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Tech

Bitcoin Ordinals Surge to 3M Inscriptions, but Most Are Just Text

Over $8 million in fees have been paid to the network by inscription creators since their inception.

(Ordinals Protocol)

Web3

NFT Collection Goblintown Will Prioritize the ‘Worst’ Traders in Second Season Mint

Big Inc, the sequel to the goblin-themed collection, will be giving a 50% discount to token holders who mint using the meme coin PEPE.

Goblintown NFTs (OpenSea)

Web3

Sotheby's Launches On-Chain Secondary NFT Marketplace

Sotheby’s Metaverse will now offer a curated, peer-to-peer marketplace via the Ethereum and Polygon networks.

XCOPY "Departed" and "Right Click Save Guy" (Sotheby's Metaverse, modified by CoinDesk)

Web3

'Shark Tank' but Make It Crypto: CoinMarketCap Launching Competition TV Show

"Killer Whale" will allow entrepreneurs to pitch ideas for new Web3 products and projects to a panel of judges.

“Whales” are removing BTC from exchanges en masse. (Nitesh Jain/Unsplash)

Web3

Web3 News From Consensus

A special edition of The Airdrop on the ground in Austin at CoinDesk's festival.

Daniel Alegre, CEO, Yuga Labs and Rosie Perper, Deputy Managing Editor, Web3, CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

Mastercard Launches Crypto Credential Service for Cross-Border Transfers

The set of verification standards uses technology from CipherTrace, the well-known blockchain analytics platform Mastercard agreed to acquire in late 2021.

Raj Dhamodharan, Head of Crypto and Blockchain, Mastercard (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Web3

Web3 Music Requires Fresh Ideas to Succeed, Says Warner Music Exec

The digitally augmented space is a key part of Warner Music Group's future plans, Chief Digital Officer Oana Ruxandra said at Consensus 2023.

Oana Ruxandra, Warner Music Group (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Videos

Streetwear Designer Bobby Hundreds on NFT Adoption and His Biggest Sneaker Flex

Bobby Hundreds, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of global streetwear brand The Hundreds and Adam Bomb Squad, chats with CoinDesk's Doreen Wang about why he feels the hype of NFTs happened too quickly. Plus, he shares his biggest streetwear flex and teases his new book "NFTs Are a Scam."

Recent Videos

Web3

Leaders in Decentralized Identity Slam Soulbound Tokens

On a panel discussing how to protect your identity, “our most precious asset,” the consensus was that SBTs were absolutely the wrong path.

Left to right: Evin McMullen, Tyrone Lobban, Daniel Buchner and moderator Marc Hochstein (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Web3

Web3 Culture Is 'Not Dead' but as Strong as Ever, Say Brand Leaders

Creators, leaders and builders from the NFT space spoke about the resilience of Web3 at CoinDesk's annual Consensus conference.

From left: Angelic Vendette, LOGIK, Devin Nagy, Betty and Lesley Silverman (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)