British Museum, Jackson Pollock Studio, Norman Rockwell Museum — all of them have released at least one NFT collection. In this article, we explore case studies on the crossroads between art and Web3 — and explore the role of the NFT publisher along the way. If NFTs are indeed artworks…

Yuga Labs has just won a $1.6 million lawsuit against artist Ryder Ripps, who copycatted BAYC in 2022. Let’s take a look at this and other interesting lawsuits infolving NFTs and copyright law. From the marketplace to the courtroom How do you know when a new technology has become a…

Singapore High Court has authorized sending out soulbound NFTs to market wallets associated with a hack. Using soulbound tokens as a mark of wrongdoing is an exciting use case — but there are others. Soulbound tokens 101 A soulbound token (SBT) is a token that is forever linked to one…

DeFi provides many new sources of utility for NFTs, some of them technologically complex. We’ll look at how protocols like Uniswap v3 and Charged Particles have integrated NFTs into DeFi products, taking them far beyond the basic “stake NFTs for reward” scheme. NFTfi is constantly evolving We’ve already published an…

Last week, Starbucks announced that its iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte will now be available as an NFT for $20 — though exclusively for Starbucks Odyssey members. It’s a good occasion to check which fast food chains have experimented with NFTs — and what came out of it. NFTs and the…

DAOs are often portrayed as a game-changer in how Web3 projects are run. True, a DAO can prevent a lot of missteps — but splitting governance can also lead to conflicts. Are DAOs really a blessing for Web3? A DAO is a modern version of the ancient Greek direct democracy…

Metaplex and Solana Labs have launched compressed NFTs (cNFTs): non-fungible tokens whose data is stored off-chain and hashed via a Merkle Tree. Magic Eden already features dozens of cNFT collections. Let’s see what makes them such an important innovation. Solana NFT standards Solana is one of many non-EVM chains supported…

When a top brand announces an NFT collection, the media can rush to present it as a huge step towards mass Web3 adoption, but the reality is usually far more modest. In this post, we take a critical look at four recent and upcoming mints by major companies. Will big…

NFT projects have been promising to disrupt the real estate industry for years, but so far NFT-backed house sales are very rare. Does this market niche have a future? NFT-based real estate: What are the benefits? XP.NETWORK CTO Dima Brook likes to point out that one of the main use…