BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, Travers Thorp Alberga
NFT or Security? OpenSea hesitation halts sales
NFTs have had quite the year. From relatively nascent tokens to growing a market cap of over USD$10 billion the increased interest in...
The Glass Suit - Dolce & Gabbana go digital, physical & experiential
Dolce and Gabbana is one of the most recent designers to ride the NFT wave by announcing a 9 piece collection. The Collezione Genesi...
Digital or print? HENI launches 'The Currency' experiment
With applications closed, participants are well underway to take part in HENI's latest experiment based on the collection by contemporary...
Gamestop building an NFT team
With no indication of the non-fungible token (NFT) trend waning, video-game retailer, GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME), has announced it is...
eBay to ride the NFT wave, offering digital collectible NFTs
eBay is now offering NFTs for digital collectibles, such as trading cards, images or video clips, on its platform. Unlike Auction houses...
Sotheby's accepts digital currency for street-artist Banksy's physical work
Not long ago, Sotheby's announced its second NFT auction to be held in June, foreshadowing a promise to present some of the most...
Sotheby's to auction the first NFT
Sotheby's has jumped aboard the NFT auction trend and in its second auction will offer Quantum, universally regarded as the first NFT...
Fine art meets blockchain - crypto connoisseurs or corked craziness?
With the booming trade in non-fungible token (NFT), relatives of Wladimir Baranoff-Rossiné's (1888-1944) have sought to auction off an...
Beeple's $70 million NFT debut
"The First 5000 days" by the American Artist known as Beeple has recently sold for an impressive US$69.4 million, especially considering...
Non-Fungible Tokens Take Flight
The Australian Financial Review published a piece this week titled "Crypto-art becomes the new cultural currency" which updates the...
Trash to treasure: GarbagePailKids NFTs sell out in 28 hours
WAX has launched NFT's for GarbagePailKids trading cards, which have sold out in less than 28 hours
Personal Token Sales on a Roll
Personal Token Sales are on a roll, with well-known DeFi advocate Kerman Kohli announcing his Initial $KERMAN Offering – raising $30k
Blockchain continues to grow in gaming
The integration of blockchain within the gaming industry is an experiment that has been ongoing, and continues to grow.
Bank of Lithuania launches blockchain collector coin
The Bank of Lithuania has announced in a press release that it will release a digital, blockchain-based collector coin in late 2020.
Ben & Jerry's serves a scoop of blockchain for its birthday
Ben & Jerrys have partnered with Vatom-powered development platform BLOCKv to celebrate the company’s 10th birthday.
CryptoKitties creators craft custom chain
CryptoKitties was an overnight sensation in 2017 (with over US$1M spent on digital cats within days of launch), and at one point...