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Coca-Cola’s new ‘Masterpiece’ NFT collection boasts $543,660 in earnings over 3 days

The recently unveiled “Masterpiece” collection , a curated assembly of digital artwork endorsed by Coca-Cola, generated $543,660 in proceeds from Coinbase’s “Onchain Summer” event.  The event, dedicated to celebrating the inaugural emergence of the Base blockchain, witnessed fervent interest as more than 80,000 collectors zealously acquired eight distinct digital works over the course of 72 hours. The collection interweaves revered classics, such as Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” and Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” with contemporary creations from emerging talents including Fatma Ramadan, Aket, Vikram Kushwah, Stefania Tejada, and WonderBuhle. Pratik Thakar, Coca-Cola’s senior director of generative AI, praised the campaign:  “At Coca-Cola, our history of collaboration with the artistic community spans eras, and today’s technology and innovation open new and captivating aven...

NFT project y00ts to return $3M grant as it ditches Polygon for Ethereum

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DeLabs has promised to return the $3 million grant initially provided by Polygon Labs to support y00ts from Solana to Polygon. Non-fungible token project y00ts is again switching blockchain networks, only four months after bridging the majority of its NFTs from Solana to Polygon. DeLabs, the NFT firm behind y00ts, announced via its X (Twitter) account on Aug. 9 it will soon be migrating to Ethereum in line with its DeGods NFT collection. 1. y00ts will be migrating to Ethereum. — y00ts (@y00tsNFT) August 9, 2023 The NFT collection had mostly migrated from Solana to Polygon in April. The move was first initially announced in December, with the migration starting officially on March 28. By March 30, Polygon announced 11,633 of a total of 15,000 y00ts NFTs had been bridged. DeLabs said the move was to unite its y00ts community with its DeGods community. DeGods had also announced it would be bridging off Solana in December and similarly began its migration from Solana to Ethereum ...