digitalart

The NFT gold rush has arrived, and every artist, musician, and creative is frantically doing whatever they can to get in on the action. Digital art is happening, and it’s selling for millions! Creators are finding new ways to engage with their communities, and a whole new creator economy is...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have exploded onto the tech scene in recent years. Their rapid rise to fame has set off thousands of conversations and public arguments. Digital assets have ushered in a new era of distributed ledgers and cryptocurrencies. They’ve injected the art market with immediate liquidity and opened up...

The NFT market exploded, didn't it? Billions flowing, headlines screaming about overnight millionaires. But lurking behind the hype is a less glamorous but more insidious reality–who’s actually cashing in on your cloud-based fantasies. NFTs are often sold as the ultimate shlock to liberate creators. Instead, are they not just giving...

Even OpenSea’s CEO, Devin Finzer, is betting big on the NFT “comeback.” In fact, $3.2 billion big—the peak weekly trading volume. In doing so, he makes it sound all rosy and optimistic regarding digital ownership. I think a storm is brewing, powered by the slow and painful demise of NFT...

Join Priya, a young and creative artist from Mumbai. She threw her whole heart and being into producing a gorgeous digital piece, thrilled that NFTs might help make her financially independent. She’d originally licensed her piece, banking on a monthly trickle of royalties to help care for her and her...

The NFT market has been pronounced dead more times than I can even count. Now, comeback against all odds, OpenSea’s own CEO Devin Finzer has been singing a different tune. He sees NFTs as "essential infrastructure." A 97% plunge from a $3.2 billion height of popularity all the way down...

NFTs—digital assets based on blockchain technology that represent ownership of unique items— peaked in trade volume at more than $3.2 billion per week in August 2021. Since then they have nosedived to under $100 million per week. Even through this downturn, enclaves of creators and collectors continue to flourish. They’re...

OpenSea, the world’s largest NFT marketplace, rode every twist and turn of the digital asset rollercoaster with deft precision. It flourished in a robust economic climate, but it was severely tested in the challenging market that followed. Speculation is now rampant about a possible OpenSea-led NFT comeback, with OpenSea CEO...

Now, picture that same world in which every time someone plays your favorite song on their home speakers or during their workout, the artist is compensated. Not merely a transaction, but rather an equitable, continuous remuneration for all that effort that went into their creation providing happiness to everyone else....

Let's be blunt: the traditional art world is rigged. It’s an elitist closed shop that only serves the privileged few. Unfortunately, this does mean leaving equally brilliant African artists to freeze. Well, I’m here to tell you that’s about to change. Crypto art, which is now enabled by NFTs and...