Donald Trump’s unexpected crypto rebirth has the entire internet abuzz — and to be clear, it absolutely should. While Wall Street might be seeing dollar signs, I’m looking at this from a different angle: what does this mean for the emerging artists and creators in Southeast Asia who are increasingly...
OpenSea, the formerly undisputed marketplace king of the NFT world, began to see increased competition and changing market conditions chip away at its crown. Here’s how OpenSea battled to get its crown back, as explained in this article. It examines how OS2, Solana integration, and settling an SEC investigation are...
The NFT art world has had quite the roller coaster ride lately. What was once perceived as a speculative crypto fad is now solidifying its place as a legitimate form of artistic expression. In 2025, the ecological system for finding and curating premier NFT art is even more sophisticated and...
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...
OpenSea has reaffirmed its dominance in the NFT marketplace arena, bolstered by the launch of its new platform OS2, a cleared regulatory hurdle, and strategic expansions into Solana trading. The platform has accounted for nearly 70% of all NFT sales over the last month. With more than 610,000 wallets in...
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....
The CloneX incident – where digital art linked to valuable NFTs briefly vanished, replaced by a stark error message – isn't just a tech snafu. It's a flashing red light screaming: "We need NFT regulation, now."Centralization Kills Decentralization Dream?Think about how you would purchase a home. Then poof – the...
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...
OpenSea has made a spectacular return as the top NFT marketplace. It currently operates over 40% of the overall NFT trading volume and attracts 70% of all active NFT wallets. The release of OS2 is great news indeed! The Solana integration and the SEC abandoning its investigation into this partnership...
The NFT art scene has been changing by the minute. Focusing more on the present, a few online platforms have quickly taken the lead in this space, building communities around, curating, and distributing digital art. As we approach 2025, Art Blocks, Feral File, Heft, and Verse are among the leaders...
