NFT

The IRS's new Form 1099-DA introduces standardized reporting for digital asset sales, emphasizing gross proceeds for 2025 activity. Many cost basis fields may remain blank, leaving taxpayers to reconstruct acquisition records across wallets and venues. The rollout is reshaping filing behavior and raising concerns about confusion and potential overpayment as people import forms into tax software.

R3E Network founder Jimmy Liao launched a Neo N3 Red Envelope app to mark Chinese New Year, letting eligible wallets open packets for GAS rewards. The featured pool holds 100 GAS across 100 claim slots, gated to wallets that have held at least one NEO for more than one day, with GAS donated by Neo News Today.

Utility token PENGU rose 10.06% over the last 24 hours, rebounding 13.19% from a $0.0061 low on 12 February to about $0.0069. In the same week, Pudgy Penguins' NFT sales volume fell by just over 28% while the floor price stayed at 4.20 ETH. Despite the bounce, the 1‑day trend remains bearish.

Good Vibes Club, an art-focused NFT collection launched in March 2025, announced a partnership with Instant IP to strengthen IP protection and support expansion into media, merchandise, gaming, and cross‑platform use. According to the project, benefits include superscript certification marks and clearer ownership rules; GVC also reports total volume above 12,500 ETH and an average floor near 0.9 ETH.

On Feb 3, 2026, a guide introduced the Wei Name Service (WNS), a minimal Ethereum naming experiment. It provides human-readable .wei addresses via a single NFT contract and IPFS frontends, with pricing from 0.0005 ETH per year for five-character names to 0.5 ETH per year for one-character registrations.

Moonbirds (BIRB) surges 46% to a $103 million market cap following a major Upbit listing. Explore the utility of the Solana-based token, its Nesting 2.0 rewards, and technical analysis as BIRB enters overbought territory.

On 31 January 2026, Shiba Inu (SHIB) was down nearly 14% over seven days, while the Solfart Token ($SOLF) presale approached US$190,000 in Phase 2 at $0.000203 with just over 49% allocated. The project introduced the "Solfart Butt Heads" NFT free mint for holders and outlines a buyback-and-burn plan funded by GoMemecoin.com ads following an official June launch.

On January 30, 2026, Otters announced a Telegram Mini App on the TON blockchain to streamline Web3 onboarding. The platform uses daily rewards, short farming cycles, and mini games, and has organically attracted tens of thousands of users. New features include the TON Badge for verified P2P Quick Share and an in-app NFT Collection Store.

On Jan 29, 2026, an analysis highlighted how AI-driven coding is sharply reducing the time, effort, and cost required to launch NFT collections such as zOrgz and nftGEN. Developer Ross (z0r0z) used Anthropic's Claude Code to create a 10,000-piece fully onchain SVG PFP series in about two hours, while Shiv Tyagi built nftGEN in two days as a no-code style generator for similar projects. As development friction falls, more creators without deep technical skills can experiment with NFTs, potentially fueling a new wave of onchain projects and tools.

Rodeo will wind down after struggling to scale, according to CEO Kayvon Tehranian. It will operate normally Jan. 27–Feb. 10, move to read-only from Feb. 10, and shut off by March 10, with media and metadata migration via Arweave. Nifty Gateway extended its asset transfer deadline to April 23.