Crypto DAO spends €2.66M on Jodorowsky's Dune thinking they would own its cop...
It's the latest addition to a series of crypto-crowdfunding campaigns to receive increased spectator scrutiny. Late Saturday, Spice DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that owns a copy of an unpublished manuscript of Frank Herbert and Alejandro Jodorowsky's never-completed film Dune, announced its roadmap going forward. In the tweet, Spice DAO said it would "Make the book public, produce an original animated limited series inspired by the book and sell it to a streaming service, and support derivative projects from the community." The group had previously won the Christie's....
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Dune co-founder Charlotte Fang has abandoned an NFT initiative dubbed Milady, following a Twitter trolling firestorm. In January, a DAO purchased one of the last copies of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s “Dune,” a documentary made in 2013. The adaptation of Dune by Jodorowsky never made it to the big screen. Without much knowledge of copyright law, this […]
Following Constitution DAO’s lead, a group called Dune DAO went for a copy of the mythological Frank Herbert and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Dune manuscript, wanted by many and seen by few. A plot almost as interesting as the saga took over Christie’s auction, where the DAO won the final bid, but with a twist. Just a few days after ConstitutionDAO made history crowd-raising over $46M in an attempt to buy a rare printing of the U.S. constitutions, other groups are following their steps to purchase valuable objects in hopes to make them accessible to the public. This time, DuneDAO....
The team behind the platform that allows users to track data on the Ethereum blockchain, Dune Analytics, announced the firm has raised $8 million from strategic investors like Union Square Ventures. Dune Analytics detailed the firm plans to leverage the new financing in order to hire more help and monitor other blockchains. Crypto Metrics Provider Dune Analytics Raises $8 Million Crypto data services and analytics has seen massive demand in 2021 as everyone wants to gather factoids on their favorite crypto assets. Bitcoin.com News recently reported on the crypto firm Messari raising $21....
As the NFT industry grows with increasing market penetration, research and consumer education are key to the domain’s evolution. Ownership is one of the most critical aspects of nonfungible tokens (NFT). They are a representation of the evolution of execution and ownership of art, content, music, in-game assets, etc., since they are digital assets with distinctive identities that are verifiable on a blockchain network. However, they have also created a new dimension of discussion about the interaction and grey area around copyright, intellectual property (IP) and trademark laws.In a recent....
The Free TON–Dune Network merger represents one of the first decentralized M&A deals. Free TON, a community-driven blockchain promoting decentralized self-governance and freedom of speech, has acquired Dune Network through a community merger mechanism that was recently approved by both camps.An amended Dune community partnership proposal filed in January was approved on Tuesday, bringing the Free TON merger one step closer to fruition. Dune Network, which is a decentralized platform for distributed applications, said the merger will strengthen both communities and support the global....