The future of NFTs is already hyped by its present. Moreover, if the leveraging of the security is based on the Bitcoin network. Bringing in an industry-first approach for minting exclusive art works, Carnival is the first Iberoamerican NFT marketplace to reach this level of security with the help of Rootstock. Why is Carnival Rocking? [...]

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Latin America’s first highly-curated Iberoamerican NFT marketplace, Carnaval is leveraging Bitcoin’s security to start mining unique artworks on the network. The minting of NFTs was made possible with support from Rootstock (RSK), an open-source platform hosting smart contracts and decentralized applications, and Bitcoin’s third layer protocol, RSK Infrastructure Framework (RIF). As a marketplace for tradable […]

Russia's unprovoked war on Ukraine is shaking up crypto in unprecedented ways.

This BitPinas article dives into the other ways NFTs are used including literary work and voting.

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Bjorn Calleja, a painter and contemporary artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries both locally and internationally, shared his

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There are many different galleries all over the world, but nothing quite like the Lighthouse Gallery. Located in San Juan Puerto Rico, Lighthouse is the first “smart gallery”of its kind. The gallery displays NFTs by established and emerging digital artists from Puerto Rico and worldwide. Founder, Crystal Rose Pierce a technologist, lifelong entrepreneur and Forbes Top 10 Woman in Blockchain, sees the gallery as a way to help build a community comprised of local and international artists and collectors.

On March 3rd 2022, Crystal Rose and the staff at Lighthouse held an NFT art auction called “Lighthouse for Ukraine”. Here you could see and purchase NFT artwork by Ukrainian children and artists in bomb shelters, and chronicles of the war through their eyes. Some are NFT photos of physical works of art destroyed by bombs that will never be recovered. All revenues will be donated to humanitarian needs of the Ukrainian army and support of artists. 

Crypto Mondays San Juan, which is held every Monday at Fairmont El San Juan Hotel, will help support this cause by continuing the NFT art auction through Monday3/7/2022 and discuss what crypto has done for the Ukraine. Unfortunately, Crystal Rose will not be able to join us Monday evening, but we will have the honor to speak with two pilers in the community. David Namdar,who is GP at Coral Capital and co-founder of NFT.com, will help support the galleries mission by speaking on behalf of the NFT auction and Sergii  Grybniak who is not only the founder of Waterfall protocol and CEO at Opporty.com but is also a Ukrainian native. 

We are happy to have both gentlemen join us at Crypto Mondays San Juan and help support the cause!

 

Designers and researchers are working on creating a new metaverse-based, scientifically accurate virtual models of Ice Age animals for museum-goers to view digitally. Led by Dr. Matt Davis and colleagues at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and La Brea Tar Pits, a team has recreated Ice Age animals published recently in Palaeontologia […]

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Decentraland is an enticing metaverse, but it can be confusing, our starters guide is here to help!

Transcending time and place, Bitcoin is a universal expression of discontent with the monetary status quo.

Our globe has seen countless historical shifts and transformations in technology domains in the past, all of which have aided in the development and advancement of human existence. In the same vein, the term ‘Metaverse‘ has now been added to the list as the most recent technological advancement. The Metaverse is a notion for a virtual world that will be available in virtual reality (VR). People will be able to connect, communicate, and build their businesses in a whole new way in the metaverse, thanks to the newest virtual reality and augmented reality technologies. Working from home would become more advanced. People who work online from anywhere in the world could potentially meet up with their coworkers in the metaverse in their virtual form. And this technology has only started to spread its branches.  While the concept of the metaverse as a virtual mirror of the real world may appear exaggerated and largely fictitious, several key players have begun to experiment with the use of virtual spaces for the visual arts, pushing the boundaries of how digital and physical art can be discovered, viewed, shared, and experienced to new heights. Metaverse and the Art World The metaverse is increasingly extending its linkages with the traditional world of high-end art, NFTs, and the metaverse. Sotheby’s (the Fine Arts Company) Metaverse, the auction house’s new platform developed particularly for digital collectors and including NFTs curated by art experts, was just launched. Following partnerships with crypto artists and collectors, this is Sotheby’s newest foray into the digital art world. The issue around non-fungible token art was thrust from relative obscurity into the spotlight after digital artist Beeple sold his everyday piece for $69.3 million in March 2021. The boom has benefited artists all around the world, allowing them to get access to lucrative new prospects through a worldwide audience while avoiding the conventional gatekeepers of the commercial art industry and instead of forming direct relationships with their collectors. Artists now have extraordinary digital property rights thanks to the ability to mint their creations as NFTs, with blockchain-enabled smart contracts allowing them to collect a pre-programmed and automatic royalty on any future sales of their work via secondary marketplaces. Since 2008, digital work has been around and grabbing attention, and the metaverse has just added another exponential layer on top of that. Several individuals are being hired here to work on constructing metaverse games, which reminds me of the early days of the internet when people were jumping at the chance to work on dot-com ventures. And that’s only one component; folks are also finding success by remaining independent and developing their own NFT initiative. What is Meta’s Vision For Virtual Art? The company formerly known as Facebook has recently been subjected to a great deal of scrutiny. Unfortunately for Zuckerberg and his colleagues, their virtual art concept is doomed from the start. Many critics argue that the company’s vision of the future of digital art is too narrow and simplistic, despite the company’s recent release of a film encouraging viewers to ‘enter a realm of creativity with Meta and explore endless possibilities in 3D.’ Even the biggest skeptics, as ArtReview’s Orit Gat put it, can’t help but be attracted by the themes in Meta’s video. He said:  “A young woman walks through a museum and stops by a Henri Rousseau painting, Fight between a Tiger and a Buffalo (1909), only to get sucked into the painting and see it turn into something closer to Where the Wild Things Are: an animated tiger asserts ‘This is the dimension of imagination,’ while toucans and flamingos bob away to the beat.” The Door of Opportunities For Artists The computerized world provides artists with their laboratories to investigate various aspects of online personas and genuine identities. Even actual works of art have made their way into the digital sphere. Many artists used the Nintendo Switch’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons to turn their virtual homes into makeshift galleries during the early months of the pandemic, using a gaming function to digitize photographs of their artworks into pixelated images that could be arranged to look like canvases on the walls.

