Nifty News: Ja Rule’s Fyre Fest NFT, Trump tweet auction, Tezos muscles in
Nifty News is a round-up of all the NFT news that's fit to print. Today: Ja Rule flogs Fyre Festival painting, dance moves are tokenized, and a new record price recorded for licensed NFT sports memorabilia. The latest celebrity to suddenly realize the immense artistic significance of tokenized art (or 'cash in on' depending on your perspective) is rapper and Fyre Festival co-founder Ja Rule — who is auctioning off a 48-inch-by-60-inch, oil-painting of the Fyre Fest's corporate logo with accompanying NFT. The auction, which has a reserve price of $600,000 kicks off today on Flipkick.The....
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Justin Roiland's piece was listed on a non-fungible token art exchange owned by Gemini. A crypto art piece by Justin Roiland, co-creator of the famous animated series Rick and Morty, has sold for a handsome price on non-fungible token marketplace Nifty Gateway.Dubbed “The First Ever Edition Of Rick And Morty Cryptoart,” the tokenized artwork was sold at silent auction for $150,000. Nifty Gateway announced the news on Twitter on Jan. 19.SILENT AUCTION RESULT "First Rick and Morty Crypto Art" by @JustinRoiland WINNING BID: $150,000 1. blanK Congrats to the winner and to @JustinRoiland! Last....
A final-second bid saw a digital artwork NFT sell for $777,777 on Nifty Gateway. Non-fungible token marketplace Nifty Gateway hosted an auction that saw a single NFT artwork sell for $777,777 after a last-second bid doubled the price.On Dec. 14, Nifty tweeted that the “savage” bid of $777,777 had been entered with only a single second left to go in the auction. The artwork was the last to be sold from “The Complete MF Collection” that was auctioned that day, with the token featuring each of the collection’s 20 individual digital artworks in a single NFT.The artworks were inspired by....
The platform stated it would offer “several original artworks” from Justin Roiland as part of his NFT collection. The Winklevoss-owned Nifty Gateway has announced the auction of a crypto art collection from the voice actor and co-creator behind Adult Swim's cult animation series Rick and Morty.According to a tweet from Nifty Gateway today, the non-fungible token, or NFT, marketplace will be auctioning artwork from Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland on Jan. 19. The platform stated “several original artworks” from Roiland would be offered as part of the collection.We are thrilled to....