Musician Grimes’ debut NFT auction generates $5.8M in 20 minutes
Acclaimed musician Grimes has made $5.8 million in 20 minutes after auctioning eight tokenized artworks in her first NFT drop. Candian musician and visual artist, Claire Elise Boucher, or Grimes, has sold a mammoth $5.8 million worth of tokenized art in less than 20 minutes on Nifty Gateway. On Feb. 28, the popular musician launched her debut NFT collection, “WarNymph,” in collaboration with her brother, digital artist Mac Boucher. The collection takes elements from mythology and futurism to create the “Oth3rkin universe,” with Grimes’ WarNymph collection comprising a goddess who battles....
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NFL star Rob Gronkowski’s debut NFT drop generated more than $1.8 million in primary sales on OpenSea. NFL star Rob Gronkowski’s NFT drop has generated more than $1.8 million in primary sales on NFT market OpenSea.The Rob Gronkowski Championship Series NFT Collection includes five different tokenized cards depicting in-game action shots of the player during championship-winning games. The championship series consists of five unique collectibles, including a single one-of-a-kind token, and four NFTs of which 87 copies each were minted and auctioned from March 11 until March 13. The....
Just a couple of minutes ago the Bitcoin price started to move upwards. As you can see from the Bitcoin price chart to the right, the price has taken a leap from around 595 USD per Bitcoin to reaching a high of 618 USD, and then stabilizing at around 613 USD per BTC. That's a move of more than 20 USD in less than a couple of minutes. There has been no information published, as I'm aware of, that can explain this price movement at the current time being. The only real event that will take place today which will, and probably is, affecting the Bitcoin price is the US Marshals' Bitcoin....
American Express’ first foray into NFTs, a partnership with popular musician SZA, has sold out within hours of kicking off. American Express (Amex) has teamed up with popular neo-soul singer and songwriter, SZA, to enter the NFT market. The duo partnered to drop a set of 14 one-of-one edition NFTs, dubbed “Amex Unstaged x SZA: The Collection,” that depict moments from one of SZA’s recent concerts. Participation in the NFT sale was made available only to Amex users, with the first 10 dropped on July 9, with concert-goer's given exclusive access. The remaining 4 were dropped earlier today....
Four collaborative NFTs launched by musician Two Feet and visual artist FEWOCiOUS have generated more than $1m in Nifty Gateway’s largest auction of 2021 so far. The auctions were organized by Illumino, an NFT-focused firm seeking to bring “tastemakers and artists” together to launch innovative art on-chain. Illumino was put together by the LA-based management agency Keel, crypto VC firm Framework Ventures, and Bruch Projects — the NFT arm of Manna Ventures.The NFTs went live on Valentine’s Day, beginning with one-of-a-kind 3D renditions that were sold to the highest bidder.The....