Culture news Montreux Jazz Festival announces NFT venture The festival, which this year features performances from Bjork, John Legend and Nick Cave, is a staple of the global music calendar. 19/04/2022
Biztech news Meta tests metaverse money-making tools for online creators The Facebook parent company plans to let online creators earn a living selling digital goods, services and experiences in the metaverse. 12/04/2022
Money The UK is minting its own NFT Britain's Royal Mint will produce the NFT as part of government plans to "get in on the ground floor" of crypto. 05/04/2022
See Art market 2022: Global sales return to pre-pandemic levels Art Basel and USB Group's annual Art Market Report has shown an encouraging return to normality in global art sales as well as revealing more on how NFTs will continue to shape the art market. 30/03/2022
Biztech news How to save the Amazon? Brazil company says NFTs are the answer A Brazilian company is selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) allowing buyers to sponsor the preservation of the Amazon rainforest. 28/03/2022
Biztech news NFT sales spike 21,000% but has it become a bubble? Collectibles, such as Bored Ape Yacht Club, were the most valuable in terms of NFT sales last year. 10/03/2022
See UK's first NFT gallery to open in London Quantas will bring NFTs into the real world and offer advice and guidance to new buyers in an unfamiliar industry. 08/03/2022
Biztech news Tech this week: US probe into TikTok’s impact on kids’ health The platform has an estimated 1 billion monthly users and is especially popular with teens and younger children. 06/03/2022
Culture news Which sports stars are muscling into the NFT market? NFTs are everywhere and now they're breaking the world of sport, here we look at the stars branching into the new generation of collectibles. 26/02/2022
Touch Aura: How Louis Vuitton, Prada and Cartier are digitising fashion Blockchain might feel like just another new buzzword in fashion but what is arguably more interesting than the technology itself, is the culture shift it represents in companies wanting to be more transparent. 19/02/2022
Money You can now do your banking in the metaverse with crypto and NFTs In JP Morgan’s virtual lounge, you can buy land with NFTs and cryptos and meet a tiger. 16/02/2022
Biztech news UK seizes NFTs for the first time in €1.6 million fraud probe Three suspects have been arrested in a case that raises questions over regulation. 14/02/2022
See How to buy an NFT of Gustav Klimt's 'The Kiss' for Valentine's Day Vienna's Belvedere Palace Museum is entering into the digital world of NFT art with their latest Gustav Klimt 'The Kiss' NFT drop 14/02/2022
Austria NFTs representing sections Klimt's The Kiss sold for Valentine's Day Ten thousand tiny sections of Klimt's iconic painting The Kiss are being sold as virtual gifts ahead of Valentine's Day — and they are not cheap. 13/02/2022
Biztech news Why are people shelling out millions on virtual land in the metaverse? Sales of digital land plots sold as NFTs topped €440 million in 2021 and that figure is set to double in 2022. 11/02/2022
Biztech news You may soon be able to order your McDonald’s in the metaverse The trademarks include "virtual food and beverage products, operating a virtual restaurant online featuring home delivery" and "virtual concerts". 11/02/2022
Biztech news YouTube considers NFTs and watching games in the metaverse The tech giant said it could harness the emerging technologies to cut fraud in the fast-growing digital art market. 10/02/2022
Culture news Legia Warsaw strike deal to become NFT pioneers in European football The deal with Capital Block will see the team develop and NFT strategy to engage fans and create drops of some of the clubs most important moments. 09/02/2022
Eco-Innovation WWF selling NFTs is ‘astonishingly stupid’ say environmentalists The wildlife charity is hoping that the NFTs will help fund vital conservation efforts but critics have questioned how green they really are. 03/02/2022
Culture news Picasso's heirs retract NFT offerings as family row ensues “The information given through the media by which the Picasso heirs would join into the market for ‘Pablo Picasso’ NFTs is completely wrong,” said lawyer Jean-Jacques Neuer. 28/01/2022
Culture news John Lennon's son auctions The Beatles memorabilia as NFTs The certified digital artworks going under the hammer in California next month include the NFT version of the handwritten notes for the song 'Hey Jude', with an estimated price tag of up to €62,000. 26/01/2022
Culture news Pablo Picasso enters NFT art market with ceramic heirloom The NFTs will also come with music put together by Florian Picasso, who is a DJ and music producer, along with songwriter John Legend and rapper, Nas. 26/01/2022
Money Do your research warn NFT experts as fraud daubs commercial metaverse With NFT fraud on the rise, experts are warning would-be investors to 'DYOR' – do your own research – before buying non-fungible tokens representing ownership of digital assets. 26/01/2022
Biztech news Bataclan survivor 'shocked' after surgeon tries to sell x-ray as NFT The woman said she was "extremely shocked" after discovering her surgeon had tried to auction an NFT of her x-ray showing a bullet wound. 24/01/2022
Taste Luxury spirits now join the NFT sector with Hennessy 8 drop Blockbar, who lead the direct-to-consumer business model for wines and spirits are behind the latest kid to join the blockchain. 14/01/2022
Culture news Balmain toys with NFTs in new Barbie-inspired fashion collection The collection focuses on garments adorned with Barbie's signature pink shades and is almost entirely unisex. 07/01/2022
