{"id":45011,"date":"2021-06-26T10:09:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T07:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=45011"},"modified":"2025-08-31T19:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T16:39:59","slug":"beeple-who-sold-an-nft-for-69-3-million-announces-launch-of-new-nft-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/beeple-who-sold-an-nft-for-69-3-million-announces-launch-of-new-nft-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Beeple, who sold an NFT for $69.3 million, announces launch of new NFT platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital artist Michael Winkelman, known by the alias Beeple, announced the launch of an NFT marketplace called We.new.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">very excited to announce the launch of <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/K0TMwMJWwZ\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/K0TMwMJWwZ<\/a> !!! <\/p>\n<p>this is a new project we\u2019ve been working on centered around giving people the opportunity to collect iconic moments in music, sports, comedy, history, etc. on the blockchain. \ud83d\ude80\ud83d\ude80\ud83d\ude80 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/WqhkFwLFBo\\\">pic.twitter.com\/WqhkFwLFBo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 beeple (@beeple) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beeple\/status\/1408055272837468160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The platform will focus on selling NFTs featuring historic moments in politics, sports, journalism, entertainment and fashion, with physical reproductions for premium versions of the tokens.<\/p>\n<p>The Ethereum-based marketplace was backed by TIME magazine and recording companies Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\\&#8221;This is another use case for NFTs, completely different from digital art. As I have mentioned many times in interviews, this technology is incredibly broad and flexible, and we are at the very beginning,\\&#8221; wrote Beeple.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">this is another use case for NFTs completely separate from digital art. as i mentioned many times in interviews, this technology is EXTREMELY broad and flexible and we are at the absolute beginning. \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 beeple (@beeple) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beeple\/status\/1408055772068696067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The first We.new auction will run from July 2 to 5. The auction will feature NFTs commemorating the victory of British professional tennis player Andy Murray in the 2013 Wimbledon final.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Verge, collectors will be offered five versions of non-fungible tokens priced from $49 to $4,999. The buyer of a limited NFT will play tennis with Murray and receive two tickets to the 2022 Wimbledon final.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/binance-launches-nft-marketplace\">launched<\/a> its own NFT platform.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the NFT marketplace Rarible <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/nft-marketplace-rarible-raises-14-2-million-to-build-an-open-source-network-protocol\">raised $14.2 million<\/a> to develop a network protocol. It will help users create their own NFT projects.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in June, NFT sales declined by about twentyfold.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital artist Michael Winkelman, known by the alias Beeple, announced the launch of the NFT marketplace We.new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1704,822,1213],"class_list":["post-45011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-beeple","tag-marketplace","tag-nft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45013,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45011\/revisions\/45013"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}