CatPunks is a one-of-a-kind NFT project that aims to build the first cat-infested metaverse, being one of the very few NFT teams on Solana who are seriously building persistent 3D online worlds. While most projects are merely limited to providing digital artwork for profile pictures (PFPs) and forming DAOs, CatPunks screams QUALITY in every aspect […]

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Web 3.0 is a buzzword that has been floating around the depths of the internet in recent years and is a term that is often used synonymously with Blockchain technology. I remember when I had first started seeing and hearing, “Web 3.0,” tossed around in various publications and articles, I didn’t fully grasp or comprehend […]

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Sidus Heroes is an NFT collection and a play-to-earn MMORPG space-themed game that runs on the Ethereum blockchain and lets players colonize planets and explore the far reaches of its massive metaverse.  One upcoming game will allow players to live in a massive space-themed metaverse, build spaceships, colonize planets, exercise galactic political powers, and so […]

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Things to know: – At Ledger, we believe that like any digital asset, NFTs have to be secure. We aim to become the world’s most secure platform to store, visualize, manage and enjoy full ownership of both your coins and NFTs. – During Ledger Op3n – our Web3 Developer conference – we made a series […]

The Metaverse has been a hot topic in late 2021. It’s obvious that investment companies have plans to offer investors access to growth in the virtual world. In a press release issued earlier this month, FinTech Asset Manager Defiance Investments announced the launch of the first NFT-focused Exchange-Trade Fund (ETF), in short – the NFTZ [...]

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Accursed Share (https://accursedshare.art/), a production studio leveraging smart contract technology to push the boundaries of cryptoart, today announced the first NFT collection by photographer Frederic Auerbach. The collection provides an in-depth look at the methodology and process of Auerbach, a world-class fashion photographer known for his work with magazines and brands including GQ, Vogue, Hermès, and more.  The multi-part NFT drop will give exclusive insight into the artists' process and highlights Auerbach's work with five of Hollywood's most notable celebrities as well as 30 never-before-seen ‘process' photos culled from the working sessions with the stars.  

The NFT collection, “Captured Moment: The Master's Process,” is accompanied by exclusive video interviews with the photographer and insight into his inspiration, planning, setup, and in-studio process. The series details Auerbach's work with charismatic ‘triple-threat' and star of HBO's ‘Euphoria', Zendaya, as well as boxing heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and established Hollywood actors Benedict Cumberbatch, Natalie Portman, and Sharon Stone, 

One work featuring each of the celebrity subjects, deemed ‘The Master Series', will become available via auction in mid-December, but auction winners not only receive a high-resolution NFT version of the published work, but each Master Series set will also include a separate dynamic NFT. This NFT is powered by Accursed Share's proprietary technology - an internal ‘smart contract' innovation that is designed to randomly display an alternate edit of the final masterwork every few hours. Master Series auction winners will also receive a high-resolution autographed print of the photograph as well as a video NFT featuring an interview and ‘process commentary' with Auerbach. 

“We wanted to give fans, collectors, and students of Auerbach's work an internal view of his process and inspiration; we wanted to create a set of NFTs that really spoke to collectors and had engaging and intrinsic value.” Accursed Share CEO, John Connor, says of the project. The team's choice to highlight Auerbach was an intentional one, “Auerbach's ability to capture the charisma and character of his subjects is unique in the world of photography, and his uncanny ability to ‘summon the ineffable' in his images is very real. This is something that seems to be missing from the current popular perception of NFTs, and we hope that this project -and other subsequent Accursed Share NFT projects- will provide a renewed focus on high-quality NFT content and continue to push the boundaries of the medium.”

Connor references the fact that many ‘cryptoart' platforms and marketplaces treat NFTs as an almost utilitarian tool designed to simply transfer and monetize the display and ownership of exclusive art and digital images. However, he and his team are taking an in-depth look at how ‘non-fungible tech' can be used by creatives. Auerbach and the Accursed Share team worked together to create an outlet for alternate edits to the primary ‘Master Work' NFT Photos, and the rotating image NFT was a mutually-conceived idea meant to blend innovative technology and artistic vision.

In addition to the limited release Master Series (five 1:1 ‘sets'), Accursed Share is releasing “The Process Series” as an initial, more obtainable NFT drop that will be made available to fans and collectors who participate in the studio's whitelist referral program. This set of 1700 NFTs will be made up of six process photos of each of the five celebrity subjects. Totaling thirty unique images in all, these unseen selections from Auerbach's studio process will be released with varying levels of rarity - with the rarest image being limited to only 5 of the total 1700. The team is also airdropping a large number of these NFTs for free to early whitelist subscribers.

All collectors holding a Process Series NFT will be able to participate in the Master Series auction, and all ‘Process' NFT holders will be able to join Auerbach's upcoming NFT+photography Discord group.  All ‘Captured Moment' NFT holders will be invited into the Discord environment where the photographer and Accursed Share hope to foster an online community to like-minded collectors interested in photography, NFTs, and the intersection between the two mediums.  

Captured Moment's first selections from the ‘Process Series' will become available on December 5th, at which point early whitelist submissions will receive free airdrops of the first round; the remaining Captured Moments Process Series NFTs will roll out throughout the following week and will cost 0.05 ETH to mint. 

All 5 Master Series auctions will go live on December 17 and will have a starting price of 3.0 ETH; all bidding participants must hold a Process Series NFT.  In addition, one Master Series auction winner will be randomly selected to receive a private photoshoot with Frederic Auerbach in his Los Angeles Studio, a session valued at over $12,000.

