Pudgy Penguins’ NFT sales nosedive as token rallies: Nifty Newsletter

Joel Telpner reveals some of the steps the Marshall Islands is taking to launch its national digital currency. 1164 Total views 42 Total shares The Marshall Islands’ project says its creation of a digital sovereign currency, named SOV, aims to be a “game-changer”. It could also pioneer how governments respond to crises such as the…

The Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit founded to support the development of the open-source Stellar network, is launching a $120 million airdrop in collaboration with encrypted messenger Keybase.According to a Sept. 9 blog post, Keybase will be giving 100 million Stellar (XLM) each month over the next 20 months to their users, which totals to…

Decentralized finance continues to make its impact on the crypto market, and with over $13 billion of total value of assets locked, DeFi projects are clearly resonating with eager crypto investors. Yet while the DeFi space has been progressing over the last year, a number of illegitimate projects have come to fruition, reminding some of the 2017…

The protocol seeks to address longstanding limitations of airdrops. 

The blockchain developer ranks 26 out of 600 global brands in a new report which analyzes consumers’ emotional connection to brands. 190 Total views 22 Total shares Blockchain developer Cardano represents the crypto space with a top spot in a new report on global brand intimacy. Cardano ranks 26 among 600 brands and holds the…

The environmentally-focused financial product was introduced by a subsidiary of DeFi Technologies. 352 Total views 41 Total shares A subsidiary of DeFi Technologies, Valour, will debut its new Carbon Neutral Bitcoin Exchange Traded Product (ETP) on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Trading of the ETP begins on Sept. 23. The company positions its ETP as a “sustainable…

This week's Nifty News round up follows a weekend full of Yuga Labs announcements, the start of Austin's SXSW conference and added NFT support for 1inch Wallet users.Yuga Labs acquires CryptoPunks and MeebitsYuga Labs, creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club, or BAYC, announced its acquisition of the Intellectual Property, or IP, of the CryptoPunks and Meebits…

FET and other AI tokens are outperforming the wider crypto market this week, but is the rally purely driven by investors' earnings expectations for Nvidia?

Crypto is on the march, and not just in terms of market price. Not only does data indicate that the number of ID-verified users of cryptocurrency doubled over 2018, but there are various other metrics that suggest that adoption is gaining traction. As many as 84% of companies worldwide are involved with blockchain-based technologies in some way,…