Slew of Venture Funds, Eminem, Paul Rosenberg Inject $30 Million Into NFT Platform Makersplace

On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace secured $30 million in a Series A financing round. The team behind the NFT marketplace says it plans to leverage the funds to “acquire additional talent and scale the business.” While the Series A was co-led by Pantera Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners, the world-famous hip … Read more

Acclaimed NFT Artist’s Blockchain-Backed Digital Art Auction Raises $3.5 Million

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 … Read more

Rare Batman NFT Digital Art Collection Sells for Record 540 Ether

A five-piece collection of Batman digital art has sold for a combined 540.86 ether, or about $202,000, on Makersplace, a record price for non-fungible crypto artwork. The rare artwork is a collection of animations or PNG files of the Dark Knight. It was created by DC comic artist José Delbo and Trevor Jones, a crypto … Read more

Non-fungible Digital Artwork Sale Shatters Records, ‘Picasso’s Bull’ NFT Sells for $55K

During the first week of July, news.Bitcoin.com reported on the growing sales of non-fungible token artwork being sold on marketplaces like Opensea, Nifty Gateway, and Makerplace. Just recently, the NFT market Nifty Gateway broke records selling a piece of digital artwork created by the artist Trevor Jones for $55,555. Non-fungible tokens (NFT) and digital artwork … Read more