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Rarible, a renowned high-speed on-chain commerce and non-fungible token market platform, has launched one-of-a-kind on-chain storefronts. These branded modular spaces will let non-fungible token traders own their marketplace presence, tell their stories and engage communities in unique ways that go beyond normal trading. To create its first storefront, the Rarible NFT team has partnered with VeeFriends. Rarible Launches On-Chain Storefronts In an October 08 press release, the Rarible NFT team announced the launch of on-chain storefronts. By description, the storefronts are branded, modular spaces where creators and companies can own their marketplace presence, tell their story, and engage communities in ways that go beyond normal trading. For the first storefront, Rarible has partnered with VeeFriends, a non-fungible token project from serial entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk. Launched in 2021, Rarible is the on-chain commerce platform powering the future of digital asset trading. Fast, ...

The non-fungible token tech continues playing a significant role in reshaping the music industry. NFTs offer musicians a novel way to store and sell their music products by offering them unique ownership on a blockchain network. This technology allows music artists to bypass traditional intermediaries, directly connect with fans, and potentially generate new revenue streams. Justin Blau, an American DJ and Producer, is the latest artist to tokenize his new song on the Bitcoin network. 3LAU Tokenizes His New Song On Bitcoin In an August 13 blog post, Ord.io confirmed that DJ Justin Blau has inscribed his new song “will you” as a non-fungible token collection on the Bitcoin blockchain network.Ord.io is a platform focused on Bitcoin NFTs, best known as Ordinals. It serves as an explorer and marketplace for these digital assets, allowing NFT users to search, browse, and interact with inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain network. 🚨 BREAKING: DJ and producer @justinb...

StepN Go, a globally acknowledged move-to-earn mobile application, has partnered with Pantone, the global color authority, to launch a new non-fungible token-based sneaker collection. The highly anticipated NFT sneaker collection will be launched on Solana, an open-source blockchain network that supports smart contracts, including non-fungible tokens and a variety of decentralized applications. StepN & Pantone Drop A New NFT Mint In a July 22 blog post, StepN Go confirmed partnering with Pantone to launch a non-fungible token sneaker collection. The highly anticipated NFT sneaker collection will go live on July 23, 2025, on MOOAR. MOOAR is a member-only NFT marketplace and launchpad built on the Solana and Ethereum blockchains. It focuses on providing a platform for users to create, buy, and sell unique NFTs, with a strong emphasis on community and rewarding active participants. I really need to get in on this one! — PAXpress (@Fuzzylitlmanpch) July 22, 2025 Launched in...

The global non-fungible token market has experienced a slight plunge this past week, marked by a slight decrease in trading sales volume. In the past seven days, the global non-fungible token market has amassed a trading sales volume of $109 million, down 16% from the past week. This fall suggests that the hype around “Immutable and Polygon NFTs,’ which have been fueling the recent NFT market rally, might have faded. Immutable Tops Again in 7-Day Sale Volume Data compiled by cryptoslam, an on-chain crypto and non-fungible token data aggregator, shows that the non-fungible token market has plunged slightly in trading sales volume this past week. In the past seven days, the NFT market has amassed a trading sales volume of $111 million. During this time, the global NFT trading sales volume has plummeted by 16.77% from the past week. Nevertheless, the number of buyers has remained relatively stable. In the past seven days, the NFT market has recorded over 1 million buyer...

Crypto OG and Echo founder Jordan Fish, a.k.a. Cobie, says that he will take on the role of “performing monkey” in a new series of his influential UpOnly podcast — but only if somebody agrees to shell out almost $20 million for his recently minted NFT. Cobie announced the podcast’s potential return on X in response to one user who reminisced about UpOnly’s 2021 days. He said, “When the NFT is burned, the podcast will restart.” He added, “Until then, please leave me alone.” However, the devil is in the details. The NFT’s fine print doesn’t include any sponsorship rights, and it claims “ we are allowed to call you idiots for buying it , or ignore you completely with zero mentions of your existence during our 8-episode season.” The NFT in question and its peculiar conditions for a UpOnly return. Read more: UpOnly hacker claims they ‘made six figures’ using Cobie’s likeness One apparent upside, however, is that the holder can compel Cobie, an...

Mintify, one of the leading cross-chain non-fungible token marketplaces, has launched its utility token. This much-anticipated ecosystem token will be listed on Kucoin, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges, today, March 25, 2025. Mintify joins leading NFT marketplaces such as OpenSea, Blur, Magic Eden, and Tensor, which have all launched their ecosystem tokens. $MINT is inevitable. Mintify has officially launched their token $MINT. A fair, open launch with no low float, no high FDV—just real onchain trading, built for everyone. Why I’m backing this: • Fair tokenomics – No artificial inflation, no games. • No gatekeeping – Full… pic.twitter.com/qZycOrWyQi — SHL (@SHL_eth) March 25, 2025 Mintify Launches Utility Token $MINT In a March 25 blog post, Mintify Foundation, the team behind the Mintify NFT marketplace, has confirmed the launch of its ecosystem token “$MINT.” The token generation event has just gone live,...

