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Clone X NFTs Vanish Briefly Due to Cloudflare Glitch

Clone X NFTs Vanish Briefly Due to Cloudflare Glitch

• NFT Drops

A server misconfiguration led to over 19,000 NFT images from the Clone X NFT collection to go missing temporarily last week. The Clone X collection includes 20,000 extraterrestrial avatar clones, a partnership between RTFKT and Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. The mishap was due to an unexpected early transition to a...

RTFKT NFTs Vanish! Cloudflare Glitch Exposes Centralization Risks

RTFKT NFTs Vanish! Cloudflare Glitch Exposes Centralization Risks

• Facts

From FTX to the world of NFTs, we’ve seen that centralized systems are inherently dangerous. So without a shred of warning, all of the images associated with RTFKT’s Ethereum-based NFT collections disappeared from view. This disruption severely affected major collections such as CloneX and Animus. Users were suddenly faced with...

CloneX Blackout: What Cloudflare's NFT Ban Reveals About Your NFTs

CloneX Blackout: What Cloudflare's NFT Ban Reveals About Your NFTs

• Facts

On April 24th, the NFT community was rocked by a sudden tidal wave, as RTFKT’s CloneX NFTs appeared to have disappeared. Users quickly found themselves unable to view the images connected to their precious digital goods. The culprit? A Cloudflare account downgrade that revealed just how bad the centralized NFT...

CloneX's Cloudflare Fiasco: The NFT Wake-Up Call We Needed?

CloneX's Cloudflare Fiasco: The NFT Wake-Up Call We Needed?

• Commentary

We all saw it: the dreaded black screen. Your prized CloneX NFT may have been a status symbol of your digital life. Now, it’s being overshadowed by a pretty shocking warning about Cloudflare’s Terms of Service. It wasn’t a hack or a rug pull or even an especially glamorous crypto...

CloneX's Cloudflare Fiasco Exposes Web3's Centralization Problem & Artists

CloneX's Cloudflare Fiasco Exposes Web3's Centralization Problem & Artists

• Commentary

Or, I think back with great enthusiasm to last year, when we interviewed a young, amazingly talented digital artist from Malaysia. So imagine that she had been super excited about NFTs. Finally, she discovered a means of escaping the art world gatekeepers and reaching right past them, directly to collectors....

CloneX NFT Art Vanishes! Cloudflare ToS Strike Shakes NFT World

CloneX NFT Art Vanishes! Cloudflare ToS Strike Shakes NFT World

• Facts

The NFT space soon learned that relying on decentralized storage solutions must come with caveats. Last week, pictures associated with the widely held CloneX NFT hoard and other Ethereum NFTs from RTFKT simply disappeared. Instead of the digital art they assumed they would receive, they were greeted with an all-black...

Japan's Bitcoin Revolution: A Boon for Artists and Web3 Creators?

Is Japan on the verge of accidentally unleashing a tsunami of creative destruction and financial liberation onto the rest of the emerging markets? I know this seems like a tall order, but hear me out. Japan’s regulatory change to officially recognize Bitcoin as a financial product. This step is a...

5 Ways This Crypto Bill Empowers Southeast Asian Artists, Not Wall Street

Let’s be honest, when you hear about crypto regulation, your first thought probably isn't Southeast Asian artists finding new avenues for creative expression. Surely visions of Wall Street honchos and inscrutable derivatives dance in your head. Well, what if I told you that the Senate’s Banking Committee just released their...

Crypto's 'Light-Touch' Regulation Gamble Will It Protect You?

The Senate Committee’s proposed “light-touch” regulatory framework for crypto is a long high-stakes poker game. Are we all truly holding a winning hand, or are we collectively bluffing our way into a future financial crisis? It’s a question every investor, every innovator, and frankly, every citizen should want to know....

Trump Jr. at KBW2025: Web3's Mainstream Moment?

Donald Trump Jr.’s scheduled keynote address at KBW2025 is raising eyebrows and inspiring intense discussion across the Web3 ecosystem. He’s just a high-profile guy shaking things up in the crypto world. His presence further exemplifies the increasing importance of blockchain technology and its potential to revolutionize the traditional economy. Does...

Trump Jr. at KBW2025: Web3's Punk Rock Moment or Sellout?

Or I think about Nandar, a wonderful Burmese artist that I met in Yangon, sharing with me her latest NFT collection. Each work exploded with vivid imagery, bravely fighting back against the junta’s repressive hold. She began selling them directly to supporters around the world, allowing her to cleverly sidestep...

KBW2025: Is Trump Jr. Web3's Trojan Horse or its Savior?

Donald Trump Jr. at Korea Blockchain Week? It's a head-scratcher, isn't it? About as easy as locating a MAGA hat at a Burning Man soirée. Before we put this down as just another short-lived publicity stunt, let’s take a closer look at what this could IoTally Web3 means. Cynical ploy...

Schiff's Crypto Ban: Is He Protecting Us or Silencing Innovation?

Senator Adam Schiff's proposed crypto ban, the COIN Act, aimed at preventing the President (read: Donald Trump) from dabbling in digital assets, raises a critical question: Is this genuine protection against corruption, or a veiled attempt to stifle innovation, especially for emerging markets? Let's be real, the optics are terrible....