Banana artwork worth Rs 52 crores eaten by crypto boss just to prove a pointCrypto entrepreneur Justin Sun made headlines by fulfilling his quirky promise to eat the $6.2 million (Rs 52,45,89,440) banana artwork, Co...
29 Nov, 2024, 07.17 PM IST
Going bananas? This duct-taped humble fruit sells for millions at Sotheby's art auction; here's why it has attracted so much attentionMaurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana artwork "Comedian" sold for $6.2 million at Sotheby's auction. Purchased by cryptocurrency entreprene...
21 Nov, 2024, 08.25 PM IST
A Rs 5 banana sells for Rs 50 crore in art auction. What is so special and who bought it?A banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's auction. Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun bought the artwork title...
21 Nov, 2024, 10.37 AM IST
Top cryptocurrency prices today: BNP, Cardano, Bitcoin surge up to 12%; Terra USD down 69% in last 24 hoursBinance edged 0.17 per cent higher at $1. Solana dropped 7.91 per cent to $47.14, taking its weekly fall to 44 per cent. Dogecoin surged 6....
13 May, 2022, 09.54 AM IST
Top cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu fall up to 6%Bitcoin, the largest crypto by market value, fell 2.43 per cent in the last 24 hours to $38,607.36. It is down 2.3 per cent in the last sev...
30 Apr, 2022, 11.29 AM IST
Move over candy bars, New York vending machine now selling NFT artFINANCE-CRYPTO-NEW-YORK-VENDING-Move over candy bars, New York vending machine now selling NFT art
02 Mar, 2022, 10.06 AM IST
Move over candy bars, New York vending machine now selling NFT artThe art pieces sold in the vending machine rely on the Solana blockchain, which ensures carbon-neutral transactions.
02 Mar, 2022, 09.10 AM IST
Concerns that NFTs may fall through regulatory cracks or be classified as commoditiesNFTs are built on blockchain but are separate from cryptocurrencies, should have separate regulations, say exchanges.
15 Dec, 2021, 02.17 PM IST
Is digital art benefitting museums? Four reasons they aren't cashing in on NFTs yetCan NFTs generate the revenue many museums sorely need?
03 Dec, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
Govt looking to paint NFT picture in crypto billTo begin with, the government may provide a broad outline on NFTs from a regulatory point of view and throw some light on how they should b...
11 Sep, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
What's attracting teenagers to the NFT art boom?Indeed, for some teenagers, making NFTs and other forms of digital art has become the new summer job, a modern take on bagging groceries or...
16 Aug, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
Cryptocurrency could buy you a 101-carat diamond at Sotheby’sInternational auction house Sotheby’s will accept payment in Bitcoin or Ether at the sale of a 101.38-carat diamond this Friday, marking an...
07 Jul, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
Sotheby's to accept bitcoin, ethereum for Banksy auctionBidding for the work is estimated at $3 million to $5 million, Sotheby's said, with the buyer having the option to pay with cryptocurrency.
04 May, 2021, 10.43 PM IST
How two Indians made history in the world of art by spending $70 million on a digital work by BeepleThe art world wasn't a common talking point for Sundaresan and Venkateswaran initially.
26 Mar, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
Crypto-art: It's not just for art’s sake, it’s investmentIf the West has been swooning over non-fungible token (NFT) art, Indian aesthetes too have begun trawling through marketplaces for digital ...
16 Mar, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
Winklevoss twins launch a marketplace for blockchain digital artNifty Gateway is debuting a website Tuesday where consumers will be able to buy and sell digital collectibles from artists including Michae...
18 Mar, 2020, 11.10 AM IST
Meet this geek who quit his job for art’s sake but came back three years later to strike a balanceAfter years of technology-focussed work with companies like Gemalto, Cisco and Citrix, Irfan Khan logged off to launch a business that is d...
21 Mar, 2018, 10.15 AM IST