After years of waiting, Zora finally released its native token, ZORA. This composable platform looks to redefine on-chain social experiences and tokenized stories. Zora’s airdrop surprised the market with 1 billion ZORA tokens airdropped to over 2,415,024 addresses. In the meantime, critics immediately began expressing alarm over the token issuance....
Zora’s airdrop was incredibly popular and widely anticipated in the NFT and larger crypto community. Yet, the launch was controversial, and many users felt blindsided and betrayed over the move — calling Zora’s future strategy into question. This analysis dives into the reasons behind the backlash, the impact on Zora's...
The release of Zora’s new native token (ZORA) was supposed to be a triumphant celebration. It is intended to further encourage decentralization and foster grassroots community ownership. Instead, it feels like a gut punch, especially when you consider the potential it squandered to uplift a community often relegated to the...
The Zora airdrop. $37. Let that sink in. The outrage is understandable, the calls for “backstab” filling up Crypto Twitter. You're seeing red, I get it. You funnelled your time, passion, and likely lots of ETH themselves into the Zora ecosystem, hoping to earn an award worthy of your faithfulness....
Okay, let's be real. The CloneX image disappearing act? It was a gut punch. I had experienced the shivering birds-eye tweets, the waddling into a bunker Discord chat paddle… People lost their digital collections and real dollars left their pockets, making the promise of digital ownership feel incredibly hollow. Before...
The world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) promises digital ownership, but a recent incident involving Nike's RTFKT brand has exposed a critical vulnerability. Several Ethereum NFT collections from RTFKT unfortunately lost their artwork. This initial incident raised major alarms over what true ownership looks like when it comes to digital assets....
The internet lit up with panic. Picture this, you invest your hard-earned money into a one-of-a-kind piece of digital artwork. Because not only does it bear the weight of your hard-earned achievements and link you to a colorful community of makers, dreamers, doers and shakers, but suddenly – poof –...
From the collector’s perspective, there’s great anxiety. Now, the files associated with over 41,000 NFTs from CloneX and Animus collections have disappeared. This event underscores doubts on the permanence and durability of NFT storage solutions. The durability of NFTs as a whole, especially projects containing complex artworks. The sudden disappearance...
We know how overwhelming and confusing the world of NFTs can be, particularly for those just getting started. We get it—words and phrases like “gas fees,” “smart contracts,” and “blockchain” can be scary. What if it could be that easy, as easy as sending someone an email to transfer an...
Let’s be real, NFTs have sorta sucked so far. What happened to all those NFTs that were supposed to be the future of art, music, and well… you know… everything. A big part of the problem? The sheer complexity of using them. Just like energy dashboards, navigating a spaceship control...
If we’re being real, we know that the world of NFTs often seems like a mysterious walled garden for tech insiders and crypto whales. Complex jargon-laden transactions, an opaque process (*ahem* title insurance), and the ever-present risk of being scammed deter many from even the opportunity. What if there was...
Mint Blockchain and Noves recently partnered in a joint effort to streamline the transfer of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). This collaboration seeks to demystify the NFT transactional process, making it seamless and fun. Such changes would improve user experience and digital assets’ accessibility. This partnership is just the beginning of our...