NFTs


Finance

Katie Haun’s New Crypto Fund Leads $50M Raise for NFT Protocol Zora

The funding round values the NFT tooling startup at $600 million.

Venture capitalist Katie Haun appears on stage at the 2022 FTX/SALT Crypto Bahamas conference. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Web3

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About ‘Miladys’ but Were Afraid to Ask

These anime-inspired NFTs come with some deeply confounding ideological baggage.

(Art by Remilia, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

NFT Issuers Could Have to Centralize and Register Under EU's MiCA Rules, France Warns

The EU bill would also tackle decentralized finance and bitcoin's energy use.

European Union flag (Håkan Dahlström/Getty)

Layer 2

Otherside and Apes NFTs Dominate Today’s Trades, Nansen Data Suggests

Yuga Labs’ NFT collections take first, second and third place with the most trading activity in the past 24 hours. Rocket Pool’s rETH has lost ground since Tuesday.

Yuga Labs NFTS take first, second and third spot among today's most actively traded NFTS. (James Rubin/CoinDesk)

Finance

Sports NFT Platform Stakes Raises $5.3M for ‘Digital Bragging Rights’

The platform lets users bet against each other’s sports picks, with winners minting their takes as NFTs.

(Wade Austin Ellis/Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase Opens NFT Marketplace to All

The crypto exchange has opened the floodgates to its Ethereum-based marketplace after testing the beta version with a select group of users in April.

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

Finance

‘SmartMint’ NFT Tool Gives Artists Ownership of Minting Smart Contracts

The beta version seeks to solve the “intrinsic issue” of smart contract standards in NFT minting.

The tool is launching on Pastel, Ethereum and Solana. (Kevin Dooley/Flickr)

Finance

Starbucks Teases Web 3 Platform in NFT Announcement

The coffee chain says its digital collectibles will likely be chain-agnostic and come with benefits tied to its physical locations.

Starbucks NFTs? (June Andrei George/Unsplash)

Finance

Lindsey McInerney: The Metaverse and the 'DIC Punch'

On building Stoner Cats and Gimmicks NFT franchises.

(Lindsey McInerney, modified by Kevin Ross/CoinDesk)