Renowned auction house Sotheby’s has been revealed to accept payments in DOT, the native cryptocurrency of blockchain network Polkadot, for its ongoing NFT auction project “Natively Digital 1.3: Generative Art.” The auction, which began on April 19th, is Sotheby’s third event focusing on generative art NFTs. Generative art is an art practice where a piece […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirate, 19th April, 2022, Chainwire Today, Web3 innovator BitSport has announced its latest project, NFT-IGO, a new way for gamers and streamers to monetize their gameplay and interact with their fanbase. Similar to an initial public offering (IPO) in the stock market or an initial coin offering (ICO) in the crypto space,
More and more companies are benefiting from the soaring popularity of non-fungible tokens. Genies, an NFT avatar startup, has now hit unicorn status following its recent funding round that added another $150 million to the firm’s treasury. The Series C round, which took the company’s valuation to $1 billion, was led by private equity firm
Following the heels of payments giant American Express, rival Mastercard has filed for 15 metaverse and NFT trademark applications with the US with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on April 4. The trademark filings were disclosed by trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis, who revealed the applications were related to NFT collectibles and marketplace, software
Popular NFT marketplace OpenSea has expanded its payment options to fiat by enabling transactions through credit cards. The company has partnered with payments infrastructure firm MoonPay to enable direct credit card payments. Specifically, OpenSea will leverage MoonPay’s new solution NFT Checkout which allows users to purchase an NFT instantly with a debit or credit card,
