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Black BTS Fans Share Why They 'Purple' This K-Pop Group
11.2.2021
Sabrena Khadija realized just how much of a BTS fan she was one freezing morning in Times Square back in 2017. A friend invited her to stand in line at 4 a.m. to be one of the first people to buy the seven-member band from South Korea’s BT21 merchandise…and she didn’t say no.Read more
Japanese Pop Star Talks About Her Facet as Crypto Investor — J-Pop Band Releases NFT Trading Cards
3.2.2021
Asian showbiz stars have been actively speaking about cryptocurrencies on major broadcasting networks. The Japanese pop sphere is not lagging behind, as one of its stars was featured in an interview talking about cryptos. Former Nogizaka46 Band Member Already Sold Her Crypto Holdings Nakada Kana,...
J-pop Deepens Crypto Links as Nogizaka46 Star Talks Investment on TV Show
2.2.2021
Not only American music stars are playing in the crypto market, as a Japanese pop music star has spoken out about crypto on a major TV show also, while a hit music band continues its non-fungible token (NFT) drive.
Nakada Kana, a former founding member of the Oricon chart-topping girl group...
Where Brooklyn At? Spike Lee Gets His Own Funko Pop Figurine, Cementing His Creative Genius on the Culture
25.1.2021
Spike Lee Funko Pop | $9 | TargetRead more
Save $8 on this Deluxe Mandalorian on Bantha With Child Funko Pop
22.1.2021
The Mandalorian on Bantha With Child Funko Pop | $25 | AmazonRead more
Funko Screwed Up Its Assassin's Creed Pop, Twice
22.1.2021
Today, Funko announced two figures of Eivor, the main character from Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Expect, both figures are male, which isn’t even canon.Read more
Valve, Capcom & Bethesda Fined $9.5 Million For "Geo-Blocking" PC Games
21.1.2021
The EU have fined Valve and five publishers a total of €7.8 million (USD$9.5 million) over their practice of “geo-blocking” PC game sales on Steam, which basically means forcing users in a country (say, Germany) to only pay the German price for a game, instead of letting them buy a cheaper version...
Crypto Prices Consolidate, Handful of Altcoin Markets Pop, Bitcoin Accumulation Addresses Rise
18.1.2021
The price of bitcoin and a number of digital assets have been consolidating this week, after a number of crypto markets dropped over 25% the week prior. The entire crypto-economy is hovering just below the $1 trillion mark at $987 billion, gaining 1.3% during the last 24 hours. Crypto Asset Markets...
Anamanaguchi's Scott Pilgrim Soundtrack Is Still Pop-Rock Pixel Perfection
18.1.2021
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, after years of being stranded on old consoles, was finally re-released last week. I’m eager to hop back in, but more than just playing through it one more time, I’ve been digging re-listening to the game’s perfect pop-rock soundtrack.Read more
K-Pop Sensation Mamamoo to Mint Digital Collectibles on Polkadot
16.1.2021
The popular K-Pop girl band's parent company RBW is now selling its singers' digital products on the blockchain
Bitcoin bubble will pop sooner or later, says famous Russian BTC critic
15.1.2021
Anatoly Aksakov of the Russian State Duma suggested that global jurisdictions should ban Bitcoin as a payment method
Would You Put These Bizarre Funko Pops on Your Shelf?
5.1.2021
As someone who doesn’t pay any attention to Funko Pops, I’m always a little concerned by the staggering amount of products the company has. The seemingly infinite line of collectibles spans multiple decades of media, turning some of our favorite nerd properties into plastic figures with oversized...
The Pop Culture Highlights and Lowlights of 2020
17.12.2020
In a year full of all kinds of bad real-world news, pop culture still managed to poke its head up periodically to remind us that not everything sucks. Of course, this being 2020, that same realm also managed to leave a few steaming piles for us to step in, too. Here are our picks for the year’s...
The Best Pop Culture We Caught Up On in 2020
10.12.2020
It has been a year of weirdness, especially when it comes to wrangling the kinds of media we’ve been watching. Though there’s been new things to read, watch, listen to, and play, 2020 has seen many of us revisit familiar favorites as well as things we missed when they first came out. Here’s...
Baby Yoda, Pikachu, Golden Girls, and More: The Best Funko Pop Deals to Compulsively Amass on Your Desk
1.12.2020
Featured Deal: Star Wars The Mandalorian: The Child in Bag | $9 | AmazonRead more
Sony Co-testing Blockchain Solution for Fans of its Pop Groups
17.11.2020
Music giant Sony appears set to take another tentative step into the world of blockchain technology – and could be set to target fans of Japanese pop with new blockchain-powered offerings.
Per Coin Post, Sony’s Sony Music Group arm – the business group giant’s record label and music distribution...
SKE48 Splash: Japan’s First J-pop NFTs Sell Out ‘Instantly’
6.10.2020
The first batch of non-fungible token (NFT) digital trading cards for the chart-topping Japanese pop group SKE48 has sold out “instantly,” reported the company that issued them.
The group is one of Japanese pop (J-pop)’s biggest commercial successes and has sold millions of records since it...
Messari's Ryan Selkis Says DeFi bubble will pop soon
10.9.2020
The man is known for his predictions, but is he right about this one?
K-pop Star Kwon Hyun-bin to Appear in ‘Crypto-themed’ K-drama Series
22.7.2020
Kwon Hyun-bin. A South Korean K-drama series that focuses on blockchain, cryptocurrency and – of course – romance, is set to air in October. Its makers have confirmed that K-pop star Kwon Hyun-bin will play the male lead.
The drama is set to commence filming this month and, per its producers...
Brave Partners with K-Pop’s BTS to Release Browser Exclusive to Japan
9.6.2020
Brave is collaborating with a Japanese e-sports team and Korean pop idol group to offer a limited release version of its browser in Japan