NFTs


Finance

UnicornDAO Raises $4.5M to Empower Women and LGBTQ NFT Creators

The DAO is led by Nadya Tolokonnikova of the Russian art collective Pussy Riot and involves Beeple, Grimes and Gary Vaynerchuk.

The UnicornDAO panel at SXSW 2022. Left to right: Olive Allen, Charli Cohen, Latashá, Diana Sinclair, Maliha Abidi, Heather Russell, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Rebecca Lamis. (UnicornDAO)

Finance

Magic Eden Tops OpenSea in Daily Trading Volume as Solana NFTs Heat Up

The Solana-based marketplace has seen far more transactions than its Ethereum counterpart in the last 24 hours.

Magic Eden's booth at the Solana Hacker House in Miami, April 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

How Do You Tax an NFT?

Plans to share bitcoin data with foreign tax authorities may be hard to adapt to transparent, decentralized blockchains – but once in place, new rules are hard to shift.

The OECD wants to make it harder to keep your bitcoin secret from the authorities by stashing it in tax havens. (Michal Ben Ari/EyeEm/Getty Images)

Finance

Nomura’s Digital Division to Focus on Cryptocurrencies First, DeFi Later

Phase one of Nomura’s new digital-assets division will include the top 10 cryptocurrencies, with DeFi and NFTs further down the line.

Nomura. (charnsitr/Shutterstock)

Finance

Diana Sinclair: People Aren’t 'Ready to Hear' About Inequities in the Metaverse

Web 3 can open up opportunities for marginalized groups, but it's not a silver bullet, says one leading NFT artist.

Diana Sinclair (CoinDesk)

Finance

ApeCoin Migration Draws Interest From Avalanche, Flow

The Bored Ape Yacht Club-linked ApeCoin DAO is in talks with layer 1 suitors as the project considers a post-Ethereum future.

(Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Opinion

Breaking Barriers to the Web 3 Creator Economy

The latest innovations in blockchain technology are enabling creators to earn more from their work and achieve an unprecedented level of autonomy.

Web 3 is opening all sorts of possibilities for creators. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Finance

Coinbase Expands Features, Allowing Some App Users to Access Ethereum-Based Dapps

The move will let users purchase NFTs, trade on decentralized exchanges and borrow and lend on various DeFi platforms.

Coinbase share were rallying Friday. (Photo illustration by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Finance

Morgan Stanley Says NFTs Next to Watch After UST Collapse

Most speculative and leveraged areas of crypto markets now in focus, the bank’s analysts said.

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