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NFTs

Meet Matteo Milleri, ex to Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti

The Italian multidisciplinary artist has collaborated with The Weeknd, Bulgari and Grimes, and is one half of the producer-DJ duo Tale of Us, alongside Carmine Conte.

11 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM

Video gaming

Opinion | Will China’s latest crypto crackdown stifle its gaming industry?

17 Sep 2024 - 8:30PM

Blockchain

Web3 firm Animoca Brands trading for as little as a quarter of last valuation

14 Aug 2024 - 5:53PM

Blockchain

Hong Kong blockchain gaming firm Animoca sets sights on recovery after listless 2023

Animoca’s ability to weather last year’s storm in its industry has bolstered the company’s confidence in the digital-asset market’s recovery.

11 Jul 2024 - 7:00PMvideocam

Cyberport-based Animoca Brands is weighing its options for a potential public listing in 2025. Photo: Shutterstock

Blockchain

Hong Kong blockchain gaming firm Animoca weighing 2025-26 IPO, founder says

Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu said he hopes an IPO will bring ‘more attention to Web3’ and Asian markets, with a possible Hong Kong listing.

27 Jun 2024 - 6:00PM

Banking & finance

Hong Kong a unique proving ground for DeFi, metaverse, HKIMR studies show

DeFi and metaverse will open up opportunities for the financial services industry, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research executive says.

26 Jun 2024 - 8:30AM

Blockchain

US Treasury says NFTs ‘highly susceptible’ to fraud, scams

Some NFT firms and platforms do not have the right controls to counter money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions evasion, according to the department’s assessment.

30 May 2024 - 10:30AM

Signage for “NFT” seen at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival last year. Photo: Reuters

Art

Token appreciation: will the NFT art market ever bounce back?

‘Art became an auto-generated aesthetic that pushed the artist out of the project,’ notes the Lumiere Project’s Patrice Poujol, whose film company’s NFTs emphasise ‘real access and real experiences’

27 Apr 2024 - 2:00PM

Art

Profile | The kooky, colourful world of one of Japan’s most successful modern artists

Takashi Murakami’s new Kyoto exhibition – his first large-scale solo show in Japan in eight years – features more than 170 of the contemporary artist’s works – though not all of them are finished.

18 Feb 2024 - 7:45AM

Art

Bitcoin ordinals mark latest Sotheby’s foray into blockchain art auctions

Sotheby’s has held two successful auctions of bitcoin ordinals – images, videos or text attached to satoshis, the smallest denomination of bitcoin. Some artworks are fetching up to five times their estimates.

16 Feb 2024 - 6:15PM

Detail from “Genesis Cat” by Far for Taproot Wizards, which sold for US$254,000 against an estimate of US$15,000-20,000. Photo: Sotheby’s

Consumers

China in driver’s seat as Asian men use more cosmetic products, grow beauty industry

A growing demographic of Asian men is increasingly spending more on skincare.

25 Dec 2023 - 12:30PM

China’s market in particular is poised to drive growth in the skincare and cosmetics category. Photo: Shutterstock Images

China technology

Beijing to draft national Web3 development plan amid strict cryptocurrency ban

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said a strategic Web3 development plan will be drafted ‘in line with the country’s conditions’.

21 Dec 2023 - 9:30PM

Donald Trump

Trump sells pieces of suit worn in Georgia mugshot

For US$4,653, supporters get a bit of fabric along with NFT digital trading cards featuring the ex-US president and the chance to dine with him at Mar-a-Lago.

14 Dec 2023 - 11:04AMvideocam

Hong Kong

Editorial | Injuries at Hong Kong party shine light on UV exposure

Events sector in Hong Kong suffers another blow after some 22 people at NFTs promotion report eye troubles.

11 Nov 2023 - 6:15AM

UVA-emitting lights likely caused eye and skin problems reported by at least 22 people attending the ApeFest party at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal on Nov. 4. Photo: X/ @BoredApeYC

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

UVA light exposure may have caused eye problems at Hong Kong NFT event: organiser

At least 22 people experienced eye pain, vision problems or skin irritation after attending Bored Ape Yacht Club event held over weekend.

10 Nov 2023 - 10:09AMvideocam

The third edition of ApeFest was held in Hong Kong from Friday to Sunday. Photo: X/@BoredApeYC

Fintech

Hong Kong virtual insurer OneDegree on track to turn a profit in 2024: CEO

Fintech start-up OneDegree’s optimistic projection stems from the positive performance of the company’s household pet and digital-asset insurance operations.

