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Twitter Testing Feature to Provide Larger NFT Images
October 28, 2022

Furthering its involvement with nonfungible tokens (NFTs), Twitter is testing a feature that will expand links to NFTs to display a preview.  The social media service said Thursday (Oct. 27) in a tweet that with this feature called NFT Tweet Tiles, some links to NFTs...

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Reddit’s Snoo Mascot Avatars Bring Millions to NFTs
October 27, 2022

Reddit has become the newest 800-pound gorilla in the non-fungible token (NFT) world. Chief Product Officer Pali Bhat said at a conference last week that the initial three collections of profile picture (PFP) avatars it launched in July have convinced 3 million of the social...

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Apple Applies 30% App Store Fee to NFTs, Limiting Appeal
October 25, 2022

Apple has dropped a new App Store policy that formally allows the in-app purchase of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on its platform, but also requires a 30% transaction fee that has been called a de facto ban on their sale. In addition to applying its standard,...

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SEC Targets Bored Ape NFTs as Possible Securities
October 11, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly looking into whether Yuga Labs, the developer of the hugely popular Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and owner of one of the first NFT collections to start selling for six figures, and then seven, CryptoPunks, violated securities...

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EU Targets NFT Money Laundering; Warner Music Group Plays Along
October 06, 2022

In case you are of the opinion that the prices people are willing to pay for collectable profile picture (PFP) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have returned to sanity levels, be aware that someone just paid about $4.5 million for CryptoPunk No. 2924, an 8-bit pixelated monkey....

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NFT-Personalized Debit Cards Make Debut
September 27, 2022

Mastercard will now let cardholders put their non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on their cryptocurrency debit cards, the company said, bringing avatars like Bored Apes and their use as profile pictures (PFPs) beyond Twitter and Instagram. Crypto financial app hi cardholders in Europe will be able to...

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NFTs Offer Cultural and Crypto Bridge for Newcomers Who Want Out of Fiat
September 23, 2022

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are inextricably tied to blockchain technology and the wider crypto ecosystem by the nature of their technical design. In the early days of the technology, this meant there was a significant overlap between the community of people who created and collected NFTs...

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Liverpool FC Expands NFT Fantasy Sports Partnership With Sorare
September 22, 2022

English soccer team Liverpool Football Club (Liverpool FC) is deepening its partnership with French company Sorare, which operates player-owned fantasy sports games that issue virtual collectible cards as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The expanded partnership will see Liverpool FC and Sorare collaborate on “multimedia fan content...

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NFT Weekly: Top Bid on Ethereum Merge Token Minted for $50K Is $268
September 20, 2022

Someone just paid nearly $50,000 to mint an enormous nonfungible token (NFT) of the last block on the Ethereum chain before it switched over to the more environmentally friendly Ethereum 2.0 blockchain on Sept. 15. The current high bid? $268.29. Read more: What the Ethereum...