Could Legendary Hip Hop Platform DatPiff Serve as a Springboard for ‘Music NFTs’?

March 18, 2023
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Since its inception in 2005, DatPiff has been a cornerstone of mixtape culture, hosting exclusive releases from the likes of Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Meek Mill, Wiz Khalifa, Future, Chance The Rapper, A$AP Rocky, Mac Miller, Big Sean, Travis Scott and others. The deep emotional connection that fans have with the platform’s content could be the secret ingredient that finally makes music NFTs resonate with the masses, far more than the gimmicky offerings we’ve seen so far from Web3 newcomers.

news Canadian startup Paycase Global Corp. is suing TMX Group, for breach of contract after the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange terminated their deal to create cryptocurrency-related products and services. Paycase is claiming loss of revenue, loss of opportunity and loss of reputation and is demanding $500 million for damages and that TMX resumes…

Blend Seizes 82% of NFT Lending Market Share: DappRadar

In the weeks since leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Blur released its lending platform Blend, it has taken 82% of total lending volume market share.According to a report from blockchain data aggregator DappRadar released on Wednesday, in its first 22 days, Blend accumulated 169,900 ETH, or about $308 million in trading volume. During that same…

Police Bust Chinese Bitcoin Mining Farm After Surge in Power Usage

news Police in eastern China busted a bitcoin mining operation following a surge in local electricity usage, according to a wire report from Agence France-Press. The police, who confiscated 4,000 “mining devices,” allege the mining farm misappropriated nearly 20 million yuan ($3 million) in electricity costs. The investigators learned of the theft from a local…

Fidelity-Backed Fireblocks in Talks With Potential Wall Street Clients Following EY Accreditation

Dec 19, 2019 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Dec 19, 2019 at 14:48 UTCEnterprise-focused cryptocurrency transaction platform Fireblocks has passed an EY audit confirming it complies with industry data security standards.Announced today, the "Big Four" financial services firm awarded Fidelity-backed Fireblocks a Service Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type II Certification following a six-month security audit into how…

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops by 6% In First Adjustment After Halving

May 20, 2020 at 02:11 UTCUpdated May 20, 2020 at 02:30 UTC7-day rolling average of Bitcoin hash rate. Data via BlockchaininfoBitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops by 6% In First Adjustment After HalvingThe Bitcoin network just fine-tuned a key parameter to coax back miners who quit after last week's halving hammered their profits.More than 20 exahashes per…

First Mover: Day in the Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig, Full-Time Risk

Oct 5, 2020 at 12:47 UTCUpdated Oct 5, 2020 at 13:32 UTCYield farming, or the practice of engaging in trading and lending on DeFi platforms in exchange for rewards, has become an obsession for some people. (National Gallery of Art, modified by CoinDesk)First Mover: Day in the Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig,…

NFTs Are an Internet Game-Changer

Michael J. Casey is CoinDesk's Chief Content Officer. When they look at non-fungible tokens, non-crypto “normies” in the mainstream tend to focus on the mind-blowing prices that have been paid for digital art and the fanaticism around avatar communities such as the $542 million in sales of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs. They wonder what…

Crypto Options Liquidity Provider OrBit Markets Offers Bitcoin and Gold-Hybrid Derivative

Jocelyn Yang is a markets reporter at CoinDesk. She is a recent graduate of Emerson College's journalism program. Orbit Markets, an institutional liquidity provider of crypto options, is rolling out the first bitcoin and gold hybrid-focused derivative product with execution broker PI Digital.The initiative is among the latest developments among crypto industry firms to provide…

Some U.S. Citizens Look to Be Splashing Their Stimulus Cash on Cryptocurrency

Apr 20, 2020 at 09:42 UTCNothing screams confidence in the U.S economy more than swapping Federal Reserve-issued money for a digital hedge against the mainstream financial system. The U.S. Government issued more than 80 million stimulus checks, each for $1,200, last week. To be deposited directly into bank accounts, the payment is intended to give…

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