ChainCatcher news, MakersPlace announced that due to ongoing market challenges and funding difficulties, the digital art platform will cease operations after six years. Effective immediately, the platform will disable minting, token imports, and new account creation, but art purchases will continue temporarily. Artists and collectors must transfer their works from the MakersPlace hosted wallet to personal wallets by June 2025, with related tools set to launch in February.MakersPlace stated that it will refund unused funds to investors and provide fair severance pay to employees. All Ethereum NFTs on the platform will still be accessible through the secondary market.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph Magazine, African waste collectors earn cryptocurrency through ReFi to support their households.The Aquapurge project, led by Ibrahim Aziz, addresses the ocean pollution crisis in Kenya through cryptocurrency. The project incentivizes community participation in cleanup activities through its PURGE token ecosystem. The project has held 23 cleanup events, collecting over 5400 kilograms of waste.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has signed an "exclusive" partnership agreement with Sotheby's to provide wallets to Sotheby's top NFT collectors. This free service lasts for one year. Ledger stated that as part of the collaboration, winners of Sotheby's NFT auctions will receive a limited edition co-branded Ledger x Sotheby's Nano X wallet, with plans to expand this product to Ledger Stax in the future.Ledger will also provide onboarding services for Sotheby's clients to help them understand the self-custody of digital assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Bitcoin Magazine has launched Rare BTC, providing over-the-counter trading services for collectors and high-net-worth investors to help users find and trade rare bitcoins and inscriptions.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the comprehensive Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining pool f2pool has launched an Ordinals auction page, where collectors can bid online for rare satoshis.The Ordinals protocol classifies the first satoshi of each block into different rarity levels based on the rarity of different Bitcoin blocks (such as difficulty adjustment blocks, halving blocks, etc.), thereby giving rare satoshis a certain collectible value. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to Artnet, the NFT marketplace OpenSea is blocking access to its platform for Cuban NFT artists and collectors to comply with U.S. sanctions laws. An OpenSea spokesperson stated that OpenSea complies with U.S. sanctions laws, and its terms of service explicitly prohibit sanctioned individuals, individuals within sanctioned jurisdictions, or services from using OpenSea.So far, more than 30 Cuban artists have had their OpenSea accounts delisted, and the Miami-based NFTcuba.ART has also been systematically blocked. Affected Cuban NFT artist Gabriel Bianchini stated that in the face of OpenSea's crackdown, artists are expected to turn to other NFT platforms such as Foundation or SuperRare. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, according to NFTgators, Twitter is collaborating with marketplaces such as OpenSea, Rarible, Magic Eden, Dapper Labs, and Jump.trade to enable the Tweet Tiles feature for NFTs. This partnership will allow Twitter to introduce the feature to NFT collectors, enabling them to share collectibles that support calls to action (CTA) on the platform. The tweets will also be able to include NFT metadata, including the NFT/collection and creator's name.Tweet Tiles are Twitter posts that feature larger images, variable fonts, and prominent calls to action (CTA). Previously, Twitter's internal development team tested Tweet Tiles with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Guardian, and now Twitter is expanding its pilot project to Web3.Tweet Tiles are a way to attach customizable formats to tweets, and users on iOS and the web may see and interact with Tweet Tiles that contain text, images, videos, or other elements, allowing for easy interaction with content and making the timeline more dynamic and visual. Tweet Tiles will automatically render when users paste a URL. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, now allows NFT collectors affected by EU sanctions on Russia to withdraw NBA Top Shot, NFL ALL DAY, and UFC Strike NFTs from Dapper Wallet to Blocto Wallet.In early October, Dapper Labs announced that due to new sanctions imposed by the EU on Russia, they were notified by their payment partner Circle that they are prohibited from providing crypto asset wallets, accounts, or custody services to accounts linked to Russia. This includes temporary measures such as prohibiting the purchase, sale, or gifting of any Moments from Dapper Sports, withdrawing from Dapper accounts, and using Dapper balance for purchases.On October 6, the EU confirmed a comprehensive ban on providing crypto services to Russians, including plans to strengthen existing crypto asset bans by prohibiting all crypto asset wallets, accounts, or custody services. Russians will not be able to hold any assets in EU crypto wallets. (source link)