Yesterday, Starbucks sold all of its 2,000 NFT “Journey Stamps” in under 20 minutes. They were the company’s first paid collection of NFTs and were priced at $100 each. The coffee company first launched its NFT and Web3 push in December, when it opened up a new membership program called Read more…
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been under house arrest at his parents’ home on the Stanford campus since December making the elite university the unlikely host to one of America’s most notorious alleged white-collar criminals. “Surrounded by student co-ops, fraternity houses and other faculty homes, he’s the talk of the Read more…
U.S. payment giants Visa and Mastercard are slamming the brakes on plans to forge new partnerships with crypto firms after a string of high-profile collapses shook faith in the industry, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Both Visa and Mastercard have decided to push back the launch Read more…
RMS Titanic Inc (RMST), which has been collecting artifacts associated with the ship since the 1980s, has hooked up with NFT flinger Artifact Labs and Venture Smart Financial Holdings to “bring the RMS Titanic and its physical artifacts into Web3.” The Register reports: Aiming to “place the legacy of the Read more…
Adam R. Smith, a software engineer with 40+ years of experience reportedly became frustrated with his friends and associates’ claims about the potential of crypto technology and their subsequent losses of money in various schemes, and set out to write a series of articles explaining what blockchain is and whether Read more…
Last year’s Super Bowl broadcast was “crypto-happy” as 100 million Americans saw at least three commercials promoting cryptocurrency. This year things will be different. According to the Associated Press, there will be no cryptocurrency advertisements aired during this year’s game. Last year’s Super Bowl was dubbed the “Crypto Bowl” because Read more…
Consumers could be using a new digital pound as an alternative to cash by the end of the decade under plans being drawn up by the Bank of England and the Treasury. The government is speeding up its response to the rise of privately issued cryptocurrencies and stable coins with Read more…