NFT Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

NFTs) in the US are about to have a much harder time doing so, as they’re getting regulated in the country. The H.R.3684 Infrastructure Bill has been passed, meaning crypto brokers will need to report to the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS, which focuses on taxes in the United States).

1 November,” McDonald’s said in a statement.They are the latest to jump on the NFT bandwagon, which has seen bidders throw tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency at digitized images and artwork made available exclusively to the buyer in a blockchain — an internet-based lockbox of sorts. Its non-fungibility suggests the ephemera cannot be replicated or exchanged without the highly secure access key, to which only the owner has access.

NFTs and blockchain technology may be a regular sight in Ubisoft games in the not too distant future, as the developer and publisher has outlined plans to focus on “play-to-earn” features.Speaking on an earnings call (as spotted by IBT), CEO Yves Guillemot said that the games industry “is changing regularly with lots of new revolutions happening,” and that Ubisoft “consider[s] blockchain one of those revolutions.”Guillemot added that use of blockchain technology “will imply more play-to-earn

Super Furry Animals have announced the release of their first ever NFT to mark the reissue of their album ‘Rings Around The World’.The release comes as part of a host of 20th anniversary celebrations for the album, all set to take place across this week.On Wednesday (September 2), the band will launch new TV station SFA TV via their YouTube page for one night only.The ‘satellite broadcast’ will begin at 8pm BST and feature the premiere of a documentary about the making of ‘Rings Around The

Vice’s Motherboard has reported — that is, until NFT-based sales broke through the mainstream last year. UK-based crypto-trader Tom Osman came forward as the seller of EtherRock #42, which he purchased just a few weeks prior at only 1.7 ETH, or about $4,800 at the time.

Eminem has invested in new NFT (non-fungible token) startup company MakersPlace, a market designed to sell NFT artwork among other creations.Earlier this year, the rapper stepped into the NFT market, making $1.78million (£1.3million) from his first ‘Shady Con’ collection.The collection included digital action figures based on characters in some of Eminem’s best-known music videos, original instrumental beats created by the star and more.Now, Em and his manager, Paul Rosenberg, are among the key

NFTs of photographs from Chris Cornell‘s final ever photoshoot are set to be made available tomorrow (August 5).Just prior to his death in 2017, Cornell was photographed by legendary Hollywood photographer Randall Slavin.‘The Last Session’ features never-seen-before photos from the shoot, with the two photos entitled ‘Until We Disappear’ and ‘White Roses For My Soul To Keep’.The two separate auctions will take place tomorrow (August 5) at midnight EST (5am BST), on Cryptograph.co.Proceeds from

Blondie have announced a new NFT collaboration with Hackatao to celebrate the 93rd birthday of Andy Warhol.The ‘crypto art series’, dubbed ‘Hack The Borders’, will be be released through digital art online auction platform Nifty Gateway next month.The artwork is based upon Warhol’s first ever digital portrait of Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry, shot in 1985.The one-of-a-kind artwork, which Blondie have called “a present day manifestation of the punk rock movement,” will land on August 6 via

Zero Contact has become the first feature film acquisition for Vuele, a recently launched viewing and distribution platform for non-fungible tokens (NFTs).The film will premiere as an NFT on the global platform, which launched last month as a joint venture between the film’s US producers, Enderby Entertainment, and financial technology company CurrencyWorks, according to Screen Daily.Vuele states it is the first direct-to-consumer platform to offer users exclusive, limited edition film and other