TikTok is partnering with a blockchain start-up. Here's why this could be good news for artists
Aug 22, 2021 01:33 am UTC| Technology
On August 17, TikTok announced it will partner with Audius, a streaming music platform, to manage its expansive internal audio library. Audius was not the obvious choice for partnering with the short video giant. A...
NFTs hit the big league, but not everyone will win from this new sports craze
May 06, 2021 02:33 am UTC| Technology Digital Currency
Some buy sporting memorabilia for love. Others for money. The world record for most money paid for a sports-related item goes to the original Olympic manifesto written in 1892 by International Olympic Committee founder...
Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security
Apr 11, 2021 12:30 pm UTC| Technology Digital Currency
Global food supply chains proved brittle during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading for calls to boost the resilience of global food supply chains through improved efficiency in production, distribution and consumption of...
How nonfungible tokens work and where they get their value – a cryptocurrency expert explains NFTs
Apr 04, 2021 10:23 am UTC| Technology Digital Currency
Takeaways · Nonfungible tokens prove ownership of a digital item image, sound file or text in the same way that people own crypto coins. · Unlike crypto coins, which are identical and worth the same,...
NFTs: why digital art has such a massive carbon footprint
Apr 04, 2021 10:00 am UTC| Technology
How much would you be willing to pay for a one-of-a-kind work of art? For some collectors, the limit lies somewhere in the region of hundreds of millions of dollars. What about a work of art that has no tangible form, and...
What are NFTs and why are people paying millions for them?
Mar 18, 2021 14:30 pm UTC| Technology Digital Currency
Last week, Christies sold a digital collage of images called Everydays: The First 5000 Days for US$69.3 million dollars. This week, Elon Musk said hes selling a tweet of his as an NFT, which contains a song about...
A token sale: Christie's to auction its first blockchain-backed digital-only artwork
Feb 26, 2021 14:45 pm UTC| Digital Currency Technology
Since May 2007, US-based digital artist Mike Winkelmann (who goes by the name Beeple) has posted a new artwork online every day. He posted the 5,000th one in January, and has now packaged them into an enormous digital...
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