Who could forget when Web3 was going to free us as digital entrepreneurs and disintermediate everything? Decentralization! Ownership! Freedom from the clutches of Big Tech! Yeah, about that…For example, just last week, Cloudflare blocked access to RTFKT’s CloneX NFT artwork. This move dramatically exposes the emperor’s lack of raiment. Or,...
The world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) experienced a stark reminder of the internet's centralized nature recently when artwork associated with RTFKT's CloneX project temporarily disappeared. This wasn't due to a blockchain issue, but rather a takedown related to Cloudflare's Terms of Service (TOS). This case illustrates the weaknesses of depending...
Patrick Mahomes, the Kansas City Chiefs superstar quarterback and one of sports’ biggest stars, is no stranger to headlines at work and away. Now, he’s taking on the world of digital collectibles with his own NFT marketplace. Is this new business a victory for art lovers everywhere, or simply another...
Mahomes launching "The Museum of Mahomes"? It's got my attention, but as someone who's seen trends come and go, I'm asking: is this a touchdown or an interception?NFT Craze: The New Beanie Babies?Let’s face it, the NFT marketplace hardly resembles old-school technology innovation and more closely resembles the dot-com bubble...
Patrick Mahomes. The name itself evokes an entire mythology of no-look passes, Super Bowl championships and a seemingly infinite reservoir of charm. He's a cultural icon. Now, he's stepping into the world of NFTs with "The Museum of Mahomes," and while the ambition is clear, I can't help but wonder...
I think of Sarah, the single mother I met on a chat board. She poured her stimulus check into a CloneX NFT, believing the hype, the promises of a digital future where she could build wealth for her daughter. To her, it was a lifeline, an opportunity to break free...
The new world of NFTs, with its allure of digital ownership and revolutionary technology, is not free of traps. One of the most high-profile examples is the CloneX project. This formerly lauded NFT collection faced an extinction event due to the pitfalls of centralized hosting. This unfortunate event provides an...
The CloneX debacle is more than just busted JPEGs. It underscores some of the most egregious flaws of the NFT world. We've been so busy chasing the next big drop, the next Bored Ape, that we've ignored the rotting infrastructure beneath our feet. The truth is, the emperor has no...
CloneX is an unprecedented hybrid born from the creative collision of NFT studio RTFKT Studios and the iconic Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. That took the NFT world by storm, making it $81.3 million in primary sales and another $37.8 million in royalties from secondary markets. The project features a very...
The ever-changing intersection of politics, cryptocurrency and digital collectibles is irresistible. Now, the recent announcement of the Trump Gala Dinner has really thrown gas on this developing fire. Donald Trump’s recent dive into the meme coin and NFT space has created quite the controversy. Now, with a gala dinner apparently...
NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are revolutionizing the concept of digital ownership in video games. These rare digital collectibles are transforming the ways that players deal, trade, and value items in games. Blockchain innovation provides gamers the means to absolutely have their electronic belongings. They can buy, sell or trade these digital...
NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens, are revolutionizing the concept of digital ownership, impacting various industries, and the gaming world is no exception. These unique digital assets, underpinned by blockchain technology, are transforming how players interact with games, own in-game items, and even earn a living. NFTs have provided exciting opportunities to...
The recent lawsuits filed by FTX, targeting NFT Stars and Delysium over undelivered tokens, are more than just legal wranglings. They’re flashing neon signs pointing to the systemic instability just below the shiny surface of the crypto market. We’re talking about serious cash—all of it yours. It might fade into...
Put aside the bankruptcy court complaints and legalese for a moment. FTX suing NFT Stars and Delysium for failing to deliver tokens is more than an asset recovery effort. It's about something far more fundamental: Can we even trust crypto? What does this tell us about the so-called “decentralized future”...
On the road to decentralization, Grindery is creating a buzz in the AI and Web3 community with its novel Aventino wallet infrastructure. We created this platform to provide AI agents the fiscal independence required to allow them to function independently and effectively. By taking the complexity out of payments and...
Grindery, the team behind the popular Telegram wallet, is developing Aventino, a permissionless smart wallet infrastructure powered by the Ethereum account abstraction protocol ERC4337. Ventino Aventino enables developers to build platform-agnostic agents that can autonomously transact, govern, and evolve. As part of onboarding universal gas, Grindery launched its own universal...
Grindery is hoping Aventino will provide an infrastructure for AI agents to unlock the financial kingdom. That’s a hell of a gamble on fairly early and rag-tag AI capabilities and the capriciousness of financial markets. The dream of autonomous AI agents seamlessly transacting in the tech-surfed over web3 landscape is...
Grindery’s Aventino is not your typical tech innovation though, it’s a technology that has the potential to disrupt the very underpinnings of our economic system. Move over crypto kitties AI agents have the potential to reshape the distribution of power and wealth, as well as the hegemony of corporations. Sounds...