Nifty News #42

March 30th

The NFT hype continues to spread as everyone wants to know how they can get a piece of the digital collectible world. NFT searches are at ICO-mania levels. Even Marc Cuban is finally on the NFT bandwagon.

Video games, art, AI and much more are covered in our Nifty News episode #42 of The Nifty Show.

ARTICLES MENTIONED IN SHOW: 

CURRENT EVENTS

• What the Hell is an NFT? SNL Introduces Masses
• Billionaire Mark Cuban is building a digital art gallery for NFTs
• Nifty News: NFT searches at ICO-mania levels, a robot and Snoop Dog drop NFTs, plus more
• ‘Castle’ production company’s new TV crypto comedy to drop an ep as an NFT
• Feature Film on Blockchain Fatal Contracts
• NFT boom: VCs pump millions into digital collectibles start-ups
• NBA Top Shot company Dapper Labs valued at $2.6 billion after funding
• Is Major League Baseball coming to WAX? 

INNOVATION

• Smells like NFT spirit? Look Labs launches first digital fragrance
• Vitalik Buterin: NFTs can be a social good, not just a casino for rich celebrities

GAMING

• Assassin's Creed Publisher Is Making The Next Generation Of NFT Games
• NFTs Are Spurring a Digital Land Grab—in Videogame Worlds (Gala Games)

• Brave and Gala Games Unveil Their Second Physical NFT Collectible (Gala Games)

• The Sandbox Game Jam — “A Glitch in the Metaverse” (Animoca)

ART

• NFT digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia up for auction
• Aleph introduces DApp to 'back up' NFT art pieces
• Navigating the Crypto Art Market: What You Ought to Know
• Crypto.com launching NFT platform with exclusive content from artists
• Meet The “Meta-King” Whose Investment Fund Spent $69M On A Beeple NFT
• Beeple Immediately Converted His $53 Million NFT Earnings From ETH to USD 

MUSIC

• Gorillaz celebrate 20th anniversary of debut album with reissue and NFT teasers

MAINSTREAM NFT ARTICLES

• The NFT Craze and the Future of Spotify and Streaming Music - Harvard Biz
• NFTs: What Are You Paying for When You Buy a GIF for $25,000? - NYTimes
• People's Expensive NFTs Keep Vanishing. This Is Why - Vice
• The Top Ten Most Influential In NFTs - ReadWrite