Backpack, the digital assets incubation studio and the team behind the popular Mad Lads non-fungible token collection, has teased a new non-fungible token project. This highly anticipated project is slated to be revealed this Friday. In response to this teaser, the Mad Lads has seen its floor price pumping from as low as 49.7 SOL to as high as 55.0 SOL, the highest since January 2025. Friday. @Backpack . pic.twitter.com/eA18T4953M — Mad Coach◎🎒(Ø,G) (@SolanaCoach) March 19, 2025 Backpack Teases A New Project In a March 18 blog post, Backpack hinted at launching another non-fungible token project. In a short teaser, the digital asset company wrote, “The season are coming.” In a separate blog, the team wrote, “see you on Frida,y” and also shared a snapshot of a profile picture, which seemed to have been taken from the upcoming crypto project. This highly anticipated is scheduled to be revealed this Friday, March 21, 2025. Could it b...

Ali Sabet, an Iranian-American digital artist, has partnered with the Magic Eden, a digital multi-chain platform that allows crypto collectors and artists to buy, sell, and create non-fungible tokens, to launch a new non-fungible token collection. Sabet’s new non-fungible token will be launched exclusively on the Base blockchain network. NFT Artist Sabet Drops A New NFT Collection On Magic Eden In an August 21 blog post, digital artist Ali Sabet confirmed partnering with Magic Eden to launch a new non-fungible token collection on the  Base blockchain network. Ali Sabet is a contemporary designer, illustrator, branding consultant, fine artist and designer. His work shines with vibrant optimism, love and beauty in the face of the profane. Hey @base Fam!! YŌKAI drops today on Magic Eden at 8 am pst! Join the Tokyo Punks Family to save the world! Link to Mint 👇 pic.twitter.com/Glvsv5T4Fh — sabet (@sabet) August 21, 2024 Recognized for his forward-think...

Explore smart contract vulnerabilities in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and learn how you can better protect your digital asset s. Are you aware of the potential security pitfalls lurking within NFTs? This article aims to shed light on some common smart contract vulnerabilities, often resulting in significant losses within the blockchain ecosystem.  We will explore some effective methods to detect and mitigate these potential security threats in the NFT landscape. Identifying and understanding smart contract vulnerabilities Smart contracts form the backbone of NFTs, managing the creation, ownership, identification, and exchange of unique, irreplaceable digital assets, all without the need for a central authority.  However, these contracts, revolutionary as they might be, have weaknesses. NFT security issues can lead to a variety of unintended consequences, from asset theft to unintentional listings, as they are often targeted by code exploits rather than the NFTs themsel...

Magic Eden has announced the launch of a multi-chain compatible crypto wallet browser extension, aiming to simplify user interaction across different blockchains. Magic Eden, a leading player in the NFT marketplace, is taking a significant step towards a more integrated and user-friendly crypto experience with its upcoming crypto wallet browser extension. This development, as announced by CEO and co-founder Jack Lu, is designed to support a multi-chain world for NFTs, addressing the current fragmentation and complexity in managing digital assets across different blockchains. Introducing Magic Eden Wallet, a wallet made for Magic Eden users and cross-chain collectors. Beta version is now live and only available to a small group of early testers! Want to give it a try? You can get on the waiting list by downloading the extension and entering your… pic.twitter.com/5DsS5qhdlQ — Magic Eden 🪄 (@MagicEden) November 27, 2023 Currently, users engaging with multiple blockchains fac...

An attacker pretended to be a Forbes journalist during an interview and tried to steal non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) collectors. The attacker, posing as a Forbes journalist , approached the holder with a request to share his experience with the popular NFT collection BAYC. One of the collectors using the X handle @crumz10 said that he miraculously escaped the scam. SCAM ALERT!! I just spent the last 2hours on Zoom with '@Forbes' it was pretty sophisticated and well thought out because I'm usually on high alert but luckily I wasn't caught. Here's what they did. 1/8 — Crumz (@crumz10) November 26, 2023 The user immediately noticed several red flags: the scammer did not have a premium subscription to Zoom and wanted to record the screen holder using a strange bot. The interview lasted two hours. At the end, the “journalist” suggested that the victim take a banana to take a photograph for the article. However, @crumz10 reali...

