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May
19
2022
By Ellen Britt
Spotify Rolls Out NFT Feature For Select Artists

Spotify Rolls Out NFT Feature For Select Artists

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTSpotify, the online music streaming service, has picked a select group of artists to embed as well as promote NFT galleries on their Spotify profiles, according to an exclusive with music industry know-it-all, Music Ally.The very first musical artists to roll out the test will be The Wombats and Steve Aoki, as both are heavy into NFT collections. This feature, which in only available currently to some Android users in the United States, enables the viewing and purchasing of available NFTs from outside NFT marketplaces. No Cut For SpotifyAlso, because buyers have to go off the platform to…
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May
18
2022
By Ellen Britt
NFTs Will Make Transactions Of All Kinds More Secure

NFTs Will Make Transactions Of All Kinds More Secure

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTWhile NFT artwork is still very popular and shows no signs of waning, the utility applications for NFTs are steadily increasing. This is a great thing for transactions of all kinds!When you think about it, the way we used to do paper-based transactions prior to the digital age was a real pain. These transactions required human employees, plus the records recorded on paper could be lost or destroyed. Or even forged.The One Big AdvantageBut paper did have one big advantage over digital: it’s often much easier to prove the authenticity of a paper document than one stored…
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May
17
2022
By Ellen Britt
From Selling Virtual Real Estate To Virtual Landlord

From Selling Virtual Real Estate To Virtual Landlord

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTFormer day trader and now crypto investor Angelica Saldaña is setting her sights on the virtual landlord space. What has fueled her flip from selling virtual real estate to now renting it?Angelica Saldaña has been getting a lot of media attention lately. From an opinion piece on Business Insider to sitting down with the folks at Yahoo Finance, her pivot from selling virtual real estate to renting it has many wondering if they should do the same thing.The JourneyA former cryptocurrency investor, Saldaña had money in over 70 different tokens at one point, but in 2020 she…
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May
16
2022
By Ellen Britt
Fast Food In The Metaverse – Have It Your Way!

Fast Food In The Metaverse – Have It Your Way!

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTEven if you don’t follow what’s going on in the world of cryptocurrencies, virtual worlds, the metaverse or anything else in this space, you may have noticed that many fast food chains are paying close attention!Things are heating up in the metaverse when it comes to fast food, as after all, you can have an avatar that works, shops and yes, eats in the metaverse. And it’s the eating part that fast food chains like McDonalds, Wendy’s, Burger Kings, Chipotle, Panda Express, Panera and Wingstop are betting on to get their brands established in this new digital…
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May
15
2022
By Ellen Britt
NFTs Give New Life To Dead Artists’ Work

NFTs Give New Life To Dead Artists’ Work

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTAs more and more estates and museums are starting to offer NFTs of artists that have passed away, art that was previously inaccessible to the mainstream is beginning to come back into focus.In the rather rigid art world, it was basically forbidden to create a new work from a departed artist, if not by law then by convention. But the British Museum, located in London, which has a permanent collection of over 8 million works, the largest collection in existence, aims to change that.A Team EffortThe Brits have teamed up with laCollection, a company based in Paris,…
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May
14
2022
By Ellen Britt
A Digital Art Renaissance Is Here, Powered By NFTs

A Digital Art Renaissance Is Here, Powered By NFTs

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTThe Renaissance, a wonderfully productive period following the Middle ages, saw an explosion in European artistic and cultural works, both in art and literature.Today, there is another Renaissance happening, that of digital art. And NFT technology is powering this behind the scenes, enabling artists of all types to get rid of the gatekeepers. A Billion Dollar BusinessThis has spawned a billion dollar plus business that favors the creators themselves, not middlemen. NFT technology gives the artist a way not only to digitally sign the work, but to track sales as well. New platforms such as .ART server as the…
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May
13
2022
By Ellen Britt
The NFT Doomsayers Are Wrong – NFTs Are Set To Revolutionize Our Lives

The NFT Doomsayers Are Wrong – NFTs Are Set To Revolutionize Our Lives

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFT Every day there are dire predictions on the imminent downfall of NFTs. Well, they have their ups and downs, just like everything else in the market. But utility NFTs are sticking around! In fact, the blockchain technology behind NFTs is set to revolutionize our lives. Sure, we all heard (and envied no doubt!) the stories of wild amounts of money being made by selling fuzzy jpegs of various primates, but this sort of hype is obscuring the real story here. Donation Transparency Take the charitable giving world for example. Many people are understandably wary of donating…
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May
12
2022
By Ellen Britt
Propy Update – Where Will The NFT Real Estate Movement Go?

Propy Update – Where Will The NFT Real Estate Movement Go?

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTWe recently brought you news about Propy, the real estate transaction platform that made tech history by helping MIchael Arrington, the TechCrunch founder, to list his Kiev, Ukraine apartment as a real estate NFT in May of 2021. That property went on to sell for $93,000. Then, on April 12, 2022, the company facilitated the sale of yet another property as an NFT that went for $654,310, one of the first NFT homes to sell in the U.S. The MissionPropy aims, through the use of software, to help brokers, agents and owners transition over to a paperless closing that is…
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May
11
2022
By Ellen Britt
Real Estate Tokenization For Beginners

Real Estate Tokenization For Beginners

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTTokenization is already being used for many applications, so it’s quite natural it would come to the real estate space as well. But what is real estate tokenization? Let’s find out!Investing in real estate has been a popular and for many people, a lucrative way to grow their money. To get some idea of just how lucrative, the market for managed real estate grew to $10.5 trillion (with a T!) in 2020. Traditional Real Estate Investing Takes CapitalThere are a lot of people who would love to make money with both residential and commercial properties but the opportunity…
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May
10
2022
By Ellen Britt
NFTs Coming To Instagram

NFTs Coming To Instagram

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Ellen Britt for CNT #NFTInstagram is set to begin testing NFT’s with a small group of U.S. Instagram users who are NFT collectors and creators. This group will get first dibs on the ability to display NFTs in their stories, in their feeds and also in messages. As Goes IG, So Goes MetaThis same functionality will soon be rolled out on Instagram’s parent company, Meta, formerly known as Facebook. If you are familiar with tagged profiles and products, the details of NFTs will be displayed in a similar way on Instagram. When you click on the tag, you will then be able to…
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