For more information and to sign up for Captured Moment's whitelist, please visit the Accursed Share website at: http://accursedshare.art and click ‘Zendaya'.

About Accursed Share:

Accursed Share is an artist-led production studio and art accelerator focused on pushing the limits of NFT art. In addition to producing narrative-driven ‘cryptoart' pieces and installations, the accursed share platform aims to unlock the creative potential of what is possible with smart contracts and to facilitate multifaceted and dynamic NFT creation, even for artists who are not blockchain or smart contract developers.

Media contact: [email protected]

Stacks (STX) is an NFT ecosystem that utilizes the best of two worlds; it’s secured by the Bitcoin network while also on Bitcoin that leverages the scalability of the Ethereum…

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Today, despite the risks in using cryptocurrencies as well as the moves to tighten control over cryptocurrencies by the governments, cryptocurrencies are increasingly widely accepted among industries across the world. As a result, their interaction with commercial platforms is becoming more important and common. Some major online stores are also looking to Bitcoin payments on [...]

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This Cork start-up is helping peer-to-peer online traders inspire consumer confidence with an escrow-style payment app.

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Chainlist.finance will further assist them to launch their NFTs on different blockchains. Chainlist.finance is compatible with cross-chain blockchain and cross-chain social media. 

Chainlist.finance offers multiple new and updated features that have not been offered by any other blockchain project. This project, however, explores different areas of improvement, and tries to stick two incomplete pieces in order to create a single masterpiece.

Besides, social media is no longer confined to entertainment. Many people have made a good fortune out of it, and the number of those individuals is only increasing. Individuals that are already monetizing social media, and those who create content only as a hobby, both, are provided with a passive income opportunity through Chainlist.finance. NFTees trading volume surged in the third quarter of 2021 to $16.67B. Considering that number chainlist is offering passive income where an artist can earn upto $50k on average

Users of Chainlist.finance will be able to convert their digital content into NFTs, without going through the hustle of creating a digital currency wallet, purchasing native tokens and utilizing them to create NFTs. On the contrary, users will be able to convert their digital content into non-fungible tokens relatively easily, through just a few clicks.

As the diagram explains for itself, Chainlist.finance will use its NFT bridge to offer interoperability. Users will be able to buy and sell in different blockchain marketplaces without having to shift to other crypto wallets.

Once users authorize their social media accounts with the application, they will be able to mint or buy/sell NFTs. In addition to that, users who do not want to connect their social media accounts, will be able to directly convert their organic data into NFTs.

Chainlist.finance takes up on the challenge to amalgamate both industries to create a by-product that is enabled to transform usual digital content on social apps into NFTs, and launching them on different blockchain marketplaces. Aside from creating NFTs, Chainlist.finance offers exciting features.

What Chainlist is offering ?

Metaverse

Chainlist.finance offers metaverse with augmented and virtual reality to enable influencers and their followers to conduct virtual events. Users will be able to request their celebrities for personalized content that can be published on either marketplace with the consent of both parties.

Staking

Chainlist.finance offers staking with its native token $Clist in return offers upto 509,555.25% APY. Users can do staking in two ways: $Clist-$Clist or $BNB-LP $Clist pools

Governance

Chainlist.finance is a decentralized structure with its native token $Clist which can be used to participate in governance structure of the platform.

Cross chain interoperability

Through the Chainlist NFT bridge users will be able to access multiple blockchains through cross chain interoperability feature. In addition, users will be able to make transactions on different blockchains with a single wallet through Chainlist NFT bridge.

Desktop and Mobile application
Chainlist.finance has compatible applications for desktop and mobile sets in order to offer better user experience.

Third party use-case and applications
Chainlist will have its own open source code on github, third party platforms will be able to adopt usability and scalability within the open source ecosystem. They will not have to write code from scratch, as they can adopt it from the open source.

Tokenomics

Chainlist token is already minted on the binance smart chain and has a total token supply of 1 Billion Clist token which will be distributed below;

• Private-sale 5% Tokens will be sold to Venture Capitalists and Long Term Investors.

• Pre-sale: 30% of tokens will be sold at 1 BNB = 300,000 Clist to Early Investors.

• Initial liquidity pool: 20% on Pancakeswap

• Marketing and strategic partnership: 8% (locked for 6 months vesting)

• Team pool: 5%, where 2% for development and 3% for R&D (tokens locked for 6 months vesting)

• ILO platform fee 2%

• Tokens locked for staking reward in contract: 30%

Mission and vision

Chainlist has the mission to create an integrated space for social media platforms and blockchain. It is on the mission to create a source of passive income for social media users through non-fungible tokens, and staking for Chainlist.finance community. 

The platform is designed in a way to facilitate users to easily transfer their digital content into non-fungible tokens. It also helps users to launch their NFTs across different blockchain marketplaces, which is a big flex for a project of this nature.

Chainlist.finance is a one-stop marketplace for social media users to monetize their personal content that includes images, GIF, videos and music. Users can turn their viral content into NFTs and sell for fortune including the 5% royalty on each trade. So what are you waiting for?

Social Media

• Website: http://chainlist.finance

• Whitepaper: https://chainlist.finance/whitepaper.pdf

• Medium: https://chainlist.medium.com/

• Github: https://github.com/ChainlistNFTs

• Telegram: https://t.me/ChainlistNFTs

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/chainlistnfts

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chain-List-Finance-112727674539959

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgMvLtzPMd4JTXdqO8CPEwQ

• Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/chainlistnfts/

• Contact: [email protected]

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