Blur Returns to Alternative Airplay Chart After 20-Year Break

billboard.com After 20 years away, Blur is back on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart. “The Narcissist,” the lead single from the Damon Albarn-led band’s upcoming album The Ballad of…

NFT Lending Is Trending, Raising Concerns of ‘Predatory’ Platform Behavior

coindesk.com What started as a way to capitalize on the bull run of NFTs in 2021 has recently exploded in popularity as major Web3 players entered the market. In May, leading NFT…

What Are the Airdrops Showing the Most Potential for June?

beincrypto.com While airdrops can be an attractive source of income, they also pose certain risks. So what can we expect from airdrops in June? Some projects often try to gain traction and…

Stripe, Ripple, Blockchain.com, OpenSea Lead Way for Top 10 US Fintech Companies

coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker Stripe, Ripple, Blockchain.com, OpenSea Lead Way for Top 10 US Fintech Companies Forbes has released its annual list of the top ten largest fintech companies in…

Mint Square NFT Marketplace to Discontinue Trading Services By June’s End

beincrypto.com The Mint Square NFT marketplace will shut down on June 3. The team has yet to explain the decision, but it could be due to poor traction. The Mint Square NFT marketplace…

7 New Songs You Should Hear Now

nytimes.com Listen along on Spotify as you read. 1. Anohni and the Johnsons: “It Must Change” Though the heart-wrenching vocalist Anohni has released powerful solo music in the past…

Blue-chip collaterals help stabilize NFT lending: Paraspace

cointelegraph.com According to a recent report published by nonfungible token money market protocol Paraspace and multichain wallet BitKeep, the current amount of NFT borrowing and lending,…

This Week on Crypto Twitter: White House Mining Tax Scrapped, Bukele Hires Bitcoin Expert

decrypt.co Markets finally began to grow a little this week after four weeks of stagnation. There wasn’t a whole lot of news to drive prices either way. In the U.S., regulators…

Etherscan introduces advanced filtering tool in beta for blockchain analysis! Get more customized and refined search results

crypto.news Etherscan has introduced an advanced filtering tool that allows users to better customize and refine their search results. The “Advanced Filter” tool, currently in beta,…

How Blur achieved a new milestone from an unexpected source

ambcrypto.com Blur defied expectations by achieving a groundbreaking milestone. Despite declining users, the BLUR token price responds positively, hinting at future potential.

NFT Sales Climb 39% in One Week, While Bitcoin NFT Sales Maintain Rapid Momentum

news.bitcoin.com While non-fungible token (NFT) sales witnessed a substantial increase in May, demonstrating significant progress, recent data indicates that NFT sales have soared by 39.35%…

Brit Beat: Parklife Festival, Featuring the 1975, Heats Up Festival Season

variety.com It’s been a tough couple of years for live music in the U.K., but now AEG Presents UK CEO Steve Homer sees light at the end of the tunnel. “Last year, we had some big…

May NFT thefts total $2.9 million; cause for concern?

ambcrypto.com The rise and dominance of stolen NFTs on the Blur marketplace highlighted security concerns. But despite declining volumes, Blue Chip NFTs continued to attract demand.

Blur overtakes OpenSea even as monthly NFT trading falls below $1 billion for first time in 2023

fortune.com Upstart NFT marketplace Blur, even as the overall market retreated, dominated OpenSea in trading volume for the month of May. The NFT marketplace, which distinguishes itself…

Nascent’s Elitzer Says Oracle-Free DeFi is Emerging

thedefiant.io Den Elitzer of venture capital firm Nascent says safer DeFi will minimize governance and oracles. A crucial next step for a more secure DeFi ecosystem will be for developers…

What’s next for crypto miners after US debt ceiling deal?

forkast.news In this issue US crypto mining tax: No deal NFT lending: Awash with competition Beijing and Web3: Red hot ambitions From the editor’s desk Dear Reader, Innovation is a messy…

Mad scientist’s NFTs degrade when they’re traded: 0xDEAFBEEF, NFT Creator

cointelegraph.com When NFTs first took off, it was Beeple’s digital art, CryptoPunks and Bored Ape Yacht Club PFPs that dominated the headlines and top sales — but one individual bucked the…

Sotheby's Launches NFT Marketplace

thedefiant.io Storied auction house Sotheby’s has launched a peer-to-peer NFT marketplace on Ethereum and Polygon. Buyers can trade NFTs using ETH or MATIC tokens, and the platform levies…

Blur Launches NFT Lending Protocol

thedefiant.io Blur, the leading NFT marketplace by trading volume, is diving into NFT lending with its new Blend protocol that went live today. Traders now have a Buy Now, Pay Later…

LayerZero Usage Triples After Arbitrum Airdrop

thedefiant.io Cumulative transactions on LayerZero, a cross-chain interoperability protocol, have tripled since Arbitrum airdropped $1.7B of ARB tokens to its users last month. LayerZero…

Bitcoin and Ether Rally To 3-Week Highs

thedefiant.io The markets are off to a strong start this week, with Ether rallying above $1,900 and Bitcoin briefly trading above $28,000 — their highest levels in nearly three weeks.…

NFT wash trading report surfaces amid declining trading volume

cryptoslate.com NFT markets have displayed an intriguing set of metrics in 2023 as wash trading and token farming practices emerge amidst declining overall trading volumes. According to a…

Enjin Coin ($ENJ) Resilient, Blur Flat, ApeMax The Next Moonshot Coin?

thecryptobasic.com We compare the performance and prospects of 3 crypto coins: Enjin Coin ($ENJ), a utility token, Blur Coin ($BLUR), a governance coin, as well as the high-flying newcomer…

What are NFT royalties, and how do they work?

cointelegraph.com Royalties give NFT creators a way to keep getting paid for their work, even after the original sale of the NFT. Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have been a key technical paradigm…