Additionally, Blur founder Tieshun Roquerre raised $40 million to contribute to the Blur ecosystem. Tieshun Roquerre, the founder of NFT marketplace Blur (also known as “Pacman”), is launching a new layer-2 network where users can reduce transaction costs for digital collectibles. In a thread posted to X on Nov. 21, Roquerre addressed high network fees, saying “hundreds of millions have been spent on gas trading NFTs.” Two of the biggest opportunities we see for NFTs are reducing transaction costs and institutional-grade NFT perps. Hundreds of millions have been spent on gas trading NFTs, and perp volume is 6x bigger than spot. These opportunities require an L2. — Pacman | Blur.io (@PacmanBlur) November 21, 2023 Moreover, Roquerre says “almost every” decentralized application, or DApp, on a blockchain has an issue when users lock up their funds in pools, which do not generate yield for them. “This means that Blur users are losin...

The SEC has charged Impact Theory for an unregistered NFT offering , marking its first enforcement action in the NFT sector. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Impact Theory, LLC on Aug. 28, a Los Angeles-based media and entertainment company, for conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This enforcement action represents a milestone as the first of its kind involving an NFT initiative by the SEC. Impact Theory, co-founded by YouTube and podcast host Tom Bilyeu, raised approximately $30 million from hundreds of investors across the United States through this offering. Today we charged Impact Theory LLC, a media and entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of purported NFTs. Impact Theory raised approximately $30 million from hundreds of investors. — U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (@SECGov) Au...

A former head of product at NFT marketplace giant OpenSea has been sentenced to prison and will forfeit the Ethereum (ETH) he gained from his insider trading activities.  In May, Nathanial ‘Nate’ Chastain was convicted of fraud and money laundering. The update was revealed in a press release on Aug. 22.  Chastain, whose job at OpenSea included selecting NFTs appearing on the platform’s front page, will serve a three-month jail term and another three months of home confinement. The former OpenSea executive will also be subject to three years of supervised release, pay a fine of $50,000, and forfeit the ETH he gained from the NFT insider trading . You might also like: Thai SEC levies $234,000 fine against BitKub executive for alleged insider trading Between June and September 2021, the product manager took advantage of confidential information to purchase NFTs that he knew would appear on OpenSea’s homepage. When such NFTs were eventually featured, t...

Sega is still reportedly licensing its lesser-known properties out for NFTs and blockchain games, but its best ones are being kept close. Sega co-COO yawns at P2E games The co-chief operating officer of Sega has called play-to-earn games “ boring ” amid the firm’s retreat from franchising some of its hottest properties to the blockchain gaming space. Bloomberg reported on July 6 that Shuji Utsumi, the co-COO of the gaming company behind Sonic The Hedgehog, said Sega would shelve plans to develop blockchain games for now. Third-party blockchain gaming projects would also not get access to Sega’s biggest franchises, with Utsumi adding: “The action in play-to-earn games is boring , what’s the point if games are no fun?” However, some of the less-known Sega titles will still get licensed for runs in nonfungible token (NFT) collections, its lesser franchises are getting blockchain games slated for announcements later this year and Sega is still pumping millions into related projects. Br...

The total NFT market trading volume in Q1 hit $4.7 billion, more than doubling the previous quarter, while Square Enix dropped Final Fantasy trading cards that can't actually be traded, yet. Oddly, following news of a New York Grand Jury voting to indict former president Donald Trump on March 30, the floor price for the officially licensed Trump Digital Trading Cards NFT project pumped. According to data from OpenSea, NFT traders were seemingly spurred into action by the announcement, with the floor price moving from 0.46 Ether (ETH) or $835 at current prices, to as high as 0.6 ETH ($1090) on the same day. Trump Digital Trading Cards floor price. Source: OpenSea It is worth noting that when the project launched in December, it offered exclusive one-on-one experiences to certain NFT hodlers, such as private golf sessions, dinners and conversations with Trump. Given the indict ment news, it could potentially have an impact on the forty-fifth's potential to deliver on such exper...

With the rising popularity of Web3 and the metaverse, songwriters and musicians are wondering what music licensing will look like in this new space. The term “metaverse” is becoming increasingly common, but while many people have likely heard it used, they often don’t know what it means.  It can be difficult to explain the term to someone outside the Web3 space, as the metaverse is still relatively new and evolving. The most important thing to know is that it has the potential to revolutionize the internet and how people live, work and play. The metaverse is a new frontier of innovation and creativity, centered a great deal around media, which should come as no surprise since many Web2 apps are as well, especially music. There are entire social media platforms dedicated to sharing music, and those that aren’t have incorporated music in other ways. While this has increased awareness about music licensing in digital spaces, it has also highlighted that some systems in place are outdate...