Akon, the Senegalese-American singer and rapper, has announced AkoinNFT, the nonfungible token (NFT) platform, to sell historic DNA data art as NFT. It has been reported that he announced the planned auction of an NFT that will contain a “high-res artistic representation” of the genetic data of Professor George Church, a renowned biology researcher and the first human to have their genome sequenced. However, AkoinNFT will be using the Parcel development platform from Oasis La

Async Art, a Silicon Valley NFT platform, has secured over $2 million in seed funding from at least 10 investors by highlighting the growing value proposition of programmable art. It has been reported that the company announced the new raise on February 17 (Wednesday) by highlighting Async’s rapid growth since its February 2020 launch. In its first year of operations, Async generated over $1 million in art sales and launched a smart TV app to display digital art. However, it

Christie’s, the British auction house, has announced the auction of its first-ever “purely digital work of art.” It has been reported that Christie’s said that the nonfungible token (NFT) artwork will be issued in partnership with major NFT marketplace MakersPlace. Named “Everydays: The First 5000 Days,” the piece was created by Mike Winkelmann, who goes by the name “Beeple.” Christie's is proud to offer "Everydays – The First 5000 Days" by @beeple as the first purely digital

Ethereum-powered digital art platform ArtID recently held its first Security Token Offering for the development of its marketplace. Advisor for the STO is global corporate finance firm Kreston RS while Luxembourg-based tokenized investment platform STOKR is hosting the offering. According to an announcement on April 29, ArtID is seeking five million euros (nearly $5.5 million) in the offering while reaching the soft cap set at 580,000 euros within one week. Switzerland’s ArtI

Bitcoin artist “Bnoiit.c” created an Ethereum-based virtual museum “Cryptovoxels” ensuring censored artworks are immutably preserved for an online audience. The collection as of Aug 25 includes a Bitcoin mural by French street artist Pascal “PBOY” Boyart, which was painted over by French authorities earlier this year. Undertones of Revolution The virtual museum includes the story of the subversive mural . A modern-day reworking of Eugène Delacroix’s classic revolutionary pain