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Key Takeaways The amount of activities and attractions in Decentraland is growing. Attending virtual events, earning wearable items, and play-to-earn poker are among the activities...

February 23, 2022 - Metacurio (formerly known as 1ofOne), the leading NFT creative agency for A-list talent and global brands and the internationally renowned photo house Iconic Images announced that they will be releasing a limited collector's edition NFT on OpenSea featuring original negatives of the iconic photo of Sean Connery as James Bond golfing on the moon created by the world-famous photographer, Terry O'Neill. The NFT Collection will feature an array of different color variations and doctored edits of the original photos. The colors incorporated in the unique pieces were created by referencing NASA's own template to identify colors that might exist in space. These never before seen colorized images will not only indicate ownership of a rare photo that will never be sold in print, but will also allow holders to vote on upcoming releases from Iconic Images NFT, gain early access to purchase never before seen archival images, participate in the Iconic Images NFT community, and more.

Collectors can bid on the NFTs starting Friday, March 4 at 1pm PT/4pm ET on OpenSea.io.

The images are sourced from Iconic Images, a UK-based enterprise which is home to an extensive archive of millions of photos spanning the history of fashion, rock and roll, film, politics, royalty and pop culture. Last November Authentic Brands Group (ABG) a brand development, marketing and entertainment company announced the acquisition of Iconic Images adding a Fine Arts vertical to its portfolio of global media, entertainment and lifestyle brands

 

O'Neill developed the concept for this photograph while working on the set of the James Bond film, “Diamonds are Forever”, at Pinewood Studios in London during the Apollo 14 mission. During the historic moonwalk, astronaut Alan Shepard famously took a 6-Iron and two golf balls to Mars. The image of Shepard golfing on the moon inspired O'Neill to recreate the photograph with Connery on the backlot's moonscape set of the film. 

O'Neill is one of the world's most revered photographers with works hanging in national art galleries and private collections worldwide. No other photographer has embraced the span of fame, capturing the 20th century icons from Winston Churchill to Nelson Mandela,from Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley to  Amy Winehouse, from Audrey Hepburn,Brigitte Bardot to Nicole Kidman, as well as the James Bond actors from Sean Connery to Daniel Craig and many of their leading ladies. He photographed The Beatles and The Rolling Stones as emerging young talent in 1963, pioneered backstage reportage photography with David Bowie, Elton John, Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry, and his images have adorned historic rock albums, movie posters and international magazine covers.

About Metacurio

Metacurio (formerly 1ofOne) is the world's leading NFT creative agency for A-list talent and global brands. The company partners with clients to create boundary-pushing NFT experiences and delivers full-service infrastructure, strategy, and support for each drop. Established in 2021, Metacurio was founded by Blocksquared founder Jeff Hood and former STX Entertainment president Sophie Watts.

 

About Iconic Images

Iconic Images, which is owned by New York-based Authentic Brands Group, owns or represents many of the world's most renowned photographers, creating international touring exhibitions, collaborating with more than 50 galleries worldwide, resourcing luxury fashion brand collaborations and editorial image licensing to the world's leading publishers, newspapers and magazines.  The archive includes one of the world's largest collections of David Bowie, Elton John, Marilyn Monroe, Jimi Hendrix, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and the history of 20th century fashion photography.

 

About Authentic Brands Group

Authentic Brands Group (ABG) is a brand development, marketing and entertainment company, which owns a portfolio of global media, entertainment and lifestyle brands. Headquartered in New York City, ABG elevates and builds the long-term value of more than 30 consumer brands and properties by partnering with best-in-class manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. Its brands have a global retail footprint across the luxury, specialty, department store, mid-tier, mass and e-commerce channels and in more than 7,800* freestanding stores and shop-in-shops around the world.

 

ABG is committed to transforming brands by delivering compelling product, content, business and immersive experiences. It creates and activates original marketing strategies to drive the success of its brands across all consumer touchpoints, platforms and emerging media. ABG's portfolio of iconic and world-renowned brands includes Marilyn Monroe®, Elvis Presley®, Muhammad Ali®, Shaquille O'Neal®, Dr. J®, Greg Norman®, Neil Lane®, Thalia®, Sports Illustrated®, Reebok®*, Eddie Bauer®, Spyder®, Volcom®, Airwalk®, Nautica®, Izod®, Forever 21®, Aéropostale®, Juicy Couture®, Vince Camuto®, Lucky Brand®, Nine West®, Jones New York®, Frederick's of Hollywood®, Adrienne Vittadini®, Van Heusen®, Arrow®, Tretorn®, Tapout®, Prince®, Vision Street Wear®, Brooks Brothers®, Barneys New York®, Judith Leiber®, Herve Leger®, Frye®, Hickey Freeman®, Hart Schaffner Marx®, Thomasville®, Drexel® and Henredon®. Pending acquisition in Q1 2022*.

 

For more information, visit authenticbrands.com.

 

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