Visa announced Monday that it’s bought a non-fungible token of a digital artwork called a CryptoPunk for nearly $150,000. NFTs are digital assets that represent ownership of virtual items like ...

August is shaping up to be a record month for nonfungible token (NFT) sales, with almost $900 million spent on them over the past 30 days. According to data from the tracking portal Nonfungible, $896 ...

Visa made its first foray into the digital-collectibles market by purchasing CryptoPunk 7610 for around $150,000. The payments giant made the purchase on August 18 for 49.5 ether. Visa said by ...

If you’re anything like me, you’ve been wishing for a quiet week in crypto news for a while now. Wouldn’t it be nice to sleep? But no, Visa decided to announce Monday morning that it paid $150,000 for ...

A collection of nine so-called CryptoPunks were sold at auction as non-fungible tokens for $16.9 million, roughly double what Christie’s estimated the digital art would fetch. Ownership of NFTs are ...

These pixelated avatars, known as "CryptoPunks," were first released in 2017 by creators Matt Hall and John Watkinson as an experiment. The characters, initially available for free, are now being ...

CryptoPunks is an early NFT series, comprised of 10,000 unique digital portraits. These portraits gained value due to their scarcity and rising NFT market demand. To buy a CryptoPunk, set up a crypto ...

Cryptocurrency Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) is seeing a sharp rise in valuation in recent days, which comes as other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) have hit all-time highs since the 2024 ...

It would seem that the money-making days for CryptoPunks, one of the oldest and most valuable NFT brands, are well and truly over. After acquiring the non-fungible token collection from Larva Labs in ...

One of the oldest and most well-known non-fungible token series has secured a deal with a leading talent agency in a move that could lead to more media deals in the sector. “The agency will work with ...

One of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies is getting into the NFT game. Larva Labs, the creator of CryptoPunks, just signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) in a representation deal that will bring ...

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