Eurovision Winners’ NFT Auction Raises $900K for Charity

Kalush Orchestra, the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, are auctioning off an NFT for charity. The auction started May 25 on MetaHistory — the official Ukrainian charitable NFT museum – and will last only until the 28th. Bids will be accepted in both cryptocurrency and fiat currency (via Monobank), thus creating a friendly competition for what type of currency can bring the most donations. Kalush Orchestra Auction NFT for Ukraine The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 took place on May 14 in Turin, Italy. The event had a television audience of 161 million....

Between the efforts of Jason King and Andreas Antonopoulos, Coins in the Kingdom might secure it's place as the most charitable Bitcoin conference of the year. At the end of the first day of the conference, Andreas Antonopoulos was approached by Chris DeRose for a signature on a unique piece of numismatic history: a Ten Trillion Dollar Zimbabwe Reserve Note. After the bill signing, Andreas was asked what charity he would most like to see a donation be given to. To this, Andreas responded "RAINN." A few weeks thereafter, a charity auction commenced and is currently live at cryptothrift.com.....

On June 11, Consensus hosted MetaGala, one of the major events of Consensus 2022 that brings together crypto investors, influencers, and artists from the cultural sector, the crypto space, and the fashion industry. For the last seven years from 2015, Consensus has been the most influential summit in the world of cryptocurrency and blockchain. Consensus launched the MetaGala charity auction on June 11, which marks the first offline event it has hosted since the COVID-19 outbreak. During the event, the NFTs created by big-name artists were auctioned, and the proceeds were donated to....

Blockchain-backed digital art is continuing to make waves and this week an artist who calls himself ‘Beeple’ raised $3.5 million during his latest non-fungible token (NFT) art collection auction. The “Everydays” collection auction included 21 original single edition Beeple pieces, a 100 piece series, and three open edition variations sold in five-minutes. During the first week of November, news.Bitcoin.com reported on a piece of blockchain-backed election art that sold for $66,666, and the animated piece changes after the official U.S. Electoral College decision.....

Cointelegraph artists will create digital portraits of celebrities for a Rotary Foundation charity auction hosted on Binance’s newly launched NFT platform. Cointelegraph is delighted to announce a nonfungible token charity auction in partnership with the Rotary Foundation and the Binance cryptocurrency exchange.Binance will feature the celebrity-themed charity campaign on its newly launched NFT marketplace, aiming to generate donations supporting financial education for children and training for physicians coping with COVID-19 emergencies.The charity auction will include an NFT series....