The original 2007 video, Charlie Bit My Finger, a carrier of the viral internet fascination, sold as a non-fungible token for $ 760,999, and the family who created it will be removing the original from YouTube for good. The original video, almost 900 million views, shows Charlie Davies-Carr, a kid in England, who bites his … Read more
(Dapper Labs photo) New financing: Dapper Labs raised $ 305 million on a reported valuation of $ 2.6 billion. The Vancouver, BC startup supports NBA Top Shot, a popular NFT-based digital trading card game that has sales of more than $ 467 million in the past five months. Top shot: Dapper is partnering with the … Read more
If you’ve used social media a lot, you’ve seen the first tweet ever. Posted on March 21, 2006 by Twitter co-founder and current CEO Jack Dorsey, It didn’t say much, “I’m just setting up my twttr.” Thanks to the wild west of NFTs – crypto-authenticated tokens that uniquely value and verify digital objects – you … Read more
(Dapper Labs photo) NFTs go viral: Digital collectibles, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are suddenly the topic of conversation in the tech world. They have been around for a couple of years but have gained momentum in the past few weeks. Music star Grimes just sold $ 6 million worth of digital art earlier … Read more