NFTs


Consensus Magazine

Robert Alice Made NFT History, Now He’s Writing About It

Legendary art book publisher TASCHEN is putting out the first major survey of NFT art, while Christie's launches his new art project tonight.

"On NFTs" is the  largest art historical study on NFTs to date. (Robert Alice)

Markets

Bitcoin NFT NodeMonkes Sells for $1M as BTC Inches Toward $69K

Bitcoin-based collections traded more volume than Ethereum collections in the past 24 hours, which shows network adoption as bitcoin prices inch closer to highs.

The NodeMonkes collection. (NodeMonkes)

Finance

Solana Gaming Project MixMob Bags Stormtrooper NFT Licensing Rights

MXM, MixMob’s governance token on the Solana blockchain, operates the MXM Esports League and incentivizes players.

(Andrew Wulf/Unsplash)

Tech

Satoshi-Era Bitcoin Function 'OP_CAT' Dusted Off as Development Fervor Grows

Developers Ethan Heilman and Armin Sabouri view OP_CAT as a simple opcode that offers some of the general purpose functionality currently missing in Bitcoin

Armin Sabouri (left), one of the co-authors of the OP_CAT proposal; with Dan Gould, a Bitcoin developer; and co-author Ethan Heilman, in October at Chaincode Labs' Bitcoin Research Day, in New York. (Neha Narula)

Markets

Sandbox’s SAND Slides, ApeCoin Steady Ahead of $125M in Unlocks

Token unlocks refer to the release of previously locked or restricted tokens into the market.

Token unlocks are usually bearish events, increasing a token's supply.(FLY:D/Unsplash)

Opinion

As EtherRocks Hit Sotheby’s, Who Is Laughing Hardest?

Literally clipart of rocks, the NFTs are a popular joke on digital art. Now the storied auction house is selling them, they may become even more collectible, says Daniel Kuhn.

(EtherRocks)

Opinion

Ethereum Has Gatekeepers (for Good Reason)

A new, non-standard token standard called ERC-404 circumvented the usual governance process and is capitalizing on a term with an actual definition.

gate door cave catacomb prison jail (Thomas Vogel/unsplash)

Tech

Taproot Wizards' New Bitcoin NFTs Already Trading at Twice the Initial Sale Price

Even after a weeklong minting process marred by technical issues, the Quantum Cats digital images were going for more than $10,000 each on the NFT marketplace Magic Eden, on their first day of secondary trading.

Quantum Cats for sale on Magic Eden NFT Marketplace (Magic Eden)

Tech

Bitcoin NFT Project Taproot Wizards Sells Out First Collection, Raking in $13M

All 3,000 of the "Quantum Cats" digital images were claimed by the end of Monday's public mint, selling for a fixed price of 0.1 BTC ($4,265) each – despite severe technical issues that had delayed the process by a full week.

Screenshot of "Quantum Cats" collection from the project's website. (Quantum Cats/Taproot Wizards)

Tech

Taproot Wizards Delays 'Quantum Cats' for 3rd Time as Mint Site Gets Fixed, Tested

Taproot Wizards struggled with technical issues during Monday's initial attempt to sell about 3,000 of the "NFTs on Bitcoin." The team says they underestimated demand, and says the minting site is now fixed but needs more time for testing.

Screenshot of "Quantum Cats" collection from the project's website. (Quantum Cats/Taproot Wizards)