NFTs
NFT Marketplace Blur Releases Native Token for Community Ownership
After a delay, Blur's highly anticipated token is live. Traders have 60 days to claim their airdropped BLUR tokens.

Magic Eden Lays Off 22 Staff as Part of Companywide Restructuring
CEO and co-founder Jack Lu explained the company needed to make changes in order to reach new goals in 2023.

NFT Marketplace Magic Eden Partners With MoonPay to Offer Credit Card Payments
MoonPay has a similar partnership in place with NFT marketplace LooksRare.

Introducing CoinDesk’s First Web3 Newsletter: The Airdrop
Our weekly newsletter breaks down the biggest news related to internet culture, NFTs, DAOs and the metaverse that is pushing Web3 forward.

Popular Rihanna Song Offered as NFT With Royalty Sharing Ahead of Super Bowl
Music producer Deputy, who helped produce Rihanna's hit 2015 single "B**** Better Have My Money," is granting a portion of his streaming royalties to collectors through anotherblock.

Legal Expert Says MetaBirkin Project Intended to Use Hermès’ Brand for Economic Gain
Olta Andoni, general counsel at financial firm Enclave Markets, said artist Mason Rothschild was looking to “piggyback” off the French luxury brand’s reputation. But even artists who are creating digital art aren't free of consumer protection laws.

Crypto Payments Firm MoonPay and NFT Marketplace LooksRare Ink Partnership
LooksRare users can buy and sell cryptocurrencies through MoonPay, which will allow users to purchase NFTs with a credit card.

Bitcoin Network Activity Spikes to Two-Year High Thanks to NFTs, CryptoQuant Says
Transactions are coming from the popularity of the recently deployed Ordinals protocol, which allows for NFT-like tokens to be stored on-chain.

Bitcoin NFTs Explode in Popularity as BitMEX Research Shows 13,000 Ordinals
Interest has skyrocketed following the first Ordinals transaction on Dec. 14.


