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/PRNewswire/ -- Aujourd'hui, l'artiste numérique pionnier Mike Winkelmann, plus connu sous le nom de Beeple, annonce le lancement de WENEW, un conservateur et...
Beeple, Cryptokitties and NBA Top Shot have all entered the global conversation thanks to frothing sales activity and record-setting prices for digital assets certified by non-fungible tokens, or NFT’s, a close cousin of cryptocurrency Bitcoin. But why are people spending millions on digital artworks, videoclips and music?
NFTs may be the future of art — but are they threatening the future of the planet? By Sophie Lewis Crypto enthusiasts burn and digitize Banksy artwork A digital artist known as Beeple sold a piece of entirely digital art through Christie's for over $69 million in March, flipping the art world upside down. But the digital registry where that piece of art, called an NFT, is stored is responsible for the annual emission of more carbon into the atmosphere than most small countries. So why is everyone so eager to jump on the NFT bandwagon? NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, a...
May 5, 2021 The artist beeple, aka Mike Winkelman, in early 2021 sold a series of digital pieces for $69 million, the highest price ever paid for digital art. Courtesy of Close Authorship Minutes before midnight March 22, two art collectors got into a heated bidding war at a charity auction for a climate organization. The auction was happening online, but it was eliciting the same staggering dollar amounts and tense drama of an in-person auction house. The item in contention was a single picture of a futuristic scene. The bidding had already exceeded $5 million, but Justin Sun, a 30-year-old...
#AIshowbiz Earth Day Event Debuts Dolphin-saving NFT Hologram Leading futurists met on creating sustainable NFTs and using them to support environmental projects like Open Earth’s new marine conservation tech program; World’s first PORTL hologram NFT by Nicole Buffett unveiled April 22, 2021 16:42 ET | Source: Portl Portl North Hills, California, UNITED STATES Los Angeles, CA, April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The first #AIshowbiz Earth Day Powered by PORTL included Trailblazer talks by leading minds shaping the future on the top...