War-hit Ukraine receives $34 million in crypto currency as donations
What happened: On March 1, $33.8 million in bitcoin has been donated to Ukraine’s government and non-governmental organisations, according to blockchain analytics firm, Elliptic, a
This Pakistani entrepreneur’s crypto cafe ‘Chai Ada’ in London accepts payment in digital currencies only
What happened: A young Pakistani entrepreneur named Tayyab Shafiq in the United Kingdom has become the first to open a “Chai Ada” café that accepts
This $1.4m worth pixilated octagon GIF was the first ever NFT
What happened: In June 2021, Kevin McCoy’s “Quantum,” the world’s first non-fungible token, was sold for $1.4 million at Sotheby’s auction, ‘Natively Digital: A Curated
This handful of Palestinian soil was sold as NFT by a Ramallah-based artist, to raise awareness about tensions in Sheikh Jarrah
What happened: Around the last week of May 2021, Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar sold an artwork, featuring Palestinian soil, named, ‘ If I Don’t Steal
Did you know NFT adds more to climate change by emitting carbon dioxide?
Details: Joanie Lemercier (@joanielemercier), a French digital artist, cancelled the sale of his six NFT art pieces in April 2021, after calculating that the sale
‘Everydays – The First 5,000 Days,’ the digital collage that sparked the global craze for NFTs
What happened: The most expensive NFT ever sold is Mike “Beeple” Winklemann’s (@beeple_crap) collage, ‘Everydays – The First 5,000 Days,’ for $69 million. The collage
