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Award-winning new media artist Rebecca Rose has released a limited-edition art NFT on RariChain, titled “Hooch-Zozzled Ripe Tomatoes”. Available via Rarible, 25 pieces of the unique animation-based NFT are available, priced at 0.1 ETH each, with the mint set to conclude on November 14. This is the latest piece of NFT art to be made available by Rose, who has created a wide-range of blockchain-based artworks since bringing her work to the medium in 2021. Who is Rebecca Rose? Rebecca Rose is a Florida-based award-winning collage artist whose art takes a unique perspective on the human narrative. Active since 1993,…

Celebrated NFT artist XCOPY has revealed a list of the live NFT burns that form his DAMAGE CONTROL series, with all the burns set to end on December 31, 2024. Holders of “MAX PAIN AND FRENS BY XCOPY” (MPAF) NFTs – an open edition NFT released in 2022 – have the option to burn their tokens to receive DAMAGE CONTROL NFTs, a brand-new series of NFTs that are limited to only 250 or 500 pieces each. This burn period not only serves to bring renewed interest to XCOPY’s older works, but gives holders both the opportunity – and the dilemma…

Holders of the open edition NFT “Anticipation (of a future event)” by visual artist Loucas Braconnier have been burning their pieces to secure a unique whitelist spot. By burning the NFT, holders are submitting their Eclipse address – an Ethereum-based Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) Layer-2 – for a whitelist spot to secure a mint of the network’s first dynamic NFT, based on the phases of the solar eclipse. As of writing, over 68,000 of the 190,000+ NFTs have been burned so far – over a third of the total supply – with around 20 hours left until the burn period…

Art-focused NFT platform Foundation have highlighted the work of colour-focused photographer Maciek Jasik, and his Bypassing the Rational NFT collection. This 15-piece collection revolves around a series of photographs taken between 2010 and 2012 that look to “push the boundaries of the human figure and its possible shapes and movements in a parallel world of color fields and distorted elements.” As with all of Jasik’s work, colour is at the heart of the images, with all effects done on-camera. Who is Maciek Jasik? Maciek Jasik is a Poland-born photographer whose work focuses on, in his words, “critiquing Western society’s relationship…

Action-combat web3 game Moonray has seen its debut NFT collection – titled Godspawn NFTs – mint out, ahead of the project’s upcoming launch of its $MNRY token. Backed by Animoca Brands, and with a PlayStation 5 release coming next year, all 5,000 of these free-to-mint NFTs were claimed during the first-come-first-served phase of their launch. As of writing, the floor pricecurrently sits at 0.008 ETH. Godspawn NFT holders are set to receive exclusive in-game utilities, early access to features and events, and an allocation of the soon-to-launch $MNRY token, set to arrive later in 2024. What is Moonray? Moonray is a…

Web3 game studio InfiniGods has announced Journey to Olympus, a series of events in popular free-to-play mobile game King of Destiny that will allow players to earn $GOD tokens. Running until November 5, this event is the first opportunity for InfiniGods fans to acquire $GOD tokens ahead of the token’s upcoming launch. Players can acquire $GOD by unlocking VIP Level 1 in King of Destiny, and achieving a high leaderboard ranking. High-ranking players will receive God Chest NFTs – each of which will include an allocation of $GOD tokens. What is King of Destiny? King of Destiny is a free-to-play…

Web3 TCG Everdawn: Champions has revealed how players can earn a whitelist spot to mint one of their 999 VIP Pass NFTs for free. Running until November 6, players can participate in a variety of activities to secure a VIP Pass. These activities include in-game staking, raffles, special events, and achieving high rankings on the leaderboards. VIP Passes are the key to acquiring a share of the game’s upcoming token. Furthermore, they grant early access to future perks and, in addition, provide exclusive utility with a number of external partners. What is an Everdawn: Champions VIP Pass? These VIP Passes—of…

Worldcoin, the blockchain-enabled proof-of-humanity project co-created by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has rebranded to ‘World’ and revealed a new version of its iris-scanning hardware. The new Orb is powered by NVIDIA Jetson, the manufacturer’s dedicated AI computing hardware, with 30% fewer parts than its predecessor but capable of performing operations five times faster. The World app is free to download, with users able to create a World ID. This iris-scanning hardware is then utilised to prove the humanity of the user, before allowing them to claim $WLD tokens. What is World? Created by Tools for Humanity, World was conceptualised as…

Isekai Meta, a 7,777-piece anime-style NFT avatar collection on Ethereum, has been listed for sale, as confirmed by new CEO @lliGENFT. This follows the stepping down of founder and long-time CEO @CyrisRigor in August 2024, amidst a “sense of dissatisfaction in my work”, and “a level of shame that I wasn’t able to fully realize the vision I had for this project.” Minted in July 2022, Izekai Meta followed in the footsteps of other anime-focused collections such as Azuki. Shortly after mint, the collection hit a floor price of 0.5 ETH, though faced a decline that sees it at 0.01…

Web3 development firm Sonic SVM has revealed SonicX, a Solana-based tap-to-earn game that is fully playable from within the TikTok app. Like Telegram, TikTok allows users to open webpages inside its browser, meaning that any web app – including Telegram games – can fully run inside of TikTok. By shifting tap-to-earn games from Telegram onto another massively-popular social media platform in TikTok, Sonic are hoping that this innovation will give them a leading position in this exciting new area. What is SonicX? SonicX is a brand-new tap-to-earn Web3 game, developed by the Sonic SVM team. As with other tap-to-earn games,…