9 Nov 2023 - 8:00AM

Hong Kong healthcare and hospitals

22 Hong Kong party-goers report severe eye pain, temporary blindness after NFT event

Organisers of Saturday’s ApeFest party say at least 22 people complained of eye problems after the event.

8 Nov 2023 - 11:00PM

Metaverse

Bored Apes descend on Hong Kong amid NFT firm’s bet on Asia

The first ApeFest outside New York drew thousands of people from 60 countries, with support from the Hong Kong government, according to Yuga Labs.

8 Nov 2023 - 4:49PM

The ApeFest DJ poses at the end of his set on the main stage on November 4. Photo: Matt Haldane

Blockchain

Forget crypto: Hong Kong Web3 events focus on what’s next for blockchain

Major Web3 events in Hong Kong have been focusing more on Web3 usability and use cases like identification, content ownership and video gaming.

30 Oct 2023 - 1:03PMvideocam

Art

Chinese artist Yue Minjun’s NFTs: a parody or a response to market shift?

Chinese contemporary artist Yue Minjun is launching an NFT collection based on his Laughing Man alter ego with the NFT market crashing. But he says they have long-term value, and a collector backs fine-art NFTs.

8 Aug 2023 - 12:27PM

Food and Drinks

Blockchain with your burgundy: how NFTs are changing the fine-wine market

Do Web3 and wine mix? Will blockchain technology be a silver bullet when it comes to the complex authentication of premium wines and spirits? The jury remains divided.

6 Nov 2023 - 11:04PM

Jean-Marie Fourrier of Domaine Fourrier in Gevrey Chambertin, Burgundy, France, is an early adopter of NFTs to sell his wine. Through an online auction house, he hopes to reach more young consumers. Photo: Domaine Fourrier

Blockchain

Animoca Brands pours US$30 million into Hong Kong start-up Hi

The investment by the blockchain game software unicorn comes as funding dwindles for crypto-related start-ups around the world.

27 Jul 2023 - 7:02PMvideocam

Animoca Brands is investing US$30 million into Hong Kong crypto start-up Hi. Photo: Shutterstock

Fashion

How Hermès got Mason Rothschild ‘MetaBirkin’ NFTs permanently banned

French luxury house Hermès emerges victorious from its US lawsuit, winning a permanent ban on the sales of artist Mason Rothschild’s ‘MetaBirkin’ NFTs that depict the iconic handbag

28 Jun 2023 - 11:56AM

Digital currencies

Three Arrows Capital’s 37 NFTs fetch US$10.9 million at Sotheby’s

The hedge fund, which filed for bankruptcy last year, sold the NFTs for US$10.9 million after buying them in 2021 for US$15.5 million worth of cryptocurrency.

16 Jun 2023 - 10:15AM

Hong Kong economy

Letters | By embracing NFTs and metaverse, Hong Kong can remodel its global role

Readers discuss opportunities for the city to take the helm in the new tech landscape, and how the government can encourage use of its online identity authentication app.

30 May 2023 - 11:30AM

A visitor looks at artwork at the Digital Art Fair in Hong Kong on October 20, 2022. The fair featured digital works by local and international artists and creators, using interactive Web3 technologies, which collectors could purchase as NFTs. Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg

Digital currencies

Where does Hong Kong stand in the race to be Asia’s Web3 hub?

Revenue in the digital assets market is expected to grow at an annual rate of 16.1 per cent from 2023 to exceed US$102 billion by 2027, with almost a billion users tapping in.

23 May 2023 - 1:28PMvideocam

A girl flying a kite at the waterfront of West Kowloon Cultural District on 15 February 2023. Photo: Sam Tsang.

Alibaba

SCMP spin-off shakes off cooling interest in NFT to raise US$3.25 million

Artifact Labs is planning several new partnerships with global museums after a seed funding round led by Blue Pool Capital and Animoca Ventures, despite cooling interest in NFTs.

9 May 2023 - 9:43PMvideocam

Art

‘These artists get a place in the history of art’: NFT show at the Pompidou

An exhibition of 18 NFT artworks at the Pompidou Centre in Paris could give the digital tokens a boost after their almost total collapse in value.

6 May 2023 - 6:15PM

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NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) refer to units of data stored on a blockchain that guarantees each digital asset to be unique and immutable. Because NFT-based digital items are authenticated via the decentralised technology, they can be owned and traded much like physical items in the real world.

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9 September, 2024