Category: Beeple

Targeted phishing scam nets $438K in crypto and NFTs from hacked Beeple account

May 23, 2022

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Links posted to a fake Louis Vuitton NFT raffle were made to capitalize on a recent real collaboration between Beeple and the luxury fashion brand. 2157 Total views 34 Total shares Digital artist and popular nonfungible token (NFT) creator Mike Winkelmann, more commonly known as Beeple, had his Twitter account hacked on Sunday as part […]

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Nifty News: Azuki founder under fire, CryptoPunk sells for a major loss…

May 11, 2022

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The founder of the $723.5 million Azuki NFT project who goes by “Zagabond” online caused a sh*tstorm yesterday after revealing that they had previously worked on three noabandoned NFT projects. After facing strong backlash from the NFT community, they have since apologized for their “shortcomings.” The three projects in question are Tendies and CryptoPunks copycats […]

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Beeple’s Discord compromised, timed to coincide with Christie’s auction

November 11, 2021

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Users thought they were signing up for an affordable NFT drop by the famed artist, timed to coincide with his second Christie’s auction. 3475 Total views 50 Total shares An admin account for Beeple’s official Discord group was compromised overnight resulting in a fake NFT drop that saw users lose an estimated 38 ETH. An […]

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NFT sales top $2.5B in first half of 2021

July 7, 2021

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NFT sales in June alone have eclipsed those for the entire first half of 2020 for the OpenSea marketplace. 1131 Total views 11 Total shares Sales of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) have surged to record highs in the first half of 2021. There has been $2.5 billion in NFT sales in the first six months of […]

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Beeple launches iconic ‘moments’ NFT platform with Time, Universal, and Warner

June 25, 2021

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The platform will host the sale of tokens depicting historic moments in sport, politics, and fashion. 1336 Total views 6 Total shares Pioneering digital artist Mike Winkelmann— better known as Beeple — has helped launch We.new, a platform selling iconic moments in sports, politics, art, and fashion as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform is backed […]

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