Startups Meta to start testing digital collectibles on Instagram Meta will start testing digital collectibles on Instagram this week, according to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. Read Full Story May 9, 2022, 1:39PM UTC
NFTs Irene Zhao’s influencer platform SO-COL is raising funds at a $100 million valuation A startup founded by crypto influencer Irene Zhao is raising new funds at a $100 million valuation in a round led by Blockchain Capital. Read Full Story May 9, 2022, 5:21AM UTC
NFTs Under Armour to mint NBA Warriors' Stephen Curry-inspired NFTs NFTs will help celebrate each time NBA basketball player Curry makes a three-point shot during the ongoing playoff games. Read Full Story May 7, 2022, 2:00PM UTC
Hiring NFT project Doodles appoints former Billboard executive as new CEO Julian Holguin, former executive at Billboard, is the new CEO of Doodles, a community and collection of 10,000 NFTs. Read Full Story May 6, 2022, 5:31PM UTC
Hacks OpenSea Discord server hacked to promote scam NFT pass OpenSea's Discord server was hacked to promote a scam, according to tweets from individuals and security firm PeckShield. Read Full Story May 6, 2022, 9:42AM UTC
NFTs Multicoin Capital loses 95% on its 8-figure investment in NFT project Loot Multicoin Capital spent more than $10 million buying NFTs that were based on generative text — and has lost most of it. Read Full Story May 6, 2022, 8:57AM UTC
News and analysis about venture capital investment focused on or intersecting with cryptocurrency, blockchains, and other financial technologies.Venture Capital NFT marketplace Zora raises $50 million in round led by Haun Ventures This is the first round led by Haun's firm, which launched in March after she left her role as general partner at a16z. Read Full Story May 5, 2022, 9:45PM UTC
NFTs Blur begins opening up beta access to its real-time NFT trading platform Blur announced Wednesday that it will begin opening beta access to its trader-focused NFT marketplace. Read Full Story May 4, 2022, 6:19PM UTC
NFTs Coinbase's NFT marketplace beta is now open to everyone Just two weeks after its initial launch, crypto exchange Coinbase is opening up its NFT marketplace beta to all prospective users. Read Full Story May 4, 2022, 4:55PM UTC
NFTs Ex-Moonbirds COO Ryan Carson's NFT fund sees $40 million in commitments 121G, an NFT fund launched last week by former Moonbirds COO Ryan Carson, has received commitments worth $40 million. Read Full Story May 4, 2022, 11:05AM UTC
NFTs Elon Musk changes Twitter profile picture to Bored Ape collage The billionaire Tesla CEO changed his Twitter avatar to a collage of multiple Bored Ape images, before tweeting "seems kinda fungible.” Read Full Story May 4, 2022, 10:34AM UTC
NFTs Kraken opens waitlist for forthcoming NFT platform Crypto exchange Kraken has opened the waitlist for its non-fungible token platform. Read Full Story May 3, 2022, 3:07PM UTC
Regulation SEC plans to expand cyber fraud unit to tackle crypto-related crime The US financial regulator has unveiled plans to grow its Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit to about 50 people. Read Full Story May 3, 2022, 11:59AM UTC
Startups Investment management firm VanEck launches NFT collection VanEck said the purpose of the collection is to demonstrate real-world utility for digital assets and to educate holders on the crypto space. Read Full Story May 2, 2022, 3:09PM UTC
NFTs Otherside land NFTs sell out in hours as Yuga Labs rakes in $317 million In the end, on-chain data revealed the Otherdeed gas war led to the sale running up an additional $172 million in transaction fees. Read Full Story May 1, 2022, 7:10AM UTC
NFTs Bored Ape NFT floor price hits record high above $430,000 The floor price of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFTs has climbed to a record in terms of both ETH and USD. Read Full Story Apr 29, 2022, 4:23PM UTC
NFTs Ukraine launches website for donating and buying NFTs The new website lists several NFTs for sale and features an Ethereum address for donating NFTs to support the war effort. Read Full Story Apr 28, 2022, 2:35PM UTC
Startups Zuckerberg projects confidence despite lack of profit from metaverse project The Meta CEO said one near-term focus will be helping creators make money in its social VR platform, Horizon Worlds. Read Full Story Apr 27, 2022, 11:07PM UTC
NFTs MoonPay's new minting-as-a-service tool bills itself as 'AWS for NFTs' HyperMint seems to be a play for the 'minting-as-a-service' market as MoonPay strays further from its core payments product. Read Full Story Apr 27, 2022, 2:09PM UTC
NFTs CXIP Labs raises $6.5 million to launch NFT product suite for creators and businesses Holograph, of which CXIP Labs will be the parent company, now aims to make NFT minting and bridging more intuitive and cheaper. Read Full Story Apr 26, 2022, 8:38PM UTC