NFT Hype Continues! What's an NFT? SNL - The Nifty Show #42 - Nifty News for March 30, 2021

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Nifty News #42
March 30th

The NFT hype continues to spread as everyone wants to know how they can get a piece of the digital collectible world. NFT searches are at ICO-mania levels. Even Marc Cuban is finally on the NFT bandwagon.

Video games, art, AI and much more are covered in our Nifty News episode #42 of The Nifty Show.

ARTICLES MENTIONED IN SHOW:

CURRENT EVENTS
What the Hell is an NFT? SNL Introduces Masses
Billionaire Mark Cuban is building a digital art gallery for NFTs
Nifty News: NFT searches at ICO-mania levels, a robot and Snoop Dog drop NFTs, plus more
‘Castle’ production company’s new TV crypto comedy to drop an ep as an NFT
Feature Film on Blockchain Fatal Contracts
NFT boom: VCs pump millions into digital collectibles start-ups
NBA Top Shot company Dapper Labs valued at $2.6 billion after funding
Is Major League Baseball coming to WAX?

INNOVATION
Smells like NFT spirit? Look Labs launches first digital fragrance
Vitalik Buterin: NFTs can be a social good, not just a casino for rich celebrities

GAMING
Assassin's Creed Publisher Is Making The Next Generation Of NFT Games
NFTs Are Spurring a Digital Land Grab—in Videogame Worlds (Gala Games)
Brave and Gala Games Unveil Their Second Physical NFT Collectible (Gala Games)
The Sandbox Game Jam — “A Glitch in the Metaverse” (Animoca)

ART
NFT digital artwork by humanoid robot Sophia up for auction
Aleph introduces DApp to 'back up' NFT art pieces
Navigating the Crypto Art Market: What You Ought to Know
Crypto.com launching NFT platform with exclusive content from artists
Meet The “Meta-King” Whose Investment Fund Spent $69M On A Beeple NFT
Beeple Immediately Converted His $53 Million NFT Earnings From ETH to USD

MUSIC
Gorillaz celebrate 20th anniversary of debut album with reissue and NFT teasers

MAINSTREAM NFT ARTICLES
The NFT Craze and the Future of Spotify and Streaming Music - Harvard Biz
NFTs: What Are You Paying for When You Buy a GIF for $25,000? - NYTimes
People's Expensive NFTs Keep Vanishing. This Is Why - Vice
The Top Ten Most Influential In NFTs - ReadWrite