11 articles
Culture
Takashi Murakami releases new NFTs a week after apologizing to his previous NFT investors for crashing prices
Famed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami released his newest collection of NFTS called “Lucky Cat Coin Bank” on June 14 despite apologizing t...
Jane Nam
Art
Drue Kataoka and SuperRare partner to launch the first-ever Asian American artist NFT exhibit
SuperRare and Drue Kataoka Studios have partnered to bring together the first-ever Asian American artist-focused NFT exhibition called ̶...
Editorial Staff
Crime
Chinese student loses NFT worth $548,000 after clicking on a scam link
A fourth-year student at Shanghai’s Tongji University posted on Discord that he had lost a valuable NFT from the Doodles collective that wa...
Rebecca Moon
News
Chinese crypto influencer makes over $5 million in 10 days selling her photos as NFTs
Chinese influencer Yuqing Irene Zhao successfully launched an NFT collection with the slogan: “SIMP: Simplicity, Integrity, Meaning, and Pu...
Ryan General
Economy
Indonesian college student becomes millionaire after putting his selfies up for sale as NFTs as a joke
Indonesian college student Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, 22, earned over $1 million by selling his selfies as NFTs. Ghozali took daily photos ...
Artist Drue Kataoka is on a crusade against the ‘racist and sexist’ NFT space
In an interview with NextShark, Japanese American artist Drue Kataoka discusses her newest project, which aims to raise money for racial jus...
Sarah Yukiko
A company that pays people in NFTs to play video games in Asia secures $2 million in funding
Web3 gaming guild Polemos recently secured $2 million in funding from multiple investors for its upcoming play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain game...
Henry Golding purchases a CryptoPunk NFT artwork for over $650,000
“Crazy Rich Asians” actor Henry Golding recently showed off his official ownership of a CryptoPunk NFT artwork. The CryptoPunks: On Nov. 15,...
Michelle De Pacina
12-year-old makes $400,000 creating NFTs based on meme
A young boy from London is generating six-figure earnings by selling ownership tokens of digital artworks via blockchain technology, otherwi...
Artist Drue Kataoka Auctions NFT Art to Raise Funds to Fight Asian Hate
Artist and activist Drue Kataoka is auctioning her first non-fungible token (NFT) “In the Club: #StopAsianHate” to support Asian...
Margaret Cho, Lisa Ling and More Featured as NFT Cards to Raise Funds for #StopAsianHate
Cause-based NFT (non-fungible token) fulfillment platform NFT4GOOD recently partnered with MerchNFT to complete its first charitable campaig...
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