NFTs

Crypto Market Sees Q1 Dip Amid Bitcoin Dominance and DEX Shifts

Crypto Market Sees Q1 Dip Amid Bitcoin Dominance and DEX Shifts

The cryptocurrency market experienced a significant downturn in the first quarter of 2025, with the total market capitalization dropping by -18.6% to $2.8 trillion. Bitcoin’s dominance almost hit 59.1%. Its price, though, fell 11.8% to end at $82,514 although it hit an all-time high of $106,182 in January. Ethereum’s market...

OpenSea Revives Solana Integration with Token Trading, NFT Support to Follow

OpenSea Revives Solana Integration with Token Trading, NFT Support to Follow

OpenSea has now made the official announcement that Solana NFTs will be returning to the world’s largest NFT marketplace in the coming weeks. This news comes on the heels of OpenSea adding Solana token trading. It’s the most recent step in the platform’s continued evolution to deliver a truly seamless,...

Polygon's NFT Collection Backed by Physical Assets Overtakes Ethereum

Polygon's NFT Collection Backed by Physical Assets Overtakes Ethereum

Polygon has shaken up the NFT scene by surpassing Ethereum with a collateral-backed collection of NFTs. Their Courtyard collection, with physical cards backing the NFTs, has brought in enormous sales volume, eclipsing nearly every other NFT project. This story underscores the growing significance of Real-World Asset (RWA) NFTs to the...

CryptoPunk Mogul Pleads Guilty to $3.3M Tax Evasion on $13M in NFT Sales

CryptoPunk Mogul Pleads Guilty to $3.3M Tax Evasion on $13M in NFT Sales

In March 2022, a Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to evading federal taxes. He failed to disclose over $13 million in income from the sale of almost 100 CryptoPunk NFTs. Waylon Wilcox, a 45-year-old of Avery, Idaho, was sentenced to a maximum of six years in prison for his tax-related offenses....

CryptoPunk Trader Faces Jail Time for Concealing $13 Million in NFT Profits

CryptoPunk Trader Faces Jail Time for Concealing $13 Million in NFT Profits

A Pennsylvania man is on his way to prison after pleading guilty to hiding over $13 million in income. He accumulated this fortune by flipping CryptoPunks non-fungible tokens (NFTs). For example, Waylon Wilcox, who sold 97 CryptoPunks in 2021 and 2022 and failed to report that income to the IRS....

Pixels Overtakes Axie Infinity in Ronin Hierarchy, But Concerns Loom

Pixels Overtakes Axie Infinity in Ronin Hierarchy, But Concerns Loom

Pixels has jumped to the front of Axie Infinity in the hierarchy on the Ronin blockchain. This transition is an important turning point for the blockchain gaming space. Pixels has still been on an impressive upward trajectory, particularly following its new foray into NFT trading. Yet questions about the initiative’s...

CryptoPunk Trader Faces Prison Time for $13 Million Tax Evasion

CryptoPunk Trader Faces Prison Time for $13 Million Tax Evasion

An NFT trader just found himself facing prison time after pleading guilty to evading almost $13 million in taxes. This tax evasion is based on profits realized from the trading of CryptoPunk NFTs. Waylon Wilcox, the trader incognito, purchased and sold 97 items from the CryptoPunk NFT collection. Now he’s...