A decentralized finance borrower used a nonfungible token representing a luxury watch to take out a $35,000 loan.
Half of stolen NFTs are sold within 3 hours: Nifty Newsletter, June 28–July 4
Swiss bank Credit Suisse has partnered with the Swiss Football Association to release NFTs in support of women’s soccer in the country.
Germany launches dog-themed NFTs to fetch cyber talent: Nifty Newsletter, June 21–28
The German foreign service created a dog-themed NFT collection in the form of a treasure hunt to recruit and test new cyber talent.
Nike teases ‘Airphoria’ NFT sneaker on Fortnite: Nifty Newsletter, June 14–20
A project called “Ethscriptions” is bringing Bitcoin Ordinals-inspired inscriptions to the Ethereum blockchain.
Puma launches metaverse experience: Nifty Newsletter, June 7–13
Puma launches Black Station, a 3D metaverse experience allowing Puma Pass NFT holders access to exclusive products.
Nike NFTs are coming to EA Sports games: Nifty Newsletter, May 31–June 6
Cointelegraph spoke with Future Primitive’s Jayden Windle and Benny Giang to learn how NFTs can be used as digital wallets through ERC-6551.
NFT collections take massive price hit in 2023: Nifty Newsletter, May 24–30
The value of popular NFTs has sharply declined over the past year, with drops of up to 95%.
Influencer served settlement demand via NFT: Nifty Newsletter, May 17–23
Data shows that the Bitcoin network has become the second-largest NFT chain by sales volume in the 30-day, 7-day and 24-hour metrics.
US Secret Service has an NFT collection: Nifty Newsletter, May 10–16
Elon Musk’s May 10 tweet featuring Milady NFT artwork drove the floor price to 7.3 ETH before settling at 5.69 ETH.
Sotheby’s launches on-chain secondary NFT marketplace: Nifty Newsletter, April 26–May 2
Sotheby’s marketplace will attempt to set itself apart by presenting a range of artists curated by experts from the auction house.
Romania to launch national NFT marketplace: Nifty Newsletter, April 19–25
Sotheby’s auction house is set to sell NFTs that are part of collapsed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital’s digital collection.
Here’s what happens to NFTs when you die: Nifty Newsletter, April 12–18
Cointelegraph went to the NFT.NYC event in New York and learned how industry leaders feel about the state of play-to-earn gaming.
OpenSea collector pays 100 ETH for a free NFT: Nifty Newsletter, April 5–11
LooksRare releases an upgrade that lowers its fees by 75% to compete with OpenSea and Blur.
Former Activision Blizzard exec joins Yuga Labs as CEO: Nifty Newsletter, March 29–April 4
The Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget said in an interview with Cointelegraph that artificial intelligence could reduce toxicity in the metaverse.
NFT investor accidentally burns CryptoPunk: Nifty Newsletter, March 22–28
While trying to wrap his CryptoPunk to borrow money, an NFT investor accidentally sent the asset to a burning address, permanently removing it from circulation.
SVB collapse chilled NFT trading volumes: Nifty Newsletter, March 15–21
Cointelegraph explored the United Arab Emirates to see how NFTs are used in the region.
Meta scraps NFTs on Instagram and Facebook: Nifty Newsletter, March 8–14
Meta discontinues NFT services on Instagram and Facebook, and Binance NFT marketplace adds support for trading NFTs on the Polygon blockchain network.
Bitcoin NFT auction nets $16.5M in 24 hours: Nifty Newsletter, March 1–7
An NFT generator powered by artificial intelligence was recently launched by crypto exchange Binance, with 10,000 mints in 2.5 hours.
Whale sells 1,010 NFTs in 48 hours: Nifty Newsletter, Feb. 22–28
NFT whale Machi Big Brother sold off 1,010 NFTs in 48 hours in what some dubbed the “largest NFT dump ever.”
OpenSea implements 0% fees: Nifty Newsletter, Feb 15–21
Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal likened NFTs from popular collections like CryptoPunks and BAYC to luxury houses and cars.