Filmmaker Kevin Smith is releasing his newest horror anthology “Killroy Was Right here” as a non-fungible token. The proprietor of the NFT will saf
Filmmaker Kevin Smith is releasing his newest horror anthology “Killroy Was Right here” as a non-fungible token.
The proprietor of the NFT will safe the rights to exhibit, distribute, and stream the work, making it a income generator outdoors of only a resale. The filmmaker mentioned on Twitter that: “Again in 1994, I took my first flick to Sundance to promote it. Now in 2021, I’m taking my new flick to CRYPTO to promote it!”
Smith, who will public sale off his work on his impartial crypto gallery ‘Jay and Silent Bob’s Crypto Studio’, acknowledged that crypto offers a brand new platform upon which to inform a narrative. On April 14 he tweeted:
“I imagine whoever buys it can promote it to a streamer, on the very least. They’re shopping for an NFT that additionally grants them possession of the bodily media recordsdata for KILLROY WAS HERE — so in an effort to assist any kind of theatrical distribution,”
Again in 1994, I took my first flick to Sundance to promote it.
Now in 2021, I’m taking my new flick to CRYPTO to promote it!
KILLROY WAS HERE to be the primary movie bought as an NFT! Winner may even distribute it!
Welcome to Jay and Silent Bob’s Crypto Studio! Residence of the Smokin’ Tokens! https://t.co/F6D1BE7NFs— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) April 13, 2021
Smith is collaborating with media and expertise firm Semkhor to provide and distribute NFTs. The studio will host what it calls “Common Drops” that are constructed round “Smokin’ Tokens” commemorating totally different Jay and Silent Bob motion pictures and the characters that starred in them.
Megadeth NFT nets 8.Four ETH
Huge-Four metallic band Megadeth has bought its first NFT which went for 8.Four ETH, or roughly $18,000 on the time. The piece, dubbed “Vic Rattlehead: Genesis”, options the band’s brand and the enduring mascot revolving in reverse instructions for six seconds.
The NFT was bought on the Rarible market the place it began out priced at simply 0.15 ETH. Nevertheless, simply 20% of the proceeds of the sale went to the band, with Rarible netting the remaining.
Bidding for the world’s first #Megadeth #NFT closes at 9pm PT / midnight ET tonight! Get your last bids in NOW at https://t.co/UYluYhpQ8a#CryptoArt #VicRattlehead #NFTCollector pic.twitter.com/ZCnBmuagPj
— Megadeth (@Megadeth) April 12, 2021
Megadeth should not the primary heavy band to leap on the NFT bandwagon. Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan bought his first NFT earlier this month for six.three ETH, or round $14Okay on the time.
The one-off piece was a picture of the unique brand from Knotfest’s Electrical Theatre that sees bugs flying out of his mouth.
MEME farm v2
The long-awaited second iteration of NFT farming platform MEME has lastly launched ushering in plenty of function enhancements. In an announcement on April 13, the non-fungible token farming platform revealed that v2 had gone stay. Model two has been rebuilt from the bottom up with a purpose to scale and meet the growing demand for the platform, it added.
Enhancements to the time taken for content material to reach on the platform have been made and there was an improve to the person interface. It added that additional layer 2 scaling enhancements might be included in future releases along with content material from famend digital artist Beeple:
“Within the coming weeks, we’ll see Beeple, and future variations of the platform that innovate on our tokenomics and different sorts of drop mechanics,”
The extremely anticipated MEME v2 is now stay!
Test it out ➡️ https://t.co/apNcc5HkyG
Learn extra ➡️ https://t.co/7v6XbNldoY pic.twitter.com/pXmTQv83kN
— $MEME (@DontBuyMeme) April 13, 2021
Within the eight months since its preliminary launch, MEME has made some exceptional achievements. These embrace attracting over 30 artists and creators and 6,700 NFT holders to the platform which has a reported whole worth locked of $25 million.
NFT information you might have missed
As reported by Cointelegraph, the U.S. Postal Service will quickly be getting into the NFT market with a purpose to assist clients buy postage. In an announcement on April 13, e-postage supplier CaseMail acknowledged that the USPS had licensed its postage as NFTs, to be used by authorized professionals and authorities businesses initially.
Baseball card maker Topps additionally introduced that it will be launching a NFT assortment in partnership with Main League Baseball and MLB Gamers Inc.
On April 13, the New York Inventory Trade additionally jumped on the bandwagon by minting NFTs celebrating the primary commerce made within the shares of outstanding United State corporations.