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Trump's Christmas gift idea? $99 NFTs of himself
AFP, Published on 16/12/2022
» WASHINGTON - It could be the perfect Christmas present for the Donald Trump fan in your life -- a $99 digital trading card showing the former president in guises including a cowboy, astronaut and fighter pilot.
NFTs and burning paintings at new Damien Hirst show
AFP, Published on 23/09/2022
» LONDON: The latest show by Damien Hirst displays thousands of the provocative British artist's colourful spot paintings... many of which he will set on fire after selling them in digital form as NFTs.
Space invaders: How video gamers are resisting a crypto onslaught
AFP, Published on 10/08/2022
» PARIS: When video game designer Mark Venturelli was asked to speak at Brazil's biggest gaming festival, he submitted a generic-sounding title for his presentation -- "The Future of Game Design" -- but that was not the talk he gave.
To use rather than collect, the second coming of NFTs
AFP, Published on 24/05/2022
» NEW YORK - NFTs have been called everything from fads to outright scams, but early adopters see a future for them as uniquely useful tools for business, health and the arts that goes beyond mere digital collecting.
NFT of first-ever tweet a dud in online auction
AFP, Published on 15/04/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: An NFT of the first tweet ever posted on Twitter was struggling to attract bidders on Thursday, with the highest offer so far just shy of $10,000 -- a year after it was bought for $2.9 million.
Koons on the Moon -- sculptures to be placed on lunar surface
AFP, Published on 30/03/2022
» NEW YORK: American pop artist Jeff Koons is to send sculptures to the Moon later this year on a spacecraft blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, his gallery said Tuesday.
Ukraine launches website for cryptocurrency donations
AFP, Published on 15/03/2022
» The Ukrainian government on Monday launched a website in partnership with crypto-firms FTX and Everstake that will funnel donations to Ukraine's central bank as it combats a devastating invasion by Russia.
Trump's new social media app has rocky rollout
AFP, Published on 22/02/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Donald Trump's new social media app has started its gradual rollout but thousands of would-be users encountered glitches or found themselves placed on a waitlist Monday due to what the app called "massive demand".
Trump's new social media app plans slow rollout starting Monday
AFP, Published on 21/02/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO - Donald Trump's new social media platform "Truth Social" is planning a gradual rollout this week and should be "fully operational" by late March, potentially raising the former president's profile more than a year after he was banned by major social media.
Why crypto creators want to stay anonymous
AFP, Published on 18/02/2022
» PARIS: The two lifelong friends from Florida never sought the limelight, but then they built a multi-million-dollar empire selling digital art and people wanted to know who they were.