn characters of zombies, cyborgs and humans making light of pressing social issues while smirking. All characters’…

Former NASA Astronaut sells NFTs to support against the Ukrainian war Former NASA Astronaut, Scott Kelly, fundraised more than $500,000 through a drop of NFTs to help support against the war in Ukraine. Content creation studio, Orange Comet, created a series of images of the former NASA astronaut floating on surreal backgrounds. Kelly then minted and sold the collection of NFTs as “Dreams Out of This World.” THE OUTCOME Kelly’s NFTs came with state-of-the-art prizes such as official space gear and ownership of real-world artifacts. The rewards assisted towards the collection of digital assets selling out within a few hours,…

Coinbase‘s three-part film series, The Degen Trilogy, will feature a collection of Bored Ape NFTs Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) announced Coinbase is creating a film trilogy named “The Degen Trilogy” using its NFT collection. Owners of BAYC NFTs are eligible to submit their apes for casting in the film until April 13. BAYC took to Twitter to call all Bored Ape holders to submit their NFTs: Those lucky enough to have their BAYC NFTs featured in the movie trilogy will receive $10,000 worth of Bitcoin or Apecoin. THE COLLABORATION The collaboration has the potential to boost Coinbase to higher heights.…

Starbucks aims to brew on the blockchain by the end of this year The Interim CEO for Starbucks, Howard Shultz, announced his famous chain of coffee houses “will be in the NFT business.” Shultz reached out to a global audience of around 15,000 employees at the Open Forum on April 4, sharing his love and future hopes for the chain he built: “If you look at the companies, the brands, the celebrities and the influencers that are trying to create a digital NFT platform and business, I can’t find one of them that has the treasure trove of assets that…

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Solana NFTs will soon become the fourth blockchain on OpenSea OpenSea released a short teaser video on Twitter, revealing Solana NFTs will be joining the marketplace. Since January, many developers have been aware of the high-performance blockchain joining the marketplace due to OpenSea’s web code readily supporting Solana digital wallets. Thus, the word has been circling the Web3 space since the beginning of the year. USING SOLANA ON OPENSEA The process of trading and buying Solana on OpenSea will be similar to using Ethereum, Polygon and Klatyn. The only difference includes needing a Solana-compatible wallet to purchase Solana-based items because…