DUBAI: Palestinian-Dutch supermodel Bella Hadid is entering the metaverse world. The catwalk star announced this week on Instagram that she will be selling non-fungible tokens called CY-B3LLA that “serve as a passport to this new world.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bella (@bellahadid) An NFT is a digital asset that represents... Continue Reading →

Front of House is first launching in New York and lets operators auction off digital artwork that gives customers exclusive perks — Read on http://www.nrn.com/technology/first-nft-marketplace-restaurants-could-be-next-frontier-digital-loyalty

Spotify is testing a new feature that allows artists to promote their NFTs on their profiles, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. The company says the new option is available for a “very small group of artists.” The test is currently available to select Android users across the United States. The news was first... Continue Reading →

To capitalize on this new and fast-growing market, it is important to untangle the opportunities from the noise. There is a lot of confusion about what NFTs are, both among critics who lambast NFTs and among fans who cannot get enough of multi-million-dollar NFT art.   — Read on http://www.brinknews.com/nfts-4-insights-to-capitalize-on-a-multibillion-dollar-market/

Goose Island Beer Company launched its first-ever NFT collection on Friday. — Read on http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeanettehurt/2022/05/13/chicago-brewery-launches-its-first-ever-nft-collection/

Continental Diamond in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has become the first jewelry shop in the state to accept Bitcoin as payment. — Read on finbold.com/minnesota-diamond-store-becomes-first-in-the-state-to-accept-bitcoin-for-jewelry-purchases/

In the game by Sorare, a start-up valued at $4.3 billion, players can collect tokens that represent pro athletes. The league and Sorare will share revenue from the sale of the tokens. — Read on http://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/sports/mlb-sorare-nft.html

The platform announced recently that it would soon support Ethereum, Solana, Polygon and Flow NFTs. — Read on http://www.businesstoday.in/crypto/story/nfts-are-coming-to-instagram-all-details-here-332784-2022-05-09

Despite the peaks and valleys caused in many cases by new non-fungible token collection launches, the number of active NFT buyers and sellers continues to grow. — Read on http://www.pymnts.com/nfts/2022/hype-may-be-shrinking-nft-uses-buyers-are-growing/

Critical factors for an upcoming NFT boom include metaverse initiatives, influencer participation and rising demand for digital artworks. — Read on cointelegraph.com/news/nft-market-well-positioned-to-grow-35-into-a-13-6b-industry-by-2027