Popular crypto-collectibles, CryptoKitties, has just launched 100 tokens depicting ‘Catterina’ — a new collectible drawn by brand ambassador, Momo Wang — on the Winklevoss-backed exchange Nifty. Wang is best known for drawing a cartoon rabbit, Tuzki, that is shared millions of times each day across Facebook and WeChat. Nifty’s surprise CryptoKitties drop sells out in minutes Two and a half years have passed since CryptoKitties “broke Ethereum” and demand for the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) is still strong — with Nifty experiencing service disruptions in the countdown to the new tokens’ launch. Within an hour of announcing the limited run, Nifty …

Dapper Labs, the team behind CryptoKitties and the Flow Blockchain, has revealed a partnership with Facebook’s Libra stablecoin project to share open-source technology. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Dapper Labs’ CTO Dieter Shirley revealed that Dapper’s Flow blockchain will adopt Libra’s Move as it’s virtual machine (VM), while Libra could utilize Dapper’s smart contract programming language Cadence in a technology-sharing partnership. Shirley stated that Flow will benefit from Move’s performance efficiency, while Libra could benefit from Cadence’s developer-friendly design. Both teams found inspiration in linear type theory Dapper Labs had been developing Cadence for roughly a year before launching the language through …

Dapper Labs, the company behind the blockchain-based game CryptoKitties, has entered into a partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) enabling them to create collectible digital tokens in Brazil. According to the March 24 edition of the Intellectual Property Magazine of Rio de Janeiro, Dapper Labs now has the rights to use NBA branding — including photos of players and games — for its collectibles in Brazil. The program, called “NBA Top Shot”, will allow basketball fans to have more interactions with their favorites by using these engagement tokens linked to games and player contracts. This isn’t the first time …

On March 5, Dapper Labs, the team behind the popular blockchain game CryptoKitties, launched ‘Flow Playground’ — an interactive platform allowing developers to experiment with creating non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and smart contracts on the company’s forthcoming Flow blockchain. Cointelegraph spoke to Dapper Labs co-founder and CryptoKitties co-creator Dieter Shirley on the launch of Flow Playground, the lessons he learned from breaking Ethereum with CryptoKitties, and his advice for aspiring developers in the crypto space. Cointelegraph: Could you please provide an overview of what the Flow blockchain is and what problems it seeks to address with existing protocols? Dieter Shirley: Flow …

On March 5, CryptoKitties creator Dapper Labs announced the launch of Flow Playground — an interactive interface that lets developers experiment with developing applications on the company’s Flow blockchain. Developers are able to write and run smart contracts, and will be able to explore Dapper Labs “new resource-oriented programming language” Cadence. The language is designed to simplify programming tokenized assets and includes features from Swift and Rust. Flow Playground also lets users create non-fungible tokens, mint fungible tokens, and build a marketplace. Flow blockchain built to alleviate “pain of implementing smart contracts” Dieter Shirley, the CTO of Dapper Labs, told …

Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties, has announced a partnership with leading mixed martial arts promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). According to a press release on Feb. 25, the partnership will see the development of “a new digital experience” for UFC fans, including opportunities to own, maintain, and trade UFC-branded collectibles on Dapper Labs’ Flow platform. Dapper Labs to launch Flow this year Flow is Dapper Labs’ forthcoming blockchain project, which the firm describes as a developer-friendly platform for building blockchain apps, games and digital assets. The company will launch Flow before 2021, with the development of UFC collectibles starting …

Ever since the game CryptoKitties was released in November 2017, the concept of nonfungible token has been ingrained in the minds of developers and investors in the crypto community. However, 2019 has been the year that NFTs have gained mainstream attention. And it should come as no surprise that even huge, multinational companies are currently developing NFT projects. Recently, Mirosoft’s blockchain-based cloud platform, Azure, released its own nonfungible tokens program called “Azure Heroes” with the aim of rewarding its developer community. Azure Heroes Through Azure Heroes, Microsoft is on a mission to empower technical practitioners of all backgrounds. With that …

Ethereum (ETH) based trading card game Gods Unchained has far outstripped CryptoKitties by volume after a censorship scandal involving game-developer Blizzard. As blockchain research platform Coin Metrics noted on Nov. 12, the past month has seen activity explode for the game, with interest dwarfing that of CryptoKitties at its 2017 peak. Data: Gods Unchained volume five times higher In terms of daily transfers of its non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Gods Unchained was recording almost 500,000 such transfers per day at the end of last week. By contrast, even at the height of the CryptoKitties craze in late 2017, transfers there totaled …

Global media giant Warner Music Group will be creating digital assets using new public blockchain backed by CryptoKitties creator. Warner Music’s to create assets on Flow According to a Forbes report on Sept. 12, Warner Music has joined an $11.2 million investment in CryptoKitties creator Dapper Labs in order to collaborate on the deployment of the company’s new blockchain network called Flow as well as building tokens on top of it. While Warner has reportedly invested less than $1 million in the form of a convertible security, other contributors included major industry investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Digital Currency Group, …

The United States National Basketball Association (NBA) and its affiliated union — the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) — have partnered with Dapper Labs of CryptoKitties-fame to release a new crypto collectibles game. According to an official announcement on the NBPA website, the upcoming game is scheduled to launch in early 2020. The game, called NBA Top Shot, will be a roster-building competitive game that is based on crypto collectibles. According to the announcement, fans will be able to gather live footage of NBA games that can then be used in some capacity to build a competing roster for the …

An unknown user bought a virtual racing car for upcoming blockchain-based game F1 Delta Time for 415.9 ether (ETH) or $110,600 at the time of sale, according to information on the game’s website. The virtual racing car — the “1-1-1” — is the first model to be issued and is also one-of-a-kind, with the auction page promising to never release more. The company behind the game, Animoca Brands, ran an auction for the limited edition model in ether for four days, before selling the crypto collectible to user “09E282” after received 31 bids. In late March, Animoca Brands partnered with …

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been generating a buzz in the crypto world for some time — and now, a conference is being established where enthusiasts and entrepreneurs can delve deeper into these digital assets, exploring the latest trends and uncovering new opportunities in the market. NFT.NYC is taking place on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at the PlayStation Theater in New York City’s Times Square, and organizers say more than 50 speakers have accepted invitations to share their insights. In describing what the event sets out to achieve, the objective is simple: “How unique digital assets on the blockchain will transform gaming, …